Mission Chocolate 70% Dark Chocolate Bar with Candied Cupuaçu

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

60 gram bar - Brazil If you’ve never tasted cupuaçu (also spelled "cupuassu"), this is a very good place to start. A close botanical relative of cacao, cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum) is an Amazonian fruit prized in Brazil for its intensely aromatic, tart, and tropical pulp. Its flavor is difficult to pin down neatly—which is part of the fun—but here it recalls another fruit wonder, the starfruit: bright, fragrant, tangy, and just a little exotic. Mission Chocolate pairs candied pieces of cupua