Cru Chocolate
Peppermint Drinking Chocolate
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (56.6 g.) in total package
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (56.6 g.) in total package
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1 piece (1/2 package)
Cost: $8.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: FarmFresh (add-on to produce delivery service)
Welcome to Day #10 of Chocolate & Mint Theme Week.
Today's small box of Peppermint Drinking Chocolate (wheel set of 2) was from Cru Chocolate (Roseville, CA). I enjoyed tasting the gold foil-wrapped chocolate "wheel" by itself and then when prepared as a drinking chocolate.
Aroma and flavor notes included: smooth, but flavorful dark chocolate, with embedded bits of sweet peppermint candy. One wheel had rich, satisfying chocolate (cocoa) notes when prepared with milk as a 6-oz. mug of hot drinking chocolate.
Texture: slightly rough/rugged with sugar crystals/candy bits, but with a smooth melt--before dissolving in/mixing with a hot liquid. This chocolate was, of course, smoother and creamier when blended with (dissolved into) warm milk. And the milk also helped balance the sweetness of the peppermint candy and sugar.
I appreciated the maker's short list of only three ingredients, and use of organic sugar. While peppermint candy does tend to overpower subtle cacao nuances, I could still taste the balanced complexity of the cacao -- chocolate-y; faint and diffuse fermented cacao/tropical fruit; and barely detectable balanced, light earth/clay -- in between sweet ripples of mint.
Maker's Tasting notes:
Intensity: Light. 50% cacao
Style: North American
Body: Smooth & silky
Nose: Fresh mint
Mood: Fresh happy cheer
Suggested liquid: Whole milk
Preparation: Melt and mix 1 wheel into 6 oz. of suggested liquid. Enjoy.
Ingredients: Fermented cacao beans, organic cane sugar, peppermint candy
Allergen-related information: Manufactured on equipment that processes peanuts and milk.
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