Archive for May, 2008

Cadbury Flake Luxury

Bloody &%$#@!& Cadburys! They are infuriatingly inconsistent with what they offer the average suburban chocaholic these days. They either do things extremely well (always dependable, good old Dairy Milk and their superb 70% Old Gold chocolate range), or put out frankly dodgy stuff that is just horribly wrong (and a big welcome and [...]

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Posted by Kath on 30 May 2008 at 03:05 PM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Chocolatier Assorted Chocolates

I only lived about one kilometre away from the Chocolatier factory/shop on Waterdale Road, Ivanhoe when we still lived in Melbourne, and yet the only product I ate was a delicious Easter egg a friend gave me from there. They are particularly famous for their Easter range as they are attractive enough – with [...]

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Posted by Kath on 29 May 2008 at 11:05 AM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Casali Schoko-Banane XL

That’s chocolate bananas to you!

This was a bit of a strange thing to find in my local sweet shop. Nestled (or should that be Nestléd) among the Aeros and Mars Bars was this single entry into the “foreign language” chocolate category. In fact, not only does this rather curious bar proudly proclaim “Made In Austria” [...]

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Posted by Dom on 28 May 2008 at 11:05 AM in Reviews | Comments (1)

Ferrero Garden Pistachio

Something else I managed to find whilst on my travels in Europe was a small box of eight Ferrero Garden Pistachio thingummies (balls? orbs? Rochers?), and I’m not sure these are available in the UK (but I haven’t honestly looked at anything Ferrero Rocher related in a long time).

The classic Rocher has been with us [...]

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Posted by Simon on 27 May 2008 at 05:05 PM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Fling

A relative newcomer to the Aussie ‘lite’ chocolate bar scene, Fling is made by Masterfoods (Mars).

The blurb on the packet purrs, ‘Why have a full on chocolate affair when you can have a fling?’ and describes itself as ‘A delicate crispy centre layered with velvety chocolate cream covered in smooth milk chocolate.’

I was intrigued. [...]

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Posted by Kath on 26 May 2008 at 11:05 AM in Reviews | Comments (1)