Saturday, August 20, 2016

Brookside - Summer Berry Crisp Dark Chocolate bar - Aug. 20, 2016

Chocolate of the Day:

The Hershey Company
Brookside Summer Berry Crisp dark chocolate bar
OK
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 3.17 oz. (90 g.) in total bar
Calories: 132 calories (per label) for 1 oz. (28.3 g.) of bar
Cost: $1.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #13 of Chocolate, Fruit and Botanicals Month.

For a dark chocolate bar, this was very sweet—a good example of how dark chocolate can technically be made just as sweet (or moreso) than a milk chocolate bar.

This bar was made with "natural" berry flavors, that tasted a little off, but still conveyed the essence of highly sweetened berries. The attractively packaged dark bar also had a slightly crunchy texture due to the addition of "grain crisps." This bar was not labeled as gluten free, but the grains seemed include brown rice flour, brown sugar and perhaps some corn, and did not seem to include wheat or barley.


Sahale Snacks - Dark Chocolate Peanut + Berry Macaroon - Aug. 19, 2016

Chocolate of the Day: 

Sahale Snacks
Dark Chocolate Peanut - Layered Nut Bar
Good+
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) in total bar
Calories: 200 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $0.59 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #12 of Chocolate, Fruit and Botanicals Theme Week.

I enjoyed today's Dark Chocolate Peanut - Layered Nut Bar from Sahale Snacks (Seattle, WA), and a companion package of Berry Almond Macaroon Almond Mix (also from Sahale).

The word "natural" really meant something with these snacks. The company used higher-quality whole nuts, and preservative-free, dried fruit in their single-serving sized snack mixes. And their Dark Chocolate Peanut bar was satisfying without being too sweet.




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