My traveling buddy -- and by that I mean my buddy who travels, not my buddy with whom I travel, because I haven't traveled very much recently beyond my usual New York-Massachusetts-New Jersey circuit -- brought this bar home to me from Switzerland! Migros is one of Switzerland's biggest supermarket chains, I guess, and being that Switzerland is the sort of unofficial chocolate capital of Europe, I had reasonably high hopes for this dark milk bar.
Migros: Cremant
Cocoa content: 53%
Notable ingredients: n/a
Origin: n/a
So the French word cremant sort of translates to.. creaming? That can't be right. Let's hope not. This bar was, however, exceptionally creamy, and it absolutely exceeded my expectations for what supermarket chocolate could accomplish. The last supermarket-brand chocolate bar I had on this blog was from Tesco, and that turned out to be a chalky, graceless nightmare. I'm thankful for this vast improvement. Plus, I love the packaging -- what the hell are those things, Raisinettes!?
This was a melty, full-bodied treasure. I loved the velvety, dense -- here I want to say "mouthfeel" but I won't -- you get the idea. This was dark milk chocolate at its best! This is a bar that I'd expect from a chocolate company -- not from a chain supermarket. But you know what, I've encountered surprises left and right in this crazy world: did you know Brody Jenner is dating Avril Lavigne!? Things are not always what they seem.
The Cremant bar has restored my faith in the existence of really good supermarket-brand chocolate. Cheers to that! A-.
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Sounds super tasty. He gave me a chili pepper chocolate, ME of all people! Glad your taste buds were pleased, H.
ReplyDeleteCremant refers to a French sparkling wine made according to the Champagne method but using different grape varieties -- e.g, Cremant de Loire uses chenin grapes. Was there anything bubbly about this bar? I assume that Frey, which was acquired by Migros Group a long time ago, makes Migros's chocolates. I notice that Frey makes a cremant bar under its own name, as does Cailler.
ReplyDeleteThe Cailler version is amazing.
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