Perfect marriage: dark chocolate and scotch....

a curious, almost magical thing occurs when dark chocolate is tasted with an aged scotch....to try this, choose a well-aged single-malt scotch. take a bite of the chocolate and wait until the final flavor note has peaked in your mouth. then sip the scotch. a burst of flavor. its because chocolate has more than four hundred flavor components. the chemical components in chocolate are directly related to the complexity of a chocolate's flavor. similar components in scotch have an additive effect. vanilla, an ingredient of fine chocolate, is also a flavor scotch acquires as a result of aging in oak barrels. the caramel notes that are common in scotch can also appear in chocolate......try this with a variety of chocolates and your favorite single-malt scotch......