Cinnamon chocolate was the tastiest, not overly sweet and not prominently cinnamon-y. The light spice really brought up the cacao flavor. Reminded me a little bit of spiced Mexican hot chocolate.
Salt chocolate was OK, sometimes got salt clusters that made it taste BAD, but overall, it was well balanced.
Chile chocolate was MEH, same as with salt, got some chile powder clumps that made me sweat. I didn’t really feel the flavor complemented the chocolate. I much prefer habanero or chipotle for chocolate pairings.
Dark chocolate was MEH, seriously, how can you mess up DARK CHOCOLATE!? I love dark and maybe was biased because I kept missing the cinnamon notes from the bars I had before this.
Overall a good purchase if you’re used to Hershey’s and want to expand your horizons.
Just buy 30 bucks worth of your favorite chocolate on you way home from work today.
I am sure whatever you choose will taste better, and be a better deal this is only 22oz of chocolate. If you live in California, go to See’s Candys. I miss See’s since I moved to the east coast for work.
My girlfriend and I enjoyed all of them but the sea salt. We couldn’t believe people enjoy large chunks of salt submerged in chocolate. It wouldn’t be so bad if the sale pieces were smaller…as for the rest, I wouldn’t consider them overpowering.
No one but Americans (and yes, I am one) would ever mix sweet and salty foods together. I can’t stand it, either. But these chocolates are fantastic otherwise!
Just a quick question: since when has 41% cacao solids ever been considered “dark” chocolate?
Milk chocolate is usually 30% - 50% (but can be as low as 20% in the UK…)
Dark chocolate is usually 50% - 100%
White “chocolate” is 0 - 20% (guess which end of the spectrum it tends to be)
“Bittersweet” or “Dark milk” has been used by other companies (eg, Vosges) to describe products in the 40 - 50% range.
I’m sorry - I love chocolate and regularly consume 2 oz a day. You’ll have to do a lot better than this offer to get my cash.
I can’t buy these, on principle alone; listing the serving size as 1/2 bar, when the bars are clearly perforated in thirds, and intended to be eaten as single units at a sitting.
Nestle may get away with that (mostly as you can actually snap their bars cleanly in half!), as can ramen manufacturers. Otherwise, it’s a deplorable and deceptive practice which rankles to no end.
These were excellent and went in for more this time. Thanks Rain, just hope Woot can perfect the shipping this time. Nearly 1 month to ship the chocolate was a bit much.
