TCHO - Dark Chocolate with Orange + Toffee 64% bar - Aug. 18, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

TCHO 

Dark Chocolate with Orange + Toffee 64% Cacao bar

Good 

Weight: 1.25 oz. (35 g.) / 2.5 oz. (70 g.) in total bar

Calories: 205 calories in 1/2 bar

Cost: $3.79 for 1 bar

Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Fruit Theme Week. And the fruit in focus today is orange.

This Organic, Dark Chocolate with Orange + Toffee 64% bar was crafted by TCHO in Berkeley, CA.

The orange flavor and the bits of crunchy toffee inclusions were balanced and subtle, allowing the smooth, moderately dark chocolate to be the most prominent flavor in the tasting experience. 

The texture was slightly more crumbly than expected (perhaps due to toffee bits).

Compartes Chocolatier - Fruit Cocktail 73% Dark Chocolate bar - Aug. 17, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

Compartes Chocolatier

Fruit Cocktail 73% Cacao Dark Chocolate Mixed Fruits (bar)

Good + - Good ++

Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) in total bar

Calories: 166.66 calories in 1/3 bar

Cost: $7.00 for 1 bar

Purchased from: (unknown gift shop on pier), Monterey, CA

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Fruit Theme Week.

And what better bar to celebrate this week than a dark chocolate fruit cocktail bar?

Today's Fruit Cocktail 73% Dark Chocolate Mixed Fruits bar was created by Compartes Chocolatier (Los Angeles, CA). Jonathan Grahm, took over Compartes in his twenties. 

Grahm, a native Angelino, has created a staggering array of bars and confections with flavor inclusions since then (more than 200), all artfully designed and packaged.

"Fruit Cocktail" didn't fully describe the dazzling display of dried/crystallized fruits pressed on the back of this gluten-free dark bar. It was a fantasy fashioned from the crown jewels of fruits.

You might find any or all of the following: apples, bananas, raspberries, peach, pear, kiwi, melon, raisins, strawberries, mango, apricot, pomegranate, cranberries...and more.