Above: The new Dark Chocolate + Malted Milk CollaBARation Bar is available in shops and online.
Earlier this year, Shawn Askinosie's work the world's cacoa bean farmers inspired O, The Oprah Magazine to name him one of "14 guys who are saving the world".
Shawn makes true bean-to-bar chocolate in Missouri using fair trade beans he buys directly from farmers throughout the world. Why do we say "true bean-to-bar"? Shawn also makes the cocoa butter he uses to make chocolate. We don't know of anyone else making chocolate that way.
Jeni has used Shawn's chocolate in Askinosie Dark Chocolate ice cream since 2010, and early this year she began using Askinosie cocoa powder to make hot chocolate (available only in our shops).
Our new partnership with Askinosie Chocolate is the The Dark Chocolate + Malted Milk CollaBARation bar, which is available only in our shops and at jenisicecreams.com.
DESCRIPTION: A delicious union of sharp, intense, floral, and palate-gripping Askinosie dark chocolate and malted milk in every bite.
TASTING NOTES: Deep strawberry character with delicate notes of vanilla, a lasting barley malt sweetness, and nuttiness in the finish.
AVAILABILITY: Only in our shops ($10) and at jenisicecreams.com ($11). Even Askinosie Chocolate itself isn't selling this one.
KEY INGREDIENTS:
- Askinosie dark chocolate made from beans from Tenende, Tanzania
- Malted milk (Askinosie uses the Briess brand: http://www.briess.com/food/Products/nsmmp.php
FACTS:
The Dark Chocolate + Malted Milk CollaBARation Bar is the third such bar Askinosie has made. The others are:
- Dark Chocolate + Coffee CollaBARation Bar, which features Intelligenstia Coffee (http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/)
- *Dark Milk Chocolate + Black Licorice CollaBARation Bar, which features a salted Swedish licorice (http://www.lakritsfabriken.se/).
Of the 3 CollaBARation Bars, ours has the lowest sugar content.
Why is this a "collaboration" if the bar doesn’t contain our ice cream or an ingredient provided by us?
It’s a collaboration in spirit. Jeni wrote the poem on the wrapper and the bar contains malted milk, which represents Askinosie and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams’ strong partnership in the world of made-from-scratch delicacies.
Jeni says:
“The sharpness of the chocolate and the warm, milk flavor of the malt combine beautifully. I think it’s a great clash of amazing flavors.”
ALLERGENS:
- Dairy (malted milk)
- Caffeine (chocolate)
- Gluten (malted milk)
What is malted milk anyway?
A combination of malted barley, wheat flour, and whole milk that has been evaporated into a powder.
What is a malt?
A cereal grain (usually barley) that’s been dried by malting.
How do you malt something?
By soaking a cereal grain in water to germinate, removing it during germination, and then drying it in hot, dry air.
What is the best way to enjoy the new Dark Chocolate + Malted Milk CollaBARation Bar?
With friends and family and strong cups of coffee and/or glasses of Snowville milk.
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