Majani 70% from Olive Oil & Beyond on Balboa Island

Also on Balboa Island is a lovely olive oil store.  They sell artisanal, imported olive oils and vinegars, often flavored, and they are very happy to give samples.  Some of them could probably be delicious beverages alone.  But they also import some other products from Italy, and I found this:

It was INCREDIBLE.  i am a sucker for Italian chocolate bars, particular ones with crystallized sugar.  And this is no exception.  The texture is great, and the taste is super rich.  Both addictive and serious at once.

Bottom Line: Why are these not everywhere??

Chocolate-covered "Honeycomb" from Balboa Candy on Balboa Island

Balboa Island is that banana stand island place from Arrested Development, which in turn is a show that I don't watch.  It's also a beautiful, surreal place, where wealthy people live in quaint houses, even though there is no grocery store on the entire island.  There is a saltwater taffy store, obviously.  I bought a chocolate-covered honeycomb:

Made with 0% real honeycomb.  I think it was just hardened corn syrup maybe?  It was covered with something that was at least a reasonable replica of chocolate.  So it was basically chocolate + awkwardly textured sugar.

Bottom Line: Could be worse, I guess.