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juushikaBecause, you know, I just don't review nearly enough stuff, I think I'll start jotting down little reviews for chocolate bars. I'm by no means an expert, but I am a chocolate addict and my tastes are growing more discerning. I have a no-exceptions bias for dark chocolate, 65% cocoa content or higher, and I prefer organic, free trade, and single origin products when possible; I dislike fruit (with the exception of orange) and most mint flavorings and inclusions. Expect those biases to be reflected in my reviews. This ain't chocolate for everyone. It's chocolate for me.
Brand: Theo
Flavor: Bread & Chocolate
Cocoa content: 70%
Review: French bread in my chocolate? I wouldn't have guessed, but: yes please! This is surprising and unusual, and a wonderful combination of contrasting textures and flavors. The base is a mild chocolate—70% is dark, but not very dark—which is distinctly sweet without being sugary and has a smooth, light, non-waxy mouthfeel. The French bread is very thin and crisp, and so while it resembles puffed grain inclusions in other chocolates it's actually quite different: it has more weight and body without being heavy or dense, and provides a more slightly more substantial spin on that familiar crunch. The bread is salted, giving salty, savory contrast to the chocolate's sweetness, and the chocolate is quality enough to support the addition but mild enough not to fight it. The feel of biting into this chocolate quickly becomes addicting, the flavor is satisfying complex, and it's palatable and easy to eat without being reduced to sickly sugars and creams. I'm absolutely won over, and will buy this again.
Brand: Theo
Flavor: Bread & Chocolate
Cocoa content: 70%
Review: French bread in my chocolate? I wouldn't have guessed, but: yes please! This is surprising and unusual, and a wonderful combination of contrasting textures and flavors. The base is a mild chocolate—70% is dark, but not very dark—which is distinctly sweet without being sugary and has a smooth, light, non-waxy mouthfeel. The French bread is very thin and crisp, and so while it resembles puffed grain inclusions in other chocolates it's actually quite different: it has more weight and body without being heavy or dense, and provides a more slightly more substantial spin on that familiar crunch. The bread is salted, giving salty, savory contrast to the chocolate's sweetness, and the chocolate is quality enough to support the addition but mild enough not to fight it. The feel of biting into this chocolate quickly becomes addicting, the flavor is satisfying complex, and it's palatable and easy to eat without being reduced to sickly sugars and creams. I'm absolutely won over, and will buy this again.
