Here's one Bar in the West Village I could live without

Close friends and loyal readers of our chocolate blog might have figured out by now the way we pick the places we write about in the blog.  It's not your standard, any run of the mill cookie or cupcake blog.  We seek out the desserts are either new and unique, or supposed to be the best out there.  Gourmet chocolates are often so interesting because they're infused with all sorts of interesting flavor combinations that you would never expect to find together (chocolate and bacon has become a big trend at a lot of the cupcake and chocolate shops).

I had read about The Chocolate Bar down in the West Village a few times, usually getting called out for interesting twists on traditional desserts.  Chocolate covered ring dings.  Chocolate covered oreos. Homemade mallomars.  Definitely worth trying!  My roommate and I stopped by The Chocolate Bar once a few months ago, late in the day (they close at 9 Monday-Wednesday, and we were there around 8), so they were sold out of most of their popular treats.  I had read about their homemade mallomar, but that was of course gone when we had gotten there.  We got a brownie instead, which was fine - it wasn't anything to rave about, which is why I never made a post from that trip.

While wandering in the West Village this weekend, we decided to go back to Chocolate Bar to check it out again, and see if maybe they had my mallomar this time.  While I didn't find something specifically labeled 'mallomar', they had chocolate covered smores, and chocolate bars filled with marshmallow, caramel and flourless chocolate cake.  The bar seemed like the best option, since flour is the death of me, so I went that route.

I will tell you this much.  I have very little to say about this confection.  The best thing about the picture to my left is the manicure.  It tasted like one of those marshmallow twists you get in the blue box, you know, next to the purple box of jelly rings for Passover.  With a little bit of caramel.  Except not really as good, and 15 times more expensive ($3.50 for this tiny little bar).  My roommate and I split it in two bites, and it was gone, and I didn't miss it even a little bit.  This blog post saddens me, because I had high hopes for this place.  It's been around since 2002, and been written about so many times that I had to add it to my hit list.  Either my expectations are getting higher, or this particular bar just wasn't that exciting.  They do have a chocolate tasting for groups of 10 or more, so maybe that's worth checking out for someone's birthday or a client event. 


This Chocolate Bar is located at 19 8th Avenue (between Jane & W 12th St)  Other locations can be found in LBI, NJ, and Dubai. Random, I know. If you're at the Apple store or Chelsea Market and you want to check it out, by all means.  If you find something worth going back for, let me know and maybe I can do an update entry.


Chocolate Bar's site