El Rústico Chocolate Bar  E-mail this product to a friend

Single origin Mexican 70% dark chocolate with crunchy sugar crystals and delicate bites of real vanilla bean.

Commissioned by our friends at Zingerman's Deli, we've been working with Duff “The Chocolate Lady”, Grace Singleton, Managing Partner and Co- Founder Ari Weinzweig to perfect this unique chocolate bar.

Inspired by the traditional foodways of the vanilla-growing regions of Mexico, we put in bits of vanilla bean to complement the earthy notes of our Soconusco, Mexican cacao. The currant-size vanilla bean morsels add a heady aroma and delicate texture to the bar. In tribute to traditional Mexican-style chocolate, we've done no conching and very little refining, so the bar's texture is coarser and more rustic than most; take a small bite and enjoy the sugar crystals as they crunch lightly on your tongue. It all adds up to a truly uniquely flavored and textured chocolate bar.

Read what Ari Weinzweig wrote about El Rústico in The Atlantic.