Tru Fru - Dark Chocolate Nature's Blueberries (frozen) - Mar. 11, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Tru Fru
Dark Chocolate Nature's Blueberries (frozen)
Good +
Weight: 2.5 oz. (70.7 g.) / 5 oz. (141.5 g.) in total container
Calories: 225 calories in 1/2 container
Cost: $2.99 for 1 container
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #9 of Chocolate and Fruits Theme Week.

Today's Dark Chocolate Nature's Blueberries were from Tru Fru (Salt Lake City, UT). The company specializes in chilled and dried "fresh fruit in chocolate" snacks.

These frozen blueberries were immersed in both white and dark chocolate. As with most frozen items, the aroma was subtle. The blueberry centers had authentic frozen berry texture and the outer chocolate layers were smooth, with a nice melt.

Flavor notes included: slightly earthy bold dark chocolate (dark chocolate frosting, ganache) as well as sweet white chocolate surrounding a frozen blueberry fruit center, with a faint, earthy finish.

These chocolate covered blueberries were flavorful and felt less filling than heavier chocolate and fruit confections.

Ingredients: Blueberries, dark chocolate (cane sugar, chocolate liquor (processed with alkali), cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanilla), white chocolate (cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural vanilla flavor).

Allergen-related information: Contains milk and soy.

Tru Fru - Whole Cherries freeze-dried in Dark Chocolate - Apr. 29, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Tru Fru, LLC
Whole Cherries freeze-dried fresh and immersed in Dark Chocolate
Good +
Weight: 1/4 cup (30 g.) / 4 oz. (113 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories in 1 serving
Cost: $5.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate and Cherries Theme Week.

Today's Whole Cherries freeze-dried fresh and immersed in Dark Chocolate* were distributed by Tru Fru, LLC (South Jordan, UT).

These glossy dark chocolate rounds were filled with airy, freeze-dried concentrated authentic cherry flavor.

More chocolatiers are adding freeze-dried, real fruit and/or freeze-dried fruit powders to their chocolates to add a bit of natural fruit zing. Let this trend continue! The results are much better than processed fruit pieces or manufactured flavors.

*Ingredients: Dark Chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor); Tart Cherries; Tapioca Dextrin; Confectioners Glaze

Tru Fru - Coconut Melts - Feb. 22, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Tru Fru, LLC
Coconut Melts
Good - Good +
Weight: 1/4 cup (30 g.) / 4.2 oz. (119 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories in 1 serving 
Cost: $5.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #6 of Chocolate and Coconut Theme Week.

We've sampled chocolates with shredded, raw and dehydrated coconut, coconut oil and coconut sugar. Today we're adding freeze dried coconut to this list.

The judicious used of crushed, freeze dried fresh fruit powder—to add concentrated, authentic fruit flavor to chocolate—seems to have been on the rise in recent years. And we like it.

Today's gluten free Coconut Melts were from Tru Fru, LLC (South Jordan, UT). The freeze-dried fresh coconut centers had an appealing light crunchy texture. And, as promised, a few seconds after you bit into them the coconut center swooned into a velvety melt with the chocolate coating.

These round pieces were a bit sweet, but the slightly earthy, dark chocolate helped balance the sweetness and lingered a bit in the aftertaste.

Tru Fru - Whole Cranberries in dark chocolate - Dec. 22, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

Tru Fru, LLC
Whole Cranberries freeze-dried fresh and immersed in dark chocolate
Good
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.) / 3.2 oz. (91 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories in 1/3 cup
Cost: $5.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #12 of Chocolate and Fruit Theme Week.

Today's Whole Cranberries in dark chocolate were from Tru Fru, LLC (South Jordan, UT). Festively colorful, naturally tart sweet, freeze-dried fresh cranberries were at the core of today's glossy ebony-colored rounds. Perfect for the holidays.

These fruit-filled confections had a dark chocolate aroma with a faint hint of coconut,* and like most chocolate-covered pieces, were finished with confectioners glaze.

*There was no coconut listed in ingredients list, which read: Dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, natural vanilla flavor), cranberries, tapioca dextrin, confectioners glaze. 

Tru Fru - Real Strawberries in Dark Chocolate - Dec. 15, 2018

Chocolate of the Day: 

Tru Fru, LLC
Real Strawberries freeze-dried fresh and immersed in Dark Chocolate
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 4.2 oz. (119 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories in 1/4 package
Cost: $5.99 for 1 package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Fruit Theme Week.

Fresh berries are harder to find in December, which is why freeze-dried fruits and powders adorn many seasonal chocolate bars. Freeze-dried fresh fruit can perk up confections as well.

Tru Fru, LLC (South Jordan, UT) offers an entire line of freeze-dried fresh fruit pieces ensconced in glossy chocolate. Today's Real Strawberries freeze-dried fresh and immersed in Dark Chocolate from Tru Fru, LLC (South Jordan, UT) yielded bursts of slightly crunchy, pleasantly tart, fresh strawberry flavor.