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'''Patric Chocolate is a delicious range of delicious gourmet chocolates, made either with organically grown cocoa exlusively exclusively from Madagascar of or blended with equally high quality cocoa from South AmericaVenezuela.'''

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The Patric brand was created in 2006 by Alan Patrick McClure, reflecting his middle-name minus the "k"“k”. After having travelled extensively in search for the best finest quality cocoa cacao source, he launched his first Patric bar in 2007: A dark chocolate bar with 70 percent % cocoa bar made from a single-estate cocoa cacao farm in the [[Sambirano ]] Valley in northern Madagascar.

The Patric Madagascar collection includes a 75% bar. This bar, which is also made from Sambirano cocoa, is sometimes referred to as the espresso “espresso of Madagascar chocolateschocolates”.

There is also a 67% cocoa Madagascar bar which includes cocoa butter. While Patric's chocolates generally do not contain flavoringsflavourings, or even added cocoa butter unless absolutely necessary, this another 67% Madagascar cocoa bar requires by Patric includes cocoa butter for texture. The cocoa butter used comes from the the same beans, meaning and the final taste is closely representative of the source and region, much like a quality wine. Like coffee beans and grapes, cocoa cacao absorbs the properties of the soil where it is grown. Flavour profiles of cocoa cacao beans from Madagascar have notes of citrus fruit and red berries.

Part of Patric's Madagascar collection is a 70% bar branded "In-NIB-itableBar". The bar which has expertly roasted cocoa nibs on one side, won the 2011 Good Food Award for chocolate, a competition based on blind tasting sessions with 115 chocolate entries.

Alan "Patric" “Patric” McClure is considered one of the a few pioneering American bean-to-bar chocolate makers. In 2010 his brand was awarded the Best New American Chocolate by Food & Wine magazine.Alan McClure is one of the founding members and current Chairman of the Craft Chocolate Makers of America - an organisation created in 2008 by five leading North American bean-to-bar chocolate makers, dedicated to the idea of producing premium quality chocolate as well as applying honest product labelling, marketing and trade practises. '''Patric Chocolate'''<br>6601 Stephens Station Rd, Ste 109<br>Columbia, MO 65202<br>USA<br> Tel: 573-814-7520<br>Email: [mailto:customer.service@patric-chocolate.com customer.service@patric-chocolate.com]<br>Website: [https://www.patric-chocolate.com www.patric-chocolate.com]

 * [httpshttp://www.patricfoodandwine.com/slideshows/tastes-to-try-best-new-american-chocolateBest New American Chocolate] Food & Wine magazine.com * [http://www.patricgoodfoodawards.org/chocolate/chocolate-producer-chocolateprofiles The Good Food Awards]* [http://craftchocolatemakers.comorg Craft Chocolate Makers of America]