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

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!!

Our friends are starting to catch on we LOVE chocolate.  We recently got our favourite type of pressie.....

Here is how we ranked them:
1ST - WHITTAKERS WEST COAST BUTTERMILK CARAMELISED WHITE CHOCOLATE

Yummy white chocolate with caramel flavour notes, with an under note of vanilla.

2ND - LINDT EXCELLENCE SEA SALT CARAMEL

Nice caramel vanilla flavour.  Very mild cocoa flavour.

3RD - WHITTAKERS HAWKES BAY BLACK DORIS PLUM AND ROASTED ALMONDS

The Whittakers dark has a crisper bite than the Lindt dark.  This has nice plum flavours.  There is also a nice almond texture with a hint of almond taste and an under note of dark chocolate.

​4TH - LINDT EXCELLENCE MANGO AND ALMOND

5TH - WHITTAKERS FIJIAN GINGER AND KERIKERI MANDARIN

Johanan is not a fan of citrus and chocolate.  Its just a preference.  The Mandarin flavours are prominent alongside the dark chocolate flavour, then the ginger take over.  All the flavours are there so if you like those flavours, you will like this.

​6TH - LINDT EXCELLENCE CARAMILISED HAZELNUT

You can taste the caramel.  The hazelnut and dark chocolate flavours are very mild.

​What would be your favourites?

We have noticed a new 100g block chocolate range appearing on our store shelves.  The brand name is
Belgid 'Or and the local offerings are a milk chocolate, milk hazelnut, dark sea salt, dark orange.  These are fairly cheaply priced at under $3. 
The chocolate is made in Belgium and is distributed by Foodstuffs.  There is 34% cocoa solids and 19% milk solids in the milk chocolate bar.   We tried the milk version.

The chocolate was very sweet and milky.  There wasn't much cocoa flavour.  It reminded us of the chocolate in Kinder Suprises.  I think we have much nicer chocolate in our supermarkets in New Zealand.  We are a bit underwhelmed by this one and not that keen to try the other variants.  We probably will at some stage just to log them in the reviews.