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People in the Philippines don’t normally rave about locally-made chocolate, probably because when you make a colonial-minded comparison to their foreign counterparts, the texture and flavor of the local ones would come off a little strange. Recently, however, I’ve been hearing a lot of wonderful things about Goya Dark Mint Chocolates from my friends in Twitter and Plurk. Since I go to convenience stores quite often, I did notice that Goya repackaged their sweets and created a high-end line of milk, white, and dark chocolate bars - which I love. But I’ve never seen any of these mythical dark mint chocolates around. Though I was told that you can find them at Mini Stop, I’ve never encountered so much as a shadow of a dark mint in the branches I’ve been to. I was starting to think that maybe the Goya Dark Mint Chocolates didn’t exist after all, until I finally chanced upon them at a Robinson’s supermarket on the way to the shampoo aisle.

Mint chocolates are my second favorite kind of chocolate in the world (the first is white chocolate) and I was beyond happy to discover that Goya Dark Mint Chocolates lived up to the hype. It’s smooth, creamy, and I love how the mint left this tingling sensation when it traveled down my throat. Thank God I had the foresight to grab two other boxes. I don’t understand why Goya Dark Mints aren’t widely distributed, or why Goya didn’t launch a huge ad campaign when they released their high end line of chocolates. These are definitely one of the best locally-made, mass-produced goodies on the market and they should be more accessible to the general public.

I’m told that Goya Dark Mint Chocolates cost around Php 30 -35 at Mini Stop, but I got mine for Php 25 at Robinsons’ Supermarket.