Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Gather Chocolate - Caramelized Honey Truffle and Coconut Cluster chocolates - Aug. 12, 2024

Chocolate(s) of the Day

Gather Chocolate
1.) Caramelized Honey Truffle - Good - Good +
2.) Coconut Cluster - Good - Good +
Weight: 1.16 oz. (33 g.) / 9 1/4 oz. (262 g.) in total box of 24 pieces
Calories: 160 calories in 3 pieces
Cost: $39.00 for 1 box of 24 pieces
Purchased from: Harbor Sweets, online order

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Honey Theme Week.

Today's two Gather Chocolate confections were part of a larger, 6-flavor assortment box from Harbor Sweets (Salem, MA).

Caramelized Honey

Aroma notes included: chocolate; soft, pleasing caramel; and faint honey cake and vanilla.

Texture: smooth dark 70% chocolate with flowing, honey-like center.

Flavor: smooth-flavored dark 70% chocolate and relatively complex filling (nuanced honey, caramel, faint sweet floral)

I liked that the 70% dark chocolate balanced the inherent sweetness of these confections.

Coconut Cluster 

Aroma: chocolate, coconut, and faint green coconut and vanilla
Texture: smooth dark chocolate shell; creamy, slightly fudge-y internal truffle center; and chewy coconut shreds.
Flavor: chocolate-y with balanced coconut flavors and a hint of vanilla. As with the first truffle, the 70% dark chocolate nicely balanced the inherent sweetness of this filled chocolate.

I didn't care for the additives, gums, natural flavors in this assortment; but the chocolates tasted good. I also liked the smaller size that made it easier to share the chocolates in this box with others.

Note: The ingredients list (below) contains all the ingredients for 6 different flavors of chocolates in this assortment box. (There were not separate lists for each flavor.)

Ingredients: Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Cream (Cream [Milk], Carrageenan, Mono and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80), Sugar, Honey, Vegetable Glycerin, Butter, Cashews (Cashews, Salt), Semi-Sweet Chocolate (Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate with Alkali, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Coconut Milk (Coconut Milk [Water, Coconut Cream], Calcium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D2, Selenium, Zinc Oxide, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12), Dried Coconut Flakes, Contains Less Than 2% of Brown Sugar, Dried Tart Cherries (Cherries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Concentrated Pomegranate Juice, Sunflower Kernels (Sunflower Kernels, Salt), Sesame Seeds (Sesame Seeds, Salt), Natural Flavors, Peanuts (Peanuts, Salt), Pureed Dried Coconut, Pomegranate Powder, Salt, Pepitas (Pepitas, Salt), Lemon Juice, Soy Lecithin, Baking Soda.

Allergen-related information: "Contains Milk, Peanut, Soy, Coconut, Cashews and Sesame." "This product is prepared in a facility that handles soy, milk, peanuts, wheat, tree nuts and sesame."

 

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