I was dog tired yesterday. In the morning: wet market trip. Mid-morning: made turon and spaghetti for my sister's classmates (talk about house crashing!). Mid-day: supermarket trip. Afternoon: time to prepare dinner. Evening: time to tidy up the kitchen and other stuffs. Moreover, I woke up early at 6am and slept late, 1am.So when I was in the supermarket shopping for groceries, I decided to treat myself with my craving and my comfort food: BITTER/DARK CHOCOLATE. I don't known when I start to like dark chocolates than milk ones. I just find them somewhat relaxing to eat. I'm tired of eating sweet milk chocolates, with nuts, fruit and nuts, rice crispies, etc. This time I want plain and bitter. I love darks to death!Goya chocolates are not new to me. Since the time I can recognize things already, I know Goya from the "untouchable" chocolate lane. It's a local chocolate and local chocolate means rough mouth feel, too sweet and not as satisfying as other imported chocolates. Heck, I still eat FLAT TOPS!When I saw the Goya products in the chocolate lane, I was surprised. I didn't know they have "evolved" already. Fancy packaging, though I was still clueless from the taste. Unfortunately, I am particular about that. Quality, not quantity, matters. (Note this one; one of the secrets for good living)I was picking from the foreign brands because I thought 1.) Goya does not have bitter ones and 2.) if there is one, I wasn't so sure about the quality. I picked one from a foreign brand I don't know. It doesn't matter, though. After all I'm after the quality and not the brand.But when I saw this Goya Dark Mints, I couldn't resist picking it up. It's dark and it's mint and it costs P24.50! Amazing, isn't? 
So the box was in my cart. Honestly, I wasn't so excited in eating it.Earlier this afternoon, I was in the verge of hypoglycemia. Remembering my recent purchase, I grab the posh box out of the fridge and 'awesome' moments followed.Posh box flap opened...
Golden wrapper came out...
Golden tray came out of golden wrapper, containing 12 dark mints...
First bite...
I LOVE IT!
You wouldn't believe it's a local! That's why when I try to searched for the company in the net, many blogs already talked about the chocolate. Dark Mint is really a bomb. Hahahaha.But somehow, I thought it would be better if Goya would use locally produced cocoa beans. Since Goya is now a part of Nestle, perhaps it should make a move in helping the local farmers and in reviving the cocoa industry of the country. Just like what Nestle did to the local coffee.I miss our cocoa tree.Check it out yourself.Try it even if you're not a dark chocolate lover.Treat yourself real good once in a while. Just remember, quality does not always depend on the price.You deserve it.*Photo grabbed from http://riajose.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/goya-dark-mint-chocolates-and-more-goya/#comment-1765Labels: chocolate, food, love