Chocolate of the Day
Dick Taylor
Chocolate Coated Butter Toffee Hazelnuts
Good++
Weight: 2 oz. (57 g.) / 6 oz. (171 g.) in total container
Calories: 330 calories for 1/3 container
Cost: $18.99 for 1 container
Purchased from: Market at Edgewood, Palo Alto, CA
Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate, Pistachios, Hazelnuts & Almonds Theme Week.
Today's Chocolate Coated Butter Toffee Hazelnuts were from Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate (Eureka, CA).
These whole roasted hazelnuts were covered in 65% Tanzania dark chocolate.
Aroma notes included: smooth, dark chocolate; browned sugar and butter toffee; very slight, pleasing warm spice (candied ginger); and nut (hazelnut, almond). (Note: there were no ginger or almond ingredients.)
Texture: Each round confection was a blend of lightly dusted, smooth dark chocolate surrounding a thin layer of buttery toffee, and at the heart was a softly crunchy, roasted hazelnut.
Flavor notes included: sophisticated, balanced and layered "just-right" flavors. The chocolate was smooth but flavorful, the butter toffee layer was nice and thin, and while these were sweet, they weren't too sugary-confection sweet. The vanilla was faint--just enough to add some warmth.
I liked that the first two ingredients were "hazelnuts" and "cacao" -- then sugar; and I appreciated the makers' choice of a short list of high-quality and organic ingredients, including single origin cacao.
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, Cacao*, Cane Sugar*, Sugar, Butter (Cream, Salt), Cocoa Butter*, Cocoa Powder, Sea Salt, Natural Vanilla Flavor (*Organic)
Allergen-related information: Contains Nuts and Milk. Processed on shared equipment with milk, tree nuts, wheat and peanuts.
