Battleground Earth

The Enviable Invite, a Guest at a Chocolate Tasting

By Sara Frieden

No Image

By Sara Novak
Columbia, SC, USA | Tue Jul 08 15:17:00 EDT 2008

chocolate


Mark Weiss/Getty Images

Guests at Tom Bergeron's dinner parties on The Supper Club with Tom Bergeron touch on numerous environmentally pressing issues over an eco-meal prepared by the episode's celebrity chef. If you don't have time to plan an entire green dinner party but want your get together to feature green foods, why not host a chocolate tasting?

Gathering high quality organic and fair trade chocolates is as easy as strolling down the candy aisle at your local organic market. You'll find an abundance of responsibly produced chocolates from all over the world. Try pairing your chocolates with organic wines.

Here are a few tips for hosting a chocolate tasting:

  • Ensure your chocolate is at room temperature.

  • Go from the lightest to the darkest chocolate (look at the percent cacao).

  • Don't try too many, keep it to a very reasonable number, about five or six different varieties.

  • Pair darker chocolates with richer fuller wines like Black Muscat.

Try these insanely delicious varieties of chocolate:

Green and Black's Hazelnut and Currant Chocolate Bar is just one of Green and Black's mouth watering line of gourmet chocolate bars. Other options include Ginger, Espresso, Mint, Maya Gold, and Cherry. These are the kind of chocolates that you savor as they slowly melt away in your mouth until they are little more than a tiny pellet on your tongue.

Lake Chaplain Organic Milk Chocolate, Sea Salt, and Almond Chocolates Squares are an ounce of pure chocolate gold. Similar to eating a chocolate covered pretzel, the sea salt intermixed in every bite highlights the creamy chocolate goodness with the added crunch of an almond. Also try Dark Spicy Aztec.

Vosges Goji Exotic Chocolate Candy Bar is the chicest chocolate bar on the market today. Jumping on the goji berry bandwagon, the antioxidant laden sweet treat includes goji berries, pink Himalayan salt, deep milk chocolate, and 41 percent cacao. Goji berries have been used for over 6,000 years by herbalists in China for their reported ability to protect the liver, help eyesight, promote longevity, and improve sexual function. Also try the Barcelona Exotic Candy Bar made with hickory smoked almonds, Fleur de Sel grey sea salt, and deep milk chocolate or the Calindia Exotic Candy Bar with cardamom, organic walnuts, dried plums, and Venezuelan dark chocolate.

This post was inspired by Planet Green's show, The Supper Club with Tom Bergeron.

 
  • email
  • digg
  • share
  • print
helpful article? vote for it
{ }
close window

CLOSE X

 

comments on this article

view all post a comment

 
 

from our partners

 

today on planet green

view all

Votes

recent
discussed

How to Go Green: Dorm Rooms
POSTED  5 HOURS AGO.  COMMENTS

{ }

Focus on Focus Earth: The Science Of Storms
POSTED  6 HOURS AGO.  COMMENTS

{ }

Roadie Blog, Week 5, You've Got Junk Mail
POSTED  6 HOURS AGO.  COMMENTS

{ }

Renovation Nation: Insulation Tunnel
POSTED  7 HOURS AGO.  COMMENTS

{ }

Find a Bike-Share Program, Guerrilla Garden and Learn a New Eco-Word
POSTED  7 HOURS AGO.  COMMENTS

{ }

Emeril Episode: Jen Duhamel and Recipes
POSTED  17 Jul 2008. 9 COMMENTS.

{25}

Emeril Episode: Finding Your Inner Chef
POSTED  3 Sep 2008. 7 COMMENTS.

{3}

Welcome to the Planet Green Community!
POSTED  10 Jul 2008. 8 COMMENTS.

{20}

Living with Ed Episode: Jay & the Green House
POSTED  20 Aug 2008. 3 COMMENTS.

{4}

Should You Buy a Scooter?
POSTED  27 Aug 2008. 3 COMMENTS.

{3}

 
 

tv schedule

view all

On Now

On Tonight

 

How to Go Green Guide

View All

Votes

How to Go Green: Barbeques
  COMMENTS

{}

How to Go Green: Water
  COMMENTS

{}

How To Go Green: Cleaning
  COMMENTS

{}

 
 

Buying Guides banner image

Buy Green: Hybrid Cars

Find the right gas-sipping, battery-boosted car for you.

Buy Green: Women's Jeans

The hippest fashions in organic cotton denim.

Buy Green: Small-Wheel Folding Bikes

The best compact bikes for getting around town.