OmNom Chocolate - Dark Milk of Tanzania 65% (bar) - May 3, 2021

Chocolate of the Day

OmNom Chocolate
Dark Milk of Tanzania 65% (bar)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 174.5 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Tanzania Theme Week.

Today's Dark Milk of Tanzania 65% (bar) was from OmNom Chocolate (Reykjavik, Iceland).

The cacao used to make this chocolate bar was grown in Tanzania in Africa. And Icelandic milk (powder) contributed to the aroma, texture and flavor of this 65% dark milk chocolate bar. 

The aroma had cream, ripe fruit and chocolate caramel notes. 

The melt and texture were smooth and substantial; there was a very slight fruit astringency toward the finish.

The fruit flavor notes (red apple, ripe red berry, ripe stone fruit, faint apricot-peach jam) were very pleasant. The chocolate also had balanced chocolate caramel taste, and a faint, fleeting earth note that was politely muzzled by milk and sugar.

Ingredients: Organic cocoa beans from Tanzania; organic cane sugar; cocoa butter; Icelandic milk powder; sunflower lecithin (E322).

OmNom Chocolate tasting notes for this bar read as follows: "fudgey, brownie, pear"

Allergen-related information: "Contains dairy. Made in Iceland, in a facility that handles gluten, nuts and milk."

Noi Sirius - Icelandic Chocolate 56% Dark Chocolate (bar) - Feb. 27, 2020

Chocolate of the Day:

Noi Sirius
Icelandic Chocolate 56% Dark Chocolate (bars)
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.02 oz. (29 g.) / 7.05 oz. (200 g.) in total package of 2 bars
Calories: 160 calories in 1.02 oz. (29 oz.) of 1 bar
Cost: $9.99 for 1 package of 2 bars
Purchased from: N/A - gift (Thank you Don!)

Welcome to Day #9 of Plain Dark Chocolate Theme Week.

Plain, does not mean boring, or lesser quality chocolate. Today's Icelandic Chocolate 56% Dark Chocolate, from Noi Sirius (Reykjavik, Iceland), was from...Iceland! And the flavors in this bar were subtle and intriguing.

When I see a non-origin* specific chocolate (often a blend origins) that is lower than 60%, my expectations about flavor tend to be relatively low.

However, this bar had very light baked chocolate cake infused with light fragrant green (tea) and faint peach, cherry or tropical fruit/light floral aroma and flavor notes. Added vanilla and dry cocoa contributed to the uplifting, lighter, sweet baked goods, flavor profile.**

Light green, fruit and floral notes are relatively volatile, and often are lost during the chocolate-making process. So to have them preserved in this way was quite nice. Light and fun natural flavors from a cool country. (Today's weather forecast for Reykjavik, Iceland, called for snow and temperatures of 28 degrees F. (-2 degrees C.).)

*Origin of cacao beans, or indicating where cacao that was used to make this chocolate was grown. Cacao grows approximately 20 degrees (latitude) above and below the Equator.

**Ingredients: Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla, cocoa dry solids.