(food)Review: NewTree Love Chocolate collection

The catty guy in the back is by Andrew Yang of Stitchmind, a local SF artist

Finally, a review of something not from a subscription box! Yes, I do have a bit of a problem. I decided to get these on a whim because I needed to make $25 on my Amazon purchase, and I think we've all been there before. I'm not quite sure why I bought chocolate though, as I'm not a huge chocolate person...

I'm a fan of their cute names, though I wouldn't call ginger "Sexy". "Fiesty" maybe. "Rambunctious," even.

I'm, however, not a fan of this brand. My standard for organic chocolate is and may forever well be Dagoba, where even the really high cacao content chocolates are still smooth and chocolatey rather than gritty and bitter. This brand falls more in the latter category. The taste isn't that bitter, but it just doesn't have enough taste to make up for the lack of sugar. Even the ginger flavor isn't quite snappy and gingery enough, and sometimes it tastes like I'm eating plastic in chocolate form. The cherry was downright gross and didn't have nearly enough cherry flavor. I ended up throwing the rest of it away and had another jonboy caramel.

It might be because I bought these from Amazon so the wrappers were a bit faded and worn out, but the general design was still okay, if a bit uninspired. However, if I judged a book by its cover, I would be right this time.

2/10: blech! three hoofs down! learn2chocolate

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