Ecuador seems to be very popular when it comes to supplying cacao to the lest well known chocolate manufacturers as I’ve reviewed a good amount of it. My favourites so far are Duffy’s 72% bar and the Amatller85% bar. You can buy a range of fine dark chocolate bars from Chocolate Trading Co..
A housewife’s review on Chocolat Bonnat Equateur from Dawn Woodgate. Dawn is an amateur baker but a full time chocolate lover. I hope you enjoy her review!
I normally love what Amano do, they've created some fantastic bars in the past, but I just don't think this one reaches the heights of those previous bars.
When I tried chocolate made by small companies trying to do something different and with ethics then I feel a displeased when I don't actually like some chocolate I've reviewed and that's the case with this bar.
Chocolate at this sort of level just isn't for me, you might like it, but ... well nothing really. I wonder how much Hotel Chocolat actually sell of it?
This Chapon Ecuador bar certainly isn't rich, complicated or robust. Instead it has a strikingly orange flavour with base notes of caramel. If you just wanted some light 75% chocolate then I'd certainly suggest you try this one out.
I love citrus flavoured chocolate, but this Yuzu bar from Laurent Gerbaud had the right tone in terms of flavour, and a delightful creaminess, but the melt was far to short.
This Blyss Chocolate Ishpingo Mystery Single Bean Virgin Dark Chocolate may be from Ecuador, but its actually better than most Ecuadorian chocolate that I've tried. The marketing is laid heavily - but its worth looking out for.
This Valrhona Alpaco 66% Dark Chocolate Bar was a massive dissapointment. There's almost no flavour and the only characteristic is that of sweet slim fast milk shake.
This Polish chocolate might not be liked by all as it does have a dry texture and the chili is not so intense. It does, however, recreate to a degree how chocolate used to be a couple of centuries ago.