{"id":2597,"date":"2012-04-13T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T23:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T00:54:38","slug":"mad-for-plaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/mad-for-plaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad for plaid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taste o\u2019 Tartan bars show their Scottish pride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Scottish cuisine is widely mocked, perhaps summed up best by the Saturday Night Live skit, All Things Scottish<\/a> (\u201cAll of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare!\u201d), I hope they get their chocolate right.<\/p>\n

The Moniaive Chocolatiers are advertising \u201cThe World\u2019s First Tartan Chocolate.\u201d Organic and Fairly Traded, it\u2019s made in their shop in southern Scotland and available online.<\/p>\n

Taste o\u2019 Tartan bars are hand-painted with purple and green glitter, then drizzled with chocolate stripes approximating a tartan (AKA plaid) used by the Scottish Parliament, according to the Dumfries & Galloway Standard. They are available at the Parliament\u2019s gift shop in Edinburgh, Scotland.<\/p>\n

The article predicts they will make the perfect Scottish souvenir. I have to agree since all I ever seem to get from relatives\u2019 trips to the homeland are ugly brooches of our family crest. (But really, how can you possibly pretty up a dead boar\u2019s head on a platter?) Next time somebody\u2019s heading to Edinburgh, I’m going to request some of these!<\/p>\n

The Moniaive Chocolatiers also offer Tiny Tartans, chocolate disks with simpler tartan designs, and their site announces After Dark Tartans (mint chocolate disks) coming soon.<\/p>\n

No mention though of custom plaids to match family tartans or molds of family crests. That\u2019s probably for the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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