Valor Dark Chocolate with Marcona Almonds
June 25, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate, Chocolate Pictures, Chocolate Products, Chocolate Review
We took a trip to Cost Plus World Market last week to stock up on some more good chocolate (they finally have Tim Tams! And Aero Bars!).
I got a nice little pile of chocolate I’ve been wanting to try and my husband went right for this one, which is saying a lot because he’s not really into sweets. I think it was the packaging that got him, though – all those almonds and chocolate, really? We had to give it a try and see!
First off, this bar is huge! I took a shot of it with my hand to show you just how big it is, weighing in at 8.75oz. Valor Chocolates is made in Spain, and the dark chocolate with almonds is considered one of their premium bars.
When you first open the bar this is what you’re greeted with! My husband let me open it up for pictures while he was at work and I knew he was in for a treat – his favorite type of chocolate is chocolate combined with almonds!
From the front you can’t even tell what’s waiting for you inside!
As you can imagine, each bite is guaranteed to have several almonds. The chocolate is truly delicious – smooth, not bitter, and very satisfying. The almonds taste fresh with a very nice crunch and neither of us came across any that had gone rancid.
At room temperature the chocolate is just slightly soft (hence the fingerprints, which I didn’t think about until I’d already handled it!), and melts perfectly in the mouth. Needless to say, as soon as he gets back from his current business trip I think we’ll be heading back to the store to stock up!
I highly recommend this bar if you happen to come across it!
Ohmygawd!! I love dark chocolate. I love Marcona almonds. I had no idea someone finally had the good sense to combine the two in a bar. Hurray! I am dashing to Cost Plus now.
Hi Carolyn! The bar is divine! Oddly enough, we tried the milk chocolate version and it just wasn’t as good (something was off about it – hopefully it wasn’t past it’s expiry date, we didn’t check!), so keep an eye out for the dark chocolate.
So what am I supposed to do????
I live in Cape Town, South Africa.
I love this bar too however when I went to WOrld Markeat a few days ago THEY DIDN”T HAVE IT ANYMORE. Maybe they were just out but of course no one could tell me.
Darn it.