Chocolate of the Day
Seahorse Chocolate
Dark Milk Vegan 65% (bar)
Good +++
Weight: 1.75 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 271 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $10.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Spinnaker Chocolate, online order
Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and The Sea Theme Week.
Today's Dark Milk Vegan chocolate (bar) was crafted by Seahorse Chocolate (Bend, OR).
Aroma notes for this Good Food Awards winner included: dark milk chocolate, and subtle, authentic coconut milk.
This bar broke with a gentle snap; had a slow, thick, luxe melt and a silken, creamy texture; and it had a relatively long (textural and flavor) finish.
Flavor notes included: deep, dark chocolate (fudge brownie; smooth dark chocolate-y ganache; subdued, authentic coconut milk; and barely there, diffuse fruit candy/jam/marmalade and roasted coffee/mocha.
The taste was close to a deep, dense, higher-end Forastero and/or Trinitario variety cacao and tasted darker than many 65% cacao chocolates (more like 72% cacao or even 75% cacao bars).*
Well-balanced, relatively bold and flavorful yet also very smooth, this is a dark milk vegan bar for true dark chocolate lovers.
Maker's tasting notes: "Reminds us of: Fudge, candied pear, licking brownie batter spatula" and "Reminds us of: Fudge, Orange, Lee Hazlewood's vocals"
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Coconut Milk, Organic Sugar
Allergen-related information: "Vegan, Gluten Free"
*Cacao percentages can be useful if you're buying dark chocolates. However, "darkness" depends on many factors, including variety/ies of cacao used, origin, and choices made in the growing, fermenting and processing of said cacao(s). All 70% dark chocolate bars will not taste the same. Some will taste light and bright; others deep and dense. And some will taste sweeter or more bitter than others. Sometimes a 65% chocolate can taste like 75% chocolate, and vice versa.
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