Lindt Excellence Crunchy Mint Cookie Dark Chocolate, 3.5 oz (100g)

Dark chocolate, real peppermint oil, and cookie pieces that actually crunch. Mint and dark chocolate is an old pairing; what makes this one work is the texture — thin shards of cocoa cookie through the bar, so each piece snaps twice.

Excellence is Lindt's thin-bar range, rolled finer than a standard tablet so it melts faster and the flavour arrives all at once. This one uses peppermint oil rather than flavouring, which is why the mint reads clean and cool instead of sweet.

Dark chocolate, 47% cocoa minimum — firmly dark, but not a bitter bar. Good after dinner, and very good with black coffee.

A note on origin: Lindt & Sprüngli is the Swiss chocolatier founded in 1845, and quality is guaranteed from Kilchberg, Switzerland. This particular bar is manufactured at Lindt's United States facility in Stratham, New Hampshire.

Ingredients: sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, cookie pieces [tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, cocoa powder processed with alkali, palm oil, salt, chocolate, soy lecithin, natural flavour, leavening (sodium bicarbonate)], milkfat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), peppermint oil.

Allergens — contains: milk, soy. May contain tree nuts.

Nutrition — about 3.5 servings per container, serving size 3 pieces (30 g): 170 calories, total fat 11 g (14% DV), saturated fat 7 g (35% DV), trans fat 0 g, cholesterol 5 mg (2% DV), sodium 20 mg (1% DV), total carbohydrate 16 g (6% DV), dietary fibre 0 g, total sugars 12 g including 12 g added sugars (24% DV), protein 2 g, calcium 10 mg, iron 0.7 mg (4% DV), potassium 110 mg (2% DV).

Net weight 100 g (3.5 oz). Keep cool (60–68°F) and dry.