That’s right, bourbon cask aged chocolate, made by Brooklyn, New York-based Raaka Chocolate. Now when I write aged chocolate, I’m actually referring to the organic, unroasted cacao beans the chocolate ultimately comes from. The beans themselves spend four weeks in ex-Berkshire Mountain Distillers bourbon barrels, which helps reportedly to enhance the chocolate with “with strong caramel, vanilla, and oaky deliciousness.”
For those curious about the Raaka Bourbon Cask Aged Chocolate, it is 82% cacao drawn from Belize. Besides the virgin chocolate, other ingredients include organic, evaporated cane juice; organic maple syrup and organic cacao butter. Sound pretty decadent? It is, at least according to one review of it I read, which notes the chocolate bar “smells, well, a little like bourbon. There’s a vanilla note and some light peat along with some other more yeasty bread notes.”
If that short descriptor is good enough for you, you can grab a bar of this chocolate off Amazon for around $8 for a 1.8 ounce nibble. I imagine it will pair quite nicely with a glass of fancy bourbon.
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