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Newman’s Own Organics – Super Dark Chocolate 70%

August 17, 2009 / 0 comments

Speaking purely as a marketer, this intrigued me on the level of curiosity. Would this compare to other dark chocolates we have sampled? Was this merely a branded version of an organic chocolate produced by some larger chocolate concern? Would this hold up? Would it have been worth it? In short, to my best estimation,…

Dagoba Conacado – 73% Dark Chocolate, Dominican Republic origin

August 17, 2009 / 0 comments

Dagoba has a phenomenal line of organic, single origin chocolates. We tried another in the line this past weekend, called “conacado,” after the Conacado Fair Trade co-op in the Dominican Republic. This is truly a wonderful chocolate – the flavor covers a wide spectrum of sweet tart fruit (cherry? cranberry?), coffee, hazelnut, and vanilla. This…

Maria Tepozteca Chocolate Xocolatl (Chile)

August 7, 2009 / 2 comments

Picked this interesting chocolate up while down in Cancún, Mexico. Marketed as a traditional, Aztec-style chocolate, this massive 200g bar had me at “Chile.” “It tastes sweet and a little bit spicy. And, it feels smooth and good.” – 5-year-old.

Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate with pomegranate

August 7, 2009 / 0 comments

“It’s delicious, and it has a little taste of [fruit] punch in it. It tastes a little bit like grape juice.” – 5-year-old “It tastes like Giselle.” – 3-year-old Surprisingly, it doesn’t immediately taste like Hershey’s chocolate. We think there might be a little too much pomegranate; the sweet and tart fruit almost overwhelm the…