Chocolate of the Day
Chuao Chocolatier
Exploding Coal - popping candy and black cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g) / 2.8 oz. (80 g.) in total bar
Calories: 210 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $5.99 (estimate) for 1 bar
Purchased from: FarmFresh, online order
Welcome to Day #2 of Unique Chocolates Week, featuring interesting origins and form factors, as well as surprising flavor additions.
Today's Exploding Coal bar with popping candy and black cacao was created by Chef Antonorsi at Chuao Chocolatier (Carlsbad, CA).
Drawing inspiration from a fossil fuel is unique, although the reference to coal has more to do with Christmas* than combustibles.
Aroma notes included: roasted dark chocolate and sweet vanilla.
I enjoyed the playful textures in this holiday bar: the hard snap of dark chocolate, effervescent popping candy and a constellation of tiny, crunchy sugar sparkles.
Flavor notes included: robust but friendly, toasty dark chocolate (deep but smooth cocoa) and warm sweet vanilla (marshmallow) and sweet popping candy.
This naughty (rather addicting) and nice "coal" dark chocolate would be a welcome addition to any Christmas stocking.
Ingredients: Premium 60% dark chocolate (cacao*, cane sugar*, cacao butter*, sunflower lecithin [as an emulsifier], natural vanilla), popping candy (sugar, maltose, carbon dioxide), black cacao powder*.
Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that uses milk, soy, tree nuts, and wheat on shared equipment."
*Children in the 1800s-1900s were told they would receive a lump of coal in their Christmas stocking if they landed on Santa's "naughty" list. As coal was often used to heat homes, the sight of these black lumps in a scuttle by the stove or fireplace (where Santa entered a home) made it a more credible threat back then.
No comments:
Post a Comment