Archive for April, 2008

Heavens Above Milk Chocolate With Orange Oil

This is the last of the Heavens Above bars I bought from John Lewis a few weeks ago. I would have reviewed it sooner, but quite frankly, I’ve been putting it off. The other two bars were so disappointing and I feel bad when Chocablog is full of negative reviews.

As you can see, this bar [...]

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Posted by Dom on 23 Apr 2008 at 09:04 AM in Reviews | Comments (0)

The Heaven Of Haigh’s

As a brave and bold Australian chocolate reviewer, the question I get asked most often is, “Why haven’t you written about Haigh’s chocolates yet?” My answer has always been, “Because they’re so good, so huge in the chocophile world that I just don’t know where to start.”

Well, it’s high time I talked about [...]

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Posted by Kath on 22 Apr 2008 at 01:04 PM in Misc | Comments (3)

Lacta Lov’it Waffle ‘n’ Praline

I recently spent a couple of days in Athens, and of course any trip abroad instantly turns into a chance to hunt for new and unusual bars to bring to your attention. After all, most of us holiday at some time or another, and if you read Chocablog regularly you might just be interested in [...]

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Posted by Simon on 21 Apr 2008 at 10:04 AM in Reviews | Comments (2)

M&S Swiss Chocolate Extra Fine Mountain Bar

I was quite excited to find this bar in M&S Simply Food in Marylebone Station earlier this week. Not only is it an obvious Toblerone rip-off, but it also looks uncannily like the Mahony bar that Kath reviewed a couple of weeks ago.

In fact, if you were to go on looks alone, you would swear [...]

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Posted by Dom on 18 Apr 2008 at 11:04 AM in Reviews | Comments (5)

Dolfin ‘Summer Memories’ Apple Crumble

Chocablog stalwarts will no doubt remember the heroic efforts I made in reviewing no fewer than eight Dolfin ‘taster’ bars last year. I was already well aware of Dolfin’s fine products, and finding that so many of the bars I tried were in fact rather lovely means that I now have a little ‘Dolfin-recognition’ reflex [...]

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Posted by Simon on 17 Apr 2008 at 02:04 PM in Reviews | Comments (5)