Call them what you will – Bog Bars, Poo Sticks or Caddyshack Candies, the good old Cadbury Picnic has been around for donkeys’ years and is still worth sinking your teeth into every now and then when your craving insists that absolutely nothing else will do. Obviously though, if you’re unlucky enough to get [...]

Last time I reviewed a Marks & Spencer chocolate, it looked like they were trying to copy a well-known brand, only their version came out not-quite-as-good-but-more-expensive.

This time around, the product being copied isn’t as obvious from the packaging, but I’m quite sure the name will have come up at the M&S product meetings where [...]

As a sedate parent living in the suburbs, I tend to be ready for bedtime by 9:30 and my favourite nightspot is always my own place. Therefore, when my old mates Helen and Sigrid dragged me out on the town far later than that, I was afraid I’d be spending it in a pub [...]

I am, it seems, officially stupid. Either that or blind.

There I was, standing at the bus stop 100 yards from my front door. Out of chocolate and needed to go and find some review material. I idly stared into the window of the South African butchers shop next to the bus stop. My eyes flicked [...]

If there’s one thing I’ve discovered since I began writing for Chocablog, it’s that modern chocolatiers love to experiment with texture and flavour. Alas, it’s still the case that continental chocolate makers seem to have the upper hand when it comes to variety and, well, oddity.

Take this for example. There I was, strolling through Athens [...]