About the Company
Pergalė comes from Vilnius, Lithuania and was started in 1922. The brand now sells over 290 products (including chocolate boxes, chocolate bars, pralines, liquor chocolates, chocolate truffles, confections, and biscuits). Their products are available all over the world and come in some really delicious flavors.
About the Bar
Product Description: “Ananasinis” candy-flavoured dark chocolate bar with crispy waffle crumbs and a sweet and sour pineapple flavour. At least 50 percent of cocoa in the dark chocolate bar.
Ingredients: Dark chocolate 95% (sugar, ground cocoa, cocoa butter, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate; flavourings), crushed waffles 4% (wheat flour, water, rapeseed oil, raising agents: sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonates; table salt, emulsifier soya lecithin), freeze-dried pineapple pieces.
Review of Chocolate
General Thoughts
I grabbed this chocolate because I thought that pineapple was an interesting flavor choice for chocolate, but I did not expect the chocolate to actually be that good as the flavor seemed like it might be uncommon for a reason.
Sight
The bar had a deep dark brown color with clear crispy inclusions when the bar is flipped over (I did not know that they were “waffle” pieces when I ate the chocolate).
Sound
The chocolate makes a great snap when it is broken.
Smell
It had a rich and deep roasted dark chocolate smell that was pleasant.
Taste
This chocolate had a very unique sour and umami flavor. The acidity of the pineapple paired really well with the rich chocolate flavor. The chocolate created a great foundation that really supported the pineapple flavor. None of the flavors lingered for too long.
Mouthfeel
In terms of mouthfeel, this chocolate was extremely warm and pungent with a hard and crunchy texture. It melted very well even with the waffle inclusions.
Conclusions
This chocolate was a bit of a surprise for me, but it was very delicious. I would definitely buy it again for sure!
