Monday, March 24, 2025

Hana Gold - 72% Dark Chocolate Maui Made (bar) - March 23, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Hana Gold
72% Dark Chocolate Maui Made (bar)
Good + - Good ++ 
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 1.7 oz. (48 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1 oz. of bar
Cost: $8.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Hana Gold, online order

Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate and Hawaii Theme Week. 

Today's 72% Dark Chocolate "Maui Made" (bar) was distributed by Hana Gold Farm (Hana Highway, Maui, HI).

Aroma and flavor notes included: deep dark chocolate with diffuse, balanced fruit and forest notes. I could almost taste (or at least the chocolate conjured up notions of) slightly earthy (peaty/amended) volcanic soils in the greener parts of Hawaii.

Texture: soft, initially very slightly gummy, texture with a creamy and light mouthfeel once melted. 

I liked this bold but balanced 72% dark chocolate. Dark fans will appreciate the less sugary taste and the slightly earthy but smooth dark complexity. Like many two-ingredient bars you get more unadulterated cacao flavors and a sense of cacao origins (terroir, fermentation, grower and maker choices).

Ingredients: Hana Gold cacao, organic cane sugar.  

Allergen-related information: Made in a facility that... processes nuts, dairy, soy.


 

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