Thoughts from the Ridge

I am working my way thru the mammoth box of chocolate from Germany, and one of the items in there was the J.D. Gross Mousse au Chocolat ...

There is something about NonPareils that I love. Maybe it is the memories of my mom getting them for me, albeit rarely, from the Sears cand...

Dark chocolate and caramel has been one of my favorite treats since I have been little. On here you will find it as a bar that I try frequen...

As you all know I enjoy a unique candy bar, so when I came across Hammond's (a Colorado based company) Pigs N Taters I just had to try ...

Venezuela Edel-Zartbitter Edelcacao, also known as Precious Dark Chocolate, is a 56% cacao chocolate bar. While at the less bitter end of th...

Today new chocolate is the Ritter Sport Gebrannte Mandel (Roasted Almonds). Like all Ritter Sport bars the chocolate is a smooth, soft, not ...

After receiving the Christmas box from Florian's family  I was overwhelmed with new chocolate options. There were a few limited edition ...

As most of you know, I don't care for nuts in Chocolate, but since I really like Sea Salt in Chocolate, especially with caramel, I ha...

This is a Belgian Milk Chocolate bar, it comes basically in two bars in a single package, each bar is foil wrapped. The texture of the bar...

It has been awhile since I have found a new bar, but recently I was able to find a new ones that are new to me. Today's bar is the B...

When Jody and I visited with Florian's parents in Florida they sent us home with more chocolate (I'm still amazed by their generosit...

Well Florian, here it is... the day you have been waiting for... the day I ate the Ritter Sport Mint Chocolate bar... To bad you were not he...

The Ritter Sport Halbbitter is a dark chocolate bar. Even though it is only listed as a 50% bar, it actually tastes like a darker bar, perha...

The other day I posted about a cookie I love, but that is not made any more, Flaky Flix. So I found a recipe on the web for how to make you...

Who buys chocolate from a furniture store? Yup, that would be me. I ended up get the dark and milk chocolate bars. After all the Ritter S...

When I first saw this bar it really intrigued me. One of my favorite cookies is one called Flaky Flix, unfortunately they are no longer made...

Ok, I gotten a little behind on my chocolate posts. So I'm going to post about 3 bars I have recently tried (the sad part is that I have...

Milka Alpenmilch (Alpine Milk), this is one of the non-Ritter Sport bars that Florian brought. I believe it is made by Nestle, under the Mil...

Ok, it has been awhile since I did a chocolate blog, but I've been traveling and so I haven't been blogging. Before I left I had tri...

Truaben Nuss translates to Grapes/Raisins and Nuts. Due to the raisins in the bar, it resulted in a different texture. This bar was much che...