You know one of the main reasons I really love chocolate? It doesn’t talk back, it doesn’t disappoint (usually), and it always wants to make you happy. It’s sole purpose is to bring you a little piece of happiness in a heavenly form. Chocolate brings you peace in those moments you have managed to steal away into a closet to tempt fate and enjoy a bite. This is the main reason I thought it fitting to share with you some of my favorite chocolates from a local company here in Vancouver B.C.: Hagensborg Chocolate – the home of the “truffle pig” chocolates.
You might recognize this gun little pig chocolate bar, it is afterall a television star! You may have seen them on Food Factory, sharing the fun and unique story behind this delicious treat, as well as how they are made. Definitely one of my fave diamond in the rough type stories – and love that it is local favourite.
After all the holidays are here and I want to ensure you moms are getting your hands on some of the sweetest local chocolate this year. Hagensborg is run by one incredible woman who saved this company and did big things with it, creating some of the most scrumptious of chocolate combinations like my favorite: Milk Peanut Butter Bar or the Sour Cherry and Almond. She has created a really amazing business for herself, coming from humble beginnings as a waitress, you know each bar is filled with love and dedication. She truly has earned her “Chocolate Princess” title!
Since these chocolates are sooo tasty, made locally and are successful because of one woman I think that makes them a perfect gift idea for any woman in your life. Like I said before women love chocolate because it: doesn’t talk back, doesn’t add to the laundry or dish pile, doesn’t disappoint and it always wants to make you happy. It is that sweet girlfriend that always agrees with your side to make you feel better when you’re blue. It is that sweet sensation of calm right after the kids have all actually fallen asleep. It is those few minutes you relish right after you have cleaned every dirty dish in the house.
Hagensborg Chocolates have so many fun flavours you won’t have any trouble picking out a few good ones – plus they put together some really lovely gift boxes every Christmas. Their pig troughs/hat box packaging is quite possibly the most wonderful packaging I have ever seen for a gift at the holidays, these sturdy boxes are easily reusable around the home and beautiful on display. Or, failing that, they make a really neat box to hide the chocolate from the rest of the family in. With chocolate boxes and individually chocolates available through their online website, you can easily do some finger shopping and tick a few people off your list before even finishing your first cup of joe… or first glass of wine.
After all, we all really know the truth: chocolate is truly a girl’s best friend!
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Oh, I want to try them all lol The Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond sounds delish!
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I’d love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa
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I would love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana. It sounds decadent.
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Dark hazelnut looks really good.
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dark peppermint and dark hazelnut are at the top of my “must try” list!
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter would be my choice! Love PB!
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It all looks so good! I’d love to try the sour cherry & almond.
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark Mint MMmm!
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I visited Hagensborg Chocolate and the flavor I would like to try is the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise.
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I’d like to try the Christmas Truffle Pig Chocolate Pouch-Dark!
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Every single one of them! For now I’ll pick the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Madagascar Dark 64%
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I like the sounds of the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana
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I would like to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter
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I’m boring and like plain old Milk Chocolate!
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Milk peanut butter yummm oink!
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I would love to try Banana and Coconut!
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I will have to try these! Local chocolate sounds great to me. So many great choices, would love to have sour cherry and almond.
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Would love to try sour cherry and almond – their truffle bars are amazeballs!
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I’m a peanut butter-oholic and would love to try the Milk-Peanut Butter bar!!
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The Love Me Frog Single Dark Chocolate sounds yummy!
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I would love to try the Milk Peanut Butter Bar, sounds yummy!!!
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise
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Sour cherry and almond! MMMMmmm!
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond is one I would love to try.
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would love to try the White & Dark Raspberry Truffle Pig.
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I think the Kiss Me Frog Single Milk chocolate sounds amazing! I would love to try it.
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Wow,that was a hard choice.I would love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana.
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I would love to try the Milk Peanut Butter Bar.
I am sure they are all amazing!
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I would love to try the dark mint .
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I like the Kiss me frog Single Milk chocolate.
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa
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I would like to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter. Sounds delicious!
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toasted coconut and banana!!
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I’d love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa.
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Toasted Coconut & Banana sounds good to me
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I’d like to try the Organic Sour Cherry & Almond
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The truffle pig chocolate crunchy almond
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The sour cherry & almond looks delicious
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I would like to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate- Dark Peppermint.
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana looks so amazing. I might need 2!
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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I’d love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar
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My favourite Hagensborg is the Dark Mint Truffle Pig Bar but I would love to try the Toasted Coconut & Banana Wild Boar Bar when my current addiction fades
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana
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I’d love to try the sour cherry & almond
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I am a chocolate fiend so I would try them all, but I would try the dark chocolate hazelnut bar first!
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The dark hazelnut stands out but so many to pick from!!!
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I would love to try their Coconut and banana Wild Boar
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They all look so delicious…..but I would love to taste the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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The flavour I’d like to try is Truffle Pig Toasted Coconut and Banana.
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I would like to try their Pig Pen Gusset Bag-Assorted flavour
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark Mint!!
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Crunchy milk almond
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I would like to try the Wild boar – Toasted Coconut and Banana!
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Crunchy Almond. Yum!
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I love love love these chocolates, but haven’t tried the toasted coconut and banana yet!
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I would like to try the milk peanut butter
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The toasted coconut banana sound so good – well they all do!
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O…dark hazelnut looks good
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I would like to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Dark Hazelnut
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would love to try the sour cherry and almond
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really want to try Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark Mint
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Dark Peppermint sounds like heaven!
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I would like to try the
Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana
because it sounds interesting.
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I’ll go with the exotic Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Toasted Coconut & Banana
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I’de love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar!
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I would like to try the Dark Peppermint.
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond, It looks like something I would love!
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I’m sure I’d love the Truffle Pig flavour.
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I would go with the Milk Peanut Butter Bar
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i would love to try the dark peppermint 🙂 mm
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I would like to try the Kiss Me Frog Single Milk Chocolate
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Salted Star Anise
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I would love to try the toasted coconut & banana!
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I’d love to try the Dark Mint Chocolate Truffle Pig Bar.
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all of them
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Dark mint chocolate sounds yummy!
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i would try the Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa
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My husband would have to be the taster, so I’d choose Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk to start!
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I heard a lot of good reviews about this product and would love to taste this treat. I would choose Hazelnut.
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Sour Cherry and Almond sounds amazing
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The Truffle Pig Dark and White Raspberry sounds so good.
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I would like to try Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – White & Dark Raspberry. sounds so yummy but they have plenty of flavours I would love
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I’d love to try them all but I really want to try the Dark Mint first.
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I would like to try the sour cherry and almond
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I’d love to try out the Organic Sour Cherry & Almond.
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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I’d like to try the almond and sour cherry falavor.
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Organic Truffle Salt & Almond
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I’d like to try the toasted coconut and banana! 🙂
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I’d like to try the toasted coconut and banana! 🙂
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would love to try the sour cherry and almond
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Toasted coconut and banana sounds yummy.
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Toasted coconut & banana
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The one that caught my attention is the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond
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White & Dark Raspberry Truffle Pig bar
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I would love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa
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I would like to try the The Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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I’d love to try the sour cherry & almond
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter
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I’d like to try the organic sour cherry and almond flavour.
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The Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Milk Caramel sounds delicious!
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar that is White & Dark Raspberry! Yum!
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I would like to try the sour cherry and almond bar.
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Milk Peanut butter sounds good to me.
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The truffle piglet chocolate milk peanut butter!
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I would absolutely love the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa
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I would have to try two of my fave flavours combined banana and coconut! Sounds delightfully delicious!
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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The Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond sound delicious. Would love to try it.
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I would like to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond.
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I would like to try The Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Milk Caramel
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I would love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond
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I totally agree with that choice. In fact, it’s so popular they have to make more of them to sell.
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana sounds pretty tasty!
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They all look so delicious! I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Milk Almond
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter. Everything looks so good!
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love to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Milk Caramel
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Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Dark Mint Chocolate Chip look amazing!
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It all looks so good. I think i would try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark Mint.
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I would like to try the toasted coconut and banana.
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Ohh,I want to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa -sounds yummy!
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I would like the Truffle Pig truffle-milk carmel
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If like to try Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa!!
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I really want to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Dark Hazelnutm, yummy!
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I’d love to try them all, starting with the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana one! The video on their website was really fascinating – I really enjoyed it! And the factory is so close to where I live – learned something new!
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I am a chocolate fanatic! I would love to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate- Dark Peppermint.
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa Oh yum they look so delish . I am so disappointed that everything is out of stock
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I’d love to try the toasted coconut and banana!
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I would love to try the white and dark raspberry
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sour cherry and almond!
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I’d like to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate – Milk Caramel.
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I’d love to try Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified and Organic Truffle Salt & Almond 39% cocoa
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the dark hazlenut
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark
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I would like to try white and dark raspberry
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They all sound good but the sour cherry and almond sounds amazing.
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So hard to choose! I would say white and dark raspberry.
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They all look so good. I’d probably start with Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa.
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I would love to try coconut banana! Yum!
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All of them! But chocolate and caramel is my favourite!
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love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar
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I’d love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Dark Mint!
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I’d love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – White & Dark Raspberry…*swoon*
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa..mmm choc lol
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I would love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana.
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Chrunchy milk almond sounds swoon worthy
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Wild boar chocolate bar
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I’d like to try the Wild boar chocolate bar
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I’d love to try the dark hazelnut!
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I would love to try the Milk-Peanut Butter bar
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It would be hard, but definitely between White and Dark Raspberry and the Dark Mint. It would likely depend on my mood when choosing.
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa.
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Milk Peanut butter or the dark hazelnut sounds fantastic to me!
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I really want to try the Milk Peanut Butter. I love chocolate and peanut butter together!
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I would love to try: Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana
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The White & Dark Raspberry sounds really yummy (but I wouldn’t say no to any of their flavours! I love chocolate!)
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I would try the Milk Peanut Butter Bar
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar in White & Dark Raspberry.
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Salted Star Anise 65% cocoa.
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The Wild Boar sour cherry & almond sounds amazing!!
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I would like to try wild boar chocolate. It sounds exotic.
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I would love to try the Dark Hazelnut.
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Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar – Milk Peanut Butter
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Milk peanut butter!
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The Truffle Pigs look great.
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Sorry, meant the Caramel Truffle Pigs look yummy.
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Crunchy milk chocolate mmmmmm!!!!!!
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Oops I meant Crunchy milk chocolate almond mmmm!!!
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I’d love to try the Sea Salted Caramel Truffle bar but honestly I want to try them all!
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Love to try the Camel Truffle Pigs
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It would be nice to try the Kiss Me Chocolate Frog.
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I would love to try the Truffle Pig’let Chocolate- Dark Peppermint
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I’d like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond.
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I had no idea this company was here in Vancouver! Id try the Wild Boar Coconut and Banana!
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I’d love to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Fair Trade Certified Organic Toasted Coconut & Banana!
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Think I’d like to try the wild-boar-sour-cherry-almonds simply because I’ve never seen any combo like that before. Very interesting.
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i would like to try the Madagascar dark chocolate.
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The Milk Peanut Butter Bars sound great. You can’t beat simple milk chocolate with nuts.
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i would love to try sour cherry and almond
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I would like to try the Wild Boar Chocolate Bar
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I would love to try the Organic Salted Star Anise flavor
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single-origin sour cherry + almond _ 65% cocao!
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Wild Boar Chocolate Bar – Single Origin Organic Sour Cherry & Almond 65% cocoa love dark chocolate and sour cherries
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Organic sour cherry and almond – yum!
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I would try the salted star anise
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Banana and Coconut for my family
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I would like to try Dark Hazelnut and Peanut Butter.
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THE TOASTED COCONUT chocolate sounds amazing
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I’d love to try the Truffle Pig Chocolate Bar-Crunchy Dark Almond