Chocolate Tasting Notes: Santander, Perugina

In my continuing research on chocolate, I like to taste and score various chocolate bars. For scoring I used my “three Ts” — taste, texture, and toppings. Taste refers to both the overall taste of the chocolate and, if there are toppings, the chocolate part of the flavor. That’s why a bar can get a 2/5 for taste but only a 1/5 for toppings (the chocolate part of the flavor brought the score up.)

Santander
70% Dark Colombian Single Origin
Taste: 5/5. Good roast flavor, strong.
Texture: 5/5. Good melt in mouth, smooth.
Toppings: N/A.
Purchased at: Cost Plus

Perugina Dark Chocolate
Taste: 4/5. Rich and nutty, strong.
Texture: 4/5. Smooth with slight clumping.
Toppings: N/A.
Purchased at: Cost Plus

Perugina White Chocolate
Taste: 3/5. Not strong, decent flavor, some aftertaste.
Texture: 4/5. Smooth but not amazingly so.
Toppings: N/A.
Purchased at: Cost Plus

Santander
70% with Pineapple Colombian Single Origin
Taste: 4/5. Strong chocolate flavor, good balance with pineapple, bitter.
Texture: 5/5. Smooth with nice chunks of pineapple.
Toppings: 4/5. Good pineapple flavor.
Purchased at: Cost Plus