Tcho, a chocolate company based in Berkeley, Calif., has collaborated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to create a new bar: Deep, Dark and Salty, incorporating sea salt and seaweed for a slightly crunchy, saline profile to complement the fruitiness of the dark chocolate. Tcho’s chocolate maker, Brad Kintzer, and the aquarium’s executive chef, Matthew Beaudin, designed the bar for the exhibit “Into the Deep.” The bar, made with sea lettuce from Monterey Bay Seaweeds and salt from Big Sur Salt, is vegan. Ten percent of the price benefits the aquarium.
Tcho Deep, Dark, and Salty, 2.5 ounces, $11.99; other plant-based bars, $5.99 each, $34.99 for six, tcho.com.
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