Beryl’s Almond Bittersweet Chocolate
194 days agoYet another chocolate review! I know that it is not really that healthy, even though it is supposed to be some form of dark chocolate but I just can’t help myself. Every time I visit the supermarket, those bottles of chocolates are just sitting there on the shelf, challenging me to bring them back home where I will gleefully place them into my mouth. What can I say? I am weak. Anyway, I bought this from Sheng Siong – apparently it was on offer but during the check-out, it was not indicated to be on offer and I forgot to check (as usual). So by the time I remembered that it was supposed to be S$7.90 I had returned home. Yes, I am too lazy to walk back to ask for a price return. Not only that, I had already opened the bottle.
This is the dark chocolate with almonds. Basically roasted almonds coated with dark chocolate. Sinful? Yes. Delicious? Yes. Unhealthy? Most likely.
There you have it, the Beryl’s Almond Bittersweet Chocolate. Not too shabby lah. But the dark chocolate does not taste anything like any dark chocolate I have ever tasted. Definitely without the complex flavours that dark chocolate supposed to have. Most likely they just add more sugar to replace the milk and cocoa solids. You know, cocoa solids is pretty expensive compared to the sweeteners. So yes, this is indeed bittersweet chocolate with the emphasis on sweet.
Almond coated with bittersweet chocolate. 500g.
A more detailed view. The brand is Beryl’s.
If you can read the ingredient list, you have better eyesight than mine. The list is long, so it should not be that good. I think they claim that it contains about 31.45% cocoa solids. Well, better than many milk chocolates I suppose. And for me, I would very much prefer an ingredient list which is short and does not contains words which I can’t even pronounce. But alas, most commercial processed products nowadays contain all those chemicals and whatever so there is no avoiding them unless you are willing to fork out a ton of money or make them yourself.
Some nutritional information for you to check out while you consume the big balls of chocolate.
This chocolate is probably made in Malaysia. I am very sorry for the blur photos. I just don’t know how to use a camera properly. There is enough lighting just that my skills as a photographer suck big time.
There you have it, one relatively big piece of almond covered bittersweet chocolate from Beryl’s. The chocolate layer is actually pretty thick compared to the other brands of chocolate. Many of these coated chocolates have very thin layer of chocolate while is pretty nice as well but if I eat chocolate, I would rather have some taste of chocolate when I bite into them. The almonds are also quite decent. So overall, no complains. Honestly, I seldom have complains about chocolate products.
