Chocolate of the Day
Honoka'a Chocolate
70% Cacao Hawaiian Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (57 g.) in total bar
Calories: 180 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $15.00 (estimate) (2nd of 3 bar trio for $45.00)
Purchased from: Honoka'a Chocolate, online order
Welcome to Day #17 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week.
Today's 70% Cacao Hawaiian Dark Chocolate (bar) was from Honoka'a Chocolate (Honoka'a, HI). Honoka'a is a small town on the Hamakua coast on the northeast side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
The relatively light and fresh aroma notes included: mellow dark chocolate, very light green fig flavored marshmallow, and barely detectable light herbal (licorice/fennel). Note: most of the lighter, and floral-leaning "green" notes were gone after the inner wrapper had been open for a few hours.
Texture: silky smooth, with a luxuriously thick mouthfeel and melt.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate (dark chocolate ganache with very faint milky caramel/brown sugar; earthy dark chocolate milk); very faint milk (Greek yogurt); and barely detectable earth (loam). (Note: the "dairy" notes were very subtle; and there were no milk/dairy ingredients listed on the packaging.)
I liked the luxe--silken, with an almost chewy caramel-like--texture; the very short list of ingredients: just cacao and sugar; and that there was a bit of intriguing complexity.
The very slightly earthy cacao helped balance out the sweetness, and vice versa. Also, the turbinado sugar used was a little less processed than some white sugars, resulting in a slightly more rich (brown sugar) flavor and less sugar buzz.
Ingredients: 100% Hawai'i island cacao, organic turbinado cane sugar.
Allergen-related information: ("Gluten Free, Fair Trade, Non GMO, Vegan, Dairy Free")
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