Casa De Chocolates Fuerte 72% Cacao with Roasted Quinoa, Pepitas, Almonds, ...

 




















About: Casa De Chocolates is made in Berkeley, Califnornia, and between the slew of "superfoods" included in this bar and their claim to make Latin American chocolates, I was deeply skeptical. Too much posturing. Too gluten free. Too politically correct, somehow. But wait! This chocolate is pretty good.

They make a handful of bars (some going as low as 41%, sigh), and a slew of boxes chocolates.  But they don't make their own chocolate, as far as I can tell. They claim to buy it from chocolate makers (that only deal with fair trade chocolate). And the chocolate is the best part of the deal here. The Quinoa and all that other stuff is fine, but not really the star of the show.

If I was good, I'd know who made this chocolate. My guess is that it's a French chocolate. But that's a guess. 

Flavor: The chocolate is very mellow, not burned, not bitter, and lightly fruity. The bits and pieces which you can see stuck to the bar are fine. They won't hurt you, and they certainly don't dominate the flavor here. I'd say they're pleasant and completely okay. But I like the chocolate best for the chocolate.

Texture: Very nicely smooth texture with lightly crunchy bits from the stuff stuck on the bar. Nice.


My rating: I was going to give them an 8. It's an enjoyable bar that I enjoyed. But since they don't make their own chocolate, someone else should get that 8. Oh well.. 8 it is.

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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