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70% Cocoa content – A combination of cocoa liquor and cocoa butter. The latter is there to coat each individual cocoa and sugar particle, allowing the chocolate to melt beautifully and cleanly in the mouth, revealing intense, bittersweet chocolate aromas. We select only the finest organic ingredients and take extra time and care to bring out the intense flavor that has become our trademark. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans. Made on a peanut free site. USDA organic…. More >>
Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate Bar, 70% Cocoa, 3.5-Ounce Bars
November 13, 2009 at 5:26 am
I love dark chocolate. I don’t even bother with milk chocolate much since I turned 40, cause dark is where it’s at!
I love Valrhona, and I’ve also bought other high end chocolates over the past decade over at my gourmet shop or Fresh Market. I even love those chocolate truffles that are the store brand at Whole Foods (365 brand). But I’ve been moving into organic foods (and preferably local when possible) over the last year plus. One of the things I decided to do was try to replace my fave chocolate snacks with equivalent ORGANIC ones, including chocolate cookies.
Well, I tried this high cocoa content of Green and Black’s and their Mint Chocolate bar. I threw out both before I finished them. Neither did it for me.
I really find them to be highly bitter. Not bitter as in the normal bitterness that a high cocoa content has. A really unpleasant bitterness, like coffee that’s sat too long in the carafe.
I’ve tried a couple other organic chocolates I picked at random at Whole Foods and have yet to find one that makes me go, “yes, this is it!” Green and Black’s 70% is soooo not it.
So, FWIW, that has been my experience with G&B, which as you can see differs from the previous commenters who love it. YMMW.
Back to Valrhona.
Mir
Rating: 2 / 5
November 13, 2009 at 6:29 am
This is the best Dark Chocolate. It is smooth and melts in your mouth. Dark and delicous!!
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13, 2009 at 9:07 am
This is by far my favorite dark chocolate, and has become a regular item for me to get through my workday. I also enjoy their 85% dark bar sometimes, but the 70% is the best all-around bar. I don’t find it bitter at all, unlike other common non-organic name-brand chocolates, which are often bitter even though they have far less cocoa content. They also have a lot more sugar, and yet this low sugar bar is still less bitter.
The other thing to note is that the caffeine content of Green & Black’s dark chocolate is significantly less than the name brand non-organic ones — 6mg per 40g serving, as opposed to 30+mg. This is due to the other chocolates grinding up the whole bean including the shell instead of removing the nibs from the casing first, presumably to cut costs. I’m guessing the shell is also what is adding to the bitterness of other chocolates.
Now I just need to find a way to stock up on cases of these at a discount price.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13, 2009 at 9:59 am
I’m not really a dark chocolate snob – will eat just about any brand as long as it’s in the 70% range but this has become my favorite. It has almost a milk chocolate consistency with a dark chocolate taste which is very different from the “drier” dark chocolate taste that other brands have. It’s very smooth and rich tasting with just a touch of bitterness in the background.
Not sure if there is a cheaper way to buy this on amazon. I used to get it here, but found out that Target has it for about the same price – and sometimes on sale for $2.50 a bar.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I’ve tried all the organic dark chocolates out there, and Green and Black is by far the best, most consistent bar. It’s really, really good.
Rating: 5 / 5