In which I allow myself to overwrite
Yes: it's real. And I have one. Walking into Bittersweet for to purchase a brownie, I let my gaze pass over the right-hand wall, the one on which the milk chocolate bars are displayed (the dark bars, being more sinister, get the left). As soon as I saw the audacious flume of bacon, depicted on the bar's box as if spilling uncontrollably forth from the bottom, and in its force widening its way as it went, with a slight curve to its course as if the cover captured a shock of auburn hair mid-flip and all without care, saw the bacon still glistening with the sheen of dripping grease, and the whole of the most variegated, seductive coloration, juxtaposed to a pleasingly asymmetrical near-rectangle of chocolate embossed with the chocolatier's pretentious name (it remains unclear to me why a Chicago-based operation has taken its name from a French mountain range, as this can only lead to mispronunciation, especially in a city with a street named after celebrated author GoEEthee), and the understated, descriptive title announcing the contents as "Mo's Bacon Bar", I could not prevent myself from making the purchase.
It is, in fact, not bad at all. The bacon provides almost more a textural element than one of flavor; or at least, the flavor it is contributing is hard to separate out from that of the smoked salt. If anything, it's too salty; saltier even than your average chocolate-covered pretzel.
Comments
on 2007-08-26 5:42:23.0, The Modesto Kid commented:
Ouch! Did it cost you seven bucks? Seems a bit steep. Sounds tasty tho. How (to the best of your descriptive abilities) does on pronounce the name of that French range? I have wondered about it every time I've seen it written out.
and, further, on 2007-08-26 13:48:44.0, ben wolfson commented:
It cost me eight.
I pronounce the French range like "Vozh"; that's a long "o" and the "zh" is the fricative in "asia". (Wikipedia informs me that it's called the voiced postalveolar fricative and is written like "ʒ".)
and, further, on 2007-08-27 11:07:59.0, tammy commented:
whole foods is pushing these like crazy here, and i think at six a pop. come to chicago.
and, further, on 2007-08-27 20:30:44.0, ben wolfson commented:
Clearly.
and, further, on 2007-08-29 18:08:38.0, Kara commented:
Dear God almighty. Where can I find one of these treif delicacies? I can hardly wait.
and, further, on 2007-08-29 19:42:34.0, ben wolfson commented:
I got mine at Bittersweet, but they do stock Vosges stuff at Whole Foods even if you're not in Chicago, apparently, though who knows if they're still cheaper out west.