Chocosol 5 Chili Bullet

The Canadian chocolatier Chocosol makes wonderful flavourful chocolate, sold in a variety of farmer's markets (to which they use pedal power to transport the chocolate). This one is a spicy one, featuring 5 kinds of chilis and spices. The ingredient listing, as always, looks good, cacao, raw sugar, cacao butter, 5 kinds of chilis, allspice, achiote (source of the natural colour annatto) and sea salt. There is no indication of the cacao content.

How does it taste? Like all the other bars I've tasted, this one is excellent chocolate, very flavourful, and the chili is not too powerful or overwhelming (my 5 year old niece has eaten it, and liked it). There are chili seeds on the bottom, but these are not hot. I would definitely buy this bar again, or any of their excellent offerings.

Chocosol Darkness

I've tried and enjoyed the Hemp Gold bar from the artisanal Canadian chocolatier Chocosol (too bad I missed their chocolate exhibit on Family Day at the ROM!), this is another bar of theirs that features their chocolate front and center. The ingredient listing is very short, cacao, cacao butter and raw sugar. There is no indication of cacao content, but it is definitely a dark chocolate bar; certainly given the name!

How does it taste? Chocosol's chocolate is a treat to eat, and this definitely showcases their art. The chocolate is smooth and full of the goodness good dark chocolate gives. I would definitely seek this bar out.

Chocosol Hemp Gold

I've read and heard so much about the artisan Canadian chocolatier Chocosol (too bad I missed their chocolate exhibit on Family Day at the ROM!), and definitely wanted to try their chocolate; I've mostly seen them at various Farmer's Markets in the Toronto area - they travel by bike to and fro. This bar contains one of my other favourite ingredients, hemp, in the form of hemp seeds. The ingredient listing is short, and, well, not sweet, but good, cacao, hemp nut, cacao butter, maple butter and sea salt. There is no indication of cacao content, but it is definitely a dark chocolate bar.

How does it taste? This definitely lives up to the hype and could become one of my favourite chocolate bars, despite its cost. The hemp nuts give it a little crunch that is a little disconcerting but not off-putting, and the maple butter gives it a good flavour that is not overwhelming, but makes the good chocolate better. I would definitely seek this bar out.