The Chocolat Bonnat is a French, 75% chocolate bar. It is rather plain in flavor and texture. It tastes more milk chocolaty than dark chocolaty. I am having trouble writing about it, because there is really not much to say. The Chocolat Bonnat is not complex or exciting. It is simple and straight to the…

The Brasil Areté is a 70% organic dark chocolate bar. It has berry notes to it that are cut by hints of pretzel and saltiness. It is simplistic in that sense–the flavor profile is simple and punctual. The fruitiness is expressive and the nuttiness is a consistent reminder. The Brasil Areté is a solid chocolate…

The Grenada Chocolate Company 71% chocolate bar is intense. This power comes from its sweet bite. Fruity notes come through strongly, yet it has balance with the inclusion of a salty undertones. It may be have a sometimes overwhelming flavor, but the flavor itself is well balanced and dealt with. Neither too fruity nor salty,…

The Dick Taylor Bolivia chocolate is a limited release chocolate bar with rather minimalist wrapper artwork. I kind of like the aesthetic. The bar itself is also gorgeous with the lace-mosaic design on the chocolate top. It is visually interesting. The flavor, however, is not as compelling. There are salty notes to it, but that…

The Ritual Chocolate Madagascar bar is a long and thin 75% bar. It is broken up into little rectangles that are around two to three bites a piece. The most prominent flavor notes it has are fruity in nature. No exact fruit, but more the essence of a tangy sweetness. This taste profile is not…

The Dandelion Chocolate Madagascar bar is 70% and sourced from Ambanja, Madagascar, as it says clearly on the packaging. Each square of the bar has four little wavy lines on it, which you can see from the above and below pictures. The portion sizes are pretty perfect. And for the flavor: fruity and sharp. Certainly…

The Domori Guasare is a small chocolate bar sectioned up into little logo’d squares for consumption. The flavor is a wonderful mixture of sweet and salty. There is are slight nutty notes that comes in with fruity notes. The mixture creates a complex flavor that is quite good. I would say it had more of…