Lily O’Briens is an established brand from Ireland and have been creating fine quality chocolates for around 15 years. This rather attractive box caught my eye, and when I discovered that the contents were based on a number of classic desserts, I thought it would be fun to review it.

There are a total of sixteen [...]

It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It’s also true that there’s money to be made by nicking a good idea.

This Sainsbury’s ‘Taste the Difference’ slab is one of a number on offer, and as you can see, it bears a remarkable resemblance to Hotel Chocolat’s slabs.

Unfortunately, the resemblance is purely [...]

It seems just about every major chocolate brand has an egg version around Easter these days. Obviously it’s really just a marketing exercise, but I still enjoy seeing the weird (and often pointless) products that like likes of Nestlé, Mars and Cadbury try to sell us at this time of year.

Unfortunately, this one falls squarely [...]

The life of a chocolate reviewer isn’t all freebies arriving by special delivery and ‘I thought you’d enjoy these’ gifts from friends and relations. Sometimes one has to go out and track down interesting new products to sample, and these Nobbly Nibs are the first item I have ever bought from a Hotel Chocolat shop.

This [...]

It’s Easter egg time again! This time we’ve got something a little cheaper than the Hotel Chocolat offerings we reviewed last week. And you can tell from a single look at the packaging that this egg is aimed at a completely different market. As you can see, everything about this egg shouts “Look at me!”. [...]