Humor me for a moment… let’s play a game called combining three good things into one unique treat.
| Good thing number one: | Chocolate | This is a good start. It goes with lots of things. Milk or dark, it doesn’t matter, you already have a following. |
| Good thing number two: | Salt | Enough said. |
| Good thing number three: | Bacon | Wait, what? Back up a minute. Really? Not what I was expecting… Ok, Let’s see where this goes. |
Vosges chocolate bacon bar
Vosges Haut Chocolate makes a chocolate bar that combines all three of the above. I absolutely buy into the idea that chocolate can be made savory. For example, cocoa itself is naturally bitter until sugar is added, mexican hot chocolate is spicy, chocolate and chili is actually not uncommon (i.e., moles).
The Vosges Mo's bacon bar, unwrapped.
Vosges touts its use of quality exotic ingredients: “Applewood smoked bacon”, “Alder wood smoked salt”, “deep milk chocolate”. Each ingredient is amazing in its own right, but can they be combined successfully? Or will they mix as well as toothpaste and orange juice? Click through for the full review.
The first thing I noticed when opening the packet was the smell of bacon. Breaking off a piece of the the chocolate released a smoky, bacon aroma. You can even see small bits of bacon mixed into the chocolate.
Tasting the bar, the bacon flavor was much more subdued. The smoky saltiness seemed to come to the front, just ahead of the milk chocolate flavor. Bacon was definitely present throughout the entire bar, just more noticeable as you found pockets of bacon within the chocolate.
Vosges Mo's bacon bar, broken open.
The texture of the chocolate was great as well: smooth, easily melting in your mouth with no graininess.
I know it sounds like I am raving about this chocolate bar, but really, I’m not. I wanted to like this, I really did. Tasting this bar didn’t completely turn me off the idea of mixing bacon with chocolate. I’m sure there is a combination out there that is right for me, but this just wasn’t it. While Vosges does make a very good bar, there was something about this bar that wasn’t quite right. Maybe the “deep milk chocolate” (*) wasn’t dark enough, or maybe I was expecting a stronger bacon taste. Maybe it wasn’t salty enough. I may never know.
In it’s totality, this creative chocolate bar was not bad. I’d recommend it to those looking for a new flavor experience, but not to fans of chocolate or bacon looking to be wow’ed.
(*) What is “deep milk chocolate” anyway?
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