After last week’s market on Saturday, I got some organic oranges from a vendor and started zesting away.  I thought I would have enough to make at least a 10 pd batch.  To my dismay, the yield was only 5 pds batch of chocolate.

Candied Orange Peel + Hint of Cloves

The other 5 pd batch that I made is Vanilla Bean. I put the whole Vanilla Bean Pod not just the beans.  There’s so much flavor in the pods.  So for those that have been asking for Vanilla Bean, come by and get your fix while you can!  I’ll have the Candied Orange Peel + Cloves for the next couple of weeks.  Then I’ll continually add spices until I get an Orange Spice that will be just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday where you can actually put it on your turkey.  It’ll be more like a fusion mole.  For those that don’t know, mole is a sauce indigenous to Mexico.   There are many types of mole sauces and not all have chocolate.  But most people know it as a savory chocolate sauce.  Mole has so many different ingredients that it’s quite labor intensive to make.  Mole was originally used on turkey and now it’s more popular over chicken.  It’s a savory sweet sauce that goes well over fish, tacos, enchiladas, and even eggs.

Flavor Page

Sorry for not updating my flavor page.  I will get to it!  For  those that haven’t been to the farmers markets, my 6 Classic Blends are:

1. 85% Cacao
2. 75% Cacao
3. 65% Cacao
4. Coffee + Vanilla Bean
5. Shangri-La = Cacao + Unrefined Cane Sugar + Black Sesame + Goji Berries (the most popular blend)
6. Mayan Tradition = Cacao + Unrefined Cane Sugar + Almonds + Cinnamon + Guajillo + Pasilla Negro + Chipotle Chilies

The seasonal blends are:

1. Cherries + Coffee
2. Chunky Cherries + Almonds + Black Peppercorns
3. Orange + Cloves *New
4. Orange + Vanilla Beans*New

It’s suppose to be chilly so great weather for hot chocolate!  I’m almost there with my packaging so you’ll soon get a peak!

Chocolate Blessings!