Supah Stah - Mulberry bar - May 25, 2014

Chocolate of the Day: 

Supah Stah
Mulberry bar
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (57 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $6.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: SweetE Organic, Mill Valley, CA

Today was Day #7 of Chocolate and Fruit Salad Theme Week.

This Supah Stah Mulberry Dark Chocolate Superfood Bar was made from 100% Organic ingredients, and was vegan, grain free and gluten free, with no refined sugars.

A tiny riot of coconut flakes and bits of mulberries adorned the back of this smooth, dark bar, that was sweetened with coconut palm sugar. I've found that coconut palm sugar gives chocolate (and other desserts) a flavorful sweet taste (think caramelized or maple sugar), without the jangly buzz of white sugar.

The chocolate was very smooth and buttery, partly due to added cocoa butter, with some added chewiness from the coconut flakes and mulberry bits.

Mulberries are a wonderful earthy golden color. Inspired by this fruit, I paired this Mulberry bar with a golden fruit and vegetable salad - with yellow and orange carrots, fresh orange, nectarine, caraway seeds, raisins, a very small pinch of salt, and arugula.

Supah Stah - Goji Berry bar - May 24, 2014

Chocolate of the Day: 

Supah Stah
Goji Berry bar
Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.)/ 2 oz. (57 g.) in total bar
Calories: 155 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $6.50 in 1 bar
Purchased from: SweetE Organic, Mill Valley, CA

Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Fruit Salad Theme Week.

Supah Stah is a new brand on the block. Creator, Erika Wright, has designed two new (Organic, Vegan and Gluten Free) Dark Superfood Bars.

I'm featuring the Supah Stah Goji Berry bar today, and the Mulberry bar tomorrow. These two bars are both made with unroasted cacao, coconut flakes, berries, hemp and chia seeds, maca root, cacao butter, vanilla, sea salt and cinnamon -- and are sweetened with coconut palm sugar. However this description doesn't quite do these bars justice.

From the minute you unfold the purple foil inner wrapper, you are treated to a visual feast. A sea of coconut flakes with islands of scarlet goji berries rest on the back of this bar. The dark chocolate base was very smooth, with a buttery taste and melt. The sweeteners (primarily coconut palm sugar) gave the bar a more gentle, yet more flavorful taste than ordinary white cane sugar, with slight maple sugar flavor note.

I paired the Supah Stah Goji Berry bar with a berry and apple-pear salad that was sprinkled with a few seeds and other seasonings.