Archive for March, 2008

Cocopia Salted Caramel Truffles

As we’re probably all aware, the major supermarkets have been quick to spot the rise in popularity of good quality chocolate and have been busily creating their own premium chocolate. Well, whereas many of the majors have produced premium ‘own branded’ chocs, Tescos have engaged the services of a (or started their own) different company [...]

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Posted by Simon on 31 Mar 2008 at 11:03 AM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Cadbury Old Gold 70%

As regular Chocablog readers would know, I have not been a fan of Cadbury’s foray into the ridiculous sounding (and tasting) ‘Desserts’ range using their Dairy Milk chocolate, declaring it a disaster and tasting insultingly inedible. In addition, their ‘Eden’ brand - which is deliberately set up to try and capture a share of [...]

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Posted by Kath on 28 Mar 2008 at 12:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (6)

KitKat Senses

Other countries may get new KitKat varieties on a daily basis, but here in the UK it’s been a while since we’ve seen any new flavours. So I was pleasantly surprised when my routine scan of the local sweet shop shelves turned up something new.

KitKat Senses is quite easy to describe. It’s Nestlé’s answer to [...]

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Posted by Dom on 27 Mar 2008 at 01:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (5)

Seeds of Change Organic Milk Chocolate with Apricot and Cashew

When I reviewed Seeds of Change’s Dark Chocolate Fig & Orange bar in January, I said to expect to see more from them on Chocablog - and here it is.

This time I’ve chosen a milk chocolate bar to review - one containing apricots and cashew nuts, both of which I’m quite partial to as snack [...]

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Posted by Simon on 26 Mar 2008 at 01:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Cocoa Farm Shiraz Vintage Chocolate

The more health conscious among you will no doubt already be aware that a good quality chocolate contains a fair amount of antioxidants. Well this bar from Australia, via Cocoa Farm also contains something called Vinlife; natural antioxidants from Australian grapes which give the chocolate antioxidant levels equivalent to a glass of wine.

The Shiraz [...]

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Posted by Simon on 25 Mar 2008 at 12:03 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)