Chocolate of the Day
Zotter
Hibiscus + Mint - Dark Chocolate 70% filled with peppermint cream and white chocolate-hibiscus ganache (filled bar)
Good + - 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
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate & Flowers Theme Week.
Today's Hibiscus + Mint - Dark Chocolate 70% filled with peppermint cream and white chocolate-hibiscus ganache (filled bar) was from Zotter was made in Austria and distributed by Zotter Chocolates US LLC (Fort Myers, FL).
Aroma and flavor notes for this bar included: aromatic mint (peppermint) coupled with a faint tart-sweet and bright flower (hibiscus) and citrus (sweet lemon).
Texture: thin dark dark coating surrounding a soft, two-layer ganache.
This mint + floral blend was quite unique. Hibiscus (a cacao relative) flowers lean toward citrus, and hibiscus and lemon added a bright tangy citrus element to the peppermint and dark chocolate. Peppermint tends to dominate most chocolates. This blend worked better than I thought it would.
I enjoy and look forward to Zotter's new flavors and latest flavor blends and appreciate their use of organic and fair trade ingredients.
Ingredients: Cane Sugar+*, Cocoa Mass+*, Cocoa Butter+*, Milk, Dry Whole Milk, Dry Skim Milk, Invert Sugar Syrup+, Glucose Syrup+, Almonds+, Dry Sweet Whey, Hibiscus+(1%), Lemon Juice Concentrate+, Dark Brown Cane Sugar+*, Emulsifier: Lecithin (Soy), Vanilla Bean Powder+*, Salt, Mint Oil+(0.01%), Cinnamon+*, Lemon Powder+ (Lemon Juice Concentrate+, Corn Starch+, Sugar+), Rose Petals+ (+ = Organic; * = Fair Traded, Fair Trade Content in Total: 69%
Allergen-related information: "Contains Milk, Almonds, Soy. Manufactured on Equipment That Processes Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Eggs, Gluten and Sesame."
