An Introduction to La Petite chocolate

LaPetite is a NZ Chocolate shop that make chocolate bars, bon bons and confections from fair trade and organic chocolate.  They won awards at the NZ Artisan awards 2022 and the NZ chocolate awards 2022, so we bought a chocolate bar 4 pack to try.  They arrived in a cute bag.

DR BEAK PREMIUM GIN DARK CHOCOLATE
Gold medal winner NZ Chocolate Awards 2022
70% Ecuador
Dr Beak Gin Botanicals: Junipers, Chamomile, Lime, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Giant Kelp

You can taste the juniper, lavender and chamomile.  The gin flavours are really nice.  The dark chocolate is a mild note in the background.  This was a nice choccie.

TANGY FRUIT WHITE CHOCOLATE
Gold Medal winner at the NZ Artisan Awards 2022
35.5% white chocolate
Freeze dried passionfruit
Freeze dried feijoa
​Lime essential oil

We couldn't really taste the feijoa, but the passionfruit, lime flavours mixed with the white chocolate, had an almost cheesecake taste which was really nice.

GINGERBREAD DARK CHOCOLATE
Silver Medal Winner at the NZ Chocolate Awards 2022
66% Sao Tome
Gingerbread spices

The spices are nice.  The strongest is nutmeg, then ginger with cardamon and cloves notes.  It reminds us of pumpkin pie spices.  The combo of this chocolate with the spices is really yummy.  This was our favourite.

HAWTHORNE CAPPUCCINO
37% Dominican Republic Milk Chocolate
Medium - Dark roasted Arabica Coffee beans from Hawthorne Coffee Roasters

This was our least favourite.  The coffee was very mild and had an almost instant coffee flavour.  It is also very sweet.

FINAL THOUGHTS
We like 3 out of 4 of these bars.  The 3 we liked, we really liked.  There is a lot more on offer at LaPetite, so we will explore more in the future.