Monday, February 11, 2008

just in time for Valentine's Day: garlic chocloate

Tired of buying chocolates in that big red cellophane covered heart?
Bored by the looks of the Whitman Sampler?

Here is a sure thing to capture the affection of your loved one on Valentine's Day: black garlic chocolate.

The new confection is being offered by a chocolate company in Takko, Japan. Takko is in a top garlic-producing region, so, they have tried to incorporate their home-grown product into the new candy.

The candy contains black garlic (which, we are told, has a sweet-and-sour prune-like taste), covered with chocolate and sprinkled with cocoa powder.

But what about the nasty garlic-smell the candy will leave on your loved-one's breath? One company spokesman observed, "If both people eat them, there will be no problem!"

The chocolates are available on the Internet (if you read Japanese) directly from the Takko-Shoji.jp homepage. Make sure you buy at least two so that you don't notice each other's peculiar odor.

http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1497

memo to marketing strategists for this product: you might not want to describe the taste of black garlic as "sweet-and-sour prunes." I can't think of too many flavors nastier than garlic with a hint of prune.

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