Tasting Random Chocolates (& Stuff) | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 138
Episode 138 answers the question: “Is the middle of Summer in the high desert of Arizona too hot for chocolate?” Given what you know about me, the answer will not surprise you, but my selections just might. [Updated with products tasted ⋯ watch the episode for details.]
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Episode 138 Overview
It’s the “Dog Days” of summer here in North-Central Arizona.
Special Note: No dogs were served chocolate for this episode.
Even though I am up at nearly 1500 meters above sea level in Yavapai County in the Bradshaw Mountains, the daily high temperatures regularly exceed 30ºC. Is that too hot for chocolate? (As hot as that is, it’s routinely 40-45ºC down in the Phoenix Valley so I am fortunate for that).
I say not.
SO ⋯ in this episode of #PodSaveChocolate, I am going to be tasting some local treats I picked up at the Saturday Farmer’s Market (only one of which contains chocolate, but I learned something new about the other, a pastry, from the proprietor of the stand where I bought it), three items shipped from Japan (two of which are made with an unusual ingredient), and a random selection of items with chocolate in them from my local “specialty” grocery store (a Sprouts) and one childhood favorite from the local See’s shop across the parking lot from the Sprouts. and maybe more.
Join me in this informal slouching toward the mid-summer doldrums tasting.
what was tasted
Similar to a pasteis de nata (custard tart) but different.
Little Portugal Bakery / Prescott Farmer’s Market
Chocolate from Pascha (allergen-free)
Beyond Dates / Prescott Farmer’s Market
Found in the refrigerated section
Nelly’s Organics
Found in the refrigerated section
Honey Mama’s
Chocxo
See’s
Wild West Chocolate
A’dae Romero-Briones(Cochiti/Kiowa) | Regenerative Organic Alliance Board Member
WWC has a bronze-level RO certification.
Dr. Bronners
Bonne Maman
Hernán mole poblano and mayo
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My plate after the episode.
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