Wheel good

Chocolate is chocolate—or so we thought, until breaking off a piece of Taza Chocolate’s take on the sweet treat. Fashioned into thick wheels, Taza (also available in candy-bar form) stands out from the usual gourmet chocolate offerings with a focus on simple but sustainable ingredients and an unusual mouthfeel. With flavors such as cinnamon, chipotle, and the divine salt and pepper, this Massachusetts-based company crafts small-batch, stone-ground organic chocolate using a traditional Mesoamerican process that sidesteps excessive processing in favor of complex cacao-bean fermentation. The result is a texture that’s slightly gritty and crumbly and yet still embodies that perfect melt-in-your-mouth quality. Taza wheels are available at Taylor’s Market for $4.99 each. 2900 Freeport Boulevard, www.tazachocolate.com.

—Rachel Leibrock