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Rocky Mountain News
December 21, 2005
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by Marty Meitus

And, speaking of chocolate
"Beats cookies for Santa. No, this isn't a gadget, but if you want to skip the fountain and go right for the good stuff, Chocolove, the specialty-blend chocolate bars produced in Boulder, have a line of single-origin chocolate bars (think coffee and wine) called Chocolatour. The bars list country of origin, vintage and percentage of cocoa. The 2004 vintage includes Java at 33 percent, Grenada at 60 percent and Sao Tome at 70 percent. Chocolove bars are available from milk chocolate to chocolate with cherries and almonds to 77 percent really dark chocolate.

Practical stuff: The percent of cocoa content is actually chocolate liquor (it has nothing to do with alcohol) plus cocoa butter. The higher the percentage of cocoa, the less sugar. The bars are sold at Whole Foods. Single-origin Chocolatour bars are regularly $2.99 and when they're gone, they're gone. The Chocolove bars, regularly $2.29, are available all the time.

Comments: Superb chocolate. I'm woman enough to handle dark chocolate bars up to 77 percent, but most folks favor a little less cocoa in their bars."

The Robb Report Luxury Gift Guide
December 2005

Featuring the Chocolatour vintage single-origin chocolate bars.

The Today Show
November 8th, 2005

Featuring Chocolatour and the new Toffee & Almonds in Milk Chocolate bar.

Pilates Style
Nov. 2005
eat smart

Say goodbye to guilt—research proves chocolate is good for you!

Bride's Magazine
[the wedding spy]
Sept/Oct Issue

"RAISING THE BAR - If sending your guests home with a Mounds is too pedestrian, check out Chocolove's brilliant bars, in flavors like raspberry, crystallized ginger, and orange peel. Some have a cocoa content as high as 77 percent. A love poem is wrapped with each--could it get any sweeter?"

Style.com - The website for Vogue & W magazines.
Fall Trend Report - Back in Black: Live it
July 18, 2005

Sugar Fix: Chocolove
Among cocoa freaks, milk chocolate is for wimps. True connoisseurs ditch the dairy in favor of the dark stuff—the higher the percentage the better. Bars from Colorado's Chocolove range in strength from 55 percent cocoa to a jitters-inducing 77 percent. And lest you think these tar-black tablets are devoid of the confection's romantic powers, know that each comes wrapped in a love poem.

THE NIBBLE – Great Finds for Foodies™
Writing A Love Letter Back
June 26, 2005

"We have been fans of Chocolove Premium Chocolate Bars for about ten years. We remember when they first appeared on the counter of our little coffee bean shop looking quite unlike anything we had seen before: twice as thick as a regular chocolate bar and created by someone who obviously had a deep love of chocolate, who packaged each of his precious bars as a love letter with a love poem from literature printed inside the wrapper (Shakespeare, Browning...you get the picture)..." click here to read the full review.

Baltimore Sun
The Dish – Sweet sensations
June 8, 2005
by Liz Atwood

“For chocolate lovers, it comes as no surprise that eating fine chocolates is a lot like drinking wine. Chocolove, premium chocolate maker from Boulder, Colo., has the following tips for enjoying a chocolate bar:..”

The Columbus Dispatch
May 4, 2005
Dreams of Chocoholics Come True
by Robin Davis

“Attention chocolate lovers: A new chocolate bar – Chocolove – features luxurious Belgian chocolate packaged to look like a love letter, complete with a poem inside. But it’s not the looks that will make you swoon. This chocolate tastes rich and feels smooth and silky in the mouth….”

5/1: The Denver Post
Boulder chocolatier has Cannes-do spirit
from This Just In column

Boulder-based Chocolove is filling the goodie bags at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, held May 11-22. More than 5,000 guests at the American Pavilion will find the company's distinctive chocolate bars in their gift bags and throughout the Pavilion. Guests on the A-list - celebrities, dignitaries, media and film industry leaders - will get a whole keepsake box full of the gourmet sweets..."

Fancy Food Magazine
Vintage Chocolate Bars
April 2005

“Want a one-of-a-kind chocolate bar made with single-origin cocoa beans? Chocolatour offers limited-production vintage chocolates in the same tradition as fine wines…"

THE NIBBLE – Great Finds for Foodies™
What’s not to (Choco)love
March 8, 2005

“We like Chocolove’s chocolate love letter marketing concept-but more important, we love their delicious chocolate. Even before the recent introduction of Chocolove’s single origin, vintage harvest cacao bean Chocolatour bars - which we will discuss shortly - we choco-loved their crunchy Fruit and Nut line…”

INSTYLE.COM
February 2005

“Her South Beach diet will forgive you for indulging her with one of these mouthwatering confections. Made from African, Caribbean and South American cocoa beans and infused with 10 flavors – from dark chocolate to orange peel - each bar is then wrapped in a love poem.”

Rocky Mountain News
Sweets for the Serious
by Marty Meitus
"What we do is akin to what an artist does," Moley says. "We buy different chocolates from Belgium, which would be equivalent to colors for the artist, and we blend and we mix to create certain flavors. The chocolate is exquisite in and of itself, and what we do is blend it to a certain flavor profile."

The Sacramento Bee
Chocolate Tasters Seek Dark Secret
February 9, 2005 from This Just In column
by Gwen Schoen
"...the Chocolove bar was the favorite of all we sampled. The tasters were impressed with the creamy texture and melting qualities of this chocolate. They all though it was velvety and smooth, with a full bodied chocolate flavor and a sensual, smoky aftertaste." (65% Rich Dark was reviewed)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
...chocolate and a poem...
February 10, 2005
by Elizabeth Lee
"What could be sweeter than a bar of chocolate for Valentine's Day? Try one with a love poem inside the label. Chocolove, prettily packaged with seals and stamps, offers a selection of flavors that won tasters' hearts (especially the Rich Dark Chocolate). .."

The Oregonian
Market Basket (weekly column)
by Cheri Swoboda
"These divine bars made from imported Belgian chocolate are some of the most delicious and silky chocolates we've tasted..."

The Arizona Republic
Chocolate for connoisseurs
by Barbara Yost

..."Timothy Moley, owner of Chocolove, a Boulder, Colo., company, says that although the bars are more expensive ($3 to $7 for a 3- to 4-ounce bar), they provide value for the price. Real chocolate lovers appreciate the distinct qualities, which might include earthy aromas or a slight smoky taste."

..."Chocolove's line of single-origin chocolate is called Chocolatour, which sells out quickly and is in limited supply. Moley ages some of his chocolate as long as five years before tempering and melting it into bars. This softens the bitter taste, he says."

SupermarketGuru.com
Product Hit
by Phil Lempert, Food Trends Editor for the Today Show

"This chocolate is simply divine!" (on Chocolove 77% Extra Strong Dark)

Rocky Mountain News
Bowl Gazing - ...chocolates are hot
by Marty Meitus
"Dark chocolates, in particular, will be known by their cacao content. The Boulder company Chocolove is producing "extra strong" dark chocolate with 77 percent cacao content, which means more intense chocolate flavor. Besides, chocolate might be the next health food, with all those antioxidants."

Chocolove Joins the World Cocoa Foundation
Chocolove, a premium chocolate manufacturer, is happy to announce their membership with the World Cocoa Foundation. Chocolove is committed to improving the lives of cocoa farmers worldwide and believes that the World Cocoa Foundation is the best organization to do that.
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