Dark Chocolate Bar with French Grey Sea Salt - 2 oz

This bar is simple sophistication with each salt-laced bite. Grey sea salt is a moist, unrefined salt traditionally harvested from coastal salt marshes in France, and it carries more minerals than ordinary table salt. It's mixed into a dark chocolate made without milk.

This bar is a popular gift, and people who receive one often order more for themselves. It also goes well with a glass of red wine.

Sted Chocolate is based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Ingredients: Organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, French grey sea salt

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Common Questions

What's a good sea salt dark chocolate for someone who doesn't like bitter dark chocolate?
Our French Grey Sea Salt bar is a good place to start, because we lightly roast the cacao to keep its delicate flavor. Bitterness in dark chocolate comes largely from the beans themselves and how hard they're roasted, and a pinch of salt also softens how bitter chocolate tastes. People who usually avoid dark chocolate tell us they find this bar mellow, creamy and rich, without the bitter aftertaste they were bracing for. We describe it as simple sophistication with each salt-laced bite.

What is French grey sea salt and how is it different from regular sea salt?
French grey sea salt, often called sel gris, is a moist, coarse salt raked from coastal salt marshes in France, and it picks up its grey color and mineral content from the clay-lined pans where it forms. Ordinary table salt is refined to nearly pure sodium chloride, while grey salt keeps more of its trace minerals and tastes rounder and less sharp. In our French Grey Sea Salt bar, we mix this mineral-rich grey sea salt from France right into the chocolate. We're based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

What dark chocolate has a short ingredient list with no palm oil or preservatives?
Our French Grey Sea Salt bar has four ingredients: organic cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter and French grey sea salt. There's no palm oil and no added preservatives on that list. Many dark chocolates add emulsifiers, vegetable fats or flavorings; this one sticks to beans, sugar, cocoa butter and salt. Shoppers often tell us the clean ingredient list is a big part of why they buy it.

Is Sted Chocolate French Grey Sea Salt dark chocolate, and does it have milk in it?
Yes, French Grey Sea Salt is a dark chocolate bar, and there's no milk in our ingredient list. Going by that list, there's also no soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts or tree nuts. We sum up the bar's mood as "Velvety + Sophisticated + Neighborhood Cafe", and fans of salty dark chocolate rank it among the best they've tasted and keep coming back for more.

Is Sted Chocolate French Grey Sea Salt gluten-free and organic?
We make French Grey Sea Salt as an Organic and Gluten-Free bar. Three of its four ingredients, the cocoa beans, cane sugar and cocoa butter, are organic, and the fourth is French grey sea salt.

What wine goes well with Sted Chocolate French Grey Sea Salt?
Red wine is the pairing our shoppers mention most with French Grey Sea Salt. Riper, fruit-forward reds such as Zinfandel, or a sweeter ruby port, tend to work well with salted dark chocolate. Very dry, tannic reds can taste harsh next to dark chocolate, so a riper style is the safer pick.

Is Sted Chocolate French Grey Sea Salt a good gift?
French Grey Sea Salt is one of our popular gift bars, and plenty of people who received one as a present end up ordering more for themselves. It works especially well for anyone who loves salty-sweet flavors or enjoys a glass of red wine with dessert.