Saturday, August 21, 2021

Chocola - Pineapple Covered in Fine Dark Chocolate - Aug. 21, 2021

Chocolate of the Day  

Chocola
Pina Cubierta de Chocolate Oscuro Fino 
(Pineapple Covered in Fine Dark Chocolate)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 4.06 oz. (115 g.) in total package
Calories: 420 calories in 1 package (4 servings)
Cost: $9.49 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's, Palo Alto, CA 

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

Today's Pina Cubierta de Chocolate Oscuro Fino (Pineapple Covered in Fine Dark Chocolate) pieces were from Chocola (Guatemala City, Guatemala, S.A.).

This high-end snack had a transporting* aroma included tart, sweet fruit (pineapple, other tropical fruit (perhaps cacao fruit/pulp), persimmon), faint, freshly baked pineapple upside down vanilla cake, and chocolate notes.

The triangular flat pieces of pineapple had a nice soft chew and and plenty of naturally sweet-tart fruit flavor.

With many chocolate covered fruit rounds or pieces, the fruit center is little more than a sugar-saturated, fruit-flavored jell/gel. Thankfully, this was not the case today. Yes, this was a sweet treat, but the pineapple and 50% dark chocolate were well balanced and both offered plenty of intact, authentic and complementary flavor(s) and texture.

There was a fleeting earth note in this dark chocolate toward the end of a few bites, proving its flavor hadn't been fully tamed or "smoothed" out (via, e.g., the addition of alkalized cocoa powder, extra long roast and/or conch times, etc.). I appreciated having this "darker" note paired with such a sweet and powerful fruit.

Ingredients: "Dark chocolate 50% (sugar, cocoa butter, cacao liquor, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural vanilla), dehydrated pineapple, gum arabic (glazing agent)."

Allergen-related information: "May contain traces of peanuts and/or tree nuts."

*During limited travel times in 2020-2021 (due to the Covid-19 pandemic), any visits to Hawaii or far-off, exotic lands (even other cities in the same state) have been curtailed. So, the culinary (virtual) travel adventures that chocolates from other countries offer have been doubly appreciated.


Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...