Vixen Chocolate
Vanuatu - 72% Dark Malekula Island (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $18.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Xocolatl Garden, Carmel, CA
Vanuatu - 72% Dark Malekula Island (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $18.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Xocolatl Garden, Carmel, CA
Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate, Fire & Passion Theme Week.
Today's Vanuatu - 72% Dark Malekula Island (bar) was created by Vixen Chocolate (Portland, OR). This was part of a "Terroir Magic Series" of chocolates.
"Stay Bold" (the inky black and flashy magenta foiled) a label for this bar tells us. (We will, responded the dark chocolate lovers drawn to bold flavors--and intriguing packaging.)
This bar had a subtle and smooth dark chocolate aroma, and balanced dark chocolate flavor with gently attractive succulent, sweet fruit (dragon fruit, pear/cactus pear chocolate torte) with very faint warm spice (mulled red wine), barely there earth/tobacco, and a satisfying light, lingering chocolate-y finish.
Texture: smooth, almost creamy, satisfying dark chocolate
I enjoyed this Vanuatu chocolate and its subtle lushness (hidden fruit)--an experience I associate with a single origin/terroir chocolate. And I appreciated the short list of (just three) ingredients.
Maker's Tasting Notes: "creamy and bold, with notes of sweet tobacco, worn leather, and a whisper of black fig--refined yet untamed."
Ingredients: cacao beans, cane sugar*, cacao butter*, 852 Hz, LOVE (*organic)
Allergen-related information: (No allergen-related information found on bar packaging)
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