I found this curious little Nestle bar at Ralph’s grocery store tucked in with the Christmas merchandise last month. I wasn’t quite sure what it was, but I wanted to know more.
So, I bought the Nestle Damak bar, without even knowing how much it was ($3.99, I find out).
It’s square, its made in Turkey. It’s just milk chocolate with pistachios. I figured I’ve probably spent most of my life eating California pistachios, it’s nice to find a bar that actually lists the sourcing of their pistachios ... would they taste different?
Taking its name from the Turkish word for taste, NESTLÉ® Damak™ /dih-mok/ features a unique combination of creamy chocolate and world-renowned Turkish pistachios. Backed by an over-80-year heritage, this beloved indulgence derives its deliciously distinct taste from Turkey’s time-honored craft of cultivating the world’s most savory and intensely flavored pistachios. Each piece is packed with whole pistachios from the revered Gaziantep region, surrounded by silky smooth chocolate.
The bar is similar to a Ritter Sport in shape and format. It’s just shy of 3 ounces. The bar is wrapped in foil and that is wrapped in the paper label. Inside, it was glossy and quite fresh, divided into 15 pieces sporting the Nestle logo.
The bar smells nice, sweet and milky but with a little grassy note which I’m guessing is the pistachios. There’s no fake pistachio flavor to it. The ingredients are good, plenty of sugar, pistachios and cocoa butter (actually listed in that order). They use sunflower lecithin instead of soy lecithin.
The milk chocolate is so different from normal Nestle milk chocolate, it’s hard to believe it’s the same company. The flavor is authentically dairy, rich and with a toasted note to it. The melt is exceptionally smooth. The pistachios are crisp and buttery, with a crunch that’s almost like a macadamia nut but with a sort of green tea freshness to it. There’s a hint of salt. Though sugar was listed first, it’s not that sweet.
I ate the whole bar, and I’d try the Turkish Nestle items again if the opportunity presented itself. I’d also seek out some Turkish pistachios too, they were exceptional.
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Name: |
Damak |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
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Brand: |
Nestle |
Place Purchased: |
Ralph's (Miracle Mile) |
Price: |
$3.99 |
Size: |
2.82 ounces |
Calories per ounce: |
156 |
Categories: |
Candy, Nestle, Chocolate, Nuts, 8-Tasty, Turkey, Ralph's |
Hmm, they were clearing these out of my local Ralph’s for $1.25… guess I should see if there are any left!
If you can find the dark chocolate version, it’s really good. A few stores in my neighborhood in Queens carry it.
Blog Author,
So you live in California? If so, I have seen this bar and plenty of other Turkish Nestle products at a local Orange County Turkish grocery store called “Hamle” in Fountain Valley.
Went to hamle mkt on Warner Abe in search of the DAMAK candy bar . They were out.
I tried a small piece of my friends bar and it was so good, I would love to try i,do you have any samples or coupons?
My sweetie brought this home from Kroger today. Absolutely delicious, puts peanuts in chocolate to shame. I just wish we had more access to international Nestle products.
My daughter spotted this chocolate bar in dark chocolate and pointed it out to me as she knows I love dark chocolate. It was found in shop rite supermarket for $2.29. I bought one.
I’m a bit disappointed in the dark chocolate as it is made with vanillin an artificial flavor. I did not care for the chocolate at all but found the pistachios very tasty.
Would I buy this again? No
OMGOODNESS! Where has this been all my life! The dark chocolate with pistachios is fantastic! Love, love, love it!
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