Chocolate of The Day
Weinrich's 1895
Egg Liqueur Milk Chocolate with Egg-Liqueur Truffle Filling (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.16 oz. (33 g.) / 3.5 oz. (100 g.) in total bar
Calories: 170 calories in 1/3 bar
Cost: $1.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA
Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate & Spirits Theme Week.
Today's Egg Liqueur Milk Chocolate (bar) was from Ludwig Weinrich GmbH & Co. KG (Herford, Germany), and imported and distributed in the U.S. by Euro-American Brand (Paramus, NJ).
Aroma and flavor notes for this filled bar included: chocolate, vanilla cream, eggnog*; rum/alcohol, caramel, and very faint nut.
Texture: very creamy milk chocolate; each square of the bar contained a thin layer of ivory-hued, soft filling.
Yes, this bar was very sweet. But I enjoyed the specific blend of very rich, sweet flavors more than I thought it would. (I expected it would be too sweet or too "egg-y"). It was as described: a thick and creamy milk chocolate, filled with spiked egg liqueur.
The alcohol imparted some attractive flavor depth and the milk + cream ingredients gave it a luxurious creamy texture and flavor.
Ingredients: sugar, cocoa butter, skim milk powder, cocoa liquor, butter fat (milk), egg liqueur (egg, alcohol, sugar, water, natural flavour), milk powder, glucose syrup, cream powder, invert sugar, whey powder, hazelnut paste, lecithins, invertase, salt, vanilla extract. Cocoa solids: 30% minimum in chocolate content. Milk solids 20% in product.
Allergen-related information: Contains milk, egg and hazelnut. May contain wheat and other tree nuts (almond, pistachio, pecans).
*Eggnog in the U.S. is a close "relative" of egg liqueur. Our U.S. version usually contains whole eggs, milk and cream, rum (alcohol) and lots of warm spices: primarily nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
Egg liqueur in Germany (and Dutch advocaat) are similar in flavor to U.S. eggnog; however, they contain just the (richer) egg yolks (vs. whole eggs), sugar and spirits (brandy, rum, vodka). These two European cocktails may include vanilla, but typically little (if any) milk and/or cream.
