{"id":7992,"date":"2015-11-30T20:52:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=7992"},"modified":"2015-11-30T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:52:06","slug":"madecasse-hazelnut-orange-cranberry-toasted-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2015\/11\/madecasse-hazelnut-orange-cranberry-toasted-coconut","title":{"rendered":"Mad\u00e9casse Hazelnut, Orange Cranberry and Toasted Coconut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Madecasse-chocolate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A couple of years ago (was it really that\u00a0long ago?<\/em>)\u00a0<\/i>I stumbled upon Mad\u00e9casse chocolate<\/a> in Whole Foods. I’ve been a fan of it ever since and I now pick up a bar most months from my local Waitrose. In October I received an email from the team at Mad\u00e9casse. They’d noticed my love for the brand through Twitter and asked if they could send a few more flavours for me to try. I obviously said yes and they kindly sent out a selection of 3 bars.<\/p>\n

Like any good company Mad\u00e9casse has a strong story of social and environmental impact behind it. The brand was founded back in 2006 by 2 Peace Corps volunteers working in Madagascar. When I first found out about the brand I was surprised to hear that\u00a0Africa grows 70% of the world’s cocoa<\/em><\/strong>, but produces less than 1% of the world\u2019s chocolate.<\/em><\/strong> Mad\u00e9casse exists to change this by making chocolate entirely in Africa.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mad\u00e9casse are empowering Madagascar\u2019s cocoa farmers with skills, training and higher wages.\u00a0The\u00a0chocolate is also made on the island. Mad\u00e9casse\u00a0have created income for 200 people<\/em><\/strong> in Madagascar. As of September 2015 there is a slight\u00a0exception to this. The brand has an interim plan in place (Sep 2015 – Aug 2016<\/em>) to produce chocolate in America (along with their original factory in Madagascar<\/em>) while\u00a0they build their second factory in Madagascar. I love that the brand has been upfront and open about this.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to find out more about the story behind the brand then check out my original post on Sea Salt Nibs<\/a>\u00a0and visit their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Toasted Coconut:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I’ve purchased this flavour a few times throughout the year. I was delighted to try it again and it really is a tasty bar of chocolate.\u00a0This bar is 70% dark chocolate and is filled with sweet coconut, which you can see on the back of the bar. The chocolate has a good balance of flavour and the slight tang of the chocolate works very well with the toasted, sweet coconut.<\/p>\n

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\"Hazelnut-chocolate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hazelnut: <\/em><\/strong>This flavour was new to me. It’s a 63% dark chocolate which makes it a little creamier than the coconut bar. It’s filled with hazelnuts and cinnamon – you can see the presence of these on the back of the bar as opposed to within it. This chocolate bar is delicious. It’s a rich yet smooth chocolate with nutty notes and a slight hint of warm spice.<\/p>\n

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\"orange-cranberry-choc\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Orange Cranberry: <\/em><\/strong>This was another new flavour to me.\u00a0It’s hard to pick a favourite but if you were to push me then I’d go for Orange Cranberry. This is a 63% dark chocolate filled with cranberries and infused with orange. The cranberries add a good texture to the chocolate. This is very much going to be a festive favourite of mine.<\/p>\n

You can find out what I thought about the Sea Salt Nibs chocolate bar in my last post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next on my list of\u00a0Mad\u00e9casse chocolate to try is; Cinnamon and Chilli Pepper, Winter Spice and of course, Peppermint. I just hope I can track them down easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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