Cherry Almond Bark
Good ++
Calories: 310 calories in 1/2 package
Cost: N/A - gift from a friend
Purchased from: N/A - gift from a friend (Thank you Eric!)
In 2006, my daughter bet I couldn't eat a different chocolate each day for a year. I enjoyed that year so much that, after 18+ years, I'm still eating a different chocolate every day. Happily, even after 6,600+ chocolates, there are still many more to try. Thank you to chocolate makers everywhere, and to all who continue to be part of this global adventure.
Chocolate of the Day
Andy's Orchard
Cherry Chocolate Fantasy
Good ++
Weight: 3.5 oz. (100 g.) / 7 oz. (200 g.) (estimate) in total container
Calories: 465 calories (estimate) in 1/2 container
Cost: $9.00 for 1 container
Purchased from: Andy's Orchard, Morgan Hill, CA
Welcome to Day #1 of Chocolate and Fruit Theme Week.
Today's Cherry Chocolate Fantasy confections were from Andy's Orchard (Morgan Hill, CA).
Aroma notes included: sweet, dark chocolate (dark ganache, dark chocolate syrup and marshmallows, and brownies); and faint fruit, nut and vanilla.
Texture: blend of dark chocolate, nuts and dried cherry bits.
Tasting notes: rich jumble of chocolate-y flavors: dark chocolate surrounding chewy, authentic dried cherry pieces, pecans, and hints of marshmallow.
Ingredients: Chocolate, Marshmallows, Pecans, Dried Cherries
Allergen-related information: Contains nuts (pecans). "May Contain Pits or Pit Fragments."
Chocolate of the Day
Gnosis Chocolate
Date-Sweetened Earl Grey: Botanical Alchemy (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.1 oz. (30 g.) in total bar
Calories: 170 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $5.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Gnosis Chocolate, online order
Welcome to Day #15 of Chocolate and Dates Theme Week(s).
Today's Date-Sweetened Earl Grey: Botanical Alchemy (bar)was created by Gnosis Chocolate (Astoria, NYC, NY).
Aroma notes for this bar included: smooth and flavorful dark chocolate with faint citrus/oxalis and barely there fruit-floral notes.
Texture: smooth, appealing texture with a very faint astringency/graininess in the finish.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate (brownie) with balanced earth (cream/yogurt, loamy soil (mushroom, root and green vegetables). I enjoyed the Earl Grey (black) tea that showed up in the finish.
I also appreciated that this chocolate was mindfully made with a short list of (almost all) organic ingredients--and without soy (or other) lecithins.
Ingredients: 70% raw cacao beans*, ground dates*, coconut*, Earl Grey black tea, Blue Majik (TM) spirulina**, Love (* = organic; ** = wild-crafted)
Allergen-related information: (Contains coconut)