This little column of chocolates has the distinction of being manufactured in the most Westerley chocolate factory in Europe - The Skelligs Chocolate Factory in County Kerry, Ireland. I quite literally came across the place by accident whilst driving around the Ring of Kerry last year. We drove past a sign advertising the place, [...]

One of the many tempting offerings from Hotel Chocolat this Easter, the Serious Dark Fix Egg is, as one might expect, aimed at those who prefer their cocoa content in the 70th percentile. The shells (extra thick as always) are HCs 72% dark chocolate blend, and unlike the egg I tried last year, there are [...]

Originally known as ‘Death by Chocolate’, Cocolat is a South Australian owned and operated company based at Balhannah in the Adelaide hills that specialises in hand made chocolates, cakes and desserts. They have two dessert cafes that I have been regularly frequenting – one at the airport (thus catering to hungry and/or homesick-but-departing South [...]

Another offering from Holland & Barrett’s range of ‘good things covered in chocolate’, and this time it’s cranberries.

The chocolate coating is identical to that used on the Goji/Wolf berries I reviewed at the back end of last year - 55% cocoa, shiny on the outside, slightly sweet and pretty tasty. It melts away from the [...]

I’ve lost count of the number of times the postman has knocked on my door with packages from Hotel Chocolat. But this time my reaction was more “Oh.” than “Oooooh!” The box was much smaller than I had been expecting…

After ripping open carefully opening the outer packaging, I was greeted with this:

A rather nice black [...]