Chocolate of the Day
Don Bugito
Dark Chocolate Crickets with Amaranth Seeds
Good + - Good ++
Weight: .44 oz. (11 g.) / .88 oz. (22 g.) in total package
Calories: 36.5 calories in 1/2 serving
Cost: $8.00 for 1 package
Purchased from: Il Parco, in the Presidio, San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week.
Today's Dark Chocolate Crickets with Amaranth Seeds were from Don Bugito* (San Francisco, CA).
This cricket-based, planet-friendly protein snack was made in California, but was inspired by "Mexican Prehispanic cuisine and Native American ingredients."
Aroma notes for these small rounds included: very faint dark chocolate, vanilla, and seed cookie.
The texture was fairly smooth (soft, lightly crunchy chew followed by chocolate melt/mouthfeel, with subtle fiber from amaranth seeds -- and I'm guessing from toasted cricket pieces as well.).
Flavor notes included: chocolate; mild, toasted amaranth seed; and very faint vanilla. There was not any insect or other savory protein (cricket-like) flavor I was aware of--even though crickets were listed as the number one ingredient. (Note: I did have a fairly bad cold on this day.)
Ingredients: "Toasted Crickets, Amaranth Seeds, Semisweet Chocolate (cacao beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla beans), Sea Salt"
Allergen-related information: "If you are allergic to shellfish, this product may not be right for you. Made in a facility that processes milk, eggs and peanuts."
*Don Bugito is a woman-owned company that sells edible insect snacks. The company was founded in 2011 by Monica Martinez.
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