Pineapple & Pink Salt Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.9 oz. (25 g.) / 1.8 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Cost: $8.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Touring Chocolatier, online order
Aroma flavor notes included: smooth dark chocolate (chocolate-y, faint nut butter*); relatively subtle sweet-tart tropical fruit (pineapple); and very faint sea salt.
Texture: smooth dark chocolate with a pleasing melt and mouthfeel, interspersed with chewy shreds of authentic (not over-sweetened, gently complex and balanced) dried pineapple.
I appreciated the smoothness of the dark chocolate, the subtle complex flavors and textures and the use of Ecuadorian cacao. The company's name: "Conexion" helps describe the key role craft chocolate makers can play.
The company "strives to be the Conexion (connection) between the world of the small Ecuadorian cacao farmer and yours." Thank you to both Conexion founder/owner Jenny Samaniego (for her work with farmers and making these Ecuadorian chocolates possible), and to Chef Derek Poirier, for creating chocolates that can be enjoyed around the world.
Allergen-related information: "Produced in a facility that also handled dairy and nuts."
*Nutty, fruity, woodsy, floral and other notes are all naturally occurring flavors you may experience in single origin chocolates that vary by cacao variety, country, region and growing conditions (soil/terroir, climate, seasonal fluctuations, etc.)
