Friday, September 03, 2010

Cote D'Or Passionfruit


I’ve tried the Belgian chocolatier ’s Pistachio, and didn’t really care for, but I do like passionfruit, and this bar was on sale. Cote D’Or uses cacao beans from West Africa and South American to make its bars. The ingredient listing indicates that it just meets the requirements of a dark chocolate bar; sugar, unsweetened chocolate, palm and/or coconut oil, cocoa butter, modified milk ingredients, passionfruit juice concentrate, cocoa powder, banana puree, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavours.



How does it taste? I was surprised that it was not a filled chocolate, like a jam, rather it was more like a dense mousse (likely the passionfruit-flavoured banana), though pleasantly surprised, as I find those types of bars too sweet. The passionfruit flavour was there but fairly subtle, and ultimately, I didn’t care for this bar, as there was some crunchy bits that I couldn’t identify as coming from the ingredients. I would not buy this bar again.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

I have to wholeheartedly disagree. I loved this bar from the first bite. I discovered it when I returned from my honeymoon in Hawaii, and it was amazing. I can no longer find it in any local stores, so I miss it very much! To order online is so pricey, but one of these days I just have to let myself splurge and order one. Heaven in a chocolate!