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Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Blueberries

February 28, 2008 / 0 comments

Picked this up at Target, and it’s intriguing. This is a nice dark (70% cocoa) chocolate ‘infused’ with blueberries. This has a nice fruitiness to it – the blueberries bring a little extra sweetness to it (‘jam-iness’) . For those who need a clear conscious when consuming chocolate, these folks pledge 10% of profits back…

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Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate

February 28, 2008 / 0 comments

Interesting to compare a more mainstream chocolate to some of these more exotic concoctions we’ve been lucky to try lately. Creamy smooth, dark lusciousness; this melts nicely in your mouth and has just enough sweetness to let you enjoy the bitterness of the chocolate. It’s a consistently nice solid dark chocolate. You really can’t go…

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3400 Phinney Fig and Fennel Dark Chocolate

February 28, 2008 / 0 comments

Sweet figs and dark chocolate: yummy. Another interesting contrast in taste and mouthfeel, subtle hints of almonds between fennel and figs in 65% cacao dark chocolate. These guys (Theo Chocolates) in Seattle have an interesting view on chocolate. This 3400 Phinney line is certified organic and fair trade, and must enjoy concocting some of these…

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3400 Phinney Coconut Curry Milk Chocolate

February 28, 2008 / 0 comments

We’re not sure where we found this, this interesting chocolate from Seattle. Nope, we remember: thanks to Theo Chocolates (see post on Aphrodisiac chocolates). Tumeric, cumin, mustard and curry (“you know, because of the curry…”) embedded into milk chocolate and coconut so intensely, the coconut lingers (in your mouth, in your teeth, against the mini…

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