Lake Champlain Chocolates - Peppermint - 70% Cocoa Plant-Based Truffle Bar - Dec. 26, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Lake Champlain Chocolates
Peppermint - 70% Cocoa Plant-based truffle bar
Good ++
Weight: 1.2 oz. (34 g.) in total package of 2 bars
Calories: 180 calories in 1 package of 2 bars
Cost: $3.00 for 1 package of 2 bars
Purchased from: Lake Champlain, online order

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate Truffle Bars Week.

Today's Peppermint 70% Cocoa Plant-Based Truffle Bar was from Lake Champlain Chocolates (Burlington, VT). 

Aroma notes included: dark chocolate (dark chocolate fudge) and peppermint.

The texture for this filled dark chocolate bar was smooth with a slightly creamier interior (dark truffle ganache-like filling).

Flavor notes included: smooth, fudge-y, dark chocolate and authentic peppermint. 

Ingredients: "*Dark Chocolate (*Chocolate Liquor, *Sugar, *Cocoa Butter, *Cocoa Powder, and *Vanilla Extract), *Rice Syrup, *Coconut Cream (*Coconut and Water), and *Peppermint Oil. (* = Organic)

Allergen-related information: Contains Tree Nuts (Coconut). May Contain Traces of Milk, Other Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Soybean, and Wheat. 

Trader Joe's - Organic Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar - Dec. 25, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Trader Joe's 
Organic Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar 
Good ++
Weight: 1.17 oz. (33.3 g.) / 3.51 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 190 calories in 1/3 bar
Cost: $1.99 total bar
Purchased from: Trader Joe's, Mountain View, CA

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate Truffle Bars Week. And Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. 

Two chocolates were enjoyed today: 1.) homemade bean-to-confection chocolate (made from cacao pods from Ecuador) (see separate entry for that)...and 2.) this Organic Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar from Trader Joe's (Monrovia, CA).

Aroma notes included: smooth dark chocolate (appealing malted dark chocolate milk, very faint diffuse fruit). 

The texture was pleasant, rich melt and creamy texture.

Flavor notes were similar to the aroma notes above, but even more chocolate-y (drinking chocolate, chocolate torte, dark chocolate ganache), with faint fleeting (balanced) earth notes.

Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Oil Blend (Organic Hi-Oleic Sunflower Oil, Organic Canola Oil, and/or Organic Safflower Oil).

Allergen-related information: May Contain Milk, Soy, Wheat, Peanut, Almond, Cashew, Coconut, Hazelnut, Pecan.