ChocolateBet: February 10, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
2 pieces
Knipschildt Chocolatier
Martina 
Very Good
Weight: 1.55 oz. (44 g.)/7 oz. (198 g.) total box of 9 pieces
Calories: 232 calories (estimate) for 2 pieces
Cost: $19.99 for total box of 9 pieces ($4.44 for two pieces)
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

No more chocolates left in this nice red box (pictured). This evening I consumed two "Martina" pyramid-shaped chocolates (filled with a rich praline ganache) for the cause. I ate them to help refuel -- after driving around the San Francisco Bay Area to attend an auction, a lunch, and to walk a bit of the Bay Trail in the Tiburon area (http://walkingthebay.blogspot.com), and take some pictures. Life is good.

ChocolateBet: February 9, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
2 pieces
Knipschildt Chocolatier
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 1.55 oz. (44 g.)/7 oz. (198 g.) total box of 9 pieces
Calories: 232 calories for 2 pieces (estimate)
Cost: $19.99 for a total box of 9 pieces ($4.44 for 2 pieces)
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

Knipschildt's "Julianne" chocolates had a marzipan and lemon ganache (filling). Very nice, except I wished these were a little less sweet.

ChocolateBet: February 8, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
2 pieces
Knipschildt Chocolatier
Eleanor
Very Good
Weight:1.55 oz. (44 g.)/7 oz. (198 g.) total box of 9 pieces
Calories: 232 calories (estimate)
Cost: $19.99 for total box ($4.44 for 2 pieces)
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

I'm continuing to work my way through the four different flavors in this Valentines assortment box. Not that I needed an excuse to indulge, but the Eleanor's mocha ganache (filling) helped give me energy for hiking today.

ChocolateBet: February 7, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
2 pieces
Knipschildt Chocolatier
Vivianne
Very Good
Weight: 1.55 oz. (44 grams) in 2 pieces
Calories: 232 calories (estimate)
Cost: Approx. $4.44 for 2 pieces ($19.99 for total box of 9 pieces)
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

It's Valentines Day chocolate season. Even if you're not celebrating the holiday, this time does present opportunities to try new chocolates. Little red packages and ribbons are everywhere.

These dome-shaped chocolates were filled with black currant ganache, and were part of a red assortment box from Knipschildt Chocolatier.

ChocolateBet: February 6, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece/sheet
Claudio Corallo
Chocolate with Ginger
Good + - Very Good
Weight: .88 oz. (25 g.)/3.527 oz. (100 g.) total package
Calories: 132 calories (estimate)
Cost: $?
Purchased from: Alegio Chocolate, Berkeley, CA

A thin sheet of this chocolate (embedded with pieces of crystallized ginger), from the island nation of Sao Tome e Principe (Africa), was good a la carte. And, it would be an enjoyable addition to a vanilla or chocolate ice cream sundae too.

ChocolateBet: February 5, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
7 cookies
K(inni)TOOS Chocolate Sandwich Creme
Very Good
Weight: 2.7 oz. (73.3 g.)/8 oz. (220 g.) total pkg. of 21 cookies
Calories: 420 calories for 7 cookies
Cost: $
Purchased from: ?

This is what happens when you skip breakfast and lunch (which I rarely do). You sit down to eat one cookie, and eat seven of them. Yes, I was hungry, but the fact that these cookies tasted so good, without wheat (gluten), dairy, egg, or trans fats, is also a sign of a well-made cookie.

ChocolateBet: February 4, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving (2 Tablespoons)
Peanut Butter and Co.
Dark Chocolate Dreams
Good +
Weight: 1.13 oz. (32 g.)/16 oz. (454 g.) total jar
Calories: 170 calories
Cost: $6.49 total for one jar
Purchased from: Bi-Rite Market, in San Francisco, CA

(Pictured) is a plate of peanut butter and chocolate health food. Not being able to eat bread (wheat), I ate this dark chocolate peanut spread with Mary's "seed" crackers (very good), and a little homemade strawberry banana jam; and the result was....a peanut butter and jelly, gluten-free snack plate that tasted better than this looks.