{"product_id":"limited-release-date-me","title":"Limited Release, Date Me","description":"It's love at first bite with our pure date fruit, alternative sugar dark chocolate!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoneyed sweetness from organic Deglet Noor dates are a love match with our Esmeraldas cacao from Ecuador. The resulting dark chocolate is rich, smooth, and slightly sweet with notes of honey, nuts, dark fruit and cocoa.  Don't wait to make a move on this cheeky and delicious Limited Release chocolate bar- it's ready for a night out!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gnf-featured-product-toggle\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Dates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate fruit is a delicious way to sweeten things up.  Grown on date palm trees, they are native to arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa, and are now cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions around the world.  Dates grow in clumps, are harvested when ripe and can be eaten fresh or further dried.  To make date fruit sugar fresh dates are sorted, washed, and pitted.  The entire fruit is then dried and ground to a powder.  As compared to conventional sugar, date sugar is less processed and contains more natural fiber, vitamins and minerals because the whole fruit is used.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganic Deglet Noor dates were used to create this date sugar.  The Arabic name \"Deglet Noor\" translates to mean “date of light” or “bright date,\" likely named because the date fruit is a translucent golden amber color when harvested.  As compared to other varieties, the Deglet Noor date is smaller, firmer and has a balanced and robust sweet and nutty flavor profile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout our Esmeraldas Cacao\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo craft this bar we start with beans we source directly from the Salazar family farm in the Esmeraldas region of Ecuador.  The Salazars have over one hundred acres of carefully cultivated, handpicked Nacional hybrid cacao trees.  They ferment and dry all of the beans themselves right on their farm, allowing for an exacting level of control over the entire process.  For more information about our Esmeraldas beans from the Salazar family farm in Ecuador please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goodnowfarms.com\/our-chocolate\/esmeraldas\/\"\u003evisit our Esmeraldas page.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more information on fine flavor cacao, our personal approach to direct sourcing and our unique chocolate making process please visit our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goodnowfarms.com\/cacao\/\"\u003eFine Cacao\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goodnowfarms.com\/our-chocolate\/\"\u003eOur Chocolate\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goodnowfarms.com\/our-process\/\"\u003eOur Process \u003c\/a\u003epages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Goodnow Farms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46290349392043,"sku":"CHBAR-LTD-DAT-055","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/5602\/7563\/files\/B54A7502_923b1817-5dc3-4f8d-b246-c13657d0f6dc.jpg?v=1773160072","url":"https:\/\/goodnowfarms.com\/products\/limited-release-date-me","provider":"Goodnow Farms Chocolate","version":"1.0","type":"link"}