With their shimmery silver wrappers, snowy labels with whimsical drawings reminiscent of North Carolina mountain town art, and darling logo of a deer poised mid-trot, Lake Champlain chocolate bars remind me of a winter wonderland. When I saw this bar at Whole Foods, I literally thought "Sugar Plum Fairy." No lie.
According to the label this bar is "creamy peanut butter cradled in dark chocolate." Oh Lake Champlain, you're so modest. This is not merely peanut butter and chocolate. I love Reese's, Reese's pieces, peanut M&M's, peanut butter M&M's, and basically every other peanut butter and chocolate combination that exists in this world, and this bar knocked them all out of the park. Like, waaaaaayyyyyy out of the park. The bar is divided into eight 1" squares, and each piece is so indulgent, so rich, that you can hardly imagine having more than one piece. But you will. Believe me.
It's hard to explain just how good this chocolate is. The peanut butter is impossibly smooth and deeply flavorful. The chocolate is made with both 57% cacao dark chocolate (though in my book, anything below 60% is milk chocolate), and white chocolate. Perhaps this is what's responsible for the exceptionally decadent, creamy quality of this bar. The chocolate lacks none of the complexity of darker varieties and provides a sturdy encasement for the peanut butter. In other words, this is not a totally melt-in-your-mouth bar. You get to enjoy the chocolate bits and the peanut butter bits separately at first. This distinction is part of what makes it more truffle-like than bar-like. Given that Lake Champlain started as a truffle-making company, this is not surprising.
Lake Champlain Chocolates is based in Burlington, Vermont, right by its namesake. Their chocolate is certified organic, kosher and fair trade. Though they buy their cacao beans in Guatemala, most of their ingredients are locally sourced. There are no preservatives, additives or extenders in their products. Extenders are exactly what they sound like--things to make the chocolate go further. This yields a greater quantity of chocolate but with a lesser quality overall. No extenders here, baby. Huzzah!
You can buy Lake Champlain Chocolates at Whole Foods. Bars are about $5 each. You can also purchase truffles, hot chocolate mixes and other goodies online. Thanks for reading! Strawberry kisses :*:*:*
According to the label this bar is "creamy peanut butter cradled in dark chocolate." Oh Lake Champlain, you're so modest. This is not merely peanut butter and chocolate. I love Reese's, Reese's pieces, peanut M&M's, peanut butter M&M's, and basically every other peanut butter and chocolate combination that exists in this world, and this bar knocked them all out of the park. Like, waaaaaayyyyyy out of the park. The bar is divided into eight 1" squares, and each piece is so indulgent, so rich, that you can hardly imagine having more than one piece. But you will. Believe me.
It's hard to explain just how good this chocolate is. The peanut butter is impossibly smooth and deeply flavorful. The chocolate is made with both 57% cacao dark chocolate (though in my book, anything below 60% is milk chocolate), and white chocolate. Perhaps this is what's responsible for the exceptionally decadent, creamy quality of this bar. The chocolate lacks none of the complexity of darker varieties and provides a sturdy encasement for the peanut butter. In other words, this is not a totally melt-in-your-mouth bar. You get to enjoy the chocolate bits and the peanut butter bits separately at first. This distinction is part of what makes it more truffle-like than bar-like. Given that Lake Champlain started as a truffle-making company, this is not surprising.
Lake Champlain Chocolates is based in Burlington, Vermont, right by its namesake. Their chocolate is certified organic, kosher and fair trade. Though they buy their cacao beans in Guatemala, most of their ingredients are locally sourced. There are no preservatives, additives or extenders in their products. Extenders are exactly what they sound like--things to make the chocolate go further. This yields a greater quantity of chocolate but with a lesser quality overall. No extenders here, baby. Huzzah!
You can buy Lake Champlain Chocolates at Whole Foods. Bars are about $5 each. You can also purchase truffles, hot chocolate mixes and other goodies online. Thanks for reading! Strawberry kisses :*:*:*