Showing posts with label Santander. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santander. Show all posts

Monday, March 05, 2007

Delhaize Tarte Citron and Santander with Passionfruit


Delhaize Tarte Citron

Another supermarket bar made to resemble a branded counterpart, Lindt's Lemon Mousse bar in this case, this consists of sweet milk chocolate (30% cacao) enclosing a lemon filling (40%). The chunky pieces have a sweet milk chocolate fragrance with a strong lemon component. Tiny bicuit pieces in the filling add a surprising but pleasing crunch. According to the ingredients list there are meringue pieces but I haven't been able to taste them. I have not tasted Lindt's version, so can't compare them, but I really like this bar. While much sweeter than my general preference, the lemon and crunchy bits make this perfect for days when I want a change from dark chocolate. Did I mention that the glossy yellow and white packaging is also very elegant?

Santander with Passionfruit

A Colombian single-origin bar with 70% cacao and tiny crispy(!) passion fruits bits scattered throughout, this is a fairly creamy, smooth-textured bar. Slightly sweetened but not overly so. The chocolate itself has a good flavour, slightly fruity. Not acid, sour or bitter. Wrapped in thick gold foil and packaged in glossy black cardboard, this is certainly more attractive than Santander's plain single-origin bars. Definitely worth trying. I like the chocolate, but am not sure the passionfruit flavour is strong enough.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Santander 70% Dark Chocolate

Santander 70% Dark Chocolate

This single origin Colombian bar is one of my favourite basic dark chocolate bars. Good depth of flavour, not sour or bitter due to some added sugar, but yet not in any way a sweet bar. One of the more economical options too at ~$2/100gm. Also fair trade and non-GMO if that matters to you.