January 20, 2015
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#42 "DON'T BUG ME" 38% cacao coconut milk hot chocolate garnished with free-range dried crickets. Served w a 72% mini dark chocolate square - 1 J's comment > yup, those were actual real dried crickets, and yup, yours truly popped one, and third yup, J totally freaked :D But I ate it! Anyhoos, technically, the cricket didn't taste like anything, crunchy and crisp for sure, nothing oozing out of this bugger (*shudder*); hot chocolate was milkier than I prefer, most definitely not the molten drinking chocolate I prefer, ie last year's; didn't get any of the coconut flavor either; chocolate could be hotter too; Available until Feb 14 as part of the 2015 Hot Chocolate Festival |
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#41 "FLU SHOT" Baileys infused warm white chocolate ganache served in a large syringe. Comes with an individually wrapped throat lozenge - 1 J's comment > saccharine... this was just condensed milk, straight up; not hot at all either; nothing chocolatey about this; Available until Feb 14 as part of the 2015 Hot Chocolate Festival |
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White chocolate waffle - 1 J's comment > dense, hard and tough; didn't get the chocolate flavor at all either; pass |
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Chocolate bars!

Extra Comment
What a disappointment. Mink had THE best specialty hot chocolate last year, out of all 24 that I tried.
Previous Posts
Jul 24, 2014 (Smores)
Jul 10, 2014 (Fruit Parfait)
Feb 9, 2014 (Definitely not a Trainwreck hot chocolate)
Jan 21, 2014 (Paul Dean White Trash Trainwreck hot chocolate & Bacon & Eggs)
Nov 28, 2012 (chocolate bars)
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