Category: Chocolate
Mocha. A cafe classic. Cacao & coffee have so much in common. From their growing regions to processing steps, these distant genetic relatives are an obvious pairing. This chocolate is a bit of an inverse where the chocolate takes the stage with the complement of coffee. With Onyx's amazing Monarch Espresso involved, this combination is heavenly as you'd expect.
I grabbed this to pair with my afternoon espresso and ended up eating the whole bar in one sitting. The mocha note comes through clearly without one flavor overpowering the other.
The coffee and cacao balance is spot on, not overly sweet, and it melts with that slow, even texture I look for in a dark bar. I've already eaten half the bar in one sitting while sipping my morning espresso, and the pairing honestly makes both taste better.
I was a little unsure about the mocha combo, but the coffee and cacao really do balance each other out nicely. The bar is a bit more brittle than I'd like, so you have to break it carefully, though the flavor is spot on for a classic espresso pairing.
