Thursday, September 1, 2022

Bhu Keto - Double Dark Chocolate Cookie Dough Keto Bites - Sept. 1, 2022

Chocolate of the Day

Bhu Keto
Double Dark Chocolate Cookie Dough Keto Bites
Good - Good +
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 5.29 oz. (150 g.) in total package of 6 bites 
Calories: 140 calories in 1 bite/piece
Cost: $10.99 for 1 package of 6 bites
Purchased from: Oceana Market, Pacifica, CA

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Nuts Theme Week. 

Today's Organic Double Dark Chocolate Cookie Dough Keto Bites were made by Bhu Foods (San Diego, CA).

True to its name, the aroma and flavor notes for these individually-wrapped squares were consistent with a chocolate (chip) cookie dough.

The texture was smooth, rich (buttery) and pillowy while having a very faint powdery mouthfeel--what you might experience with well-beaten butter and a little flour in some short cookie or pastry doughs. (In this case it may have been tapioca and pea protein powder rather than flour.)

The whipped chocolate chip cookie and very mild (cashew) nut butter flavors were relatively pleasant. Chocolate chips and cocoa powder added flavor depth. The fat content and added pea protein extinguished cravings. 

 And, refreshingly, these bites weren't overly sweet (thank you!)--unlike some cookie doughs or artificially sweetened "sugar free" confections can be. The very subtle sweetness came from organic cherries, monk fruit, the relatively "sweet" roasted cashew nuts, and vanilla extract.

Ingredients: Organic roasted cashews, Organic red palm oil (Certified Sustainable), Organic soluble tapioca fiber, Organic chocolate chips [Organic cacao, Organic prebiotic tapioca, Organic "cocao" butter, Organic soluble tapioca fiber, Organic cherries, sunflower lecithin], Organic pea protein, Organic cocoa powder, pure water, Organic baobab, Organic sunflower lecithin, sea salt, Organic monk fruit, Organic vanilla extract.

Allergen-related information: Contains cashews. "May contain an occasional shell fragment. Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs."

Mondelez International - Mirabell Mozartkugeln Chocolates - Aug. 31, 2022

Chocolate of the Day

Mirabell (Mondelez International)
Mozartkugeln Chocolates
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.81 oz. (51.3 g.) / 9.6 oz. (273 g.) in total package of 16 pieces
Calories: 282 calories in 3 pieces
Cost: $N/A - shared gift
Purchased from: N/A - shared gift (Thank you Erin!)

Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate and Nuts Theme Week.

Today's Mozartkugeln (Pistachio) Chocolates were from Mirabell (Salzburg, Austria).* 

These round, filled confections (named for Austrian composer Mozart) were first created in 1890 by confectioner Paul Furst in Salzburg (the city where Mozart was born). Mirabell is one of the companies carrying on the tradition of making one of Austria's favorite chocolates.

Aroma and flavor notes included: nutty, very faint floral (vanilla), and cookie (cashew or mild nut shortbread) and smooth creamy, sweet chocolate.

A cross-section of this round, filled confection ("Mozart ball") revealed a few different layers. Inside a creamy, milky dark(er) chocolate outer shell were two thick strata of light nutty (pistachio marzipan and nougat)--and a ring of darker beige-brown in between these two lighter layers.

Ingredients:
Chocolates with light (28%) and dark (17%) praline fillings and Marzipan (6.5%). Ingredients: Sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable fat (palm), hazelnuts (9.5%), cocoa butter, whey powder (from milk), almonds (2.5%), invert sugar syrup, milk fat, lactose (from milk), fat-reduced cocoa powder, humectant (sorbitols), emulsifier (soya lecithin), pistachios, flavourings, stabilizer (invertase), whole milk powder. Chocolate contains cocoa solids: 46% minimum.

Allergen-related information: Contains nuts (hazelnut, almond, pistachio) and dairy. "May contain other nuts, peanuts and wheat."

*Mirabell is part of Mondelez International/Mondelez Osterreich GmbH.

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