Ritual – Desert Sands – White with Chili and Ginger

Description

An ode to nature, specifically the nature of Utah, where the creators of Ritual are based, and where deserts form a barren (and beautiful) landscape.

Because we can’t say it better, we quote the Ritual website itself:

“The deep red rock hues, vibrant cactus greens, and warm sun on your skin are everything you need to heal the soul and reinvigorate the body. Not to mention the earth shattering beauty of the national parks such as Zions, Canyonlands, and Arches to help give life some perspective. I wanted to somehow distill this warm and life giving desert energy into a chocolate bar. Something beautiful to look at with a soft melt on the tongue, yet delivering a final fiery kick to the senses. Once we started testing different spice ideas, this bar quickly became a collaboration with our SLC neighbors, Chili Beak, who work meticulously on their recipes to create the perfect balance of flavor and heat. Adding their Original Spicy Roast Chili Oil which has a flavorful blend of Chile de Arbol, Guajillo & Chipotle peppers. This gives the white chocolate its sandstone hue and spicy kick we wanted the white chocolate base. And voila…the perfect chocolate representation of the Utah desert, aptly called Desert Sands.”

A white chocolate with chili oil, ginger, and salt, a beautiful color, a wonderful taste sensation where the spices (which are also a specific blend of peppers in ‘chili beak oil’) come together with caramelized ginger. And, still especially for white chocolate, it’s vegan, since oats are used instead of cow’s milk—a great choice, because the milk wouldn’t have added that much, but rather detracted from it—which is what it is with a bar like this—which is about the inspiration Ritual finds in its surroundings, collaborating with other people who work with beautiful flavors (in this case, the makers of Chili Beak Oil), and creating something very special with them.

Flavor notes described as: chili, ginger, buttery—and yes, the makers write that, and those flavor notes seem ‘pretty obvious’ to us with these additions, but we’ll just add it nicely.

What we especially want to emphasize is the beautiful combination of white chocolate (and vegan too) with the chili and ginger. Because yes, there are More bars with chili, and yes, there are more bars with (caramelized) ginger, but that’s often in dark chocolate, and white chocolate is a bit rarer, although the combination can work very well. We’re thinking of Soma’s Mango Chili chocolate, for example. But now that we know this chocolate, it will be the example we mention when people ask about it. And for the adventurous tasters among our customers, we definitely recommend it occasionally. Not a bar for everyone, but for those who want to experience something extra special and aren’t afraid of a little chili and ginger in their chocolate.

Ingredients: cocoa butter, cane sugar, oat flour, roasted chili beak oil (sunflower oil, dried chili, salt, garlic powder), crystallized ginger (ginger, cane sugar), Redmond salt.

Allergy information: Made in a facility that processes wheat and tree nuts.

Contents: 60 grams.

The price reflects this.