ChocolateBet: April 16, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Chocorart (Chocolate Organico Artesanal)
Cafe/Coffee
Very Good
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.)/ 6.36 oz. (180 g.) total package of 6
Calories: ~ 160 calories (estimate)
Cost: $15.95 for a package of 6 different flavors*
Purchased from: store in airport (San Jose, Costa Rica)

*I enjoyed the vanilla and coffee flavors from this assortment package the best. These two flavors may have come from locally grown vanilla orchid and coffee beans (in Costa Rica).

ChocolateBet: April 15, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Chocorart (Chocolate Organico Artesenal)
Gengibre/Ginger
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.)/ 6.36 oz. (180 g.) total package of 6
Calories: ~160 calories (estimate)
Cost: $15.95 for a package of six different flavors*
Purchased from: store in San Jose airport, Costa Rica

I was supposed to be on a diet this week. But I was running around all day, and I ended up eating most of a pint of ice cream for dinner, in addition to this chocolate with ginger. Maybe it was the stress from tax day. Happy annual tax return filing deadline day to all in the U.S. Ah well, tomorrow it's back to 1 oz. (28 grams) of chocolate a day. Really.

ChocolateBet: April 14, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Chocorart (Chocolate Organico Artesanal)
Coco/Coconut
Good - Good +
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 g.)/ 6.36 oz. (180 g.) ttl pkg of 6
Calories: ~ 160 calories (estimate)
Cost: $15.95 for a package of six different flavors*
Purchased from: shop in San Jose airport, in Costa Rica

*This is the third cigar-shaped chocolate (from a package of six different flavors) from Chocorart that I've tried. I liked the Vanilla flavor best so far. The company that makes these chocolates is on the East Coast of Costa Rica, not an area that we visited when we were there earlier this year. However, once again, an airport shop proved to be a good place to buy chocolates, from the parts of the country we weren't able to see.

ChocolateBet: April 13, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1 piece
Chocorart (Chocolate Organico Artesanal)
Vanilla
Very Good
Weight: 1.06 oz. (30 grams)/6.36 oz. (180 g.) total package of 6
Calories: 160 calories (estimate) for 1 package
Cost: $15.95 for package of six different flavors*
Purchased from: Store in San Jose airport, in Costa Rica

Today's cigar-shaped handmade chocolate was good, with vanilla (and light cinnamon) flavors. This was the second flavor from an assortment package bought in Costa Rica recently. (The first flavor was mint.)

ChocolateBet: April 12, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 chocolate chicks
"Belgian Easter Tub" Milk Chocolate Chicks
Good + - Very Good
Weight: ~1.23 oz. (~17 grams)/~5 oz. (136 g.) total pkg. of 8 chicks
Calories: ~185 calories for 2 chicks
Cost: $12.50 for a package of 8 chicks
Purchased from: Sugar Shack, in Menlo Park, CA

Happy Easter. It's only fair to give equal time to chocolate chicks today -- after nibbling on a chocolate bunny face yesterday, and some chocolate spring flowers the day before yesterday.

These chicks were pretty tasty; although I almost lost one when I put it down, unwrapped, just for a few seconds, on my nice, warm computer. Very foolish. I'm now carefully wiping off a little "meltage" spot near my keyboard.

ChocolateBet: April 11, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece (of bunny face)
Russell Stover
Chocolate Easter Bunny with Almonds
Good +
Weight: ~.75 oz. (21.2 g.)/3 oz. (85 grams) in total bunny
Calories: 120 calories
Cost: $ (need to check receipt)
Purchased from: Longs Drugs, in San Jose, CA

This is the time of year when a section of store shelves is dedicated to Chocolate Bunnies. Chocolate has inserted itself into all major U.S. Holidays, largely in the shape of bunnies, chicks, and eggs.

We were invited to attend a Passover dinner at a friend's home today. Much good food was consumed. I can't eat wheat, so I couldn't try the matsoh crackers covered in chocolate and nuts that someone brought. Fortunately, someone else made a flourless chocolate cake, which tasted great with fresh strawberries.

ChocolateBet: April 10, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces
Le Choix (www.achoix.com; distrib. for Belgian co?)
Milk Belgian Chocolate(s) - Spring Cornet (10-pcs., foil-wrapped)
Good - Good +
Weight: ~1.0 oz. (28.3 g.)/~5 oz. (141.5 g.) total pkg.
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) for 1 oz. (2 pcs.)
Cost: $12.50 (pricey) for 10 piece-package
Purchased from: Sugar Shack, in Menlo Park, CA

Fun packaging and spring flower theme, with pansy shaped chocolates inside floral foil wrappers; but these were a bit on the pricey side.