About: Venchi Chocolate is an Italian manufacturer, proudly making chocolate since 1878 - evidently worn as a sign of accomplishment- which it is. You can't be super-sucky and survive over 100-some years. Starting in Turin, Mr. Venchi started as a chocolatier's apprentice at age 16, went on to found his own shop, and the rest is history (except that I hadn't heard of Venchi chocolate until I stumbled on it accidentally somewhere in Barcelona). The company manufactures a broad array of dark chocolates, as well as, you know, stuff you wouldn't eat that's lighter. They also make cooking chocolate, chocolate cigars, spreads, powders, and (duh, Italy) Chocolate Pasta. Given the broad array of products, it's a manufacturer worth looking at.
Flavor: Well.. it is chocolate. So, like sex, even when it's bad, at least you're having it. But, that's a low bar. The flavor is not very rich. It is, at least, not awful - not burned, not sour, not over roasted. But too many 'nots' do not make a 'omfg, that's good shit.'.
Texture: not that great. What does that mean? It's not particularly creamy; mostly sort of brittle; but the worst bit is the bits. It has little bits of (presumably) nibs, though who knows. Crunchy, clearly unintendedly crunchy, mind you, bits of something that crunch like sand now and then when you eat it. Maybe that's just poor quality control. Maybe it's poor grinding. But it's definitely poor.
My rating: 6. Not impressed at all, and mostly would not bother unless it was the only option. This is on the scale of 1-10, where 10 means 'mind shockingly good' and 1 means 'would not bother'.
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