Quaranta Chocolate Salame - April 9, 2013

Chocolate of the Day:

Quaranta Sofficione
Chocolate Salame
Good - Good +
Weight: 2 oz. (56.6 g.) / 6.4 oz. (181 g.) in total package
Calories: 300 calories (estimate in 2 oz. slice)
Cost: $8.00 for 1 package
Purchased from: Miki's Farm Fresh Market, Palo Alto, CA (now closed)

Today was Day #2 of Chocolate and Hazelnut Theme Week.

Breakfast was a slice from a roll-shaped chocolate salame from Quaranta Sofficione (Italy). This mid-morning snack helped fuel a walk near the coastal trail (Pacific Ocean), south of San Francisco.

Covered in dark chocolate, the heart of this salame was a dense, sweet nougat core with embedded hazelnuts, that looked attractive when cut into slices.

ChocolateBet: September 3, 2011

 
Chocolate of the Day:

1/2 bar
Quaranta Sofficione
Nougat Passion - Dark Chocolate Soft Nougat
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.75 oz. (50 g.) / 3.5 oz. (100 g.) total bar/package
Calories: 236 calories
Cost: $3.59
Purchased from: Crossroads Market, in Palo Alto, CA

The Italians do wonderful things with chocolate, almonds and hazelnuts. Today's Nougat Passion from Quaranta Sofficione (made in Caravaggio, Italy) contained a soft, sugar-sweet nougat embedded with chopped almonds and hazelnuts, and topped with a layer of small, dark chocolate pieces. The nougat was a bit sweet for me, but the chopped nuts and the chocolate pieces were heavenly.

Today was Day #5 of Chocolate and Almonds Theme Week, and Day #1 of Chocolate and Hazelnut Theme Week.