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Grenada Chocolate Company 60% Dark Bar

Oct 13, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, United Kingdom

Composition: 60% Dark Chocolate. Price: About $4-$5 for a 3 oz./85g bar. Organic Dark Chocolate. The presentation of this bar is lovely, though simple. It comes wrapped in a colorful packet depicting a rainbow of cocoa pods , hanging from a tree in the forest and surrounded by vines and leaves. The Grenada Chocolate Company gives...

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