Archive for February, 2007

Sanders Milk Chocolate Caramels

This is another offering from Sanders Candy - makers of the quite yummy Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties I reviewed recently.

Milk Chocolate Caramels are large milk chocolates (obviously) with a thick, chewy caramel centre and decorated with thin lines of dark chocolate.

As with the Peppermint Patties, these are substantial chocolates. Sanders obviously like to make ‘em [...]

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Posted by Dom on 28 Feb 2007 at 10:02 AM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Wonka Competition

You’ll never believe it.

Wonka Chocolate are having a very special competition. A once in a lifetime opportunity!

Apparently, they’ve hidden five golden tickets inside their chocolate bars! And the winners get to go on the trip of a lifetime!

…stop me if you’ve heard this before…

Unfortunately, that “trip of a lifetime” is to the live final of [...]

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Posted by Dom on 27 Feb 2007 at 10:02 PM in News | Comments (3)

Polly Waffle

Aussie Chocablogger MillyMoo takes a look at another delicacy from down under…

This is a real rarity for me – being lost for words (generally) and during the task of describing a classic chocolate bar (even worse) that’s been around for at least four decades. We have enjoyed the Polly Waffle here in Australia for [...]

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Posted by Dom on 27 Feb 2007 at 11:02 AM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Chocolate Facts

Our sister blog, Endiet, has an great post about chocolate by Yuliana Hendarto, with all sorts of interesting facts. But for me, the best part is the ‘Chocolate IQ’ quiz link at the end.

I scored 8 out of 10. Not bad, but definitely room for improvement. I obviously need to sample some more chocolates….

What’s your [...]

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Posted by Dom on 26 Feb 2007 at 01:02 PM in Misc | Comments (2)

Sanders Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties

You Americans are so funny. You have a word for everything.

“Patties”, for instance. That’s not really a word we use here in the UK, and for some reason it just makes me laugh when I read it. If these were marketed in the UK, they’d simply be “Dark Chocolate Peppermints”… or maybe “After Dinner Mints”.

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Posted by Dom on 26 Feb 2007 at 10:02 AM in Reviews | Comments (3)