ChocolateBet: January 31, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces
Anastasia Confections
Key Lime Flavored Coconut Patties (dipped in dark chocolate)
Good + - Very Good
Wt.: 76 grams)/ 12 oz. (340 grams)
Calories: 300 for 2 pieces
Cost: $3.89 (sale)
Purchased from: Marshall's in San Jose, CA

Nice cheery Florida colors on the box, which was fun to look at in the middle of winter. (Also shown above, are other coconut patty flavors that are available.)

ChocolateBet: January 30, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
3 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
1.) 1 - Wild Salmonberry (milk chocolate version) - Very Good
2.) 2 - Wild Blackberry (milk chocolate version)- Very Good +
Wt.: 1.8 oz.(51 g)/15 oz. (425 g.) total box
Calories: 210 calories for 3 pieces
Cost: $ 24.00 for total box (online order + shipping) as recorded previously
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

And, with today's chocolates, this nice assortment box is finito. I had the chance to sample almost all 15 flavors of wild berry centers. I don't remember seeing any Wild Mossberry, but they could be seasonal items. Heck, what am I saying, I don't even know what a Mossberry looks like, much less what their growing season is in Alaska. Catch you next time Mr./Ms. Mossberry; it was fun nibbling on all your semi- and sub-arctic cousins.

ChocolateBet: January 29, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

4 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
1.) Wild Highbush Cranberry - Very Good + - very nice, almost buttery flavor
2.) Strawberry Rhubarb - Very Good
3.) Fireweed - Good + - Very Good
Wt.: 2.4 oz.(68 g)/15 oz. (425 g.) ttl box
Calories: 280 calories for 4 pieces
Cost: $24.00 ttl bx* (online order + shipping) as previously noted
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

ChocolateBet: January 28, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
3 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
(Assortment box (15 wild berry flavors) see previous entries)
1.) Gooseberry (dark) - Very Good +
2.) Wild Red Currant (milk) - Very Good
3.) Wild Blueberry (milk) - Very Good - Very Good +
Wt.: 1.8 oz.(51 g)/15 oz. (425 g.) ttl box
Calories: 210 cals. for 3 pcs.
Cost: $24.00 for total box, as entered previously (online order + shipping)
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

These berry fillings have a bit of vitamin C in them: they taste good, and may even help with the cold I'm fighting off this week.

Sometimes a small glass of brandy helps with colds. Instead of brandy, last night I tried a sip of Koda dessert wine ("with natural chocolate flavors"), purchased from Trader Joe's in Mtn. View, CA. I could taste the chocolate flavor; however, I couldn't determine from the label whether chocolate was actually added or infused into this wine or not. This seems like something people might enjoy for the novelty - or not. Fun to try though. Koda dessert wine is produced and bottled by Olde Shandon Port Works, in Shandon, CA.

ChocolateBet: January 27, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
3 pieces
Alaska Wild Berry Products
1.) Rhubarb (2 milk chocolate coated) - Good +
2.) Rhubarb (1 dark chocolate coated) - Very Good
Wt.: 1.8 oz./(51 grams)/15 oz. (425 grams) in total box
Calories: 210 calories for 3 pcs.
Cost: $24.00 for whole box (online order + shipping), as previously noted
Purchased from: Alaska Wild Berry Products (website)

ChocolateBet: January 26, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1 serving
M and M's/Mars
Mocha - mocha-flavored milk chocolate
(Premiums line)
Good +
Wt.: 1.5 oz. (42 grams)/ 6.0 oz. (170.1 grams) in total package
Calories: 230 calories in 1 serving
Cost: $ ? (need to find receipt)
Purchased from: Walgreens, Palo Alto, CA

ChocolateBet: January 25, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces
Old Kentucky Candies, Inc.
Bourbon Cherries
Very Good + - Yum
Wt.: ~.88 oz. (25 g.) for 2 pcs/ 8 oz. (226 grams) for total box
Calories: ~ 133 calories for 2 Bourbon Cherries
Cost: ~ $14.00 (online order + shipping)
Purchased from: Old Kentucky Candies (online order)

You will definitely be able to taste the Jim Beam in these dark-chocolate coated bourbon cherries. Although I'd rather have these than a shot of bourbon. I suppose you could also throw one or two of these into a glass of bourbon too. Or, perhaps more intriguing, I'd like to try stirring a whole 8 oz. box (18 pcs.) of these into a brownie mix. Yum.