Saturday, December 8, 2018

Jennies - Raw Organic Coconut Bar with Cacao Nibs - Dec. 8, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

Jennies Gluten Free
Raw Organic Coconut Bar with Cacao Nibs
Good
Weight: 1.5 oz. (43 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 190 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $2.19 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Country Sun Natural Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Coconut Theme Week.

Today's Raw Organic Coconut Bar with Cacao Nibs was from Jennies Gluten Free* (Moosic, PA). The company's Jennies Organic Coconut Products line is made with organic, sulfite-free coconut, and demonstrated how the mere macaroon can be expanded to other tasty possibilities.

This bar had a soft, chewy texture and rich, coconut flavor. Traditional macaroons can be sticky sweet with corn syrup or almost prickly dry with fibrous coconut shreds. Today's bar had a balanced sweetness and texture (in the desirable middle and was not too gooey sweet or too fibrous). A delicate hint of vanilla (extract) and sea salt provided a natural lift that complemented the sweetness.

The underside of the bar was comprised of a layer semi-sweet chocolate. Organic cacao nibs blended in with and boosted the cacao quotient of this Coconut Bar. 

*Also referred to as Jennies Gluten-Free Bakery 





thinkThin - Chocolate Coconut Almond Protein Nut Bar - Dec. 7, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

thinkThin LLC
Chocolate Coconut Almond Protein Nut Bar
Good
Weight: 1.41 oz. (40 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 190 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $1.19 for 1 bar
Purchased from: missing information

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

Today's Chocolate Coconut Almond Protein Nut Bar was from thinkThin LLC (Los Angeles, CA).

The bar contained 9 g. of protein (from pumpkin seeds, almonds and soy crisps) and was crunchy, nutty and and chewy—with coconut and chocolate flavor throughout.

Primal Chocolate - Midnight Coconut No Sugar, 100% Cacao dark bar - Dec. 6, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

Primal Chocolate
Midnight Coconut (No Sugar Added) 100% Cacao bar
Good
Weight: 1.15 oz. (32.5 g.) / 2.3 oz. (65 g.) in total bar
Calories: 207 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $ missing information
Purchased from: missing information

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

Today's 100% cacao, three-ingredient* ultra-dark Midnight Coconut bar from Primal Chocolate (Setauket, NY) was made without added sugar.

But, wait; technically, the bar was not 100% cacao. It also included organic shredded coconut.

This Midnight Coconut bar had a pleasant, natural coconut aroma, and broke with a pleasing snap.
The coconut in this 100% cacao* bar gave the chocolate an almost crunchy texture.

The aroma of a 100% cacao bar can be deceptively (and sometimes shockingly) sweeter than its bitter flavor. That was the case here. The brain is expecting something sweet when it smells chocolate and coconut, and the actual signals it received after the first bite were anything but.

After the somewhat harsh bitterness, the finish was relatively more calm.

Ingredients: organic cacao, organic cocoa butter, organic shredded coconut
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