Also popularly known as Brunost or brown cheese, Gjetost is a mixed-milk cheese (usually cow and goat milk in addition to whey) with a deeply caramelized, butterscotch-y taste and thick, pasty texture. Due to the careful heating process to make the cheese, the sugar present in the milk gradually caramelizes, creating the toffee-like color and taste. It’s a Norwegian snacking staple, most often served thinly sliced on toasted bread or crackers. In the twisted mind of a Halloween fanatic such as myself, though, it also makes the perfect option for a chocolate candy pairing.
To counteract the super dense and fudgy texture, a chocolate with a crunchy candy coating and solid center like M&M’s is an ideal choice. Since Brunost has a subtly savory quality to it, as the caramelized flavor yields to nuances of deeply toasted nuts, all of the flavors between the cheese and candy play together beautifully without any risk of clashing or overwhelming each other. You pretty much create your own fusion of Peanut/Caramel M&M’s, a brilliant trick that’s definitely a treat.
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