ChocolateBet: November 12, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Laura Secord
french mint chocolate
Good
Weight: 10 grams
Calories: 45 calories (estimate) in 1 piece
Cost: $?
Purchased from: Laura Secord shop, in Toronto, ON, Canada

ChocolateBet: November 11, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Mauna Loa
Macadamia Clusters
Good + - Very Good
Weight: .53 oz. (15 grams) in one cluster/piece
Calories: 77 calories (estimate) per piece
Cost: $0?
Purchased from: This may have been a free hand-out from Hawaii trip awhile back. Checking.

This "Taste of the Tropics" consisted of milk chocolate covered mac nut clusters. 

ChocolateBet: November 10, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces/balls
Keoki's Big Island Donkey Balls
Frosted Blue Balls - Milk Chocolate Covered with Blue Chocolate
Good + - Very Good
Weight: ~1.6 oz./4 oz. (114 grams) in total package
Calories: 240 calories (estimate) in 2 pieces/balls
Cost: $5.95 for package of six balls
Purchased from: Lava Java Coffee, in Kehei, on the island of Maui, in Hawaii

These Donkey Balls from Hawaii were cute; and blue chocolate is kind of fun.

ChocolateBet: November 9, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

2 servings
Marich Confectionery Co.
Dark Chocolate Cacao Nib Toffee (72% cacao)
Very Good +; these are very tasty
Wt.: 80 grams (16 pcs.)/4.5 oz. (125 grams) in total package
Calories: 400 calories in 2 servings (16 pieces)
Cost: $4.50 for total package
Purchased from: Safeway, in San Jose, CA

Marich is a Hollister, CA-based family-run business (about a one-hour drive from where I live). These were very good; and I look forward to trying more Marich chocolates in the future.

ChocolateBet: November 8, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece/ball
Keoki's Big Island Donkey Balls
Dark Chocolate and Cayenne Pepper - Balls of Fire
Very Good; plus a few extra points for fun marketing/packaging
Wt.: ~.8 oz./4 oz. (114 grams) in total package
Calories: ~ 120 calories (estimate)
Cost: $5.95 for total package
Purchased from: Lava Java Coffee in Kehei, on the island of Maui, in Hawaii

ChocolateBet: November 7, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece/ball
Keoki's Big Island Donkey Balls
Dark Chocolate - Flaky Balls - Toasted Coconut
Very Good; these are fun; picture a chocolate jaw-breaker w/ a macadamia nut in the middle
Wt.: ~ .8 oz./8 oz. (227 grams) in total package
Calories: 120 calories (estimate)
Cost: $11.95 for total package
Purchased from: Lava Java Coffee, in Kehei, on the island of Maui; in Hawaii

I've had fun sharing these "Donkey Balls" with toasted flakes of coconut from Hawaii. This evening, we all had a ball before a Mexican food feast and a movie. It was all good.

Pictured above right is empty package/resealable bag.

ChocolateBet: November 6, 2008

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Keoki's Big Island Donkey Balls
Milk Chocolate Chinese Balls ("Rolled in Li Hing Mai Powder")
Very Good - although you have to open wide to fit these into your mouth
Wt.: ~.8 oz. for 1/4 oz. (114 g.) in total package
Calories: ~ 120 cals. in one ball/piece
Cost: $5.95 for total package
Purchased from: Lava Java, in Maui, Hawaii