Today Dom and I went for a walk on the Burke-Gillman trail from the Cold Stone in Fremont well into Ballard and back. On our walk we stumbled upon the most awesome thing that I've experienced in awhile: a chocolate factory. At first we just saw the sign for a chocolate shop, and of course we had to go in. What we didn't expect was that they would offer free samples of every kind of chocolate bar.Theo Chocolate is also the only certified fair trade and organic chocolate factory in the United States. This means their chocolate is more expensive ($3-$5 per bar), but it's definitely worth it. My favorite flavor was chai milk chocolate, but the dark chocolate chili was also delicious. There had been some cancellations on the factory tour, so we got to tour the factory for $6 each, which also meant more free chocolate, including a free confection.
By the time we left, we probably ate enough chocolate to cancel out anything we might have gained from our three-mile walk. But oh, it was worth it. We came home with chocolate bars for ourselves and Dom's family, as well as a box of confections:
On the left is a chili pepper-caramel, then peanut butter and jelly (which really did taste like a bite of pb&j - you almost couldn't taste the chocolate!), then Earl Grey (yummmm) and Scotch. We are definitely looking forward to going back enough times to sample all of the confections... but we're going to try to limit ourselves to once a month.
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