My New Favorite Philippine Made Chocolate! =)

If eating so much chocolate is a crime, then I'm guilty! =)

We all know that Chocolate is made of Cocoa beans, which is also very common in my country. Here we call this really valuable crop "Cacao". Ripe Cacao fruit can be eaten and it's one of the fruit I enjoy as a child. The Cocoa beans are covered with soft and sweet white pulp and it's really delicious too.

In my country especially here in Cebu, we have this favorite hot chocolate beverage called "Sikwate", made from Tablea (chocolate tablets). Tablea is made of cocoa beans, dried and roasted then mixed with a little brown sugar as sweetener. I don't have a picture of Tablea but it looks a bit similar to this milk chocolate bar I have murdered lol. Tablea is like dark chocolate in circular tablet shape. It's dissolved in hot boiling water to make it into a yummy chocolate beverage. I also like adding milk as a creamer. In Cebu we often pair it with rice cake wrapped in banana leaf, we call "Puto maya". This is indeed a typical Cebuano breakfast.

History says that this precious Cocoa was derived from the Greek word "Theobroma" meaning "Food of the Gods" . Back then in the old days, only the wealthy people can enjoy Chocolate and was used in special occasion or spiritual ceremony. We are so lucky today in this generation that we can buy good quality chocolates almost everywhere in the world at an affordable price.  For me all chocolates are delicious and finding the best chocolate may be a little tricky. My ideal chocolate is something soft, smoothly melts in your mouth and not so sweet. 

I have a friend who has been selling chocolate for a sideline business and I also bought some. 

This is by far the biggest Filipino chocolate bar I had and it's also as good as all the other imported chocolates with soft, rich chocolatey goodness. 

Yes, this is one inch thick chocolate bar with almost 1 ft length. 

This chocolate compound can be eaten as is and also ideal for frosting, icing, toppings and making any treats you like. Just like these sweet chocolate coated marshmallows. Oh, so chocolatey yummy! Here, have some. =) 

I think I'm born to be such a sweet tooth, I can eat this everyday and my friends would sometimes wonder where all the sugar goes in my body lol. Of course I still take it to moderate and I consider my health always a priority. Yet there are many other reasons people suffer from health risk, so we can't blame it to chocolates! 

They say we can't buy love and happiness but life is better now, at least we can buy chocolate. =) For all the sweet tooths and chocolate lovers, every day is a sweet day!

Thanks for dropping by, I hope this blog has made your day a little more sweeter! Have a great week everyone! =)

Thank you! Daghan salamat! Maraming salamat po!

With much love from Cebu,

@island-girl ❤