Chocolate of the Day
In 2006, my daughter bet I couldn't eat a different chocolate each day for a year. I enjoyed that year so much that, after 17+ years, I'm still eating a different chocolate every day. Happily, even after 6,200+ chocolates, there are still many more to try. Thank you to all who continue to be part of this global adventure.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Noi Sirius - Dark Chocolate 45% with Toffee and Sea Salt (bar) - Dec. 20, 2022
Gron Balance OKO - Mork chokolade 70% Kakao (bar) - Dec. 19, 2022
Chocolate of the Day
Gron Balance OKO
(Green Balance OKO)
Mork chokolade 70% Kakao
(Dark chocolate 70% Cacao (bar))
Good ++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) / 3.52 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 284 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: 299 ISK (approx. 145 ISK = $1 USD) for 1 bar
Purchased from: Kr store, Vik, Iceland
Welcome to Day #9 of Chocolate and Iceland Theme Week.
Today's Gron Balance OKO Mork chokolade (dark chocolate) 70% Cacao (bar) was produced by ICAM S.p.A (Italy) for Dagrofa aps. (Ringsted, Denmark).
Aroma notes included: dark chocolate and faint vanilla with even fainter smoke (aromatic tobacco).
This well-tempered dark chocolate had a creamy melt and smooth texture with a very faint astringency in the finish.
Flavor notes included: bold, balanced 70% dark chocolate (ultra-dark chocolate pudding, deep cacao, dark forest), barely detectable nut, and a roasted earthiness that made this 70% dark seem even a bit darker (more like 75% - 80% cacao). At the end of the finish there was a faint, fleeting red fruit (berry, currant) note.
Ingredients: Organic, Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa mass; organic cane sugar; organic, Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa butter; organic vanilla extract.
Allergen-related information: (May contain traces of milk, almond, hazelnut, cashew, pistachio.)
*Note: I bought today's dark chocolate bar in Iceland. It was made by an Italy-based company for a Denmark-based company. Iceland was part of Denmark from 1814 to 1918, and was a "separate kingdom" in relationship with Denmark until 1944--when Iceland declared independence.
Noi Sirius - Milk Chocolate with Raisins and Hazelnuts (bar) - Dec. 18, 2022
Chocolate of the Day
Noi Sirius
Milk Chocolate with Raisins and Hazelnuts (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g.) / 3.52 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 274.5 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $ missing information
Purchased from: (retail store in Iceland)
Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Iceland Theme Week.
Today's Milk Chocolate with Raisins and Hazelnuts (bar) was produced by Noi Sirius (Reykjavik, Iceland).
Aroma and flavor notes for this well-tempered milk chocolate bar included: thick, sweet milk chocolate; light, buttery caramel; fleeting, faint clean mineral/light clay; crunchy hazelnuts; densely sweet, chewy dried grape (raisins); and very faint, fleeting warm spice.
This milk chocolate nut and fruit confection was rich and sweet. The fruit and nut elements added flavor and textural interest.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), bourbon vanilla. Cocoa dry solids min. 33%), hazelnuts and raisins (min. 10%), sunflower oil.
Allergen-related information: Contains milk, soy and tree nuts (hazelnuts). "Produced in a factory which works with milk, soya, tree nuts and wheat."
Note: This post was delayed due to international travel in Iceland and elsewhere.