Chocolate & Love’s “Orange Mantra”
The Orange Mantra, a 65% cocoa organic dark chocolate bar with natural orange oil.
This dark chocolate and orange bar from Chocolate & Love has two wrappers; the outer is paper, a very dark black design with white writing and the name of the bar “Orange Mantra” highlighted in brown.
The inner wrapper is a white cellophane, heat sealed, with a very handy rip line that takes the end off the wrapper off exposing one end of the bar.
The chocolate itself is a rich dark brown, with a good sheen and crisp snap, and is sectioned into breaking squares with a grid design on each square.
The warming smell of the oranges and dark chocolate is rather fantastic, not too strong but just aromatic enough. The orange essence isn’t immediately released as you eat it, you first get a hint of bitterness followed by the cocoa notes and as the chocolate starts to melt the sweet orange is released, combining with the dark chocolate and filling your mouth with the rich flavours.
I love the combination of fruit and chocolate, especially when oils are used, as it changes the taste completely blending with the chocolate and running though out the bar, rather than having chunks of fruit or layer of flavour.
Because of the orange and dark chocolate combination it reminds me of Green & Black’s Maya Gold, but without the spices. Chocolate & Love‘s bar is more fruity with a crisper flavour, and is lighter due to the slightly lower cocoa content, I am a big fan of both bars but would have to say I prefer “Orange Mantra”.
Made from 100% organic ingredients including; orange oil pressed in Italy, whole cane sugar and ground vanilla.
£2.90 for 100g of dark chocolate with natural orange.
Labelled: Organic, Gluten Free, Preservative Free, Vegetarian, Dairy Free and Vegan.
