The best hot chocolate is made using the best ingredients. You can substitute if you like, but don’t blame me if it’s not the best you have had. First, hot chocolate is not hot cocoa. It’s liquid chocolate that is piping hot and divine. Just to be extra, this recipe calls for the use of […]
Tasting Notes – Niche Chocolate
One of the delights from my recent trip to Ghana was the discovery of a new chocolate brand, Niche Chocolate. I probably would have ignored it at the store were it not for the ginger on the wrapping calling my name. Why not, right? So I bought a single bar of the ginger flavour and […]
Dark Day – English Cadbury Banned in the US
In June 2012, I wrote that Hershey’s chocolate bars do not deserve to be called chocolate. Amongst other descriptions, I wrote that it has the texture of grainy clay. It evokes the desire to vomit within a couple bites. Its problem was that it is an over-processed confectionary. I concluded that post by saying that […]
Tasting Notes – Puccini Bomboni
How can I go all the way to Amsterdam and not go to the best chocolate shop there? I can’t. Many rave over the expensive yet delicious artisan chocolates of Puccini Bomboni with two branches in the heart of Amsterdam. They are not mistaken. The store is clean and quite bare with the exception of the […]
Tasting Notes – Chocolaterie Puyricard Revisited
I need not say more. These chocolates came to me by way of a family member visiting from Marseille, France. They are just as awesome as I recall. Great chocolates! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Tasting Notes – Rococo Sea Salt Organic Milk Chocolate Artisan Bar
Yes, yet another milk chocolate review. Hey, I have no shame for preferring milk chocolate. It can be just as delicious, just as pretentious, and just as divine as dark chocolate. This is an English chocolate with blended caramel, Welsh sea salt and floral notes. It’s very milky. I could easily eat (and enjoy) the […]
Tasting Notes – Esmeraldas Milk
This chocolate is pretty unique in that it’s more than just an eating experience, you become involved in your chocolate. It’s made from the Ecuadorian Arriba cacao supposedly a very superior breed. One bar of Esmeralda gets you involved in Arriba cacao conservation efforts. The local farmers are Afro-Ecuadorian. You can go to the website […]
Why I dislike Hershey’s Chocolate
Hershey’s chocolate bars do not deserve to be called chocolate. That was my opinion when I first encountered a Hershey’s chocolate bar upon my arrival in the USA as a teen in 1993 and that is my opinion now, 19 years later. I approach Hershey’s from an almost incredulous stance. You know, that face all […]
Tasting Notes – Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk
Mmmmm! The promise of extra rich milk enticed me to this bar, my first from Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, an American company founded in 1997 and acquired by Hershey’s in 2005. I found the chocolate to be quite simple, delicious yes, but I wouldn’t call it “extra rich”. It tastes about the same as grocery […]
Tasting Notes – Dolfin Chocolat au Lait au Hot Masala
I have seen the Dolfin chocolate bars in multiple chocolate specialty stores but it wasn’t until I visited Boston Cheese Cellar store that I picked one up at the recommendation of the owner/worker for “a good milk chocolate bar”.This one was for me. I found the chocolate to be nicely wrapped in a cute yet […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.