Fjak Sjokolade - Solbaer Smuldrepai (Blackcurrant Pie) - Sept. 14, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Fjak Sjokolade
Solbaer Smuldrepai (Blackcurrant Pie) (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .935 oz. (26.5 g.) / 1.87 oz. (~53 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: 85,00 Norwegian Kroner ($7.98 USD)
Purchased from: Gift shop in Hotel Ullensvang, Hardangerfjord, Norway

Fjak Sjokolade
45% Melk Nibs & Eikerokt Salt (45% Milk Nibs & Oak Smoked Salt) (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .935 oz. (26.5 g.) / 1.87 oz. (~53 g.) in total bar
Calories: 127 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: 85,00 Norwegian Kroner ($7.98 USD)
Purchased from: Gift shop in Hotel Ullensvang, Hardangerfjord, Norway

Welcome to Day #6 of Scandinavian Chocolate Theme Week.

Today's White Chocolate Blackcurrant Pie and 45% Milk Nibs and Oak Smoked Chocolate bars were created by Fjak Sjokolade (Eidfjord, Norway) on the Hardangerfjord. 

The company produces small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate. They offer a variety of bars, as well as a few confections and drinking chocolate options.

Blackcurrant Pie

Aroma and flavor notes for this pie-inspired, white chocolate bar included: oats, nuts, and bright sweet berry.

The texture was a satisfying blend of creamy (almost buttery), scarlet-hued berry (blackcurrant infused white chocolate) and crunchy oat and nut ("pie crust") bits. It was berry-sweet, but not overly so (thank you!).

This Nordic bar was well-balanced, with a natural, tart-sweetness and authentic-tasting fruit and crust elements. 

Ingredients: Cocoa butter* cane sugar*, milk powder*, blackcurrant*, gluten free oats*, gluten free almonds*, and honey.* (* Organic)

Allergen-related information: Contains milk.

45% Milk Nibs and Oak Smoked Salt

Aroma notes for this dark milk chocolate included: dark milk chocolate, subtle smoked wood, caramel, and very faint savory, nut/seed.

The texture was a blend of creamy (milk chocolate) and crunchy (cacao nibs).

Flavor notes included: sweet (45%) milk chocolate, tiny bits of crunchy cacao nibs and salt, and very faint smoked spice (salt, black pepper).

Ingredients: Cocoa beans, cane sugar*, milk powder*, cocoa butter*, cacao nibs* and oak smoked salt.

Allergen-related information: Contains milk.

Peter Beier - D75TAN - Tanzania Dark 75% (bar) - Sept. 13, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Peter Beier
D75TAN - Tanzania Dark 75% (bar)
Good +
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 233.6 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $7.12 USD (49,50 DKK) for 1 bar
Purchased from: Peter Beier (shop), Copenhagen, Denmark

Welcome to Day #5 of Scandinavian Chocolate Theme Week.

Today's D75TAN - Tanzania Dark 75% (bar) was from Peter Beier Chokolade A/S (Helsinger, Danmark). The company offered a range of chocolate confections; single origin and blend bars; and ice cream flavors in their downtown Copenhagen shop,

The cacao variety used to make today's Tanzania dark chocolate: Trinitario cacao beans.

Aroma notes included: dark chocolate, faint vanilla cookie, and subtle, sweet green (botanical, floral).

The texture was very smooth (as were other Peter Beier origin bars featured this week).

Flavor notes included: bold bittersweet dark chocolate (bitter cocoa); very faint, fleeting coconut and botanical; and red fruit.

Maker's Taste Profile (notes): "Intense cocoa, floral, ripe bananas, cherries and lily of the valley."

Ingredients: Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla aroma. (77.5% cacao solids.)

Allergen-related information: (Can contain traces of milk or nuts.)