Chocolate(s) of the Day
Gather Chocolate
1.) Pomegranate Molasses - Good +
2.) Sesame Crunch - 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 #7 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).
The honeycomb (hexagon)-shaped gold and brown box held six different flavors, all containing dark chocolate and "a touch of local honey."
Pomegranate Molasses
Aroma notes included: dark chocolate (fudge brownie) with very faint, sweet fruit (red berry) and floral.
Texture: a firmer, smooth dark 70% chocolate shell contrasted with a soft, almost silken ganache center.
Flavor notes included: the dark chocolate filling with red fruit and faint honey notes that was surrounded by a firmer, chocolate-y (fudge, cocoa), smooth-flavored dark chocolate shell.
I liked that the 70% dark chocolate balanced the inherent sweetness of these confections.
Sesame Crunch
Aroma notes for this pumpkin seed-topped confection included: dark chocolate, subtle seed and toffee.
Texture: smooth 70% dark chocolate coating that melted to reveal a pleasing, seedy, crunchy toffee center with faint sesame.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate and rich, buttery toffee with just the right amount of salt and seeds to balance out the sweetness.
This last Sesame Crunch chocolate in the 6-flavor assortment box was my favorite.
Note: The following ingredients list applies to all 6 chocolates in this assortment box. (There weren't individual ingredients lists for different chocolates.)
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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