Chocolate(s) of the Day:
1.) Landgarten
Pumpkin Choco-Snack
Good - Good+
Weight: 1.9 oz. (53.7 g.) in 1 package
Calories: 306 calories
Cost: $1.99
Purchased from: N/A - gift - Thank you Megan!
2.) Gnosis Chocolate
Passion Collection - Set of 3 pieces
Cupuacu truffle
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28 g.) (estimate)
Calories: 148 calories (estimate)
Cost: $10.49 for 3-pc box
Purchased from: Gnosis Chocolate, New York, NY
Today was Day #4 of Chocolate and Seed Theme Week.
Yesterday I enjoyed the dark chocolate version of Pumpkin Choco-Snack(s) from Landgarten (Austria). Today, I sampled the company's milk Pumpkin Choco-Snack flavor -- roasted pumpkin seeds covered with 37% Belgian milk chocolate. No surprise, this version was quite a bit sweeter; it also had a slightly floral taste. You could still taste the pumpkin seeds though -- a definite plus.
I also tried the Cupuacu (aka Cupassao, and many other spellings) truffle from
Gnosis Chocolate, one of a three-piece "Passion Truffle Collection" package that also included Wild Rose (made with white chocolate and topped with a rose petal), and Cherry Vanilla.
The Cupuacu is a tropical fruit that is a relative of the cacao tree. There is more fruit surrounding the seeds in a Cupuacu fruit than what can be found in cacao fruit (pods), and the seeds have a slightly different flavor. However, there are a few chocolate makers experimenting with making Cupuacu confections (e.g. Nat at Madre Chocolate in Hawaii) and making bars and truffles with it.
This Gnosis Cupuacu truffle also contained passion fruit -- and had a slightly smokey and mildly tart passion fruit flavor. These Gnosis truffles were made with no refined sugar, dairy, gluten or peanuts. They did contain cashew butter.
Chocolate(s) of the Day:
Cupuacu truffle
I also tried the Cupuacu (aka Cupassao, and many other spellings) truffle from Gnosis Chocolate, one of a three-piece "Passion Truffle Collection" package that also included Wild Rose (made with white chocolate and topped with a rose petal), and Cherry Vanilla.
Today was Day #2 of Chocolate and Seed Theme Week. It was a bit of a stretch to say that the raw flax seed sprouts were seeds...But, I went with the flax, and the other raw and organic ingredients in this Chocolatey Chocolate Chip bar from Raw Organic Food Bar (Fullerton, CA).
Designed to be healthy, these crunchy little "o" rings were made from lentils and beans ("pulseeds") and were lightly seasoned with cocoa. My first impression: pleasantly crunchy, and not too sweet; I like cereals that aren't overly sweet. My last impression: a slight bean and lentil after-taste.
Chocolate of the Day:
I was going to enjoy a little bowl of Enjoy Life gluten free, very berry granola (with fresh strawberries, raspberries) with some kind of chocolate milk. But, I decided replace the chocolate milk with a little red box of dark chocolate raspberry bonbons instead from Gateau et Ganache (Palo Alto, CA). Decorated across the top with little pink hearts, these oval-shaped chocolates were at first bite sweeter than I expected, followed by a very authentic, slightly tart, right-out-of-the-garden-raspberry + maybe the slightest hint of Framboise liqueur taste. I could have been imagining this last part. Happy V'day all.
