2/10/2008

I can’t wait to receive garlic chocolate for Japanese Valentine’s Day from this food company in Takko Japan. The company, Takko Shoji, describes the chocolate as recipe of, “homemade garlic, fermented black walnut, chocolate, cocoa powder.” In the Japanese press release the company said people, “should feel free to eat garlic,” and so they developed at the end of last year a dried prune-like black garlic and matched it with bitter sweet chocolate.

Mainichi Daily News, February 10, 2008 TAKKO, Aomori — A company in the Aomori prefecture town of Takko, one of Japan’s top garlic producing regions, is testing the limits of good taste ahead of Valentine’s Day with an unusual product — garlic chocolate.
The product, called “black garlic chocolate” contains locally-produced fermented black garlic, covered with chocolate and sprinkled with cocoa powder…more…

Official black garlic chocolate website (machine translation)

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UPDATE!

Vinegar-flavored chocolate hits shelves for Valentine’s Day
Mainichi News (MDN) February 11, 2008 / OKAYAMA — Consumers here will be able to pick up vinegar-flavored chocolate for Valentine’s Day following its development by Okayama Prefectural University scientists and prestigious Japanese confectionary maker Minamoto Kitchoan…more…