World Market - Yuzu Lemon Peel Milk Chocolate (bar) & Matcha Green Tea White Chocolate (bar) - Apr. 27, 2026

Chocolate(s) of the Day:

World Market 
Yuzu Lemon Peel Milk Chocolate (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) total bar
Calories: 150 calories in 1/3 bar
Cost: $4.49 for 1 bar
Purchased from: World Market, San Jose, CA

World Market 

Matcha Green Tea White Chocolate (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) total bar
Calories: 160 calories in 1/2 bar 
Cost: $4.49 for 1 bar
Purchased from: World Market, San Jose, CA

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate & Tea Theme Week.

Today's two attractively packaged "Chocolates of The World" bars were manufactured for Cost Plus Inc. by Astor Chocolate Corp. (Lakewood, NJ). 

Yuzu Lemon Peel Milk Chocolate

Aroma and flavor notes included: very sweet dark milk chocolate with tart-sweet citrus (lemon).

The initial aroma right after opening the wrapper had a faint artificial citrus flavor note, but it all but disappeared after leaving the package open for 5-10 minutes.

Texture: smooth dark milk chocolate with tiny bits of lemon peel

While this chocolate was a bit sweet for me, I enjoyed tasting it. This would be a fun, upbeat chocolate for those who like bright lemon and tart-sweet flavors. (It was not too bitter or acidic.) 

The concentrated lemon taste might also make this chocolate a great accent flavor in an ice cream chocolate sauce or as an accent flavor in baked goods (lemon brownies anyone?), dessert/ice cream sauces, or as chocolate pieces/chips in lemon cookies.

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Liquor, Whole Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Dehydrated Lemon Peel, Freeze-Dried Lemon Powder (Organic Lemon, Silica Dioxide), Citric Acid, Yuzu Oil Extract (Natural Flavor, Vegetable Oil), Natural Lemon Flavor.

Allergen-related information: Contains Milk and Soy. May Contain Wheat, Peanuts, and Tree Nuts.

Matcha Green Tea White Chocolate 

Aroma and flavor notes for this attractively green (the color of a whipped, light green tea latte) bar included: sweet white chocolate, green tea, and very faint sweet herbal.

Texture: smooth, milky, with a very slight (tea) astringency in the melt, toward the finish.

There was some interesting, balanced and relatively authentic matcha green tea complexity in this white chocolate. White chocolate (made with the cocoa butter portion of the cacao bean) does allow some floral, tea and fruit flavors to shine (without the stronger cocoa solids present).

This bar was a bit too sweet for me; but those who like lighter, sweet tea and matcha flavors will like this. Also, like its Lemon and Yuzu milk chocolate sibling above, I could see using this bar with (or in) desserts or other culinary purposes.

Ingredients: White Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor), Matcha Green Tea Powder, Natural Green Tea Flavor, Green Coloring (Sunflower And/Or Fractionated Coconut Oil, Trehalose, Spirulina Extract, Turmeric, Sunflower Lecithin, Trisodium Citrate). 

Allergen-related information: Contains Milk and Soy. May Contain Wheat, Peanuts, and Tree Nuts.