White Chocolate – Salted Peanut

White Chocolate Salted Peanut. Roasted peanut, caramel note and salt from Cervia.

La Perla di Torino Salted Peanut Bar is a gluten-free white chocolate bar weighing 60 g with roasted, salted peanuts and caramelized sugar. No peanut butter bar, no milk chocolate, no filling.

La Perla di Torino Salted Peanut Bar is a white chocolate bar from Turin that reinterprets the recipe of the truffle of the same name in bar form. Arachide salata simply means salted peanut in Italian. The first bite reveals a mild, creamy melt. Immediately after, roasted aromas, a hint of toffee and a clear salt note emerge, briefly holding back the sweetness.

Roasted nut and toffee note on a light base

Roasted peanut, caramelized sugar and two varieties of salt give the light mass a warm, almost savory character. The peanuts make up 10.5% of the bar and lie in small pieces in the melt. Their roasted note reminds of freshly opened peanuts from the market.

The caramelized sugar is sparingly dosed at 1.5%. It colors the taste towards butter caramel without becoming sticky. Milk sugar and milk powder round off the whole thing creamily, while natural vanilla aroma holds in the background.

Anyone looking for a strong peanut aroma like in peanut butter will experience the bar as too restrained. Here, the nut accompanies the chocolate instead of overpowering it. Exactly this restraint makes the appeal of the bar.

With popcorn, with bourbon and with apple

Mixed under warm popcorn, the bar in large pieces becomes a snack for a movie night. Next to a glass of bourbon, vanilla, caramel and wood meet in the same aroma family. With tart apple slices, it forms a contrast of fruit, salt and sweetness.

Finely chopped, it refines a chocolate mousse or plain yogurt with honey. Anyone who prefers pistachio to the peanut note chooses the bar with pistachio and Fleur de Sel. It gets fruitier with the white chocolate with pistachio and raspberry.

From experience: Let the bar sit at room temperature for a few minutes before enjoying it. Slightly tempered, caramel and roasted nut release more aroma. This chocolate is not suitable for people with a peanut allergy. Anyone who lives vegan or avoids lactose will also find no suitable choice here, because milk powder and milk sugar are included.

The sweet salt of Romagna in a Turin bar

In addition to regular salt, the bar contains 0.13% salt from Cervia. The salt pans of the city are located on the Adriatic in Romagna. Its salt is considered particularly mild because it contains almost no bitter accompanying substances.

Slow Food includes the salt from Cervia in its Ark of Taste, a directory of regional foods worthy of protection. Especially in white chocolate, every bitterness stands out. A mild salt therefore emphasizes the peanut without leaving a harsh aftertaste.

The manufacturer is La Perla di Torino, a Turin manufactory of the Arzilli family, which has been rolling chocolate truffles since 1992. Founder Sergio Arzilli comes from a confectioner family and himself does not tolerate gluten. Therefore, the house omits gluten in almost all products. The Tartufo Arachide Salata contains the same idea with 30% peanuts and rice flour crispies. The bar transfers the principle into a flat, breakable form. The peanuts come from countries outside the EU.

A bar for friends of peanut and caramel

Sweet-salty combinations of peanut and caramel are better known from American chocolate bars. This Italian variant seems quieter and finer because white chocolate omits cocoa bitterness. Precisely because of this, the salt note remains precise. Salt and roasted nut set a clear counterpoint to the sugar content of 44 g per 100 g.

As a gift for a game night, as an accompaniment to a bottle of rum or as a greeting for people who avoid gluten, the bar makes a good impression. Flat and light, it fits into every gift bag and next to every coffee cup on the conference table. You can find the entire Turin assortment with truffles, bars and festive pastries under La Perla di Torino.

A light bar with roasted nut, caramel and a salt from the Adriatic, which translates the taste of a fairground into Italian care.