Libeert 70% Belgian Dark Chocolate

                                   

About: I always wonder what a company that needs to proclaim its Belgian-ness is overcompensating for. Perhaps it's just weak marketing in distant (from Belgium) lands. This chocolate was not expensive, and I had low expectations that were pleasantly surpassed. But.. they were pretty low to start with, so settle down.

It's a 4th generation family business running since 1923 (with EBITDA > 10% proudly proclaimed on their web pages. Not bad.) They make pralines and chocolate bunnies and bars, and I'll try them again because their charm and pride came through. Still, when you buy a chocolate bunny, it's not because the chocolate is going to be mind-blowing, what ?

Flavor: A pleasantly solid chocolate flavor, without the rich fruity notes you'd get from something very fresh, but with a full flavor that doesn't disappoint, especially when coupled with the texture.

Texture: Smooth smooth smooth. Probably they add a wad-ton of cocoa butter, but whatever. It works.

My rating:  I give it a 6 or 7. Hmm.. probably 6 at the end for flavor and texture.

Rating Value	Meaning
1	Really bad chocolate. There's something just really really wrong here in almost every imaginable respect.
2	A bar with this rating has at least two drawbacks.
3	A bar where something is starting to get seriously wrong.... for example, really weak flavor with an otherwise acceptable texture.
4	This bar is below average, but just slightly. Mostly it's not worth eating again. Something isn't quite up to par, for example a poor texture but fine flavor.
5	This is an average good bar that's worth eating. There's nothing really wrong with it, but also nothing particularly spectacular. Or, perhaps it has a good characteristic that's evenly counter-weighted by something weak.
6	A solidly good bar with one characteristic that's above par, for example a great texture.
7	An solidly good chocolate that has two above par characteristics, but nothing mind-blowing. Good, above average flavor, but nothing to die for.
8	An excellent bar with no weaknesses and at least one characteristic that's super.
9	An awesome bar to die for with amazing texture and flavor.
10	You have been touched by God.

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