Archive for December, 2007

Sainsbury’s Christmas Pudding Chocolates

Here’s a very seasonal little stocking filler - Christmas Pud flavoured choccies from Sainsbury’s.

These were lurking under the tree on Christmas Day, and it wasn’t too long before I was beginning to wonder what they’d taste like.

The packaging was a bit of a surprise too - the top of the box lifts up and opens [...]

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Posted by Simon on 31 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Fardoulis Chocolates

As luck would have it, our lovely neighbours Jill and Andrew invited us over to their house for pre-Christmas nibbles and drinks.

Conversations ranged from how weird the uninvited neighbours were, to what jobs we all had, to chocolate. Jill’s step-daughter is a Sydney-based food distributor of all things truly essential to happy living such [...]

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Posted by Kath on 28 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Filthy Chocolate - Kinky Crème Brûlée Bites

I spotted these in Sainsbury’s the other day and having enjoyed Lindt’s Creme Brulee chocolate so much I decided to have a try.

Filthy Chocolate are obviously selling themselves as a slightly naughty, decadent brand and their website is definitely aimed at reinforcing that perception, with it’s movies of bondage, chocolate being dripped on bare flesh [...]

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Posted by Simon on 27 Dec 2007 at 02:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Merry Christmas!

Here at Chocablog HQ we’re taking a few days off to stuff our faces spend time with our families over the holidays, but we wanted to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

As always, we’ll be keeping an eye out for interesting chocs to review [...]

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Posted by Dom on 24 Dec 2007 at 09:12 AM in Misc | Comments (0)

Charbonnel et Walker Marc de Champagne Truffles

I found these in John Lewis and I have to confess that I was attracted by the packaging (and the name). According to the box, Charbonnel et Walker are “Established as Britain’s Master Chocolatiers since 1875″. But that’s just the kind of thing that sets alarm bells ringing for me - whenever someone tells you [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 Dec 2007 at 09:12 AM in Reviews | Comments (1)