Paradise Bakery's Dark Molasses Sandwich Bread

The next bread I will be reviewing is Paradise Bakery's Dark Molasses sandwich bread, which was donated by a fan of mine and I am very grateful. Thank you for the donation! My review of this bread will be my experiences with it the way I eat all sandwich breads: toast and variations of the common household sandwich.

At first glance, the bread was large; something I take into deep consideration when evaluating which bread I want to buy for my sandwiches. The larger surface area of the bread was a big plus to the bread because it allows me to pile an abnormal amount of lunch meat, cheese, and lettuce onto my sandwich. I was not kidding when I said I eat a lot! The more meat I can pile onto my sandwhich, the happier I am. I was currently at work when I was given this dark, mysterious bread and could not wait to get home to try it for the first time. As I unwound the bread, I stood still as a glorious, sweet scented aroma swept me over. Unable to bask no longer, my mind was demanding I try a piece now to kill the temptation later as I work. As I bit into the bread, I instantly loved it! The bread was sweet and I knew right away it would be delicious slightly toasted with real butter (not that fake margarine junk) spread across the entire surface, touching all edges of the crust leaving no part of the surface untouched with butter. I continued to eat two more slices, plain, during work and could not wait to get home to try it with my sandwiches.

The first sandwich I created was my fast, routine honey ham and pepperjack cheese with mayo spread. I was utterly excited and the anticipation of my first bite into the sandwich was growing at a rapid pace! Once the sandwhich finished completion, I took a bite. After my first bite, I was not too impressed! I think the bread created an unusual taste to the sandwich that was not complementary to the sammy! I live by the motto "Its the bread that makes a sandwich, not the meat" and this time, I can say without regret that the bread took too much away from the sandwich! As I mentioned earlier, I was not impressed. I had higher expectations that were not satisfied. Not being a wasteful human being, I did finish the sandwhich and decided to make another one of my favorite sandwiches: Tuna!

I made a tuna sandwich and cut it in half. With one half of the sandwich, I kept it cold, having just the tuna with the sweet relish lie restless between the two lovely slices of bread. The other half I decided to make into a tuna cheese melt, with the cheese being none other than classic American cheese. The outer ends of the bread were heavily buttered (the way I prefer my melts) and was slowly cooked on an open skillet. The sweet aroma was killing me once again! As the sandwiches neared completion, I sat down at the kitchen table with both halves.

I slowly bit into the cold tuna sandwhich. I was not impressed one bit. The bread was too overpowering for the sandwich! I actually enjoy the taste of tuna, but the taste was slightly difused by the bread. I was not happy about this. Being dissapointed with the cold tuna sandwich, I took a massive, angry bite into the tuna melt. It was like I was mad and demanding that the tuna melt make me happy! I could not live with a bread that didn't taste good with my tuna! Thankfully, it was not terrible. Being a tuna melt, the bread is slightly toasted. Much of the taste is "cooked" out, but it did create a very soft, sweet taste to the sandwhich that wasn't too overpowering, as in the case of the cold tuna sammy.

Although being somewheat pleased with the bread and its uses with my sandwiches, I will not use it. This bread may be too fancy and require certain choices of meat, cheese and spread, but the everyday items I use just don't fit the mix.

Do not be thrown off; the individual taste of the bread is amazing! It reminds me of Outback's fresh baked bread without the oats and that is exactly how I feel this bread is best served. I can see myself ever so happy when it is slightly toasted, opened faced with melted butter spread all over and devoured, by yours truly, from crust to crust (multiple times).

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars.