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Tag Archives: Chocolate
Ritter Sport Golden Edition, Milk Chocolate Squares
I have another (huge) bar of chocolate from Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG of Germany , a major chocolatier. This one is the Ritter Sport Golden Edition Milk Chocolate Squares, and when I say “huge”, I mean just that: … Continue reading
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Ritter Sport: Two Limited Edition Candies, Raspberry Creme and Buttermilk Lemon
As you will remember, Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG is a major German chocolatier and candy manufacturer. I happen to have recently received two of their Limited Edition candies for review, Raspberry Creme and Buttermilk Lemon, which means, sadly, that I … Continue reading
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Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate with Marzipan
I have a love/hate relationship with almond candies. I adore candies with the whole (or chopped) nut added in. Candied almonds are also quite yummy. But then there’s marzipan. Perhaps it’s because I was raised on the quality stuff straight … Continue reading
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Equal Exchange Chocolates’ Organic, Dark Chocolate, Caramel Crunch with Sea Salt, 55% Cacao
This bar is a mouthful to say, but happily it’s also a mouthful of deliciousness. Oh my God this is so good! Think of a browned butter brickle, paired with sea salt, then stirred into 55% cacao dark chocolate. Divine. … Continue reading
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Equal Exchange’s Organic Very Dark chocolate bar
This chocolate bar is produced in Switzerland for the Equal Exchange co-op of West Bridgewater, Mass. It comes in a large bar of 80g (2.8 oz.). The bar is firmly wrapped in a sealed white envelope of a cellophane-like substance, … Continue reading
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Boozy chocolate trifle
Back at the dawnatime, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and my cell phone flipped open like a Classic Trek communicator, we used to have celebratory gatherings in the home. Yes, chickabiddies, more than ten people at once! Unmasked! Our faces … Continue reading
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Trader Joe’s Pound Plus Chocolate, Dark
For the confirmed chocoholic, Trader Joe’s has come up with a real treat: Pound Plus Chocolates. It really is a pound plus — 17.6 ounces (500 g), to be exact — and it’s quite reasonably priced — one might even … Continue reading
Chocolats Passions’ Skulls
Skulls. I love them. Not only because it’s October, but because I dig their shape. Their mystery. The whole philosophy of existence thing. Yorick? Yeah, I didn’t know him, but I sure did peek at his skull a time or … Continue reading
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Nidar’s Troika
Troika is one of those candies that comes only in Norwegian — the label is in Norwegian, the web site is in Norwegian, and so on. Nidar is one of three companies that consolidated to form Orkla Confectionary and Snacks … Continue reading