About: Popular Dutch chocolate that claims to be of Belgian origin. It comes in course, large, thick pieces, which is a bit annoying. The manufacturer describes it as "A big, chunky, unequally divided chocolate bar from Amsterdam." It's hard to break off, and you sometimes get bigger pieces than you might have wanted. Frankly, I prefer a thin, delicately made chocolate, probably because I'm thin and very precious. The bulk and thickness of this bar makes it seems a bit like a cooking chocolate, but it's not. It's a solidly good chocolate.
The company was founded by a guy that had himself arrested for buying knwon-brand chocolate (at a supermarket) made by child slave labor. He wasn't convicted, so he started this company with the goal of changing the world. So.. it's a good cause. Still, when I read, on their website, that "Right now, slaves are working on cocoa farms in West Africa. Many of them are children. Tony’s Chocolonely exists to...." a part of me wanted to continue with "take advantage of that" just for the shock value - not because I'm a bad, bad man. But it continues with "change that." Whew.
Kidding aside, the company seems to want to make a difference and goes above and beyond to make sure farmers are well compensated beyond just the poverty line for their chocolate. Check out their website.
Flavor: Full flavored and very appointing, if that's the opposite of disappointing. You'll also not be disappointed with this chocolate, and if you have it right before or after some fancy bars (I don't want to name names, but.. some of the fancy looking 70%-ish bars on this blog), you'll see that it's really better than most chocolate you'll find "out there."
Texture: This is a nice, smooth bar.
My rating: Solid 8.5. Much better than many boutique 70% bars.
Here, 10 means 'mind shockingly good' and 1 means 'would not bother'.
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