Tres Gallos Chocolate - 70% Dark Mezcalita (Beans from India) (bar) - Sept. 20, 2026

Chocolate of The Day 

Tres Gallos Chocolate
70% Dark Mezcalita (Beans from India) (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 2 oz. (56.6 g.) in total bar
Calories: 160 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $14.50 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Xocolatl Garden, Carmel, CA 

Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate & India Theme Week.

Today's 70% Dark Mezcalita India (bar) was from Tres Gallos Chocolate (San Jose, CA and Pescadero Baja Sur, Mexico). The woman-owned and family-run company has been making micro-batch, single origin chocolates since 2018.

Aroma and flavor notes included dark chocolate (balanced, ultra-dark chocolate-y flavor), zesty citrus (lime), and subtle mezcal and salt.

I appreciated the relatively short list of ingredients and choice of organic cacao beans and sugar.

Ingredients: Organic cocoa beans, organic sugar, cocoa butter, trace amounts of mezcal, lime zest, Oaxacan salt.

Allergen-related information: None listed

Cuna de Piedra - 73% Mexican Cacao from Soconusco, Chiapas with Mezcal Joven (bar) - Sept. 10, 2025

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Cuna de Piedra 
73% Mexican Cacao from Soconusco, Chiapas with Mezcal Joven (bar)
Good ++
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 100 calories in /12 bar (per label)
Cost: $12.99 for 1 bar

Purchased from: Caputo's Market, online order

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate & Spirits Theme Week.

Today's 73% Mexican Cacao from Soconusco, Chiapas with Mezcal Joven (bar) was from Cuna de Piedra (Monterrey, N.L., Mexico).

Today's cacao + mezcal bar was a celebration of two, time-honored traditions in Mexico. The cacao used to make this bar was from Soconusco, Chiapas, in southern Mexico. And the Mezcal was made with 100% Maguey Espadin from Santiago Matatlan, a town located in the Central valleys of Oaxaca, considered to be the 'world capital of Mezcal.'"

Aroma notes included: rich, relatively sweet chocolate with soft, sweet green (and very, very slightly smoke-y) botanical (lightly sweetened cactus and green fig jam with a tiny squeeze of lemon).

Texture: Relatively smooth and creamy with a very slight stone-ground quality (that I associated with all the flavors being intact).

Flavor notes: Rich cacao flavors including dark chocolate with lush botanical, and balanced tart-sweet elements (balanced, sweet, gentle red fruit, apple and nopales (cactus) marinated with brown sugar). I'm assuming what I was tasting (embedded in the dark chocolate) were balanced, fermented and very lightly pit-smoked agave flavors, that when mixed with the single origin Chiapas cacao yielded a complex and wonderful bar. 

I liked the flavorful, yet subtle aroma and flavors; the short list of only three, quality ingredients; and the opportunity to try two great Mexican traditional foods/beverages in one bar. Once again, I feel fortunate to have experienced Cuna de Piedra's dedication to Mexican Cacao.

Ingredients: Cacao beans, Cane sugar, Alcohol removed Mezcal Joven from 100% Maguey Espadin (Agave angustifolia Haw).

Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat, milk, soy, peanuts, tree nuts and eggs." Non-Alcoholic Product. 

Cuna de Piedra - 73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco with Mezcal Reposado (bar) - Sept. 9, 2025

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Cuna de Piedra 
73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco with Mezcal Reposado (bar)
Good ++ 
Weight: 1.05 oz. (30 g.) / 2.1 oz. (60 g.) in total bar
Calories: 100 calories in /12 bar (per label)
Cost: $12.99 for 1 bar

Purchased from: Caputo's Market, online order

Welcome to Day #3 of Chocolate & Spirits Theme Week.

Today's 73% Mexican Cacao from Comalcalco with Mezcal Reposado (bar) was from Cuna de Piedra (Monterrey, N.L., Mexico).

Today's cacao + mezcal bar was a celebration of two, time-honored traditions in Mexico. The cacao used to make this bar was from Comalcalco, Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico. And the Mezcal was made with 100% Maguey Espadin from Santiago Matatlan, a town located in the Central valleys of Oaxaca, considered to be the 'world capital of Mezcal.'"

Aroma notes included: rich, sweet chocolate, clean mineral and sweet green botanical (green figs in syrup), and very faint spirits and brown sugar and spice.

Texture: Relatively smooth and creamy with a slight, tart botanical and fruit astringency.

Flavor notes: Rich cacao flavors including dark chocolate with lively, tart-sweet elements (balanced, almost pickled, sweet fruits and nopales with vinegar and brown sugar). This tartness helped replace the fact that the alcohol had been removed from the mezcal, allowing us to taste (what I'm assuming was) some balanced, fermented agave flavors, that when mixed with the single origin Tabasco cacao yielded a hearty, flavorful bar. 

I liked the complex, flavors and the short list of only three, quality ingredients.

Ingredients: Cacao beans, Cane sugar, Alcohol removed Mezcal Reposado from 100% Maguey Espadin (Agave angustifolia Haw).

Allergen-related information: "Manufactured in a facility that processes wheat, milk, soy, peanuts, tree nuts and eggs." Non-Alcoholic Product.

Chocolate Tree - Mezcal with Nibs bar - August 18, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Chocolate Tree
Mezcal Nibs 70% Cocoa Dark bar
Good + - Good ++
Weight: 1.4 oz. (40 g.) / 2.8  oz. (80 g.) in total package (2 bars in pkg.)
Calories: 196.4 calories in 1 bar (1/2 package) (per label)
Cost: $11.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, San Francisco, CA

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

Today's Mezcal Nibs 70% Cocoa Dark bar was made by Chocolate Tree (Dunbar, Scotland).

This relatively sweet 70% chocolate, made with criollo hybrid cacao Tabasqueno (Mexico) was studded with crunchy cacao nibs and had a boozy aroma and flavor from the mezcal (also from Mexico).*

The description for this bar on the Chocolate Tree packaging read as follows: "400 years ago, the Spanish conquistadors discovered a love for cacao in Mexico and they also taught distillation to the Aztecs. We have soaked the ancient criollo hybrid cacao of Tabasqueno in Mezcal, the agave spirit, to bring you a chocolate with deep rich notes of bloodlust, agave, and smoke."

*Ingredients: organic cacao beans, organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter, organic cocoa nibs, mezcal