easter=chocolate

In Brazil, a country known for its production of cacao, dark chocolate is difficult to find.  I have tried several different varieties marked as 'dark' chocolate, none of which come close to dark in my book (<45% cacao content).  I have asked many locals about this phenomenon and they say that there is no good chocolate in Brazil because it is all exported out of the country.  Though I have yet to find any decent dark chocolate even in the Brazilian equivalent to Whole Foods (Perini), some imported chocolate can be obtained (for ~$6 or R$11 you can buy a bar of Lindt chocolate...or for a better deal for R$3, a bar of dark Toblerone... none of which are produced in Brazil).  I know there are some chocolatiers at the shopping malls and I plan to try them out...

One thing I am excited to try out is Suco de Cacao..cacao juice!  Apparently it tastes nothing like chocolate and comes from the fruit of the cacao.  The fruit has a while pulp that can be blended into juice, also inside the fruit are seeds that are roasted and eventually turned into chocolate.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobroma_cacao

But one thing that is not lacking is milk chocolate....especially during Easter.  Like many other religious and mostly catholic countries, Easter is celebrated with chocolate eggs...giant, chocolate eggs that contain morenchocolate inside them.  Here in Brazil, there are no Easter bunnies or flying bells to deliver eggs (real or chocolate)... but children (and me) do love their chocolate eggs.