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Taste Test: GTC Chocolate Bars
Wild chocolate bar taste test!
Taste Test: GTC Chocolate Bars
"It smells like pizza but it tastes really good."
That was the warning before trying out a square of Jose Garces' white chocolate bar with Porcini & Thyme. And as it turns out, that was a pretty spot on observation. Maybe more like Italian seasoning blend on the nose than straight up pizza, the thyme and porcini powder where mellowed by the white chocolate, herbal and earthy, subtle even.
There are three additional flavors in Garces' collaboration line with local chocolatiers Éclat; Marcona Almond with Pimentón de la Vera, Mole Amarillo and Cafe con Leche.
Out of all of the challenging flavors that Garces brought together for these bars, Cafe con Leche is by far the tamest with 35% milk chocolate run through with pleasantly gritty Reserva coffee roasted by Lambertville's Rojo's Roastery.
Mole Amarillo incorporates the the makings of mole into milk chocolate. Ground sesame seeds, guajillo chile and allspice are very upfront in this bar, with the bitterness from the chiles rounded out by vanilla.
Last up is Marcona Almond with Pimentón de la Vera, a slow burning 70% dark bar. Upon first bite the heat of the Pimentón isn't apparent by after working through a square or two there's some real smoky fire happening. More delicate and much fattier than your run of the mill, the Marcona almonds add less of crunch and more of a richness.
To try GTC chocolate bars for yourself you can pick 'em up at Garces Coffee Kiosk at the Cira Centre, Garces Trading Company (1111 Locust St.) and online.
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