4 Bars from Baron Hasselhoffs

4 new bars from the Baron's is tastebud happy days!

A Papua New Guinea Duo

Coconut, Black Pepper and Nib

Jaguar vs Chiapas Cacao

First a duo from Papua New Guinea.  
PAPUA NEW GUINEA70% DARK
Single Origin from the Manabu Plantation

We tasted a chocolate that had a slight peppery wood flavour to it.  There was also some notes of vanilla and a sweet tanginess.  There was also some milkiness to it, even though this was not a milk bar.  This bar was very nice.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA DARK MILK 60%
Single origin from the Manabu Plantation.
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This bar had the same lit match, wood pepper flavours and had more fruitiness, raisin, wine flavours coming through than the dark.  Really, really yum!

The tasting notes from the Baron on the Papua New Guinea single origins are:
honey caramel, dark cherry and cinnamon butter.

COCONUT, BLACK PEPPER AND NIB DARK CHOCOLATE 69%

This bar has cacao from the Anamalai Estate in India.  The nibs are from Chiapas, Mexico.
We loved the texture of the nibs in this chocolate.  We got flavour notes of pepper, coconut, cherry, apricot, maple syrup and red wine.  This was our favourite of the 4!

JAGUAR VS CHIAPAS CACAO
This bar has 2 types of Mexican cacao in one bar.  There is the Theobroma Bicolour, (Jaguar Cacao), from Oaxaca Mexico and the Theobroma Cacao from Chiapas Mexico.

We are presuming the light coloured is the Jaguar cacao.  There is no milk in this bar, but this light chocolate has a mild buttery, creaminess to it.  It's flavours reminded us of plum pudding and vanilla custard.

The darker side, (Chiapas) is more intense in flavour and we got notes of cherry, plum and strawberry jam.  We liked the darker side the best.

This foursome was so good!  They are really fun tasting experience combo.  We really enjoyed comparing the dark and the dark milk of the Papua New Guinea single origins and they are up there with our favourite Papua New Guinea bars.  The flavours of the Coconut and Black Pepper  chocolate makes our mouths water thinking about it.  And what a fun way to finish off the tasting, comparing the two Theobrama bean types.
Still huge fans of the Baron!!