Zotter - Cheese + Mango Chutney (bar) + Bacon Bits (bar) - Sept. 10, 2026

Chocolate(s) of The Day

Zotter 

Cheese + Mango Chutney Dark Milk Chocolate (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.23 oz. (35 g.) / 2.47 oz. (70 g.) in total bar
Calories: 180 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $14.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Dispensary, online order

Zotter 

Bacon Bits Dark Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut Praline (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.23 oz. (35 g.) / 2.47 oz. (70 g.) in total bar
Calories: 200 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $14.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Dispensary, online order

Welcome to Day #13 of Savory Chocolate Theme Week & Day #3 of Chocolate Banquet Birthday Celebration Week--featuring two chocolates each day. 

I've been featuring "hand-scooped" (filled) and single origin bars from Zotter on Chocolate Banquet since 2009--relatively early on in this site's history. The fact that I'm still featuring new flavors from them in 2026 is a testament to the huge variety of bars this family-owned and operated company (based in Austria) has produced over the years--including savory flavors like today's two bars.

Cheese + Mango Chutney
Today's Cheese + Mango Chutney was a complex blend of sweet, fruity, slightly savory and chocolatey flavors. A thin layer of dark milk 60% chocolate was filled with cheese ganache (light cheese, nut, fruit (citrus, grappa), warm spice, and mango cream, with a mild chili heat.

The makers managed to successfully fit a whole snack/wine and cheese plate into one bar. This filled bar contained nuts (walnuts, cashews). And a bit of citrus added brightness. The very subtle grappa (Italian grape brandy) contributed a trace of pleasing, concentrated fermented grape, flavor.

Ingredients: Cane Sugar*+, Cocoa Butter*+, Cocoa Mass*+, Dry Whole Milk, Milk, Invert Sugar Syrup*, Processed Cheese (3% Cheese, Cream, Water, Acid Regulator: Trisodium Citrate), Mango Puree*(3%), Dry Skim Milk Yoghurt, Dried Mangos*(2%), Glucose Syrup*, Muscaris White Wine (Contains Sulfites), Walnuts*, Dry Skim Milk, Cashews*+, Grappa*, Lime Concentrate*, Dry Sweet Whey, Apple Balsamic Vinegar*, Lecithin (Soy)*, Rice Drink Powder* (Rice*, Sunflower Oil*, Salt), Lemon Juice Concentrate*, Lemon Powder* (Lemon Juice Concentrate*, Corn Starch*, Sugar*), Salt, Dark Brown Cane Sugar*+, Vanilla Bean Powder *+, Star Anise*, Cloves*, Cinnamon*, Chilli "Bird's Eye"*

* = Organic, + = Fair Trade

Allergen-related information: Contains: Milk, Walnuts, Cashews, Soy 

"Manufactured on Equipment That Processes Other Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Eggs, Sesame and Gluten" 

Bacon Bits 

This Bacon Bits Dark Milk Chocolate with hazelnut praline and bacon/pork cracklings bar was a balanced, basket full of sweet, creamy, savory and crunchy flavors and textures.

It was also quite rich (pork cracklings, butter, whole milk and nuts will do that). The salt was very subtle. And the hazelnut praline, chocolate, brown sugar, vanilla and warm spices helped tip the scales toward sweet rather than savory.

Aroma and flavor notes included: sweet, creamy and chocolate-y with crispy-crunchy bacon cracklings and hazelnut praline.

Ingredients: Cane Sugar*+, Cocoa Mass*+, Cocoa Butter*+, Hazelnuts*, Dry Whole Milk, Pork Crackings, Dry Skim Milk, Butter (Cream), Salt, Cinnamon*, Lecithin (Soy)*, Dark Brown Cane Sugar*+, Vanilla Bean Powder*+, Cardamom*, Star Anise*, (* = Organic Ingredient; + = Fair Traded; Fair Trade Content in Total: 67%

Allergen-related information: Contains: Hazelnuts, Milk, Soy. "Manufactured on Equipment That Processes Other Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Eggs and Sesame."