Chocolate of the Day
The Organic House
Banana Foster 65% Cacao, Nicaragua (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 147 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $13.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Bar & Cocoa, online order
Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and Central America Theme Week.
Today's Banana Foster 65% Cacao, Nicaragua O'Payo (bar) was from The Organic House (Burlington, ON, Canada).
This bar was made with O'Payo Nicaragua cacao from Ingemann, a family-owned cacao producer in Nicaragua.
Aroma notes included: smooth dark chocolate, light tropical fruit (banana) and faint, light sweet green.
Texture: smooth hearty texture and thick, creamy melt. The banana and coconut sugar were fully incorporated into the chocolate.
Flavor notes included: dark chocolate accompanied by all aspects of banana: sweet, fruity, smooth, bitter/astringent; faint dark sugars (coconut flower sugar/brown sugar); fleeting caramel; and sweet floral (vanilla).
The freeze-dried bananas maintained a lot of their original concentrated flavor
I enjoyed this naturally sweet, flavorful and complex tropical banana ride, and appreciated the thoughtful sourcing and diligent execution behind all the ingredients, e.g. the use of single origin (Peru) cocoa butter.
Maker's Tasting Notes: "Fruity notes accompanied with sweet notes of banana and vanilla."
Ingredients: "Nicaragua O'Payo cacao beans, Coconut flower nectar, Bananas, Peru cacao butter, Vanilla beans"
Allergen-related information: Made in a facility that uses tree nuts.
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