Matariki, Anzac, and an Espresso Martini

We do love the chocolate bars from the Wellington Chocolate Factory, so we were excited to try 3 new ones.
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Espresso Martini Dark Chocolate

The ANZAC chocolate bar

Matariki Kawakawa Dark Chocolate bar

SCAPEGRACE GIN ESPRESSO MARTINI DARK CHOCOLATE 60%

Joni LOVED the Scapegrace Gin and Tonic bar, The Wellington Chocolate Factory produced, so we were very keen to try this one too.
The aroma is of a chocolate gin and tonic.
The taste is  orange peel, tonic water and gin flavours from the juniper berry.  There is also a mild coffee bean flavour.  We also shared this with family who found the coffee flavour more pronounced.
We liked this bar, but we preferred the original scapegrace gin and tonic chocolate bar.

THE ANZAC BAR  50%

ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.  The ANZAC biscuit is said  to have been sent to the soldiers because they kept well, having no eggs in the recipe.
This chocolate bar is made with The Wellington Chocolate Factory's coconut milk chocolate, (It is one of our favourite vegan milk chocolates), and also mixed in with ANZAC Biscuits.

The ANZAC biscuit flavours go really well with the coconut milk chocolate.  A nice chocolate hit of flavour along with the coconut and a sweet oaty crumble flavour of the ANZAC biscuit.  The texture is great too, with a silky smooth chocolate along with a chewy, slightly crunchy biscuit crumble.  
We liked this bar too.

MATARIKI KAWAKAWA DARK CHOCOLATE 65%

Matariki, is a new public holiday in New Zealand, marking the beginning of the Maori New Year.  More interesting information on this and the artwork, is inside the chocolate wrapper.
The Kawakawa is a small tree that grows leaves that contain myristicin, which has medicinal, antiseptic, pain numbing qualities.  The taste of the leaf is bitter, where the Maori name for the plant, is derived from.  Kawa = Bitter.

The chocolate bar uses cacao beans from the Domincan Republic, and is a 65% dark chocolate.
The bar has a peppery fragrance, alongside the chocolate.  The texture has a very slight grittiness to it.  The taste is a lovely dark chocolate which is slightly herby in flavour.  There are notes of mint, eucalyptus, and pepper.  It is a really nice mix with the dark chocolate.  We liked this one very much too.

I don't think we could pick a favourite from the three.  We enjoyed them all equally for the chocolate and the different flavour experiences they gave us.  It was another enjoyable trio from The Wellington Chocolate Factory.