Ruby Chocolate

When I went on my trip last year, one of the cities I visited was Antwerp, Belgium. While there I went to Chocolate Nation, a Belgian chocolate museum. I felt like that was a place I must visit while in Antwerp since one of the things Belgium is famous for is their chocolate. :)

I loved visiting the museum!

One of the things they had on the tour were chocolate tasting stations. They had the stations set up from the lightest chocolate to the darkest chocolate. There were some chocolates that I had never heard of before. ;) There were two in particular that I really loved and I might have gone back for seconds with both of them, Ruby and Gold chocolate. 

What it says on the Ruby sign in the picture above is:

The recently discovered ruby chocolate is a naturally pink chocolate with intense fruitiness and fresh, acidic notes.

I don’t have a good picture of the Gold chocolate sign but that one says:

Intense yet well balanced caramel chocolate, with rich notes of toffee, butter, cream and a surprising dash of salt.

I tell you all of this to say that I may or may not have asked for some Ruby or Gold chocolate bars for Christmas. And I received a 5 lbs bag of Ruby chocolate and I was really excited!

This is what the ruby callets look like. Honestly I really like just eating a handful of them at a time, but I decided it would also be good to try baking with them. 

The first thing I baked with them were brownies. They were decent but I accidentally overcooked them and the Ruby chocolate flavor didn’t stand out to me. They were definitely still edible though. 

The second item I baked were Ruby Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. These were delicious!

The recipe called for melting some ruby chocolate and mixing it in the dough. They don’t look like they should (according to the pictures where I got the recipe) but they sure did taste good. :)

I also want to try making Ruby chocolate chip cookies but that will have to wait for another day. :)