Mmmm…Smoked Bacon Chocolate Bar
I live in Waco. There are not a whole lot of specialty food stores here. Our HEB has a pretty good bulk food section, and they do have some gourmet items from time to time. I usually find myself becoming a kid in a candy store when I go to Central Market or Whole Foods while visiting family in Austin. My last food treasure was discovered not in Austin, but in Amarillo. I know what you’re thinking, and I was thinking the same thing! But yes, it is true. I found a chocolate bar in Amarillo, Texas at the World Market there. This chocolate bar is made by Vosges. I’ve tried some of the more “normal” flavors from Vosges like Coconut Curry and I think I tried one with chiles in dark chocolate. When I saw this flavor I knew it was fate. Some friends and I have been debating on whether or not bacon can successfully be incorporated into desserts and confections. I am of the opinion that salty bacon is a natural partner for sweetness. Think about it. Ever had your bacon and maple syrup mingle together at breakfast? Delicious. A friend of mine, however, was disgusted at the idea of carmelized bacon ice cream. So I had to buy this to prove my point. The exotic chocolate is called Mo’s Bacon Bar.
My husband and I tasted it last night, and thought it was great. You can taste the bacon and the smokiness of the salt and bacon. The creamy milk chocolate pairs wonderfully with the strong flavors. The bacon is crunchy and, in my opinion, the right size for a chocolate bar. Anything bigger would be overwhelming, and anything smaller wouldn’t make the texture difference as pleasing.
As with most of these fancy chocolates, I would not eat an entire bar at once. A little square is all you need. So, the cost of $6.99 isn’t as bad when it lasts you a week. This is chocolate to be savored, not devoured.
Jason
October 17, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
Fine. Fine. Have it your way. Bacon is the choice of these new times! Le porc est mort, vive le porc!
When the revolution comes, it will be hickory smoked with notes of maple and brown sugar. Does that make you happy?
Am I the only one who sees you for what you are? The lone voice crying out in the wilderness against these apostles of sausage, pimping their peppered pork? Sure it starts innocently enough, a little bacon in the ice cream, in the chocolate, but before you know it you’ve got bacon flavored coffee and bacon essential oils in hair care products.
Wont be too long before someone figures out how to snort it, then there are clandestine bacon labs out in the country and bacon smuggling and raids by the Side-Meat Interdiction Agents of the BEA. That doesn’t sound like MY America, thank you very much.
And if you think it’s not happening already…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briankusler/2337430825/
Benny Z.
October 18, 2008 @ 10:41 am
The bacon brassiere is a bit brazen, and bodes bad business for bra builders.
Christian
October 27, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Im not gonna lie a brazen bacon brassiere would certainly send me over board but rest assured I would not be bored … but I degress into a baselessness and lack of proper form. Alas what great joy, no frown will be worn as I dream of sweet bacon that can be worn.
I am remindes so sweetly of a scent of a woman, Mr. Hartman I point you to “the babe” starring john goodman…on a sunny street with a beauty by his side he says my dear my dear for you love I will beg… did I mention that “you darling smell like bacon and eggs”
So it would seem this sad that the “apostles of sausage” have already had the day. They have made a bacon perfume that will surely lead men astray. What great trick is this that we might all fall a prey …. pray pray pray lest we all lose our way!
but remember lone voice that you have not forgot the taste of fear…so gird your loins and hold your sausage near. Fend off the appostles and fight fight fight … and maybe just maybe we will survive this dark (chocolate) bacon night.
Mr. Van Kleef