Theo Chocolate - Organic Sweet & Spicy 55% Dark Chocolate (bar) - Mar. 11, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Theo Chocolate
Organic Sweet & Spicy 55% Dark Chocolate (bar)
Good ++ 
Weight: 1.4 oz. (39.5 g.) / 2.8 oz. (79 g.) in total bar
Calories: 140 calories in 1/3 bar (~213 cals in 1/2 bar)
Cost: $N/A - gift from a friend
Purchased from: N/A - gift from a friend 

Welcome to Day #12 of Chocolate and Mexico Theme Week. 

This bar was not from Mexico; but it did contain the southwest trifecta of chocolate flavor inclusions: chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon* and cayenne pepper. 

Today's Organic Sweet & Spicy 55% Dark Chocolate (bar) was distributed by Theo Chocolate (Seattle, WA). This was a special gift from a friend who lives in Arizona. (Thank you Joy!)

Aroma and flavor notes included: smooth, sweet dark chocolate (dark chocolate cookie), interspersed with tiny crunchy bits of sweet brittle; and sparkles of warm spice (cinnamon) and occasional, tiny spikes of cayenne pepper heat.

This was, just as advertised, sweet and spicy chocolate with a touch of vanilla and warming spices. I liked the relatively short list of Organic and "Fair for life" (Fair Trade) ingredients, and the addition of a crunchy element (brittle).

Ingredients: Dark Chocolate* (Cocoa Beans*+, Cane Sugar*+, Cocoa Butter*+, Ground Vanilla Bean*), Brittle* (Sugar*, Rice Syrup*, Coconut Oil*, Sea Salt, Baking Soda), Cinnamon*, Cayenne*. 

(*Organic, +Fair Trade - Contains 89% Fair Trade Ingredients)

Allergen-related information: "Made on equipment that also process (sic) milk, peanuts, and tree nuts."

*Cinnamon may not be native to the Americas, but in just a few centuries it became firmly embedded in Mexico and the U.S. culinary (and chocolate) offerings.