Chocolate of the Day
Cacao & Cardamom
Triple Citrus Crunch 68% (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++
Weight: 1.75 oz. (50 g.) / 3.5 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 271 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $12.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Cacao & Cardamom, online order
Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate and Japan Theme Week.
Today's Triple Citrus Crunch 68% (bar) was from Cacao & Cardamom Chocolatier (Houston, TX).
Aroma notes for this elegant-looking bar included: dark chocolate, sweet and aromatic citrus (orange cookie), and faint warm spice (ginger).
Texture: smooth, hearty dark chocolate, slightly chewy bits of ginger and various nuanced citrus flavors/pieces, and lightly crispy-crunchy puffed rice.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate and very nicely nuanced citrus flavors ranging from a peel that was "yellower" than orange and mellow and warm in flavor; another piece that had more of a sweet orange-kumquat-like citrus zing, and a third citrus that was quite rounded/mellow and nice orange.
I really enjoyed this beguiling flavor and visual feast of a bar. I very much appreciated being able to taste the nuanced citrus flavors. (The peels and dried fruit weren't overly sugared or candied.) I also liked the well-executed balance between the flavors and textures: the dark chocolate, three types of Japanese citrus, ginger and puffed rice.
Ingredients: 68% Bolivia (Cacao Kernel, Sugar, Cacao Butter), Dried Amantsu (amantsu, beet sugar, millet jelly, ascorbic acid), Dried Iyokan (iyokan, beet sugar, millet jelly, ascorbic acid), Dried Yuzu (Yuzu, beet sugar, millet jelly, ascorbic acid), Rice Puff (rice flour, sugar, barley malt extract salt, rice extract), Dehydrated Orange
Allergen-related information: "Made in a Facility that handles tree nuts"
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