Seriously though, this is kind of chocolate bar you want to have around to satisfy your fix. It gets the job done, it has bits of sweet dried fruit, it has a nice solid, rich chocolate base, and throw in a little vanilla to round the edges.

If you’ll recall, these guys from Boulder made an Almonds & Cherries bar we reviewed (and liked), so our first question is: are these Michigan cherries? Or they from somewhere else?

Never mind the cherries – it’s the smoky, sexy anchos and chipotles that make this bar rock. You take a bite, you feel the smooth chocolate coat your tongue. Then, you realize there’s cherries occupying the higher, sweeter end of the spectrum here: chewy, sweet and subtly tart. Finally, the chilies creep in and take over the back of your mouth and throat. It’s one of the closest to a perfect bar we’ve had in a while. Definitely a repeat purchase.

Here’s the fun reviews – this is what you really wanted to read, isn’t it? Two year old: as chewing: “good… (pause) …a little spicy… spicy… bad spicy… I don’t want more.”

Four year old: “a little spicy, sour, tastes like hot sauce.” We didn’t realize (or actually think) she knew what hot sauce tastes like.

Smack in the middle of the cocoa bean spectrum from Chocolove (Boulder, Colorado) this 55% dark cocoa chocolate is pretty good. Made with Belgium chocolate, there’s really not too much more to this than that, the Michigan cherries (are Michigan’s cherries any better than say, Pennsylvania’s or New York’s? Are there cherry aficinados that can tell where a cherry is from? Are these all nearly homogenized like apples?)

Back to chocolate – this is good, solid bar. Nice, worth trying, especially if you like cherries.