Archive for December, 2007

Joss Stone: Flakey Flake Girl

It seems like only last February that Cadbury were extolling the virtues of Alyssa Sutherland, their shiny new Flake Girl.

But after a single ad, Cadbury have killed off this Flake Girl (Cause of death: Drowning. Again.) and decided to replace her with Joss Stone.

Now if you know anything at all about Ms Stone, you’ll probably [...]

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Posted by Dom on 20 Dec 2007 at 08:12 AM in News | Comments (2)

Dolfin Dark Chocolate Taster Bars

As I mentioned previously, those lovely chaps at Chocolates Direct sent over a pack of eight Dolfin Bars for review.

Like their milk chocolate brethren, these four also offer a unique flavour from a different part of the world, and as such would make a great little stocking filler for your chocaholic friends/relatives/self.

The first of this [...]

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Posted by Simon on 19 Dec 2007 at 10:12 AM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Cadbury Heroes

Ah, Heroes. Miniature versions of everyone’s Cadbury favourites. Perfect for not-sharing around Christmas time. And at least thirteen times better than the TV show of the same name.

If you’ve never seen Heroes, here’s what you get in the box:

*pause for breath*

Twirl, Dairy Milk, Dairy Milk Whole Nut, Dairy Milk with Caramel, Time Out, Fudge, [...]

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Posted by Dom on 18 Dec 2007 at 10:12 AM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Hotel Chocolat Selection Of The Season

Sometime last week I was getting ready to go to work when Postie knocked at the door. Instead of the parcel I was expecting I was delighted to discover that I had been sent this. . .

.. and equally pleased to see the words ‘Exclusive Edition’ on the box. When I checked the Hotel Chocolat [...]

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Posted by Simon on 17 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Cadbury Old Gold

After giving Cadbury a good old bollocking for their disastrous ‘Desserts’ range, it is nice to be able to do a complete 180-degree turn and review their dark chocolate range.

Here in Oz it is released under the ‘Old Gold’ label and, compared to the mundane ordinariness of Dairy Milk, it really is a quiet achiever [...]

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Posted by Kath on 14 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (5)