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Dagoba Lavender Blueberry 59% cacao

Chris Urban — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:00:17 +0000

I tell you folks, if you’re in a store somewhere, and they sell chocolates, and they carry some or all of the Dagoba line, you need to pick one and try it. I happened to be in the Hershey’s store in Times Square (yeah, I know, but that’s another story) and quietly hiding on an endcap somewhere were some of Hershey’s other prized possessions: Dagoba and Scharffen Berger chocolate bars!
Yes, dear reader, Hershey’s owns Dagoba, and has since 2006? 2007? (Note: and Joseph Schmidt, too) Dagoba represents a nice organic trophy for their collection – I would imagine Hershey dare not tear it down and replace it with some slick over-marketed Special Dark/Dove amalgam of chocolate atrocity.

Anyway, on to the more interesting topic: this chocolate. We’ve had a number of Dagoba chocolates, some more interesting than others, and some, like the organic single origin line, have very distinctive flavors. This one, with its fruity floral focus, is just okay. I know, right? Weird hearing me say a chocolate is just ‘okay?’

Well, it is okay – it’s got a fairly good consistency and decent mouthfeel; the lavender is not overbearing, and the bits of blueberries are not too big or chewy. It’s in the right league of cacao levels – we like it in the upper 50s to mid 60s. So, it’s okay enough to enjoy. But it doesn’t knock my socks off. And that, dear reader, is the whole point of our pathetic part-time journey: to find a chocolate that knocks my socks off.

Bremer Hachez Cocoa d’Arriba (Blueberry and Cocoa Nibs)

Chris Urban — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:09 +0000

Hachez makes some fantastic German chocolates. We last reviewed their Strawberry and pepper dark chocolate, and just recently found this one. Again, their combination of Ecuadorian cocoa, and fruit prove to be an interesting mix.
This German chocolate is smooth, creamy and rich – 77% cocoa – and the blueberry is just enough of a subtle hint to offset the bitterness of the dark chocolate. The crunchiness of the nibs holds everything together nicely.
But, not to be overly critical: it’s almost too dark – the blueberry is almost not enough.

Dagoba organic chocolate Lavender

Chris Urban — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:24:30 +0000

We really like some of these Dagoba bars we have managed to find. We hadn’t noticed this one before and were immediately intrigued by the concept: blueberries and lavender.
This has a really great aroma and mouthfeel – the lavender is a wonderful complement to the blueberries. Like other Dagoba dark chocolate, this has a relatively high cocao content – 59% – and is all organic. The lavender bouquet hits your mouth first, and riding in under this wave comes the dark chocolate and then closes out with the blueberries. A real nice three-part movement of chocolate.
Four year old: “It tastes like flowery and bread a litle bit. And a little bit of strawberry.”

Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Blueberries

Chris Urban — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:26:32 +0000

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 to help s”pecies, habitat, and humanity,” and is made with ethically traded cocoa beans. Bonus: inside of wrapper has a 25¢ off coupon for another bar – yum!