Camu Camu & Yacon
by Cacaosuyo
Impact
From the Dept. of Redundancy Dept: Cacaosuyo adds additional fruit & sweetener as an advertised inclusion to this bar. Given the intensely sweet fruit-tones of its unflavored bars without inclusions, this seems utterly superfluous. And, strangely, almost suspiciously less fruit-centric than those.
A curiosity.
Hmmm, how can that be?
A curiosity.
Hmmm, how can that be?
Appearance 2.9 / 5
| Color: | pinky brown |
| Surface: | air pockets big enough to be that proverbial rabbit hole |
| Temper: | shellac'd then nucleated for good measure |
| Snap: | sickly |
Aroma 7.1 / 10
fairly similar to Cacaosuyo's unflavored bars Lakuna and Piura except dirtier / dookier
along the break line seeps jungle tart caramel
along the break line seeps jungle tart caramel
Mouthfeel 8.4 / 15
| Texture: | gooey / goopy |
| Melt: | randomizes into gelatin |
Flavor 37.7 / 50
tart entrance sinks into a milky peanut-inflected mush -> yacon swamps the progression for apricot / apple-sauce apparitions
Quality 12.5 / 20
Sweet spam but an educational one for most, featuring a couple of Amazonian botanicals -- camu camu & yacón. The former forging inroads into Northern markets as a superfood like açcai. Its purple-red skin covers a yellow flesh for a combined pink effect when powdered &, overall, very acidic thanks to its vitamin C content. The latter technically a sweet tuber caused by an indigestible fructooligosaccharide.
Together they create a chocolate apple sauce of sorts in a thinner version of Zotter's hand-scooped bars with a fondant construction.
Oddly, they're marginally sweeter than Cacaosuyo's Lakuna or Piura bars despite holding 10% more cane sugar.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, milk, cocoa butter, sugar, milk cream, camu camu, yacón syrup
Reviewed December 9, 2014
Together they create a chocolate apple sauce of sorts in a thinner version of Zotter's hand-scooped bars with a fondant construction.
Oddly, they're marginally sweeter than Cacaosuyo's Lakuna or Piura bars despite holding 10% more cane sugar.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, milk, cocoa butter, sugar, milk cream, camu camu, yacón syrup
Reviewed December 9, 2014