Mission 70% Dark Chocolate Bar with Baru Nuts

Independent shop in InterbayDirections

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

60 gram bar - Sao Paulo, Brazil Baru is a Brazilian nut that tastes more like peanuts but is actually a seed of the baru fruit. It is unknown outside of Brazil - or even within Brazil. Many people have never tasted it. It is foraged by local communities in the vast Cerrado tropical savanna region of central Brazil who patiently wait for the fruit to fall from the tree before harvesting the fruit, cracking the seeds, and roasting them - to give them that nutty flavor. It's also found in parts of