Chocolate of the Day
Valley Isle Chocolate
70% Oahu North Shore 70% Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .7 oz. (20 g.) / 1.41 oz. (40 g.) in total bar
Calories: 109 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week.
Today's 70% Oahu North Shore 70% Dark Chocolate (bar) was from Valley Isle Chocolate (Kahului, HI). This family-owned, small batch chocolate maker is located in Maui.
Aroma notes for this bar included: dark chocolate (dark ganache); very faint tropical fruit (pineapple, mango); butter; and honey/honey caramel.
Texture: creamy, cocoa buttery
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate (dark ganache, torte), earth (loam), sweet green (fig, floral vanilla).
The sweetness level was relatively high; the complexity was interesting.
All four of the Valley Isle chocolates I tried this week had three things in common--most notably a natural/ganache sweetness, creamy/buttery texture, and earth (loam) notes. (All four bars were made with a three-ingredient, 70% cacao chocolate.)
Maker's tasting notes: Raisin, Caramel, Nutty
Ingredients: Cacao, Organic Cane Sugar*, Organic Cocoa Butter*
Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that also processes: Milk, Peanuts, Tree Nuts"
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