So far chocolate from the Dominican Republic has been well received, although its not reached the heights as the bars from Cuba. I do think that they 81% bar with almonds, sea salt and Olive Oil has been my favourite though.
These Madre Chocolate dark bars offered an excellent variety of flavours from both Hawaii and the Dominican Republic. There were all made exceptionally well. If you do get a chance to try them, then please do.
The Daniel Jones Orange & Bee Pollen milk chocolate bar intrinsically be the finest I've ever tried but it had a fantastic enjoyable quality to it which I'm sure many of you would appreciate.
The Rogue Chocolatier AKA Colin Gasko makes chocolate the right way - with fairly basic machinery and without added ingredients to cheat the chocolate making process and manages to create some fine chocolate as a result.
Sometimes its worth going to the ends of the earth to find wonderful chocolate. Thankfully we have the internet so we don't have to. This black truffle and sea salt bar was just splendid!!
Unremarkable in terms of flavour, but still manages to offer a pleasant flavour. The thing is, not every bar in the Valrhona portfolio and offer extreme bursts of flavour and excitement.
When one things of white chocolate I'm sure many would think of an intense sugar and vanilla flavour. But with this bar that combination of flavours is kept to a minimum. Instead there is a fresh earthiness to it which was very pleasant.
Michel Cluizel has produced a delightful and relaxed bar of chocolate that can easily be enjoyed by the masses. There's no fine, complex flavours just a strange combination of distinctive ones.
This Los Ancones dark chocolate bar from Michel Cluizel is, indeed, a very enjoyable bar. But it just didn't offer the range of flavours that I expected. It is very creamy but there wasn't enough character to keep me interested too long.
This Entra aide Chocolat Noir Quinoa is a terrible bar of chocolate, the texture is rubbish and the flavour horrible.
This Mast Brothers 81% Dark Chocolate With Almonds, Sea Salt and Olive Oil is a weird experience. It's not for those that don't like trying something new.
Madre Chocolate Bars
Daniel Jones Orange & Bee Pollen
Rogue Chocolatier Hispaniola 70%
Mast Brothers Black Truffle Dark Chocolate Bar
Valrhona Taïnori 64%
Thorntons Cloudly Lemonade White Chocolate
Michel Cluizel Noir Au Grue de Cacao
Michel Cluizel Los Ancones 67%
Entra’aide Chocolat Noir Quinoa
Go*Do Organic Espresso 60% Dark Chocolate
This Go*Do Organic 60% Dark Chocolate is brittle and dry, but it has a nice, well rounded flavour that doesn't dissapoint.Mast Brothers 81% Dark Chocolate With Almonds, Sea Salt and Olive Oil
Thorntons Lightly Salted Macadamia Dark Chocolate 60% Block (70G)
This Lightly Salted Macadamia Dark Chocolate Bar from Thorntons is very unusual - some might like it, but you should give it a go if you can.
