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best deal for dark chocolate?



 
 
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Old 31-01-2008, 09:20 PM posted to rec.food.chocolate
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Where can I find good deal for decent dark chocolate ( 70% cocoa)?
Preferably low suger.
Most of the retail packaged bars sells for $15 per pound. Is there bulk or
un packaged ones?


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Old 31-01-2008, 10:33 PM posted to rec.food.chocolate
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peter wrote:
Where can I find good deal for decent dark chocolate ( 70% cocoa)?
Preferably low suger.
Most of the retail packaged bars sells for $15 per pound. Is there bulk or
un packaged ones?


Trader Joe's Pound Plus 72% cocoa solids bitter-sweet chocolate bar at
about 4 to 5 USD presently. It is good enough.


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Old 01-02-2008, 08:57 PM posted to rec.food.chocolate
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peter wrote:

Where can I find good deal for decent dark chocolate ( 70% cocoa)?
Preferably low suger.
Most of the retail packaged bars sells for $15 per pound.
Is there bulk or un packaged ones?


Alex Rast used to frequently proclaim Guittard's
Gourmet Bittersweet as a very good chocolate
at a very good price.
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:25 PM posted to rec.food.chocolate
Mark Thorson
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bobbie sellers wrote:

peter wrote:
Where can I find good deal for decent dark chocolate ( 70% cocoa)?
Preferably low suger.
Most of the retail packaged bars sells for $15 per pound.
Is there bulk or un packaged ones?


Trader Joe's Pound Plus 72% cocoa solids bitter-sweet chocolate bar at
about 4 to 5 USD presently. It is good enough.


They've also recently introduced a 3-pack of 72%
dark chocolate bars, total weight 4.97 ounces
(I'd call that 5 ounces, because I don't believe
their equipment can possibly measure within 1%),
for $1.49. I like this chocolate, though it's not
as fruity (Alex would have said underroasted)
as what I usually like (such as Valrhona and
Chocovic).

I think the price and quality make this one of
best deals in chocolate available in small
quantity at retail. That works out to about
$5 per pound.

The package says the chocolate is from Belgium,
which suggests it might be Callebaut, but I don't
think it tastes much like Callebaut. I think
Callebaut has more vanilla. The TJ's bars do not
have anything on the ingrediants list that could
be vanilla.

Of course, this could be a type of Callebaut
I've never had before, or it could be a special
order for TJ's.
 




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