Chocolate of The Day
Chocolove
55% Cocoa Salted Almond Butter in Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.6 oz. (45 g.) / 3.2 oz. (90 g.) in total bar
Calories: 240 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $3.49 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Piazza's, Palo Alto, CA
Welcome to Chocolate Banquet, and a transition day between Chocolate and Virtual Caribbean Cruise and Chocolate and Dates Theme Week.
Today's 55% Cocoa Salted Almond Butter in Dark Chocolate (bar) was from Chocolove (Boulder, CO).
Aroma notes included: dark chocolate (faint roasted, ultra-dark but smooth, Forastero-like variety cacao).
Texture: relatively thick smooth dark chocolate encasing a thick, rich, nutty almond butter filling.
Flavor notes included: ultra-dark, bold dark chocolate (rich, dark, drinking chocolate), very faint graham cracker, and lightly salted almond butter filling. It was quite "dark" for 55% Cacao chocolate, but also relatively smooth. The almond butter added mellow, nutty flavor.
So where's the Caribbean in this chocolate? I paired this bar with plantain chips and nances (small fruits that look like yellow cherries) -- two popular Caribbean fruits/foods that complemented this U.S.-made chocolate. It's back to the virtual mainland today.
Ingredients: Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Liquor**, Sugar, Cocoa Butter**, Soy Lecithin and/or Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla), Almond Butter (Dry Roasted Unblanched Almonds), Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter**, Milk, Cocoa Liquor**, Soy Lecithin and/or Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla), Organic Palm Fruit Oil, Organic Butter Oil, Sea Salt, Sunflower Lecithin. (** Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at RA.org.)
Allergen-related information: Contains: Almonds, Milk, Soy. "Made in a Facility That Also Processes Eggs, Peanuts, And Other Tree Nuts."
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