Endorfin Foods - Dark Mylk Chocolate with Coffee and Cardamom - June 16, 2016

Chocolate of the Day: 

Endorfin Foods
Dark Mylk Chocolate with Coffee and Cardamom bar
Good +
Weight: .93 oz. (26.4 g.) / 1.4 oz. (40 g.) in total bar
Calories: 140 calories (estimate) in 2/3 bar
Cost: $5.00 (1 of 9 bar box)
Purchased from: Endorfin Foods

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and India Theme Week.

As a follow-up to yesterday's India-inspired Cardamom and Rose Petals bar from Moonstruck, I enjoyed a mix of similar flavors today, starting with a Dark Mylk Chocolate with Coffee and Cardamom bar from Endorfin Foods (Oakland, CA).

Later in the day, I also happened upon the best Rose Petal ice cream (with a generous helping of real red rose petals) that I'd ever tasted. But, I digress.

Today's smooth "mylk" 60% cacao chocolate was made with unroasted cacao, cocoa butter and coconut (and no dairy or refined sugar). The lightly sweetened* spicy coffee and cardamom bar paired well with savory, Indian-themed "Bombay Spices" garbanzo/chickpea beans from Saffron Road.

While not certified organic, all individual ingredients listed in the bar were organic, and, as far as I could tell, in addition to being dairy free, there was no gluten, soy or GMOs.

Thank you again to Endorfin founder and maker, Brian Wallace for great flavor combinations.

*sweetened with coconut sugar

Moonstruck - Cardamom and Rose Petals bar - June 15, 2016

Chocolate of the Day: 

Moonstruck Chocolate Co.
Cardamom and Rose Petals bar
Good++ - Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 3.88 oz. (110 g.) in total bar
Calories: 143 calories (per label) in 1 oz. (28.3 g.) of bar
Cost: $10.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Moonstruck, Portland, OR

Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate and Flowers Theme Week, and Day #2 of Chocolate and India-inspired Theme Week.

Today we're getting closer to India-inspired flavors with this Cardamom and Rose Petals milk chocolate bar from Moonstruck Chocolate Co. (Portland, OR). Thank you to the wonderful woman in the company's small downtown shop who helped me pick out this bar.

A base of cardamom infused milk chocolate was adorned with festive bits of crystallized rose petals, candied orange (and) pistachio pieces.

Pretty and exotic, this India-inspired bar had a light candied fruit and floral aroma that mingled with sweet milk chocolate. The chocolate was a bit too sweet for me, but the overall flavor blend and appearance was beautiful. The cardamom spice was very subtle and added brightness.

Smooth and creamy blended with chewy crunch from the generous helping of candied pink petal and orange, and green pistachio nut bits.