More Choxie chocolate
I bought a few of the Choxie chocolates I’ve been meaning to try. I wait until they are on sale because they are ridiculously overpriced. But I was in luck last week, they did have some on sale. So I picked up the Dark Chocolate Cocoa Nib Truffle Bar and the Dark Chocolate Ceylon Spic Bar.
I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that every “spice” chocolate I have ever tried has been horrendous. This may be true, but I’m willing to give it a try in the name of science and Chocolate Friday.
I decided to try this one and type as I am tasting it, without editing because I want to have my very first thoughts recorded rather than after thoughts. The Ceylon spice bar doesn’t say exactly which spices they use, except for the front description that says Ceylon cinnamon and piquant pepper and cocoa nibs. Ceylon cinnamon (which is common cinnamon) comes from the plant Cinnamomum zeylanicum, where Ceylon is the former name of Sri Lanka from which is originates. But Ceylon makes it sound fancy, and chocolate is all about the experience. Real vanilla. Yea!
So here we go with my thoughts.
1. A foil wrapped pouch! The chocolate is not in the traditional foil wrapper, but a sealed pouch. Maybe to keep the flavor in?
2. smells like regular chocolate
3. tastes like…
4. i can taste a little tingle
5. uh oh. tingle in the back of my mouth
6. big crunchy cocoa nibs
7. ha! Very, very slight spicy to it. In the back of my throat, but not burning.
That was very good! I was expecting the spiciness to get stronger (like others) but it never did. I’m very sensitive to hot foods. This has a slight spice, but not overpowering. I’m really pleased with this. I was expecting something horrible. I couldn’t really taste any cinnamon though. When I’ve used that in the past, the chocolate always covers the flavor.
The truffle bar was very good also. Very smooth, not too bitter, so if you don’t usually like dark chocolate, you will probably like this one. The cocoa nibs were pretty scarce in this bar even though it says on the front that it has them. I really like cocoa nibs, so that was a little disappointing. Apparently, the inside is filled with “dark chocolate truffle”. I can see the difference looking at the cross section, so maybe its a lighter chocolate with more sugar? Again, like the Ceylon bar, this one has real vanilla. Nice! Stupid bit of trivia about this bar: it has a trapezoidal cross section.
Target did an excellent job selecting these for their Choxie brand. I don’t think I would buy the spicy one again, just because I am not so into spicy, but for people who do like spicy this is definately a bar to try. I would recommend the truffle bar to anyone if its on sale (normally about $5).
