Tag Archive: Madagascar

K + M Extravirgin Dark Chocolate Bars

K + M Extravirgin dark chocolate, made in Napa, CA, has a secret. They hand craft their bean-to-bar chocolates with extravirgin olive oil in order to boost the antioxidant properties as well as enhance the cocoa bean’s flavor and the bar’s smoothness.

According to their website, www.kellermannichocolate.com, by adding a small amount of MANNI organic extra-virgin olive oil through their proprietary chocolate-making process, the chocolate retains three times the amount of antioxidants compared to the traditional method. They say it’s, “Good for your body, good for your soul”!

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Madécasse – Sea Salt & Nibs Dark Chocolate

Madécasse, pronounced Mah-day-kas, is an old French word for Madagascar.

Madécasse uses Heirloom cacao to make their Madagascar origin chocolate. According to their website, www.madecasse.com,  “…it is some of earth’s original genetic variety of cocoa that has remained untouched for hundreds of years and is found in only a few places in the world”.

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Amedei Tuscany Madagascar 70%

My third and final review of a chocolate purchased from the World of Chocolate Museum and Café in Orlando, Florida is a single origin “Cru” from Amedei Tuscany. The bar is a 70% dark chocolate made from beans grown in Madagascar.

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Aldi, Lidl Brand Chocolate Bars

This is the last review in my consecutive series of store brand chocolate.  Aldi stores in the US, and the equivalent in the UK called Lidl, have a few store brand chocolates to choose from.

Lidl's own brand offers a selection of single-origin tasting squares that I think are really good.  Right now, as a matter of fact, I am eating a dark chocolate with cocoa from Peru at 72%.  The snap is crisp, the intense chocolate is rich, the texture smooth, and the fruity notes are outstanding.

The Aldi near me carries a luxury line of in-house brand chocolate called Choceur.  They carry single origin bars, truffles, and nut clusters in milk, white and dark chocolate. 
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