ChocolateBet: June 29, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 cookie
Edna's
Chocolate Chip Macaroon
Good +
Weight: ~ 2.5 oz. (70.75 grams)
Calories: ~250 calories (estimate)
Cost: $1.33
Purchased from: Edna's booth at Mountain View (CA) Farmer's Market

I like finding baked goods, with chocolate, that are gluten-free. Since macaroons are one of the few cookies that often have little or no flour in them, it's no surprise that you'll see several macaroon and chocolate variations on this blog. I would have liked a few more chocolate chips in this macaroon, but it is otherwise good.

ChocolateBet: June 28, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 cookie
Edna's
Chocolate Macaroon (gluten-free)
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 2.5 oz. (70.75 grams)
Calories: ~ 250 calories (estimate)
Cost: $1.33
Purchased from: Edna's booth, at Mountain View, CA)

Last year I enjoyed tasting an Edna's gluten-free peanut butter chocolate chip cookie. So, I bought one of those and two different Edna's macaroons with chocolate in them: an all-chocolate macaroon (today's choice) and a chocolate chip macaroon.

Oh, did I mention that I am on on a "modified" South Beach Diet this week? Bottom line: I eat more vegetables and protein; I stopped eating potato chips; and I still get to eat chocolate every day. Sounds reasonable to me.

ChocolateBet: June 27, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces
Mars - fling chocolate
Hazelnut
Good + - Very Good
Weight: ~1.1 oz. (31.2 grams)/5.5 oz. (156 g.) in total 10-piece package
Calories: 160 calories for 2 pieces
Cost: $?
Purchased from: ?

Nice combination of textures with the light crunchy layer inside.

ChocolateBet: June 26, 2009

Chocolate(s) of the Day:

3 pieces + 1 bunny

ethel's chocolate
1.) curvy shape, blue flowers on top (dark ganache) Good +
2.) curvy shape, white flowers on top (jasmine?) Very Good
3.) curvy shape, yellow flower on top (lemonish filling?) Very Good
Weight: ~ 1.2 oz. (31 g.)/2.93 oz. (83 g.) total 8-piece box
Calories: 150 calories for 3 pieces
Cost: $?
Purchased from: ethel's chocolate, Las Vegas, NV

Lake Champlain Chocolates
Placesetting Bunny - Dark
Very Good +
Weight: .6 oz. (17 grams)
Calories: ~90 calories (estimate)
Cost: $?
Purchased from: Whole Foods?

Today I cleared out some chocolates that had been hiding in my chocolate stash pile for awhile, including some spring "shapes" from ethel's chocolate (Henderson, NV), and a chocolate bunny from Lake Champlain Chocolates (Vermont).

I thought I had lost the bunny last month; it reappeared this evening as I was about to drive over to a nice park with a redwood grove -- where frequently there are bunnies that come out to nibble grass in the twilight. Nice coincidence.

ChocolateBet: June 25, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

3 oz.
Robicheaux's Specialty Candy, Inc.
Pecan Turtle Bites
Very Good
Weight: 3 oz. (85 grams) in total package
Calories: 450 calories (estimate) in 1 package
Cost: Approx. $4.50 (+ shipping for online orders)
Purchased from: The Mississippi Gift Shop Company, (Poplarville/Greenwood), Mississippi

Nice little bite-sized pecan turtles; oops, whole package is gone.

ChocolateBet: June 24, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces
Madame Chocolat
1.) Amour - (dark choc) Caramel Heart
2.) Je taime - (dark choc) Peanut Butter
Weight: ~ 1 oz. (28.3 grams) in 2 pieces
Calories: ~ 150 calories in 2 pieces
Cost: ~ $5.00 for 2 pieces
Purchased from: Madame Chocolat, in Beverly Hills, CA

Fun day trip to L.A. results in over-indulgence in good food and chocolates.

ChocolateBet: June 23, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 bar
Dream Chocolate (Organic)
Lavender Dark Chocolate - 66% cacao
Very Good - Very Good +
Weight: 1.25 oz. (35 grams)
Calories: ~ 187 calories (estimate) in 1 bar
Cost: $3.25 for 1 bar
Purchased from: (Not sure)

Nice strong, natural lavender taste. Very good.