Dagoba
Organic Chocolate – Roseberry
An
organic chocolate company that uses Rainforest Alliance Certified
Cacao, Oregon based Dagoba offers a wide range of dark chocolate bars
mixed with other organic ingredients along with drinking chocolate
options and baking products. Some of the flavors that they offer
include Lavender Blueberry, Chai, and Lemon Ginger. You are able to
order their products online from their website.
Dagoba
Organic Chocolate
Oregon
-The
Gamer-
Dawn and
I found this little bit of chocolate at one of the grocery stores
that we frequent, and I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised,
considering the last couple of chocolates we've sampled recently.
Upon first opening the wrapping you can immediately smell a
delightful mixture of dark chocolate and raspberries, which happens
to be one of my more favored chocolate/fruit combinations. There is
also rosehip in it as well, according to the wrapper, but I don't
think my senses are attuned to the flavor enough to have actually
picked up on it, although I do think I can smell a hint of it.
Regardless,
the chocolate was quite good, a nice mixture of dark chocolate with a
slight tangy sweetness from the raspberries, with a smooth texture
that is pleasing to the tongue. The company seems to have decided to
put actual raspberries into the chocolate, rather then simply
settling for raspberry flavoring. This is rather nice, in my opinion,
although it does come with the minor disadvantages that come
naturally with raspberries. Namely, the fact that there are raspberry
seeds in the chocolate itself. As anyone who had raspberries before
would know, those can sometimes be a bit annoying to remove if they
get stuck in your teeth, but again, this is only a very minor thing.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys
chocolate and raspberries together. It might even make a nice
addition to an ice cream smoothie if it's chopped up first.
-The
Artist-
Of the
world of chocolate, I have never been much of a fan of dark
chocolate. Though I'm well aware of how much healthier it is to have
compared to the milk and white varieties, dark always tasted, well,
bitter. To say I was hesitant to try this particular chocolate was an
understatement but the fact that there was raspberries and rosehips
in it had perked my curiosity. I was taken by surprise to find that
the flavor of the chocolate wasn't heavy as many dark chocolates can
be. The raspberries and rosehips was actually a pleasant compliment,
seeming to enhance the natural fruitiness of the chocolate itself. It
was certainly an enjoyable surprise which now has me wondering about
the other flavors that the company has available.
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