Madhu Chocolate
Cardamom 60% Cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2.6 oz. (74 g.) in total bar
Calories: 140 calories in 1 oz. of bar
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Market at Edgewood, Palo Alto, CA
Cardamom 60% Cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2.6 oz. (74 g.) in total bar
Calories: 140 calories in 1 oz. of bar
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Market at Edgewood, Palo Alto, CA
Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate and India Theme Week; and Day #1 of Cardamom and Ginger Theme Week.
Today's Cardamom 60% Cacao (bar) from Madhu Chocolate LLC was made in Austin, TX.*
For the past several years, the company has offered chocolates and confections with traditional Indian dessert-inspired flavors.
In today's bar, single origin cardamom seeds from Guatemala were ground into Tumaco Colombia cacao and sugar.
Aroma and flavor notes included: smooth dark chocolate and fragrant cardamom. I loved the very pleasing, authentic and well-balanced cardamom spice flavor in this bar.
Texture: well-tempered (broke with a snap) and smooth. The cardamom was fully incorporated into the chocolate. There was no spice grit; i.e., there were no discernible spice particles.
And the well-tempered and executed 60% dark chocolate was smooth in flavor and relatively sweet -- both traits that would make for an excellent, exotic cup of cardamom hot chocolate, a dark chocolate truffle, or other chocolate and cardamom dessert (torte, mousse, cake, etc.).
Ingredients: "Cacao, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Cardamom"
Allergen-related information: Made in a facility that processes peanuts, tree nuts and milk. Vegan, Gluten-free
*Update: Sadly, Madhu Chocolate, based on a notification on their website, Madhu may be closing shop in Spring 2025 after seven years. (Their online shop may be open until April 30, 2025; but several items are already sold out.)
