Jo's Candies - Applewood Smoked Caramel - Dec. 2, 2015

Chocolate of the Day: 

Jo's Candies
Applewood Smoked Caramel
Good
Weight: .6 oz. (17 g.) /1.2 oz. (34 g.) in package of 2 pieces
Calories: 75 calories in 1 piece
Cost: $1.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA


Today was Day #3 of Chocolate and ABC Theme Week. "A" is for apple; and today was the last of the chocolate and apple items. (Tomorrow we graduate to "B" as in baobab fruit.)

Jo's Candies (Torrance, CA) "California-crafted" today's Applewood Smoked Caramel (package of two pieces).

It's hard to go wrong with chocolate-covered, smoked salt caramels. This blend of flavors seem to naturally hum together in perfect harmony. The Applewood smoked salt in today's chocolate helped balance the generous slab of sweet, chewy caramel filling.

Caramel Apple Mini Milkshakes
To inject a bit more apple into this caramel experience, I paired these Jo's caramels with a small caramel apple milkshake (made with fresh apple slices, caramel sea salt gelato, dulce de leche ice cream, a micro-splash of Calvados (apple brandy) and sprinkle of apple pie spices). It was either that, or call a local ice cream spot—Tin Pot Creamery (Palo Alto, CA)—to see if their baked apple sorbet was in stock. I didn't get around to the latter, but both would have been good apple-y sweet choices.

ChocolateBet: October 25, 2012

Chocolate of the Day: 

Jo's Candies
Pumpkin Spice Bark
Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.)
Calories: 160 calories
Cost: $1.34 (sale)
Purchased from: World Market/Cost Plus, Reno, NV

Today was Day #2 of Chocolate and Pumpkin Theme Week, and this Pumpkin Spice Bark from Jo's Candies (Torrance, CA), with swirls of chocolate and redolent of pumpkin pie-style spices, fit the theme. The smooth bark was made with pumpkin-flavored white orange chocolate, decorated with milk chocolate. A little sweet, but perfectly seasonal.

ChocolateBet: November 29, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece

Jo's Candies

Dark Salt Caramels

Very Good

Weight: .6 oz. (17 g)/ 1.2 oz. (34 g.) in total package of 2 pieces

Calories: 75 calories in 1 piece

Cost: $ 1.75 for total pkg. of two pieces

Purchased from: Peet's Coffee and Tea, in Menlo Park, CA

These Dark Salt Caramels from Jo's Candies (Torrance, CA) were very good.

ChocolateBet: July 2, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces/1 serving
Jo's Candies
Peppermint Crunch
Very Good - would be great crunched into some vanilla ice cream too.
Wt: 28 grams for 2 pcs./6 oz. (168 g.) total box
Calories: 140 for 2 pcs.
Cost: $?
Purchased from: (need to find receipt)

ChocolateBet: June 27, 2007

Chocolate of the Day: 

Jo's Candies
"Lemon Breeze"
Very Good
Weight: ~.5 oz. (~ 75 calories?)
Purchased at: Julia's store; GrandView Lodge; Nisswa, MN

Today I had one piece of "Lemon Breeze" from Jo's Candies. It was Very Good, and I shared it with my daughter.

Misc: We watched little chipmunks racing around one last time around the trees at the lodge where we were staying, and then we drove back down to the airport - just making our flight. Actually my daughter ran on board a minute or so ahead of me. I stopped to buy a bottle of water, some gum -- and to look one last time for some chocolate I might have missed, and barely made it on-board before the doors closed. Given that I'm usually an hour early for any flight, my daughter was surprised to see me sauntering onto the plane at the last minute with a gift shop bag in tow. Chocolate can influence behavior.

ChocolateBet: June 24, 2007

Chocolate of the Day:

1 serving
Jo's Candies
Toffee Bites
Very Good
Weight: ~ 1 oz. (28.3 g.)
Calories: 150 calories (estimate)
Purchased at: GrandView Lodge, Nisswa, MN

Misc: Old wood lodges by lakes are wonderful; little tiny chipmunks appear around corners outside, and dragonflies come out at dusk. There were even nice chocolates for sale in the gift area.