Scharffen Berger's Chocolate Maker's Series - While searching the globe for the finest cacao, on occasion we find a fixed supply of special single-origin beans that is worthy of to be savored on their own. We fetch this taste experience to you through our Chocolate Maker's Series fixed edition chocolate bars. This edition of our Chocolate Maker's Series was devised EXCLUSIVELY for Amazon.com
SCHARFFEN BERGER Chocolate Maker origins and mixes the world's best cacao beans using the most eminent quality ingredients and a wine-maker's skillfulness to build layers of chocolate flavor. Our commitment to artisanal chocolate making warrantees consistent quality and taste in each bar from begin to finish.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Oh My Yum! Wish I Had Never Tasted These--Too Good By Mayflower Girl It was Black Friday and I saw these on special. On a whim, I ordered them. I almost wish I hadn't. I don't know if I may ever go back. I hope Amazon starts providing these on subscribe & save.
Really genuinely good. Tastes much sweeter/creamier than I would suppose for the portion of cacao. I think these could effortlessly become an lowcost indulgence. About 1/3 of a bar is my limit, though. Enough to give me all the flavanoids and pleasure I want. Eat it slowly. Savor it. Great for any chocolate fan you know.
29 of 37 people found the following review helpful. Dark, Complex, Delicious By Brenda Frank A subsidiary of Hersheys, Scharffen Berger is a little company in San Francisco that actually makes chocolate, from the beans. It deals directly with the growers to select and buy high quality cacao beans of specific origins. Scharffen Berger does not promote it is chocolate as "Fair Trade" chocolate, but has a policy of not buying beans from the west coast of Africa, where the industry is know to exercise slavery and use child labor. Note: this chocolate is not labeled "organic."
This chocolate bar is labeled as a semisweet "limited edition," single origin bar from Markham Valley, Papua, New Guinea with 68% cacao. Covering the preliminaries, the aspect is perfect, nice and firm with a smooth gloss. The bar breaks with a sharp snap, indicating proper tempering of the chocolate. The smell is of dark, intense chocolate. No kid stuff, here. Although labeled semisweet, 68% cacao is just 2% less that Sharffen Berger's bittersweet bar, with 70% cacao.
On the tongue, the chocolate melts with a luxurious creaminess, exclusively smooth and rich. If you grant it to linger on your tongue, you do get hints of raisin and cherry. Isn't it interesting how chocolate may have these fruity, complex overtones, just like a good wine? The finish is of intense chocolate, as you would expect. This is high quality, serious, adult chocolate, good for a particular occasion or when you need a real boost.
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Amazing! By S. D. Fischer I am not a chocolate connoisseur but have enjoyed Godiva chocolates and little batch artisanal chocolate from a assortment of stores. This is by far the best chocolate I have ever eaten, which was a bit of a surprise since it is a mass-marketed chocolate bar.
The aroma even before the bar is unwrapped is a preview of the flavors. This fixed edition bar is portion of the Chocolate Maker's Series and has 68% cacao. It is described as semi-sweet (although an introduction by Alice Medrich in Essence of Chocolate: Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg states that "Most frequent semisweet chocolate is 55-60% cacao.").
I hosted a chocolate tasting at work so that I integrate more feedback than just my own, since taste is so subjective. This chocolate got nearly-universal rave reviews. There is no bitterness (despite the comparatively high part of cacao) and it dissolves nicely on the tongue with no unpleasing aftertaste or oiliness. The label aptly notes the flavors of cherry, raisin and vanilla which are noticeable (unlike wine which I haven't oftentimes found to taste like the description). The only taster who didn't like it said it was too fruity.
The 3oz bar is approximately 3" x 6.5" - the perfective size for a stocking stuffer!
I didn't see nutrition selective information listed in the description, so here it is for any person who wants it. Serving size: ½ bar (43g) Calories: 210 Calories from fat: 140 Total fat: 17g (saturated fat: 11g; transfat: 0) Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 0 mg Total carbohydrates: 20g Dietary fiber: 4g Sugars: 14g Protein: 4g Vitamin A: 0% Vitamin C: 0% Calcium: 0% Iron: 10%
Ingredients include cacao beans, sugar, cocoa butter, non-GMO soy lecithin, whole vanilla beans. The label notes that the bar is gluten-free.
his chocolate is unquestionably worthy of enjoying on it is own, but if you are mesmerized in incorporating it in recipes, I commend Essence of Chocolate: Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate and Deep Dark Chocolate.
Oh My Yum! Wish I Had Never Tasted These--Too Good
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