Category: Chocolate Bars

Nose: buttery coffee, faint banana & dried fruit.The taste opens up with tart fruit and quickly gets dark and roasty, but not bitter. It lightens a bit, with mild tropical and tart fruit notes extending throughout. Toasted nuts, coffee and melted butter return for a long and smooth finish. Call me crazy, but I almost…

Catania sits at the foot of Mt. Etna and has a whimsical fountain decorated with elephants. This chocolate bar features prickly pear peels & marjoram. The smell and taste of this chocolate is sweetly herbal, so much so that it’s positively perfumed. Dulcid green and floral notes fill the nose and mouth. This one is…

More birthday Chocolate! My friend @rachel_bergman83 was in Sicily a few weeks ago and kindly brought back four of these bars to try made by @ilgiornocheforsenonesiste Each bar is named and flavored for a city in Sicily. Isn’t the artwork on these packages gorgeous? All the bars are 60% dark made with Ecuadorian Nacional chocolate. All are made in…

This is the bar I picked up when visiting @dandelionchocolate delightful cafe last weekend. I was intrigued by the printed tasting notes of cherries, fresh milk and black tea. In the nose you get the earthy black tea quick and strong (I’m SO on board already!), along with a little nuttiness.The taste opens slowly, brimming with those…

Hello new friends, welcome to The Chocolate Tour Guide! This account is about sharing information about, and joy of, craft chocolate, starting with my own “bookshelf” collection of chocolate bars. My name is Lexie Carroll and I’ve been personally passionate about craft chocolate for over 10 years. It all started in 2010 when I got…