Brona Dark 54% cocoa

While I was in Ireland I picked up a few bars of chocolate. This is the first one of that group, more of a "semi-sweet" bar. It has a rich cocoa flavor with some side flavors that may be derived from the "additional ingredients." Slightly chalky on the finish. 6.0

There are three ingredients that need noting: First, vanilla, which I usually try to avoid when tasting dark chocolate. Second, Soya Lecithin as an emulsifier. Finally, the sweetener used for this bar is Maltitol, 75% as sweet as sugar, but half as caloric.

When selecting your dark chocolate, my recommendation is that the bar should have two ingredients: cocoa (aka cacao), which may include cocoa butter, and sugar.

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