Chocolate of the Day:
1/2 bar
Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Organic Enchanted Mushroom bar
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 1.5 oz. (42.5 g.) in 1/2 bar / 3 oz. (85 g.) total bar
Calories: 225 calories (estimate) in 1/2 bar
Cost: $9.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Chocolate Covered, in San Francisco, CA
This gluten-free, organic, dark chocolate (66% cacao) bar from Vosges (Chicago, IL) contained powdered organic Reishi Mushrooms and Walnuts. I was intrigued by this flavor combination and was looking forward to trying an enchanted mushroom bar.
This unique bar was quite good, although difficult to taste the powdered mushrooms; and the walnut flavor was very subtle, due to the small pieces of walnut used.
Change of Subject...
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The quote, below, is not about enchanted mushrooms at all, but it is chocolate-related and I thought it was worth sharing...Last week (July 31, 2009), a chocolate-related news story (by David Herszenhorn) appeared in Hill blog "The Caucus" concerning U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.
The title of the story was
"Pelosi’s Secret Weapon in Health Care Debate: Chocolate." A quote from this story appears below:
"In an unguarded moment, Ms. Pelosi, whose deft political maneuvers catapulted her through the ranks of the House Democratic leadership to make her the first woman speaker in the United States history, shared her secret.
“Chocolate,” she said.
And she was only half-kidding. Ms. Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, keeps stashes of Ghirardelli chocolate squares strategically placed throughout her suite of offices in the Capitol."
