Thursday, April 14, 2022

Exquisito Chocolates - Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups - Apr. 14, 2022

Chocolate of the Day

Exquisito Chocolates
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .85 oz. (25.5 g.) / 1.7 oz. (51 g.) in total box/package
Calories: 131 calories (estimate) for 2 peanut butter cups
Cost: $10.00 (estimate) for 1 box/package of 4 peanut butter cups
Purchased from: Exquisito Chocolates, online order

Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Peanut Butter Theme Week.

Today's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were from Exquisito Chocolates, LLC (Little Havana, Miami, FL). 

These filled peanut butter cup confections had a smooth, and relatively complex, dark chocolate-forward aroma and flavor, that blended well with the sweeter, slow-roasted peanut (smooth peanut butter) flavors in the filling.

Unlike many other chocolatiers, Exquisito does make bean-to-bar chocolate and offers some single origin bars. The cacao used for the outer (73% cacao) dark chocolate cup "shell" may have been made using Tumaco (Colombia) cacao (according to information, as of 4/14/22, on the Exquisito Chocolates website).

Maker's tasting notes: "A handcrafted version of the candy classic, but now made with real ingredients and sustainably sourced cacao. Picture if your favorite childhood treat went off and got its PhD."

Ingredients: Cacao, unrefined cane sugar, peanuts, cacao butter, powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), sea salt.

Allergen-related information: (Contained peanuts.) For more information, contact company.




Niagara Chocolates - Peanut Butter Cups - Apr. 13, 2022

Chocolate of the Day

Niagara Chocolates
Peanut Butter Cups
Good +
Weight: .89 oz. (25 g.) / 4.5 oz. (128 g.) in total package
Calories: 140 calories in 2 cups
Cost: $3.99 for 1 package 
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Peanut Butter Theme Week.

Today's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were manufactured by Niagara Chocolates (Cheektowaga, New York). The company was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1956 and offers a variety of chocolate bars, cups and confections.

Aroma notes for these peanut butter cups included: chocolate green, nut (peanut), and warm floral spice (vanilla).

Texture: Creamy, buttery milk chocolate with a smooth peanut butter filling. 

The milk chocolate cup/shell had a confection level sweetness, while the smooth, uniform peanut butter filling was not overly sweet--the opposite of a dark (less sweet) chocolate shell with a sugary peanut butter interior. The nutty, peanut butter core helped balance the sweeter chocolate exterior to create a tasty overall treat.

Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter*, skim milk powder, chocolate*, butterfat (milk), soy lecithin, natural flavor), peanut butter (dry roasted peanuts, sucrose, palm oil and sea salt), sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder*, whey powder (milk), nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla.

Allergen-related information: Contains milk, soy, peanut. May contain: egg, wheat, tree nuts.

*Rainforest Alliance Certified



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