I expected much from this chocolate:
dark chocolate with caramelized pistachios and salt! I may have
mentioned before that one of my all-time favourites was Marabou's
caramelized almond & sea salt that, sadly, doesn't seem to exist
anymore. I hoped that this one, although a darker chocolate, might be
a suitable substitute.
The wrapping is pretty, although not
extraordinary. The chocolate squares, as in the other Lindt Excellence
bars I've tasted, are rather thin but of a nice, generous size.
The scent is rich and chocolaty but
lacks any particular characteristics, or at least I seem to be unable
to distinguish them.
The cocoa content here is only 47 %
which isn't very much, considering that the wrapping claims to
contain dark chocolate. Whether that's a bad thing is up to
everyone's personal taste – I happen to like both dark and milk
chocolate and enjoy this sort of “middle ground” just as well, so
I won't complain. The chocolate is rich and smooth, with something
that crunches in my teeth. These additions have a great texture –
they're crispy but not so hard that you fear for your teeth (in some
chocolates, additions, and especially caramelized ones, tend to be
terrifyingly hard). However, I can't quite define their flavour. I
would probably have guessed that they were some sort of nuts, had I
not known them to be pistachios. Neither the caramel nor the salt is
easily detectable. They are there, but one has to concentrate to find
the flavours. This is probably good if you don't like the sweet and
salty combination, but that was the very thing I was hoping to find
here.
In short, this did not live up to my expectations, but I'll admit those expectations were rather high. It's still a very nice chocolate, though!
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