{"id":835,"date":"2026-07-14T19:49:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:21:16","slug":"agencove-chocolate-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"argencove chocolate, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/argencove-mombacho-70.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-836\"><\/p>\n<p><em>If you look at my Dec 14, 2025 post, I wrote about Argencove&#8217;s Apoyo 70% bar.<\/em>  It was a while ago, so I felt like I needed to re-introduce you to this Nicaraguan chocolate maker.  <strong>Argencove Chocolate has won more than 76 international awards.<\/strong><br>\nNow let me introduce you to <strong>Argencove&#8217;s 70% mombacho chocolate bar<\/strong>. The bar is named after the Mombacho Volcano, which is a dormant volcano located approximately 6 miles south of Granada.  It&#8217;s made with cacao and sugar only and has won over 20 international awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sight:<\/strong> clean and classic molding with glossy shine, and the same clean and classic packaging<br>\n<strong>Smell:<\/strong> strong fruity smell<br>\n<strong>Sound:<\/strong> good snap with break<br>\n<strong>Mouth Feel:<\/strong> silky smooth, thin, even melt<br>\n<strong>Taste:<\/strong> strong berries\/fruit flavor initially that deepens into a fudgy\/fruity flavor with a hint of bitterness at the end; with repeated tastings the berry\/fruit tastes of blackberry and kiwi<br>\n<strong>Astringency:<\/strong> minimal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:  This bar is one of my favorites.  Its silky texture is wonderful!  And its deliciously fruity flavor balances with the fudgy-ness of the bar instead of overpowering the chocolate flavor.  It&#8217;s a beautiful thing.  Sigh.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you look at my Dec 14, 2025 post, I wrote about Argencove&#8217;s Apoyo 70% bar. It was a while ago, so I felt like I needed to re-introduce you to this Nicaraguan chocolate maker. Argencove Chocolate has won more than 76 international awards. Now let me introduce you to Argencove&#8217;s 70% mombacho chocolate bar. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/?p=835\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;argencove chocolate, again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemoxie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}