ChocolateBet: June 30, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 serving - 3 cookies
Aunt Gussie's
Chocolate Spritz (gluten-free cookies)
Very Good - taste homemade (with subtle tastes of almond and vanilla)
Weight: 27 grams in one serving/6 oz. (170 grams) total box
Calories: 140 calories for 3 cookies (according to info on box. This sounds low, but OK.)
Cost: $6.99 box
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

These Chocolate Spritz cookies were very tasty, reminiscent of small chocolate butter cookies I remember eating as a child.

I believe I've now sampled all the Aunt Gussie's gluten-free cookies that have some chocolate in them. I will be on the look-out for other/new flavors in the future.

ChocolateBet: June 29, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
4 cookies (2 servings)
Aunt Gussie's
Chocolate Chip (gluten-free cookies)
Very Good +
Wt: 56 grams/6 oz. (170 g.) total box
Calories: 280 calories in 4 cookies/2 servings
Cost: $5.99/box
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

Yesterday, I ate two of Aunt Gussie's Chocolate Chip Almond cookies (gluten-free and sugar-free) version. I liked these a little better. Both flavors are good.

ChocolateBet: June 28, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
2 cookies/1 serving
Aunt Gussie's
Chocolate Chip Almond (sugar free, gluten-free cookies)
Very Good; can't really taste the almonds.
Wt: 29 grams in 2 cookies/6 oz. (170 g.) total box
Calories: 130 calories in 2 cookies
Cost: $6.99 box
Purchased from Piazza's, in Palo Alto, CA

I can't eat wheat/gluten, so it's nice to continue to find gluten-free chocolate-containing items on the shelves of a local grocery store. I didn't see that these cookies were also sugar-free until I got home. (I bought two other flavors of these cookies that were not sugar-free.) The maltitol used as a sweetener doesn't seem to affect the taste, but my stomach is grumbling a bit five minutes after eating these. (Warning label on the box cautions about eating too much maltitol.) I think I'd rather take my chances with a bit of sugar.

ChocolateBet: June 27, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Knipschildt Chocolatier (U.S.)
"Lola" - lavender infused dark chocolate (drk choc square with ~3 lavender buds on top)
Good+ - Very Good
Wt: ~.5 oz.
Calories: ~80 cals.
Cost: $?
Purchased from: CocoaBella, in San Francisco, CA

Need to find receipt to get price.

ChocolateBet: June 26, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Thomas Haas (small square, with smaller square on top; no other markings - This was either "Lychee" or "Passion Fruit w/ Tahitian Vanilla")
Good + - Very Good
Note: I will have to do some research to verify what flavor this was.
Wt: ~.4 oz.
Calories: ~75 cals.
Cost: $ ?
Purchased from: CocoaBella, in San Francisco, CA

ChocolateBet: June 25, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 serving - 2 bars
Skinny Cow
"Minis" (smaller frozen fudge bars)
Very Good - nice and light on a hot day
Wt: 3 fl. oz. (74 grams) in 2 bars/ 12-1.5 fl. oz. bars or 18 fl. oz. (532 mL) total
Calories: 100 calories for two bars
Cost: $5.99
Purchased from: Piazza's, in Palo Alto, CA

ChocolateBet: June 24, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Beacon Hill Chocolates
Dark Chocolate Snail w/ filling and finely ground nuts (pistachios)
Good +
Weight: .5 oz. (estimate)
Calories: 80 calories (estimate)
Cost: $0 (gift)
Purchased from: (Not sure where this was purchased.)

Today's Dark Chocolate Snail with filling and finely ground nuts (pistachios) had a very nice style/look. The only unfortunate part, by the time I got this chocolate home and ate it, it was no longer as fresh as when I bought it -- a downside of truffles and filled chocolates (vs. bars).

Check the Beacon Hill Chocolates web site for a better picture/image of their chocolates
http://www.beaconhillchocolates.com/