Chocolate of the Day
Theo & Philo
65% Dark Chocolate with Labuyo Chili (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .7 oz. (20 g.) / 1.59 oz. (45 g.) in total bar
Calories: 110 cals. for 20 g. serving
Cost: $7.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and the Philippines Theme Week.
Today's 65% Dark Chocolate with Labuyo Chili (bar) was from Theo & Philo Chocolate Factory (Metro Manila, Philippines).
Aroma notes included: dark chocolate (ganache), and very faint red chili/bell pepper and even fainter brown sugar/maple syrup.
Texture: smooth texture, with a firm but creamy fudge aspect.
Flavor notes included: chocolate (dark, slightly fudge-y, ganache) with some heat from the Labuyo chili kicking in now and then.
I appreciated the short list of ingredients and overall flavor in this well-balanced bar. I also found it oddly addicting.
The sweetness level was relatively high, but I enjoyed the brown sugar-like complexity that may have come with the choice of sugar.
Ingredients: "Cacao Beans, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chili"
Allergen-related information: "Processed in a facility that also processes peanuts, tree nuts, milk, and other dairy products." Halal.
*Labuyo chili (Capsicum frutescens 'Siling labuyo') is a small chili pepper cultivar that developed in the Philippines. The fruits and leaves are used in traditional Philippine cuisine. How hot is this pepper? Approximately 80,000-100,000 Scoville units. (The hottest scoring chili peppers in the world (so-called "super hots") can score over 1,000,000 units.)
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