ChocolateSpiel - Earl Grey (bar) - Dec. 30, 2024

Chocolate of the Day

ChocolateSpiel 
Earl Grey (bar)
Good ++ 
Weight: 1 oz. (27 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $8.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Etsy.com, ChocolateSpiel, online order

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate, Tea, Herbs and Spices Theme Week.

Today's Earl Grey (bar) was from ChocolateSpiel (Seattle, WA).

Aroma notes included: chocolate; very faint pepper and spice; and barely detectable sweet orange.

Multi-colored, overlapping splashes of colored cocoa butter "paint" gave this bar an attractive/festive appearance.

Texture: smooth, relatively creamy with occasional bites of whole almonds. The almonds added textural interest.

Flavor notes included: chocolate (smooth, dark ganache), subtle bergamot (the flavoring in Earl Grey tea), and lightly salted almond.

The skin-free (possibly marcona) almonds on the back also added some flavor depth. It reminded me of tea cookies/snacks -- small butter cookies with large Marcona almonds in the centers that you might enjoy with tea. And the judicious touch of salt balanced out the sweetness.

I liked the sweet and salty plus floral/bergamot tea notes; they all harmonized well together; and I really enjoyed the lingering earl grey flavor into the finish.

Ingredients: Cocoa, almonds, sugar, cocoa butter, earl grey from Key to Teas, salt, colored cocoa butter (Yellow 3).

Allergen-related information: "May contain traces of peanut, gluten, tree nuts."