L'Amourette Chocolatier - Chocolat Noir English Toffee 72% Dark Chocolate with almonds (bar) - Mar. 10, 2026

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"

Dick Taylor - Chocolate Coated Butter Toffee Hazelnuts - Mar. 9, 2026

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.