Comments on: Hachez Cocoa D’Arriba Cherry Tomato Salt

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:09:17 +0000

Of course, we have already reviewed the strawberry and pepper bar. And if anyone wants to get in touch with Kath, they can use the contact link on chocablog and it'll find its way there. :)

By: Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:24:16 +0000

Hannah, get in touch with me via my blog (there’s an email addy there) and maybe we could do a fair swap?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:14:46 +0000

Kath, it’s a shame you don’t live in Canberra! By some crazy coincidence I went to a new (to me) store after I wrote that message, and they have those two precise flavours for $2.50 each! Although if you wanted, we could do a chocolate swap, or I could just send you them, if you’re interested?

By: Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:14:35 +0000

Hannah, I’d *love* try strawberry-and-pepper as well as blackberry and cocoa nibs – they sound like flavour combinations worth keeping my eye out for.

By: Miss Bliss

Miss Bliss — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:12:13 +0000

you gave it a fair shake, and it sounds odd… and I can stretch pretty far for chocolate pairings…

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:08:55 +0000

I find it impossible to resist bizarre chocolate bars, and must admit this is the first “interesting” flavour I’ve tried that I could not stomach. I’m entirely enamoured of the salt + chocolate combination, but agree with you that something just does not work in this bar.

Also, like Ben, I could taste the tomato (though I am not a fan of Cadbury Dairy Milk – too sweet for me), and didn’t like tasting it all!

Have you tried their less out-there flavours, such as strawberry and pepper or blackberry and cocoa nibs? (I love me some nibs.)

By: Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:26:42 +0000

Hi Mariangela – I can see why you’d have to ‘try really hard’ to find it, because I was really struggling. I think that they thought it would be a great idea and really unusual but that doesn’t always mean it’s going to be a successful combination.

What I’d like to try would be salt and cracked black pepper chocolate – is there any of that around?

By: Mariangela

Mariangela — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:17:28 +0000

Hi Kath!
I’ve tasted this bar before and actually the only way you can detect any trace of tomato is a certain sour taste, not entirely due to the high cocoa content… but this is when you try really hard to find it. I think too this is a strange flavour combination, and the result is unbalanced. I think this bar would be better if just used to spice a recipe (as chips sprinkled on a fresh creamy cheese, for example).
For Dom: I also tried the “Wild Cocoa de Amazonas” bar by Hachez, and I have to admit that was reeeeally good….

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:07:17 +0000

Tomato! I think that’s a first for us!

I’ve come to the conclusion that Hachez are just plain weird.