Though sweet and mild milk chocolate may be a favorite for some, there is something to be said for that deep flavor you only find in a very dark chocolate.

The Ghirardelli Espresso Escape contains a potent 60% cacao, making it very dark indeed. Not as intense as their 86% cacao bar of Midnight Reverie, but still a cut above your average dark chocolate found at the supermarket.

Mixed in with the chocolate, the finely ground espresso beans are what makes this particular chocolate bar special. The beans are darkly roasted for maximum coffee flavour. As with any well-roasted coffee bean, you get a very delicate taste of caramel to balance the bittersweet dark chocolate.

Though it does have espresso beans in it, the chocolate isn’t crunchy or nutty. The beans don’t offer any texture, so there is only the velvet smoothness of pure chocolate.

The Espresso Escape bars are 3.5oz in size (or 100g) and can be purchased directly from Ghirardelli on their web site. Or if you are lucky, there may be an actual Ghiradelli ice cream and chocolate shop near you. You should expect to be around $4 each for a bar of this unique espresso-flavored dark chocolate.

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