Archive for August, 2007

Reese’s Cups

Finding Hershey’s stuff in the UK is still quite rare, but last time I reviewed a Reese’s branded chocolate, I was pleasantly surprised. So my expectations were a little higher with this than when I bought the Nutrageous bar.

Now I know Peanut Butter Cups are an American institution, but I’ve never seen them in the [...]

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Posted by Dom on 23 Aug 2007 at 12:08 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Chocolate Map

Being a web developer, I’ve played around with Google Maps a bit in the past, so I was overjoyed to discover Chocomap, which displays chocolate shops around the world on a map!

The drop down menu for selecting your city isn’t the most intuitive way to navigate, but I’ve already discovered a few choc shops in [...]

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Posted by Dom on 22 Aug 2007 at 03:08 PM in Misc | Comments (2)

Galaxy Ripple

Recently, LindtLover asked us to review Galaxy Ripple, so we decided to scour the shops looking for one. Actually, it wasn’t that difficult - my local newsagent had them, but I’d somehow managed to overlook them until now.

Galaxy Ripple is Masterfood’s answer to Cadbury’s Flake or, more accurately, Twirl. It consists of folded or [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 Aug 2007 at 04:08 PM in Reviews | Comments (8)

Australian Homemade Snapper Honey

I’m fortunate enough to have a job that involves a fair amount of travel, and this allows me to spend time browsing shops for new and unusual chocolate to tell the world (or at least that part of the world that reads Chocablog) about.

Flying home from a trip is usually a good time for me [...]

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Posted by Simon on 20 Aug 2007 at 01:08 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Wispa is back!

I’m old enough to remember when Wispa was first introduced. It was a technological and chocalogical marvel - Cadbury’s answer to NestlĂ©’s Aero, but it was much, much nicer.

Wispa was killed off four years ago as part of Cadbury’s move toward the Dairy Milk ’superbrand’, but following a web campaign, Cadbury are bringing it [...]

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Posted by Dom on 19 Aug 2007 at 08:08 PM in News | Comments (20)