What Makes a Great Dietetic Chocolate Mint Patty?
For diabetics watching their sugar levels, or for those on a low-sugar diet, dietetic chocolates can be a nice way to indulge the sweet tooth. Served as a teatime snack or an after dinner treat, the mint in mint patties gives a sweet and refreshing balance to these chocolate treats. Our chefs define high-quality dietetic chocolate mint patties as having a shiny gloss that does not appear dull or flat. The aroma character should be complex, with discernible notes of chocolate and mint. There should be no aroma or flavor off notes, including medicinal notes. Chocolate mints are in taste balance when moderate sweetness is the predominant basic taste, follow by lower levels of bitterness. These tastes should be well-blended and balanced. Among the flavors, both the chocolate and mint will have bold flavor intensities, with neither flavor spiking or overpowering the other. The chocolate flavor character should be complex like semisweet chocolate, not simple like chocolate syrup or carob. Th
