ChocolateBet: May 10, 2012

Chocolate of the Day: 

CocoTutti
Lavender Lemon
Very Good
Weight: .39 oz. (11 g.) (estimate) / came in box of 8 pieces
Calories: 59 calories (estimate)
Cost: $10.00 for an 8 pc. box
Purchased from: Rock Wall Wine Company, Alameda, CA

Today's chocolate, from CocoTutti (cocotutti.com), packaged up two of my favorite flavors to mix with dark chocolate: lavender and lemon. These two flavors suffused a very creamy and not overly sweet (thank you) ganache. The lemon and lavender, both strong flavors on their own, jockeyed slightly for position for a few seconds, but harmonized quickly.

Unfortunately, some of the other chocolates in this assortment box were hit by a beam of direct sunlight coming from my skylight yesterday afternoon. So, I'll have to go back and get a replacement box to try all the other flavors I missed this time. Not a hardship.

ChocolateBet: September 3, 2007

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Ethel M chocolates
Lemon Drop
Very Good +

Lemon & Chocolate
Many people are inherently opposed to mixing chocolate with any fruits, or fruit flavors. I am not one of these people, and I enjoy lemon and dark chocolate together. (I also really like lemon peel in espresso. I don't know why, but two "bitter" flavors like this do wonders for each other when combined.) This was probably my favorite chocolate in this Ethel M assortment.