This is all personal preference; feel free to let me know what you think in the comments!
Bar: Moonwalk 70% Maker: Cloudforest Chocolate (Portland, OR, USA) Price: $6.75/35g (Sugar Pill in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 5/10 Ingredients: organic cacao beans, organic cacao butter, organic cane sugar, Pop Rocks (lactose, corn syrup, flavoring). Appearance: this is a stunning little package, a dull silver square with a grey blob of wax holding its four petals together, and …
Bar: 70% Dark Maker: Azzan Chocolate (Buon Me Thuot, Vietnam) Price: $6/60g (Gift From Friend) Munch Factor: 4/10 Ingredients: cacao beans, sugar. Appearance: beautiful white paper covered in animal, cacao, and human motifs, the bar is held together by a bright red paper with the brand name & logo printed in gold. Bar is dark brown with …
Bar: 65% with Blue Mountain Coffee Maker: Cocoa Republic Chocolate (Trinidad) Price: $5.50/30g (LUVCACAO) Munch Factor: 5.5/10 Ingredients: Trinitario Cocoa Beans from Trinidad, Demerara Brown Sugar from Guyana, Organic Cocoa Butter, Blue Mountain Coffee from Jamaica, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin. Appearance: colorful but not overly bright cacao pods decorate a small, thin white package; ingredients and info are on …
Bar: Dominican Republic 72% Recipe 212 Maker: Fresco Chocolate (Lynden, WA, USA) Price: $8/50g (Chocolopolis in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 2.5/10 Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter. Appearance: hunter green-brown, squat rectangular packaging with swirly cacao pod logo & company name centered. Information on the cacao & processing choices are on the back. Thin gold aluminum …
Bar: Tanzania 70% Maker: Smooth Chocolator (Geelong, Australia) Price: $11/60g (The Chocolate Garage) Munch Factor: 7/10 Ingredients: cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter. Appearance: massive black packaging with brown paper bag-colored square in the center denoting origin, maker, and a few other details. A similar paper on the back tells you nutrition facts & a lot more about the …
Bar: Sea Salt 62% Maker: Brasstown Chocolate (Winston-Salem, NC, USA) Price: $10/60g (Direct From Maker) Munch Factor: 6/10 Ingredients: Certified Organic Cacao Beans, Raw Sugar, Certified Organic Cocoa Butter, Chardonnay Oak Smoked Sea Salt. Appearance: deep blue rectangular packaging with the heavyhanded “BRASSTOWN” printed across the front and a blacked-out bottom underlining a boat in shadow. The …
Bar: Kardamom 77% Maker: Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé (Budapest, Hungary) Price: $14/70g (Summit & Spice in Anchorage, AK) Munch Factor: 4.5/10 Ingredients: Cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, cardamom. Appearance: square black & white packaging with illustrations that recall the Aztecs, including cacao pods & trees, gourds, and birds. This is covered by a paper that …
Bar: Mesquite Raw Maker: Wild Omen Chocolate (Taos, NM, USA) Price: $6.75/32g (Sugar Pill in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 2.5/10 Ingredients: Organic Stoneground Cacao, Cacao Butter, Wildcrafted Arizona Mezquite, Wildflower Honey, Utah Sea Salt. Appearance: about the size of a cell phone circa 2003, but with the old timey look of a bible written by hippies, this bar …
Bar: Camino Verde Ecuador 73% Maker: Cloudforest Chocolate (Portland, OR, USA) Price: $6.75/35g (Sugar Pill in Seattle, USA) Munch Factor: 8/10 Ingredients: cacao beans, organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter. Appearance: small square white packaging with a real dried cacao tree leaf seen through a large hole cut into the center of the packaging. It’s quite lovely. The inner …
Bar: Lemon Milk Chocolate 45% Maker: Theo’s Chocolate (Seattle, WA, USA) Price: $4/85g (Direct From Maker) Munch Factor: 7.5/10 Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Cane Sugar, Organic Fair Trade Cacao Beans, Organic Fair Trade Cacao Butter, Organic Milk Powder, Organic Lemon Essential Oil, Organic Fair Trade Ground Vanilla Bean. Appearance: like all Theo bars, this one is rectangular with the circular …
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I’m Max, and I’m unabashedly in love with food. Hi, Max. A chocolate aficionado from the USA, I’m passionate about helping you find & eat better chocolate, on the road or at home! I recognize chocolate bars like most people recognize Kardashians. Currently social distancing at home.
