Viejo Oso, White Chocolate Bar
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wow! Extremely good, especially considering this comes from Argentina. It’s not too sweet, which is always a concern with white chocolates, although the sweetness does pick up as you savor the chocolate in your mouth. It’s just very creamy, very milky, and it’s very...
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Vasalissa, Milk Chocolate with Almond Bar
Buenos Aires, Argentina
US$7.50
Overall Score: 4.0/5.0, but 3.0/5.0 for value.
Actually, quite a good milk chocolate bar, in comparison to most in Argentine. Very rich, very pure, greatly tempered, and very good melt. It’s also flavorful and creamy. Almond pieces add lots of flavor and...
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Viejo Oso, Milk Chocolate Bar
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viejo Oso does an excellent job with this chocolate. It’s not as good as the white chocolate, but it has a great level of sweetness and rather nice texture. It melts great too—in fact, it melts on the touch and even when you unwrap it if you apply too much pressure. It’s...
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Havanna, Milk Chocolate Bar
Throughout Argentina
Around US$2.50
Not bad. A little too hard, with a bad melt, but the flavor profile is okay. The sweetness is right, which is surprising for Argentine chocolates. It’s almost as good as the milk chocolate from Aguila. Overall, not something I’d buy, especially since it’s more...
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Abuela Goye, White Chocolate Bar
Buenos Aires and Bariloche, Argentina
20 Argentine pesos, or about $6. 2 for 30 pesos, or $10.
It’s a nice bar, very finely tempered, and it’s as solid as a rock. You need to bite this one—it’s not going to melt on you. It does have a nice munch to it, though, with a sweetness that’s just...
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