hey, bargain shoppers: your friendly neighborhood target store may have just put a bunch of pretty decent chocolate on clearance! this weekend i picked up a handful of chocolate bars from Frey, which is notable mostly for the fact that they produce some really f'in unusual combinations (especially for a mass-market retailer).



i picked up the Japonais, a milk chocolate bar with hazelnut and meringue filling, as well as the White Chocolate with Lemon and Lime Zest. each was $1.28 per 3.5oz bar. they also had White Chocolate with Blood Orange and Cinnamon (not too sure about that combo) and White Chocolate with Blueberry.

so far i've only tasted the White Chocolate with Lemon and Lime, and it is exceptionally tasty. the chocolate has a nice snap and melts readily, but the real star is the zest, which is very bright and... well... zesty! the texture is a little unexpected, somewhat crispy like toasted coconut, as if the peel had been freeze-dried before mixing with the chocolate. totally yummy.

anyway, just a heads up for you bargain shoppers... good luck!

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: the reason it doesn't have the texture of zest is that it is, in fact, not zest at all. instead, the chocolate contains little crunchies made of lemon or lime "powder." so, probably not all natural, but it doesn't change the fact that i thought this bar was delicious.