Vixen Chocolate - salty pearl. 69% dark + pearl + salt (bar) - July 22, 2026

Chocolate of the Day

Vixen Chocolate
salty pearl. 69% dark + pearl + salt (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .97 oz. (27.5 g.) / 1.94 oz. (55 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $22.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Dispensary, online order

Welcome to Day #17 of Chocolate & Water Theme Week(s), and Day #1 of Chocolate and Fire & Passion Theme Week.

Today's salty pearl. 69% dark + pearl + salt (bar) was made by Vixen Chocolate (Portland, OR).

Pearls and sea salt may come from the oceans, but this vibrantly packaged, slightly salty chocolate was also imbued with boldness and passion. (Vixen Chocolate assures us their bean-to-bar, small-batch chocolates are made for BOLD souls.)

Aroma notes included for this bright, iridescently packaged dark bar included: dark milk chocolate with a touch of sweet green, green tea, hibiscus, and very faint salt. (Note: there were no milk, tea or flower ingredients in this bar.)

Texture: thick, creamy and velvety melt and mouthfeel. It was smooth yet substantial--kind of like a pearl.

Flavor notes included: very smooth dark chocolate with sea salt with faint sea and green/floral oolong tea notes. (The sea salt was hand-harvested in Norway.)

I loved the shimmering, black and packaging that was full of bold passion. It was, quite literally, breaking out in rainbows at every turn. The mesmerizing design was eye-catching, and unapologetically bold and beautiful. It reminded me of scuba diving in the ocean, and gazing down at shiny abalone and oyster shells, with pearls winking back at me from the dark sea bottom. 

But, the pearly essence extended beyond the packaging. This chocolate bar also contained 2 grams of actual pearl powder (from Root + Bones (Arcata, CA)).

This was a great chocolate marking the transition from Chocolate & Water Theme Week to Chocolate & Fire Theme Week.

Ingredients: cacao beans, cane sugar*, cacao butter*, Root + Bones Pearl Powder (2 g.), HAVSNO Sea Salt, 852 Hz, LOVE (* Organic)

Allergen-related information: None found.

Harbor Sweets - Barque Sarah Milk Chocolate and Whole Toasted Almonds - July 21, 2026

Chocolate of The Day

Harbor Sweets 
Barque Sarah - Milk Chocolate and Whole Toasted Almonds
Good +
Weight: .388 oz. (11 g.) in 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories (estimate) for 1 piece 
Cost: N/A - Part of a $18.50 Nautical Chocolate Gift Box assortment (see previous entries)
Purchased from: Harbor Sweets, online order

Welcome to Day #16 of Chocolate and Water Theme Week. Today's water connection was with the sea--more specifically with the Port of Salem. 

Today's tall ship-themed, medallion-shaped Barque* Sarah chocolate was part of a Nautical Chocolate Gift Box assortment from Harbor Sweets (Salem, MA), that included shells and periwinkles and "sloops" as well.

Aroma notes for today's Barque Sarah included: milk chocolate with faint vanilla tobacco and very faint nut.

Texture: smooth, uniform, relatively soft milk chocolate punched up by crunchy whole almonds

Flavor: very sweet milk chocolate and whole, authentically nutty almonds.

I liked the elegant-looking, three-masted tall ship on this medallion shaped chocolate; and the whole, roasted almonds that helped moderate the very sweet milk chocolate.

Ingredients: "milk chocolate (sugar, milk, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, soy lecithin, vanilla), and dry roasted almonds"

Allergen-related information: Contains "milk, soy, and almonds"

*A barque, or bark, is a three-masted (or more) tall ship. The Barque Sarah chocolate was created by Harbor Sweets to commemorate the Port of Salem's seafaring history.