“In this bar, we taste molten chocolate cake, toffee, and cinnamon.”
Dandelion Chocolate
Summary
- Smoothy, creamy, solid toffee tones
- Good for mild bar lovers
- Cost: $10 (still available at Dandelion)
Review
The bar is smooth and creamy, though made in American-style craft chocolate (no additional cocoa butter). True to its description, you taste the toffee flavors as the bar melts on your tongue. You feel the richness in the cracking sound of the bar squares. It is a nice bar, non-offensive — likely a good bar to share with your friend who likes a milder-flavored bar.
The one downside is that there is a bit of an astringency that I am not a fan of — though it is hard to tell if that is because the bar is a bit older or if it can be attributed to the bar flavor itself. The bar is a few months old, but the sticker on the back recommends “Enjoy by Mar 2019”, so I trust that it should still be good.
When I close my eyes and savor the flavor, you can taste and see in the flavors of the Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone, right on the border of Liberia.
The Story of this Bar
After I learned about craft chocolate, I bought a few bars for my sister and brother-in-law as a Christmas present to share the joy. Since then, they have spoiled me with countless surprise gift bars.
This bar is one such gift from a earlier this year.
Admittedly, I have not been as good at consuming the bars as I have been at admiring their exteriors and enjoying the fact that I have chocolate to eat. I possess a bad habit where I slowly savor such treats and draw out the process so that I can enjoy the chocolate as long as possible. Strangely, this is in spite of my conviction that fresh chocolate always tastes better than old chocolate.
My hope is that this journaling process will help me break out of the habit because I will have an excuse to eat my bars at a faster — or you could say more regular — pace, without feeling indulgent.
So, here we go, my first review ever!