Charm School Chocolate
Dark Coconut Milk Ecuador with Cocoa Nibs bar
(Limited Release)
Good+++ - Very Good
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 159 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA
Black Sesame Bar with Sour Cherries
Weight; 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 159 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA
Today is a chocolate transition day—between a Chocolate and Coconut Series and Chocolate and Seeds Series.
And I can't think of a better chocolate maker to feature on this day than Charm School Chocolate (Reisterstown, MD). They make vegan chocolate bars using coconut milk; but you won't necessarily know that by tasting their bars.
The first of today's two Charm School bars, a Dark Coconut Milk (64% cacao) Ecuador (bar) with Cocoa Nibs, was created as a Limited Release, for The Chocolate Garage (Palo Alto, CA). It had a complex aroma with hints of dried fruit, spice and sweet cocoa. The flavor changed slightly as I re-tasted this bar over a period of several hours, but it was always good, and the flavors and textures (smooth dark chocolate and a generous smattering of crunchy nibs) were always very nicely balanced.
Fortunately, the Garage is across town from me and I was able to pick up both this bar, and a Charm School Black Sesame Bar with Sour Cherries.
The black sesame seeds and cherries bar had a pleasing slightly smoky sesame and fruit aroma, a creamy buttery melt and texture, and a unique and pleasing flavor with the concentrated tart sweet chewiness of dried Montmorency cherries.
While not technically a traditional chocolate bar (it contained cocoa butter but no cocoa solids), this second bar was a tasty example of a non-dairy (vegan) 40% cacao white chocolate bar, that (due to the color imparted by dark seeds) could fool people.
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