Tag Archives: Chocolate

Equal Exchange Chocolates’ Organic, Dark Chocolate, Caramel Crunch with Sea Salt, 55% Cacao

Posted on 4th March 2021 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

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

Posted on 21st January 2021 by Gary Whitehouse

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

Posted on 26th December 2020 by Jennifer Stevenson

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

Posted on 16th December 2020 by Robert

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 →

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Chocolats Passions’ Skulls

Posted on 23rd October 2020 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

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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Rhubarb and raspberry had a baby and it made a wine

Posted on 19th October 2020 by Jennifer Stevenson

Not everybody is a rhubarb fan. Once upon a time, it was valued up there with apes, ivory, and peacocks, spices rare and unguents magical, but in the US, where I live and eat, rhubarb has always been regarded as … Continue reading →

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Nidar’s Troika

Posted on 24th July 2018 by Robert

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 →

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Russell Stover’s Fine Assorted 2 ounce pack

Posted on 19th July 2018 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

Little boxes of chocolates.  They look so lovely. And with only four pieces per pack, hiding the evidence of a binge is easy-peasy.  So when I received a wee box of Russell Stover, I couldn’t wait to dig in. Sadly, … Continue reading →

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Alas Poor Ginger, Wherefore Art Thou: Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Ginger

Posted on 4th July 2018 by Cat Rambo

I’m very fond of crystallized ginger, and accordingly I am substantially less fond of the Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Ginger, whose ginger to “rich dark chocolate” ratio is weighted in chocolate’s favor to the point that the ginger is … Continue reading →

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Justin’s Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Posted on 13th June 2018 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

I’m not really into milk chocolate.  And by “not really into”, I mean I avoid it like the plague.  Too many bad memories of dusty tasting mass-produced stuff stuck into my Halloween sack back in the day. Give me good … Continue reading →

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