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LA Burdick Dark Chocolate

Apr 15, 11

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: 69-72% Dark Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: 100g for about $7. The presentation is brilliant. Burdick specializes in the old-fashioned and homey, producing a bar that is clean and simple in every way possible. The bar comes packaged in very nice brown paper packaging that nevertheless never looks cheap....

Lake Champlain Dark Chocolate Bar

Mar 03, 11

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Price: $3.79-$3.99 in Boston. Composition: 54% Dark Chocolate. Region: America. Manufacturer Notes: “This dark African blend is just right: creamy, sweet, fruity, and floral.” For a mid-range gourmet candy bar, this has to be one of the best-looking bars on the market. It comes in 8 even, very solid squares that break apart...

LA Burdick Dark with Almonds

Feb 11, 11

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: 69-72% Dark Chocolate, Almonds Region of Production: USA. Price: 100g for about $7. I have lots of problems with this bar. While I normally love Burdick’s presentation, here my bar came broken. Burdick’s uses very sturdy packaging, so if the bar broke, I’m guessing there was something wrong with the the bar, which...

Chocolat Noir aux Éclats de Violette

Dec 31, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, France, Gourmet Chocolate Bars

Les Chocolats Yves Thuriés, Chocolat Noir aux Éclats de Violette. Composition: 70% Dark Chocolate with Crystallized Violet. Region of Production: France. Price: $6-$7 for 80g. First off, the presentation of this bar is quite nice, at least on the surface. It really tries to embody the idea of violets, emphasizing the ingredient...

Bubble Chocolate Dark Chocolate Bar

Dec 24, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: 60% Dark Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: $2.50 for 80g. When I found out about Bubble Chocolate, I was more than a little intrigued. The founder created a new technique to introduce air into chocolate, giving it a bubbly texture on the inside. The upside is supposed to be a uniquely creamy experience,...

Amedei Chuao Bar

Dec 21, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, Italy

Composition: 70% Dark Chocolate Bar Region of Production: Italy Origin of Cocoa: Venezuela Price: About $13-$14 for 50g I finally get a crack at what is perhaps the most famous, renowned chocolate in existence: Amedei’s Chuao Bar. Nearly every year since the inception of London’s annual world chocolate championship, this...

Vosges Black Pearl Bar

Dec 04, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

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...

Vosges Oaxaca Bar

Nov 28, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

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...