Cru Chocolate - Haiti Dark Chocolate 72% (bar) - Nov. 1, 2020

Chocolate of the Day

Cru Chocolate

Haiti Dark Chocolate 72% (bar)

Good ++

Weight: 1.55 oz. (43 g.) in total bar

Calories: 233 calories (estimate) in 1 bar

Cost: $7.99 for 1 bar

Purchased from: Farm Fresh (CSA box), online order

Welcome to Day #14 of Chocolate, Dominican Republic and Haiti Theme Weeks. 

Today's Haiti Dark Chocolate 72% (bar) was from Cru Chocolate (Roseville, CA).

This bar had a delightfully rich chocolate aroma and flavor with dried fruits (dates, prunes, pineapple), fresh sugar cane and faint floral notes. 

The Republic of Haiti occupies the western half of the West Indies island of Hispaniola. The  Dominican Republic occupies the the eastern half. I've been featuring chocolates from these neighboring nations for the past few weeks. The quality of single origin bars from both of these locations has improved since Chocolate Banquet started in 2006.

Ingredients: Organic cacao beans, organic unrefined cane sugar

Georgia Ramon (GR) - Haiti Pisa Farmers Trinitario 70% Dunkle Schokolade (bar) - Oct. 31, 2020

Chocolate of the Day

Georgia Ramon (GR)
Haiti Pisa Farmers Trinitario 80% Dunkle Schokolade (bar)
Good  ++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 275 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA 

Welcome to Day #13 of Chocolate, Dominican Republic and Haiti Theme Week. And Happy Halloween to all. 

Not as many children go trick-or-treating through neighborhoods for candy and chocolate treats as I experienced during the hey-day of this holiday tradition. But, the artwork on the packaging (with a festive looking skull) for today's bar celebrated not only Haitian traditions but it captured the spirit of Halloween as well.

Today's Haiti Pisa Farmers Trinitario 80% Dunkle Schokolade (Dark Chocolate) (bar) was from Georgia Roman GmbH and Co. KG (Oberkassel, Germany). 

This chocolate had brown sugar, honey, nut butter and concentrated fruit (raisin, cherry, plum) and true chocolate notes. It had the rich flavors of an ultra-dark bar, and did have a lingering finish with a touch of very balanced bitterness. But this chocolate was relatively sweet and not that bitter for an 80% cacao bar. This would be a good choice for those who are a bit intimidated by a higher cacao percentage bar.

The chocolate maker's tasting notes read as follows: "Ripe figs, sour cherries and roasted nuts with floral notes" 

Ingredients: Cocoa mass, raw cane sugar, cocoa butter