Standout Chocolate - Nordic Nature European Blueberry 63% (bar) - Aug. 10, 2025

Chocolate of the Day

Standout Chocolate 
Nordic Nature European Blueberry 63% (bar)
Good ++
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 145.5 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $10.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Caputo's, online order

Welcome to Day #14 of Chocolate, Berries & Cherries Theme Week.

Today's Organic Nordic Nature European Blueberry 63% (bar) was from Standout Chocolate (Goteborg, Sweden). The company has been very reliably producing some very tasty single origin bars in recent years (as well as a line of bars with Nordic-inspired flavor inclusions).

The cacao used to make this chocolate was from Oko Caribe, a cacao co-operative located in the Duarte Province of the Dominican Republic.

Aroma and flavor notes included: appealing dark chocolate and complex, tart-sweet blueberry that resulted in a bar with berry flavor with very light, attractive, herbal/savory (barely there umami, smoke) notes.

I enjoyed the opportunity to taste a chocolate bar with bilberries--and the complex, relatively more intense, flavor of these European blueberries. I also liked the very complementary and flavorful blend of single origin DR cacao with these unique wild berries. 

And, last but not least, I appreciated the short list of thoughtfully sourced, organic ingredients.

Maker's tasting notes: "Wild Blueberries, Fresh Fruitiness"

Ingredients: Cacao beans*, Sugar*, Cacao butter*, Bilberry*. (*Organic)

Allergen-related information: May contain traces of Milk. 

Goodio Craft Chocolate - Wild Blueberry 61% bar - Oct. 22, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Goodio Craft Chocolate

Wild Blueberry 61% bar

Good ++

Weight: 1.7 oz. (48 g.) in total bar

Calories: 270 calories in 1/2 bar

Cost: $9.00 (estimate) for 1 bar

Purchased from: Goodio Craft Chocolate, online order

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

Today's Wild Blueberry 61% bar was made by Goodio Craft Chocolate (Helsinki, Finland).

This raw, organic and vegan bar (made with stone ground cacao) had a coconut aroma and flavor and creamy smooth melt and texture. 

It was difficult to see or taste the wild blueberry/fruit in this bar, in part because the added berries were in powdered form and were thoroughly incorporated into the chocolate. (You'll find no chewy berries pressed into the back, or gritty fruit powders.)

The finished product had a pleasant chocolate flavor and lingering finish with a touch of dark berry. This bar was sweetened with organic coconut palm sugar* which contributed a bit of flavor without creating a sugar rush (thank you). 

The chocolate was satisfying without being too sweet—a nice surprise given that conventional 61% cacao chocolates often taste quite sweet.

Ingredients: Organic cacao beans, organic coconut palm sugar, organic cacao butter, organic coconut flakes, organic blueberry powder

*Coconut palm sugar has been shown to score lower on the glycemic index than cane sugar.

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Goodio Craft Chocolate - Marja - Chocolate with Wild Berries and blackcurrant leaves 71% bar - Apr. 22, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Goodio Craft Chocolate
Marja - Berry - Chocolate Topped with Wild Berries, blackcurrant leaves 71% Cacao (bar)
Good +
Weight: .848 oz. (24 g.) / 1.69 oz. (48 g.) in total bar
Calories: 130.8 calories in 1/2 bar
Cost: $ (part of a 4-pack of Nordic flavours bar collection)
Purchased from: Goodio Chocolate, online order

Welcome to Day #8 of Chocolate, Plants and Herbs Theme Week.

Today's Marja (Berry) bar - Chocolate Topped with Wild Berries 71% Cacao bar was from Goodio Craft Chocolate (Helsinki, Finland).

The blackcurrant leaves* in this plant-based blend seemed like an interesting new ingredient add to the ("Chocolate and What?") list on ChocolateBanquet.com. And the splay of green leaf bits and colorful orange and scarlet red berry pieces created a beautiful back-of-bar still life.

The chocolate had a dark chocolate and coconut sugar** aroma, and dark, very slightly bitter (but not unpleasant) and herbal flavors—balanced by small bursts of tart-sweet wild berry notes. It was a satisfying bar and not too sweet (thank you!).

*Ingredients: organic cacao beans, organic coconut palm sugar, organic cacao butter, dried blackcurrant leaves, dried wild berries (wild strawberries, sea buckthorne, lingonberries), and organic crushed sea buckthorne. 

**Goodio does not use white sugar in their bars.

ChocolateBet: January 30, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
3 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
1.) 1 - Wild Salmonberry (milk chocolate version) - Very Good
2.) 2 - Wild Blackberry (milk chocolate version)- Very Good +
Wt.: 1.8 oz.(51 g)/15 oz. (425 g.) total box
Calories: 210 calories for 3 pieces
Cost: $ 24.00 for total box (online order + shipping) as recorded previously
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

And, with today's chocolates, this nice assortment box is finito. I had the chance to sample almost all 15 flavors of wild berry centers. I don't remember seeing any Wild Mossberry, but they could be seasonal items. Heck, what am I saying, I don't even know what a Mossberry looks like, much less what their growing season is in Alaska. Catch you next time Mr./Ms. Mossberry; it was fun nibbling on all your semi- and sub-arctic cousins.

ChocolateBet: January 28, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
3 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
(Assortment box (15 wild berry flavors) see previous entries)
1.) Gooseberry (dark) - Very Good +
2.) Wild Red Currant (milk) - Very Good
3.) Wild Blueberry (milk) - Very Good - Very Good +
Wt.: 1.8 oz.(51 g)/15 oz. (425 g.) ttl box
Calories: 210 cals. for 3 pcs.
Cost: $24.00 for total box, as entered previously (online order + shipping)
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

These berry fillings have a bit of vitamin C in them: they taste good, and may even help with the cold I'm fighting off this week.

Sometimes a small glass of brandy helps with colds. Instead of brandy, last night I tried a sip of Koda dessert wine ("with natural chocolate flavors"), purchased from Trader Joe's in Mtn. View, CA. I could taste the chocolate flavor; however, I couldn't determine from the label whether chocolate was actually added or infused into this wine or not. This seems like something people might enjoy for the novelty - or not. Fun to try though. Koda dessert wine is produced and bottled by Olde Shandon Port Works, in Shandon, CA.