Dark chocolate, chiles & nibs?
Melody | Wednesday, 30 January, 2008 at 9:49 PM 
That's right - my chocolate bar has chiles in it. My Dark Chocolate Bar, to be specific. My Dagoba Organic Chocolate bar. Yum. It's intense. It's rich. It's spicy. It's got texture. It's really, really good.
It's been months since a friend shared her chocolate bar with chiles that another friend had brought back from somewhere else (I'm not, turns out, qualified to tell this story - the only detail I recall that a friend was gifted with a yummy candy bar and she shared it with me,) which was the first time I even imagined you might put chiles in a candy bar. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. Sis asks me if I've ever tried such a treat. Turns out sis has discovered this decadence on her own. And liked it so much that she's gone about town looking around for the various brands so she can compare.
At The Fresh Market last night I recalled all this excitement surrounding the exotic pairing of dark chocolate with chiles, and peeked around to see what I might find. It took me a while as the only one I found at first included cherries (which might be grand, indeed, but I wasn't in the mood just then,) but finally I discovered this little hidden pleasure.
And I'm eating some of it right now. And liking it. A lot.
Although I have to tell you? Bites of one of my sister's other bars? Yea...I liked them better. Gotta' find out who made those bars. Although you might like this one - I'll probably have it again, too. It's sure better than most chocolate you'll find on most candy aisles. Much better.
Reader Comments (3)
Hi Mel,
The one you had at my house that was so good was Lindt. I found it at Target. I think it's the tastiest one too! The Dagoba that you found at Fresh Market was the one I had originally tried -- also quite tasty. I got it at Borders. It has the added benefit of being organic. But its more expensive....
I like Dark Chocolate alot. I love the Dagoba with the chilies. Right now I'm out so I googled for 'dark chocolate chiles' and you're near the top!
Wow - thanks for the reminder; haven't had any in weeks - maybe even months. Maybe tonight! Thanks for stopping by. Google sends me traffic for seriously interesting things I've written about. Cool!