Archive for December, 2007

Hotel Chocolat Rather Large Christmas Cracker

If you’ve ever seen an Arnold Schwarzennegger movie, you’ll know that when you see a man wearing shades carrying a 2 foot long cardboard box under his arm and walking toward your house, it’s time to hide behind the sofa.

A box that size only ever contains a shotgun, and the man with shades has one [...]

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Posted by Dom on 13 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Caffe Nero Italian Chocs

After meeting some friends at a Caffe Nero over the weekend, I found myself with a couple of interesting chocolates from Italy that I managed to hold on to long enough to review.

Attibassi Gianduiotti

This tiny (10g) pyramid of chocolate was something of a surprise. I was expecting a solid chocolate, but instead got a solid, [...]

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Posted by Dom on 12 Dec 2007 at 11:12 AM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Dolfin Milk Chocolate Taster Bars

Although we enjoy our work here at Chocablog, it’s always heartwarming to receive positive feedback from a review. It’s even more heartwarming when a manufacturer or supplier gets in touch and offers more free samples for review, and those lovely chaps at Chocolates Direct did just that after I posted my review of the Dolfin [...]

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Posted by Simon on 11 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Cadbury Dairy Milk Desserts

For most of us, Cadbury is the faithful standby. The readily-available, ever-dependable, reliable old friend. Dairy Milk tastes nice. It’s not startlingly brilliant but it’s not saliva-suckingly awful either.

Every now and then, however, Cadbury Australia likes to develop a few new quirky flavours to add to the Dairy Milk range. They [...]

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Posted by Kath on 10 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Dairy Milk Winner

I’m happy to announce the winner of the Christmas “1Kg of Dairy Milk” competition is Fay Trezise from Worcestershire.

Congratulations Fay, your chocolate is on the way!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and don’t forget to stay subscribed to Chocablog because we’ll be having more competitions in the new year.

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Posted by Dom on 10 Dec 2007 at 11:12 AM in Misc | Comments (0)