Chuao ChocoPod - Modena
May. 26th, 2008 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fauxkloreWhile I was over in Shirlington yesterday, I stopped in at The Curious Grape, which sells both wine and high end chocolate. I stocked up on the latter. The only thing I bought that I already knew was a 5-Star hazelnut bar from Lake Champlain chocolates. I discovered those because of Steve Almond's book, Candyfreak and they are fabulous. Assuming, of course, you like chocolate with hazelnuts. It's a good thing they're expensive ($2.99 for a 1.9 oz bar) or I'd eat them more often. (As it is, I end up having one about every 4-6 weeks.)
The first of my other purchases that I've tried is the Modena ChocoPod from Chuao Chocolatier. This is a dark chocolate (60% cacao) shaped like a natural cacao pod, filled with strawberry and balsamic caramel. They say it is single origin cacao, but I had to figure out for myself that it is Venezuelan.
The chocolate shell is fine, but I found the filling to be a bit too sweet. I suspect that is because of the corn syrup in the filling. (I should note that I do not believe corn syrup is worse for you than any other form of sugar, but it does tend to be particularly sweet.) It had a nice strawberry flavor, but just a hint (barely detectable and probably unnoticeable if you don't know it's there) of the balsamic vinegar.
Overall, this was good, but not good enough to justify $6.99 for a box of six pieces (11 grams or less than a half ounce each).
The first of my other purchases that I've tried is the Modena ChocoPod from Chuao Chocolatier. This is a dark chocolate (60% cacao) shaped like a natural cacao pod, filled with strawberry and balsamic caramel. They say it is single origin cacao, but I had to figure out for myself that it is Venezuelan.
The chocolate shell is fine, but I found the filling to be a bit too sweet. I suspect that is because of the corn syrup in the filling. (I should note that I do not believe corn syrup is worse for you than any other form of sugar, but it does tend to be particularly sweet.) It had a nice strawberry flavor, but just a hint (barely detectable and probably unnoticeable if you don't know it's there) of the balsamic vinegar.
Overall, this was good, but not good enough to justify $6.99 for a box of six pieces (11 grams or less than a half ounce each).
