McCormick World of Flavors Chocolate Almond Bar
Place purchased: McCormick World of Flavors, Baltimore
Price: $4.49
Number of reviewers: 6
Appearance - 6.0
The McCormick World of Flavors Chocolate Almond bar is consists of 31% milk chocolate with small roasted almond pieces dispersed throughout the chocolate. The chocolate is a dull brown color and has a thin layer of bloom.
Flavor and Taste - 6.0
The almonds taste very oxidized, and the chocolate is sweet.
C: Kind of blah.
J: Creamy chocolate. Almond flavor is great.
L: Good chocolate, slightly oxidized.
S: Strong nutty flavor.
Texture - 5.5
The chocolate is crunchy. It is difficult to distinguish the crunch of the almonds from the crunchy chocolate.
C: Crunchy, brittle.
J: Nice contrast between creamy chocolate and almond pieces.
S: Brittle chocolate.
Aftertaste - 5.8
The flavor of the milk chocolate dominates the aftertaste.
J: Lingering almond flavor is dry and persistent.
L: Bland.
L2: Rancid.
S: Sweet.
Overall - 5.7
I was unimpressed by this chocolate bar. The almonds were oxidized, and the chocolate was too dry and crunchy.
McCormick World of Flavors Chocolate Jalapeño & Peanuts Bar
Place purchased: McCormick World of Flavors, Baltimore
Price: $4.49
Number of reviewers: 6
Appearance - 6.2
The McCormick World of Flavors Chocolate Jalapeño & Peanuts bar is comprised of 31% milk chocolate, small pieces of peanuts, and jalapeño powder. The chocolate is rich brown in color, unlike the chocolate in the almond bar.
Flavor and Taste - 7.3
The chocolate bar tastes like milk chocolate with salty peanuts at first. The heat from the jalapeños comes in toward the end, though there is no actual jalapeño flavor.
C: Get peanut flavor first, then spicy jalapeño at the end.
J: Good chocolate flavor. A bit of salt from the peanuts. Nice spice at the end. I really like the subtleness.
L: Nice nutty, love the spice.
S: Salty with a lot of heat. Spicy.
Texture - 7.3
The milk chocolate is softer in this bar than the almond chocolate bar, which is strange since they both contain 31% milk chocolate.
C: Crunchy.
J: Nice contrast.
Aftertaste - 6.6
The aftertaste is very spicy.
C: Mostly just spicy.
J: Spice is too persistent.
L: Good burn.
S: Has a lot of heat.
Overall - 7.3
The Jalapeño & Peanuts bar is significantly better than the Almond bar. The chocolate is softer and creamier, the peanuts provide a welcome flavor rather than rancidity, and the jalapeño powder gives a powerful kick.
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