Ara Chocolat Huallaga Peru 74% Dark Chocolate Bar with Agen Prunes

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

65 gram bar - Paris, France This bar builds on the elegance of Ara Chocolat’s single-origin Huallaga cacao and adds a distinctly French twist. The base is 74% dark chocolate made with cacao from Peru’s Huallaga Valley, with pieces of dried Agen prunes studded across the back of the bar. These prunes come directly from farmers in the Lot-et-Garonne region, long considered the prune capital of France. When I taste this bar, the connection between the chocolate and the fruit becomes clear almost im