Archive for December, 2007

Conscious Chocolate Finale

Conscious Chocolate Best Ever Hint of Mint

The ninth to be sampled in the Conscious Chocolate range and one I find myself liking rather a lot.

Using organic peppermint essence in the dark chocolate base gives this bar a refreshing ‘blast of clean air’ type mint kick. More of a hit than a hint, if you ask [...]

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Posted by Simon on 07 Dec 2007 at 12:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)

Thornton’s Continental Milk, White & Dark Collection

There seems to be a fashion for adding the word “collection” to the name of your box of chocolates at the moment. In the last week alone, I’ve looked at Godiva’s “Platinum Collection” and Lindt’s “Precious Collection”.

So how does Thornton’s offering measure up? Can it compare to Lindt’s offering?

Well not quite, but it’s not far [...]

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Posted by Dom on 06 Dec 2007 at 01:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (1)

Holland & Barrett Chocolate Coated Goji Berries

These have been languishing in the back of my fridge for a while (note the ‘Best Before’ date!) so I thought I had better review them while they were still edible.

I’m sure most of us will have heard of Goji berries by now - they’ve been marketed as a ’superfruit’ for some time now, with [...]

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Posted by Simon on 05 Dec 2007 at 11:12 AM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Lindt Lindor 60% Cocoa Balls

Before talking about these deliciously divine Lindor balls, I need to apologise to you all, dear, sweet, intelligent and discerning Chocoblog readers. Normally these articles are accompanied by close up photographs of the chocolate itself, unwrapped and sometimes half-eaten, to give you an idea of what it looks like. I have nothing but [...]

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Posted by Kath on 04 Dec 2007 at 01:12 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Competition Reminder

Just a quick reminder that our Christmas Competition to win 1Kg of Cadbury Dairy Milk closes on Friday, so if you’ve not entered yet you’ve only got 3 days!

Remember, all you’ve got to do is subscribe to the email version of the Chocablog RSS feed to get daily updates direct in your email inbox - [...]

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Posted by Dom on 04 Dec 2007 at 11:12 AM in Misc | Comments (0)