Chocolate of the Day
Mashpi Chocolate
Chocolate Bar with Passion Fruit & Black Pepper 65% Cacao
Good ++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Choiba Agroforestry Products, online order
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Ecuador Theme Week.
Today's Chocolate Bar with Passion Fruit & Black Pepper 65% Cacao (bar) was made by Mashpi Chocolate (Quito, Ecuador); and imported and distributed by Andean Ecocrafts, LLC (Reno, NV).
The cacao variety used to make this bar was "Cacao Nacional Fino de Aroma."
Maracuyas (aka passion fruits) (Passiflora malformis in today's bar) are from South America. Their tart-sweet flavor puts the punch in fruit punch, and has been used to flavor desserts, chewing gum and filled/chocolate confections.
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) originated in India and can be filled with subtle aroma and flavor notes.
Aroma and tasting notes included: tart-sweet fruit (fairly intense, real passion fruit), dark chocolate and very faint spice (a few flickers of pepper). The passion fruit stole the show. The smooth dark 65% cacao dark chocolate added depth of flavor.
Texture: smooth dark chocolate, with crunchy dark bits (passion fruit seeds).
I appreciated: the short list of authentic ingredients, the bold cacao, native fruit and spice blends; as well as the company's focus on regenerative agriculture (sourcing ingredients from farms that follow regenerative practices).
Ingredients: "Cacao mass, raw sugar cane, cacao butter, passion fruit, black pepper."
Allergen-related information: (None listed on the package that I could see.)
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