Chocolate of the Day
ChocolateSpiel
72% India (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (27 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $8.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: ChocolateSpiel, online order
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and India Theme Week.
Today's 72% India (bar) was from ChocolateSpiel (Seattle, WA).
The word "Spiel" can refer to a game or a pitch. Colorful chocolates from Angi at ChocolateSpiel (Seattle, WA) convey pure fun that she is sharing with us through her wide range of bean-to-bar chocolates and confections. (At least five of her bars that I've tried were made with single origin cacao beans without flavor inclusions.)
Aroma notes for this beautifully-painted* India bar were relatively subtle (dark chocolate with very faint fruit).
Texture: smooth, almost creamy
Flavor notes included smooth. flavorful and well-balanced tropical fruit (mango) and stone fruit (peach). It had pleasing fruit complexity with very faint (also pleasing) botanical notes.
The 72% dark chocolate was fruity without being too acidic. And it was sweet without being overly so.
I enjoyed the single origin (India) cacao flavors and the pretty visual appearance. And I appreciated the small bar (single serving) size and the short list of ingredients.
Ingredients: "cocoa, sugar, cocoa butter, colored cocoa butter"
Allergen-related information: "May contain traces of tree nuts, peanuts and gluten."
*This bar was carefully and skillfully "painted" with different colors of cocoa butter.
