No bones about it, the folks at Chuao make some really good chocolates. We especially love the Spicy Maya. But this one folks, this might actually have too much going on.
Entries Tagged as 'chocolate'
Chuao Firecracker
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · chocolate
Tags: aztec·chipotle·dark chocolate·salt·venezula
Bremer Hachez Cocoa d’Arriba (Blueberry and Cocoa Nibs)
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
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.
Tags: blueberries·dark chocolate·german·nibs
Café Tasse Noir Poivre de Szechuan
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
Among the many Belgian chocolates I recently found at Chelsea Market Basket, this was one of the most interesting I tried. Now, it’s important to note that I say interesting – it is not my favorite, but I am glad I got to try this.
Casa Don Puglisi Chilli Modicana Chocolate
November 29th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
This was an interesting find – kudos to Chelsea Market Baskets in New York City for the recommendation. Made in Italy, in the laboratorio Don Puglisi, it comes in a plain wrapper, tied with a red string, and a card: Handmade in the Aztec tradition, the unique opaque patina and rustic, brittle texture are the [...]
Newman’s Own Organics – Super Dark Chocolate 70%
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
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, [...]
Tags: dark chocolate·organic
Dagoba Conacado – 73% Dark Chocolate, Dominican Republic origin
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
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 [...]
Tags: dark chocolate·Dominican chocolate·organic·single origin
Maria Tepozteca Chocolate Xocolatl (Chile)
August 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · chocolate
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.
Tags: chili pepper·dark chocolate·mexico
Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate with pomegranate
August 7th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
“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 [...]
Tags: apple·cranberry·dark chocolate·fruit·hershey's·pineapple·pomegranate
Chocolove Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
Compared to the Frey orange dark chocolate, the orange flavor is much more even and subtle, but the freeze-dried orange peel itself is distracting. The chocolate is nice – the Belgian dark chocolate is smoother, more buttery, than the swiss counterpart – but it’s just those damn peels that get in the way.
Frey Bouquet d’Oranges
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
We’ve had Frey before – generally we’ve tried to find chocolates with pepper – but here we find some orange. We don’t like it so much. The orange powder tastes a bit crystallized, but we wonder if it’s intentional. We’re also wondered if this might be happen to be a bit stale. The chocolate part [...]
Tags: orange·swiss dark chocolate
Valrhona Le Noir Amer
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
I can’t believe this chocolate hasn;t been reviewed yet. I’m fairly certain we’ve eaten this at least a half dozen times – and probably never had enough lying around long enough to review. We usually pick this up at our local Trader Joes – and quickly devour it. This is a good, straightforward chocolate. Dark? [...]
Tags: dark chocolate·french·valrhona
Cadbury Royal Dark
May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
Never saw a dark chocolate from Cadbury here in the States, so we thought we’d pick this up for a try. The chocolate snob in us shudder at the mere thought of even trying this, but fair is fair. So, here we go: a bit too sweet for my taste. There’s a bit of a [...]
Tags: Cadbury·dark chocolate
Lindt Chili Dark
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
This chocolate is a tantalizing conundrum. If we look at this from the chocolate point of view, then this dark Swiss chocolate is what one would hope to have for a mass-market gourmet chocolate: it’s silky smooth, with a tantalizing mouthfeel. It’s dark – not sure exactly how dark since no cocoa percentages are on [...]
Chuao Chinita Nibs
May 14th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
In a word – yummerific. Ok, so I’m a little biased: I (heart) Chuao chocolates – I have yet to be disappointed. Throw in caramelized cacao nibs, nutmeg into dark chocolate and you’ve got a winner. Bonus: girls in the three- to five-year-old category appreciate the shiny purple wrapper. How can you go wrong? A [...]
Guylian Solitaires – Asian, Aztec, African dark
May 14th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
An assortment of solitaire-sized chocolates, this Guylian assortment presented many challenges, not the least of which was which one to try, in what order. As the anal, compulsive, chocoholics that we are, it seemed the most logical to ascertain these in ascending cocoa percentages – that is, from lightest to darkest. And so: Asian dark [...]
Tags: african·asian·aztec·dark chocolate