Ahhh… the lovely smell of a good dark chocolate.
This week’s bar is the fabulous Potomac Chocolate Nib and Salt. Can you tell that I am writing with a bit of a sassy tone? I am, I don’t know why. Perhaps it is the positively blissful feeling knowing that I don’t have to drive an hour and a half to work tomorrow! But that is another story.
I first saw Potomac chocolate on NPR. I was especially intrigued because Potomac chocolate is made by Ben… in his basement. What’s also unique is he’s made most of the equipment himself. I wish I was this ingenious. I would love to make my own chocolate, but there is no way that my mechanical aptitude would suffice to make the equipment. Anyway, NPR did a great job on the story, you can check that out here.
On to the bar!
Color: I love color in this world. But I have to admit that I wear a lot of brown. This bar was definitely the color of a classic dark chocolate. Yummmm…
Appearance: The bottom of the bar was sprinkled with the sea salt, the top of the bar was smoooooth.
Smell: Inhale…. exhale. If I could smell this aroma every morning- talk about a way to wake up happy! The bar had a woodsy, hickory-type aroma… and of course mixed with a topping of salt.
Snap: There is some good snap going on with this bar. Nice and crisp. By the way Becki, my snap is better than yours. 
Taste: First we visit the ocean of taste as the salt on the bottom of the bar warms up your taste buds to receive the sweet bitterness of the chocolate. Next comes the tidal wave of chocolate. With it is a texture that is slightly rough. The chocolate taste contains a hint of citrus that is broken up by the intense chocolate flavor of the nib that is encased throughout the bar.
Okay, I rilly really don’t write that badly, but I certainly enjoyed this chocolate that much. If the wonderful opportunity should befall you I hope you try some!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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The advent of combining sea salt with chocolate late has been brilliant. This sound absolutely scrumptious. The fact that I use to live in Maryland and by the Potomac has me totally hooked. I am going to be getting me some of this.
You are from Maryland? That is cool. I would love to explore the east coast more… someday. So far I have only been to New Hampshire and when I went back there to rock climb- it rained and flooded. Thanks for coming by!
I am always hungry after reading your blog
julie @ Naptime Review
Hungry for chocolate I hope.
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You’re hilarious and I’m pretty sure Ben is a genius. I wanted to let you know that I have passed on the Awesome Blogger Award to you! You can find all of the details here: http://mommymadefromscratch.blogspot.com/2012/07/8-squid-dogs-special-award.html
Congrats!
Oh my goodness! Thank you! I will be by in a minute! Have a good weekend!
OMG you are awesome. Your photos just made me drool, and I am going to eat that chocolate by the fistful. Stopping by from the Monday Mingle hop.
And you found me. I just left a comment on The Chocolate Bike Blog letting you know that this blog is 100% chocolate. Glad you came by!
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Thanks for coming by. Even more, I hope I can help you discover chocolate like you never have before. Have a great week!
Loving sweet with salty right now! Going to have to try this!
I hope you get the chance! Thanks for coming by!