Chocolate of the Day
L'Amourette Chocolatier
Chocolat Noir English Toffee 72% Dark Chocolate with almonds (bar)
Good ++ - Good +++
Weight: 1.75 oz. (50 g.) / 3.5 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 300 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $6.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: L'Amourette, online order
Welcome to Day #7 of Chocolate, Pistachio, Hazelnut & Almond Theme Week.
Today's English Toffee 72% Dark Chocolate with almonds (bar) was from L'Amourette Chocolat LLC (San Francisco, CA).
Most toffee chocolates are quite sweet and are made with somewhat flat (boring) chocolate. Thankfully, this was not true for today's bar.
Aroma notes included: flavorful, very slightly fruity, dark chocolate, sweet green botanical (green walnuts in syrup), faint toffee, nut and vanilla. (Hurray, some complex, layered flavors/dark chocolate ahead.)
Texture: smooth, substantial dark chocolate, with layered, crunchy toffee and almonds. The embedded warm-tasting hunks of buttery toffee were just right, i.e. not too hard, and not too soft.
Flavor notes included: hearty, balanced dark chocolate with faint fleeting diffuse, tart-sweet fruit (citrus, dried plum, berry), balanced earth, and botanical (vanilla, sweet green walnuts in syrup).
The buttery, sweet toffee, bold, flavorful dark chocolate and vanilla beans not only balanced and complemented each other nicely, but resulted in a bar that had the addictive quality of a toffee confection and the deeply satisfying, complex and hearty flavor of a single origin/single variety 72% dark chocolate. (The almonds and sea salt played a background role, but mellowed and rounded out this trio very nicely.)
This is a well-executed toffee chocolate I would recommend to dark chocolate lovers.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans (Trinitario), Cocoa Butter, Cane Sugar (Vegan), Toffee (Butter (Milk), Sugar, Almonds, Vanilla Paste & Sea Salt), Vanilla Beans.
Allergen-related information: "Contains: Milk, Almonds. Soy & Gluten-free"
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