Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Chocolates of the World - Sour Cherry Dark Chocolate (bar) - Jan. 10, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Cost Plus - Chocolates of the World
(Manufactured for Cost Plus by Astor Chocolate Corp.)
Sour Cherry Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.5 oz. (42.5 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) in total bar
Calories: 225 calories in 1/2 bar (150 cals. for 1/3 bar or 1 oz.)
Cost: $2.54 (after 15% discount) for 1 bar
Purchased from: Cost Plus World Market (store), Mountain View, CA

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Cherries Week.

Today's Sour Cherry Dark Chocolate (bar) was made for Cost Plus Inc. by Astor Chocolate Corp. (Lakewood, NJ).

Aroma notes for this bar included: sweet, lightly fruit-spiced, dark chocolate, and very, very faint wood (pulp), menthol, and cherry flavored cold syrup.

The flavor was less complicated than the aroma. The relatively smooth dark chocolate had the taste and mouthfeel of an upbeat, bubbly cherry soda, in chocolate form.

Ingredients: Dark chocolate (chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla flavor), freeze-dried tart cherries, citric acid, natural cherry flavor.

Allergen-related information: "Contains: soy. May contain milk, wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts.

 

Woodside Chocolate Company - Dark chocolate with almonds, cherries - Jan. 9, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Woodside Chocolate Company
Dark chocolate with almonds, cherries (bar)
Good ++ 
Weight: 1.76 oz. (50 g. ) (estimate) / 3.52 oz. (100 g.) (estimate) in total bar
Calories: 273 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00+ (estimate) for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Village Bakery, Woodside, CA

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Cherries Week.

Today's dark chocolate with almonds and cherries (bar) was from Woodside Chocolate Company in California.

The aroma notes for this relatively thick bar included: dark chocolate (bittersweet, very faint smokey vanilla), toasted almonds and dried cherries.

I enjoyed this blend of balanced, complex and harmonious flavors: hearty dark chocolate, crunchy almonds, bursts of chewy, tart-sweet cherries, and tiny sparkles of salt.

Ingredients: (none listed on packaging) Dark chocolate (chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla flavor), freeze-dried tart cherries, citric acid, natural cherry flavor.

Allergen-related information: (none listed on packaging)

 

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