MORE BACON

I know the suits are sitting around the conference room asking; 'How can we get Chilebrown to buy our products?'. The answer is simple. Bacon is the magical carrot that I follow. Will the bacon explosion of products ever end and do I want it too ? Every once in while a bacon themed product is a winner. Today we have two bacon products that I could not resist. Bacon chips and a candy bar with bacon is on the table today.

I am not sure if you can ever improve the addicting, salty, crisp original version of Ruffles. The addition of bacon flavor tickled my curiosity but did not ring the bell. They were decent enough but the original is still my favorite. The next product was a chocolate bar with bacon pieces throughout. This was a hands down winner. The salty crunchy, maple bacon added a nice touch to the premium chocolate bar. We will purchase this chocolate again, in fact we already have. I wonder what the next bacon themed products will be?

LINDT CHOCOLATE CHILI BAR

Lindt & Sprungli are master Swiss chololatiers since 1845. They claim to select the highest quality cocoa beans to create the finest textures and tastes chocolate can offer. This chocolate bar has been imported from Stratham, New Hampshire. The reason we are trying this chocolate today is because it is a dark chocolate bar with chili. This bar is infused with spicy red chili. Chocolate and Chili are wonderful and complementing flavors.

Ingredients:

Sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, soya lecithin (emulsifier), chili extract, artificial flavoring. May contain traces of peanuts/tree nuts.

I am scratching my head already with the artificial flavor and the nut traces. I am also wondering if a red flag should be raised on not naming the chili extract. We will have to give it an old fashion taste.

The chocolate bar smells wonderful. It smells of a deep dark rich chocolate. I almost started to drool while smelling this bar. There is no aroma of chili present.

The first bite is a mouthful of sweet dark chocolate. I almost taste a little smokiness with this chocolate. It is very sweet. Several seconds later a warming glow will hit the back of your tongue. It is not a nuclear blast of heat. It is a mellow tinge of heat to tell you that chili is present. I could not identify the chili type This is a grown up chocolate bar. You can savor the deep dark chocolate and it is accompanied by a wisp of chili flavor.

I would recommend this chocolate bar to every grownup that likes chili peppers and chocolate. This bar is perfect for an after dinner nibble. I wish we knew what type of chili that was used in the extract. Chili extract usually scares me but this was put to a flavorful use. The price is right. ($3.50/3.5 oz.). These bars can be purchased at most of your local places of shopping. Give it a try!

Lindt & Sprungli

CHOCOLATE BACON

We had deep fried 'White Castle Burgers' at the State Fair. It is only fitting that Ms. Goofy and I found Chocolate Covered Bacon at the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk. The Mad Meat Genius Bus took a road trip to Santa Cruz, California. Our goal was to have a 'Meat Adventure' and to ride the roller coaster.
We had our Meat Adventure at the Freedom Meat Lockers. (Stay tuned). We rolled out of Freedom, California to the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk was closed. The 'BIG DIPPER' was duped. The brass ring on the Carasol was rusted. The Corn Dogs were Carnies. The Carnies were Corny. We were Topsy Turvy until we found a concessionaire selling chocolate covered bacon. We bought as much as Ms. Goofy could carry and headed to a safe place. This stuff is great. It is salty and chocolaty and just plain decadent. Who could ask for more.

Laffing Sal