Tag Archive: milk chocolate
Cémoi Chocolatier Francais – Equador 50%
December 21, 2018
It’s not very often that I find a “dark milk” chocolate bar among the other chocolates in my local retail store. But today is one of those rare days when I happen upon a 50% Ecuadoran Milk Chocolate from Cémoi.
Tcho Bites Toffee & Sea Salt Chocolate Discs
December 9, 2018
It’s my personal mission to bring chocolate just about everywhere I go. Doesn’t matter if it’s a casual visit or a formal evening, chocolate is a welcomed gift. If it’s shared right away, I have the pleasure of discussing flavor and texture with the recipient(s) as well as learning what they think about it.
In a recent trip over to a friend’s house, I took a bag of Tcho Bites - Toffee and Sea Salt chocolate snacks. They are round bite-sized wafers of toffee coated in organic 53% cacao “dark milk” chocolate.
Divine Chocolate Advent Calendar
November 19, 2018
You’re never too old for an Advent Calendar!
Okay, I’m never too old for an advent calendar. I say that, but our house hasn’t had one in a while. There are a couple of reasons.
Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur
November 12, 2018
Normally I’m one to eat my chocolate, but occasionally, I drink my chocolate. Yes, sometimes it’s okay to sip a mug of hot chocolate, but recently I found myself imbibing a sweet, creamy, slightly chilled milk chocolate liqueur! Specifically, Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur.
Śliwka Nałęczowska – Chocolate-Covered Candied Plums
September 28, 2018
Over the Labor Day holiday, I had the unique opportunity to invite my co-workers visiting from Poland to my house for a casual gathering and cook-out. I was surprised and honored to receive a gift of chocolate - a Polish sweet treat called Śliwka Nałęczowska, or dried candied plum in chocolate. How did they know that chocolate would be the absolute perfect gift for me??
D. Barbero Italian Chocolates
August 21, 2018
Sometimes life hands you a nice surprise...
...Like when out of the blue, your mom gives you a gift of “some chocolate I bought at an Italian restaurant’s gift shop” and discover not only is it delicious but it’s 70% Cacao Cubano!
Lily’s Salted Almond and Milk
July 26, 2018
A couple of years ago I reviewed the Lily’s 55% chocolate bar sweetened with stevia. Ever conscientious of lowering my sugar intake, and because it’s been a while, I grabbed another Lily bar when I was out shopping. This time it was the 40% milk chocolate salted almond sweetened with stevia. I also wanted to revisit that 55% dark, so I grabbed one of those too.
Vande Walle’s Candies – Part Two
July 19, 2018
A “Chocolaterie” is usually a business that makes chocolates and sells them at the same place. It’s also usually a small family-owned business and typically only at one location.
The term “Chocolaterie” is of French origin and isn’t used very often in the United States. Instead, we use terms like Chocolate Shop, Candy Store, or Chocolate Company. You may see the occasional “Chocolatier” or “Chocolat” used to imply that the business makes the chocolate it sells.
Divine’s Seriously Smooth Milk Chocolate
July 5, 2018
You’ve heard me talk about Divine Chocolate before. It’s one of my favorite chocolate companies. I hold it in high esteem for two major reasons; excellent chocolate and an excellent story.
Labooko Nicaragua 50% Milk Chocolate
December 28, 2017
Zotter Chocolate, www.zotterusa.com, might be on to something...
In 2012, the Labooko Nicaragua 50% Milk Chocolate bar was rated the “best milk chocolate in the world”! Professional taste tester and author, Georg Bernardini, tasted over 2,700 chocolates doing research for his book “Der Schokoladentester” (“The Chocolate Tester”) and declared this to be so. It took him two years to complete the book.
In addition to pronouncing Labooko Nicaragua the best milk chocolate, he also rated Zotter chocolate company as one of the best chocolate makers in the world.