Composition: Wasabi, Ginger, Black Sesame Seeds, and 55% Dark Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ store. When I saw the ingredient list of the Vosges Black Pearl Bar, I couldn’t resist. Wasabi, ginger, and black sesame? How can a bar with so many bold, interesting ingredients not be packed with...
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Vosges Oaxaca Bar. Oaxacan Guajillo y pasilla chillies, Tanzanian bittersweet chocolate (75%). $7.50 for 100g. This is the 3rd time I’ve opened up a Vosges box only to find the chocolate absolutely smeared all over the wrapper, to the point that the color had almost completely faded on the vast majority of the bar, both on its...
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Composition: 65% Single-Origin Dark Chocolate Country of Production: France. Price: $8 for 100g. Note: I was trying the 30g variety, so I’ll make this into more of a mini-review. I just didn’t eat enough to evaluate it perfectly. The small piece I was trying comes in a nice, simple paper wrapper, nor is the actual chocolate...
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Composition: 67% Dark Chocolate Bar. Region of Production: France. Price: About $6-$7 for 100g. Upon opening the Hacienda Los Ancones Bar, I wasn’t very pleased at all. The packaging, as with all of Cluizel’s bars, is very nice, but the wrapper itself was for some reason already opened on the inside. Someone had either opened...
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Composition: Mexican Ancho y Chipotle Chillies, Ceylon Cinnamon, 55% Dark Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: $7.50 from Vosges’s store. Vosges’ Red Fire Bar, while not succeeding on a technical level, still manages to provide a pleasant, unique experience. In terms of presentation, it’s not too impressive, as is the...
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Composition: Japanese Matcha Green Tea, 41% Deep Milk Chocolate Region of Production: USA Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ site I’ve become quite the fan of Vosges milk chocolates lately, so I was looking forward to trying out this latest variety, a take on green tea. As a good, tea-loving Armenian, I just can’t resist anything that...
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Composition: Dark Chocolate Bar with Cookies. Region of Production: America. Price: $13. This MarieBelle Dark Chocolate Croquette Bar is, to say the least, underwhelming in nearly every way. First, the presentation is extraordinarily simple. The bar is wrapped in a clear container, without even a name or a list of ingredients or...
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Composition: Applewood Smoked Bacon, Alderwood Smoked Salt, 41% Milk Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ site. This is the first of Vosges’ gourmet chocolate bars that I’ll be reviewing. Rather than going for the traditional gourmet chocolate, Vosges attempts to jazz it up a little with the...
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Composition: 45% deep milk chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Origin of Cocoa: Dominican Republic. Price: $7.50 for 100g. While at the Vosges Haut Chocolat Café in Chicago, I was lucky enough to get a couple free samples of their chocolate bars. This is one of those, coming in a mini 0.5 oz. case. While that’s too small to...
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Composition: Milk Chocolate Fudge, Muscovado Caramel, and Malted Milk Cream Dipped in Dark Chocolate. Producer: Zingerman’s Bakery. Region of Production: USA. Price: $6.00 on Zingerman’s website. Zingerman’s Bakery is known for its gourmet candy bars, using only the freshest, most flavorful ingredients to elevate...
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