Archive for November, 2007

Lindt: The Precious Collection

“And God said, ‘Let there be Lindt’;
And there was Lindt.
And God saw that the Lindt was good.”

(And on the 7th day, God just stayed in bed and stuffed his face with chocolate.)

It’s been some time since I’ve been as excited by chocolate as when I first saw this box, sparkling on the shelf in [...]

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Posted by Dom on 30 Nov 2007 at 11:11 AM in Reviews | Comments (8)

Hot Choc Dark

Having recently reviewed (and been rather taken with) Hotel Chocolat’s rather posh Liquid Chocolat, when I spotted this on offer in a Tesco’s I thought to myself “What the heck. It’s winter. Let’s review some more posh drinking chocolate.” As the nights draw in and the temperature drops, I’m sure there are many of you [...]

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Posted by Simon on 29 Nov 2007 at 10:11 AM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Thornton’s Nougat Dipped In Chocolate

One of my favourite childhood sweet memories is proper old-fashioned nougat. Huge bars of the stuff that were so thick, it was a struggle to bite a chunk off. Bars of nougat with the texture of polystyrene sandwiched between two pieces of card…

Ok, so I’m weird. But I loved the nougat my local sweet shop [...]

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Posted by Dom on 28 Nov 2007 at 10:11 AM in Reviews | Comments (1)

Dolfin Milk Chocolate with Hot Masala

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s winter here in the UK and in the run up to Christmas we are being assailed with spiced foods, comfort foods, and of course more and more ‘gourmet’ chocolate.

Well, this is part of a range from Belgian chocolatiers Dolfin, and it seemed appropriate to review this Hot Masala milk [...]

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Posted by Simon on 27 Nov 2007 at 02:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Godiva Platinum Collection

I found these Belgian chocolates in John Lewis - part of a fairly large display of Christmas chocolates - most of which I ended up buying.

As it’s a small box, I think the easiest way to review them is a quick comment on each individual choccy:

Mokolata
(Milk chocolate with “capuccino essence” and “sweet cream”)
Soft, smooth [...]

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Posted by Dom on 26 Nov 2007 at 07:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)