Chocolate of the Day
Elements
Maple Toffee Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.8 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 304 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $5.99 total bar
Purchased from: Missing information
Welcome to Day #12 of Chocolate, Warm Spices & Maple Theme Week.
Today's Maple Toffee Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao (bar) was made in Switzerland and distributed by Elements Truffles (Union City, NJ). The company offers a line of different chocolate bars with connections to Ayurveda; and it donates 25% of profits to a non-profit dedicated to helping children.
Aroma and flavor notes for this bar (made with Ecuador cacao) included: dark chocolate (roasted/roast-y cacao), faint brown/maple sugar, and very faint herbal--that might have come from the subtle dose of moringa* powder.
Texture: smooth, relatively creamy dark chocolate with tiny grains of maple sugar (and possibly coconut sugar and moringa powder).
The attractive artwork on the packaging (a design with a bear among maple trees) was "inspired by the Gond tribal artisans." (The Gond are a group of indigenous peoples in India known for their cultural practices and nature-themed artwork, including beautiful paintings of trees.)
I appreciated the maker's choice to use single origin cacao from Ecuador and the bar's relatively short list of Non-GMO ingredients.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cacao Butter, Organic Maple Syrup, Organic Moringa Powder.
Allergen-related information: Made in a facility that processes nuts.
*Moringa is derived from a tree that likely originated in northern India (in the Himalayan foothills). Moringa is cultivated in countries in Asia, Africa and Central America. And different parts of this tree have been used in traditional medicine (e.g. in Ayurvedic practices). Moringa contains vitamins A, C and E, as well as iron, potassium and calcium.
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