About: This brand is popular in the San Francisco bay area, which is not surprising given their provenance.I'm not sure how widely distributed the chocolate past the bay area, but it deserves to be. L'amourette has a broad range of flavors and solidly good chocolate. This bar, with its toffee crunchiness is a bit on the sweet side, as would be expected, but it's solidly good.
Flavor: I found this bar slightly bitter. Perhaps the notion that "bitter sweet" chocolate must have some bitterness make people accept less that a completely smooth taste experience, but there are many chocolates now that bring out a solidly smooth and rich flavor without the bitterness that comes from... well.. who knows where. Some must come from the roasting process, and some perhaps from insufficient conching. At the end, though.. here we are. It's a bit awkward, but while the chocolate flavor is rich and full and long lasting, the slight bitterness is there. The toffee is nice, though.
Texture: The light crunch from the toffee pieces is pleasant, and the chocolate itself, while not mindbogglingly smooth, is smooth enough.
My rating: Good. 7.5 - on the scale of 1-10, where 10 means 'mind shockingly good' and 1 means 'would not bother'. L'Amourette has many flavored chocolates, and they're all worth tasting.
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