Dagoba Organic Chocolate

Hi everyone- After eating a whole lot of chocolate last week I had to take a few days off and let the cravings come back to me again. But here I am- back to eating massive amounts of chocolate.

After the disappointment at Dean and Deluca for not carrrying my favorite brand to date, Dagoba, I made a trip out to Whole Foods in Union Square to get my hands on some. I ended up buying the following:

Dagoba Elipse 87%
Dagoba New Moon 74%
Dagoba Xocolatl 74%
Dagoba Conacado 73%

As you can see, Dagoba makes a lot of different varieties of chocolate with impressive cacao content level. I'll try to review all of them in the next week.

Dagoba was the link to my addiction to chocolate. My first time was when I randomly picked up a bag of Chocodrops during a road trip. I put a couple in my mouth and it brought me joy from the get go. (The only other time in my life when I felt emotional from food was a couple years back when I was eating keylime cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory. I didn't know that food could be so complex! There were layers to the flavor- initially tart, then sweet and tangy, then rich creaminess, and finished off with a refreshing and a hint of lime on the tongue. I was eating it with my old friend Nick after playing an exhausting concert and we were both orgasmic! We even shed a few tears! It was one of those experiences of feeling the physical sense of being alive. I was truly grateful and I'll never forget that.) Anyway, back to chocolate. Chocodrops had a similar effect on me and when the bag was gone I went looking for more Dagoba. When I finally found it (at a supermarket 50 min. from my house- ugh!) I picked up as many flavors as they had and fell in love with almost all of them.

As I browsed through their website, I found out the company started in Colorado and is now based in Oregon. This was even more reasons to love the company as I grew up in Oregon and did my undergrad in Colorado!

Another special thing about Dagoba is that they mix their chocolate with quite unusual flavors- xocolatl is made with chilies and they also make lime, lavender, roseberry, and chai. Yum yum yum!!!