Comments on: DeAngelis – Pure, Dark & Italian

By: Mack

Mack — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:39:55 +0000

I’ve tried two varieties of this chocolate – a bar of the pistachio and a bar of the chilli – and must say the chocolate is wonderfully rich and tasty, though the texture if very different to normal processed chocolate like Cadburys or Nestle that’s made of milk, vegetable oil and coco.
At £20 a bar it’s not something I’d be happy to eat in one sitting, but as it’s so rich you don’t need to eat a lot at any one time to appreciate it – half of one square is enough. And as they say, having a little bit of chocolate each day is supposed to be good for you :)

By: shelley

shelley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:27:36 +0000

Just thought I’d let you know what I thought of the chocolate. It does not taste good – way too sweet for my liking – more sugar than cocoa. I do not like to crunch on sugar when I eat chocolate. From the reviews it seemed like you could hold it in your mouth and it melted together, but that’s not how it is at all – the cocoa melst and you’re left with a mouth full of sugar – eurgh! The ones with nuts were disappointing as there were way too few nuts in them and the coffee one was just bitter! I am not sure what kind of chocolate those reveiwing this have tried in the past, but I am used to artisan chocolate and this came no where near to the level of quality I was expecting. The box was nice and the hand wrapping of the chocolate but, ultimately, I feel this was simply to convince people that what they were getting was something more than it was – cocoa and sugar pressed together!

By: dabbler

dabbler — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:10:33 +0000

This chocolate is fantastic! I’d recommend it to everyone. But I’d also recommend going to their shop directly if you can – in Harpenden, just outside London. You can buy the bars from £7.95 each, a price much more up my street. And at the moment they have a BOGOF offer!

And no, i don’t work for DeAngelis. I’m just a happy Harpenden resident.

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:55:55 +0000

I only tried the plain and pistachio ones. I can’t speak for the other varieties, but I didn’t think the pistachio added a great deal to the experience myself.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:19:54 +0000

These look REALLY interesting, but the price is a little on the scary side especially if you end up getting hooked on them. Was the pistachio one the only one you tried?

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:53:27 +0000

@Chocolatelover51 – If you’re going to post comments saying how wonderful something is, it would be helpful if you disclose the fact that you are working for DeAngelis.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:45:07 +0000

I would love to get my hands on one of these! £20 is rather steep, though… I don’t think I could justify spending so much money on one chocolate bar.

By: ChocolateLover51

ChocolateLover51 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:43:48 +0000

This chocolate is very different – but wonderful – my favorite is the pistachio which is lovely – the best thing about it is that is does not leave a lingering taste in your mouth. I know it is expensive, but you do not need a lot of it – a little is very satisfying…

By: Mariangela

Mariangela — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:32:37 +0000

Hi Dom,
This kind of chocolate is called “Cioccolato Modicano” (Modican chocolate), and refers to Modica, a town in Sicily where they traditionally (there are historical grounds for this) produce chocolate this way (cocoa mass and sugar with no refining or conching process). Most producers of Cioccolato Modicano (especially the most famous ones) are to be found in this town, but to produce this kind of chocolate you do not need to live in Modica. In fact, in many fraitrade shops you can find bars like this (in several flavours). It usually divides chocolate-lovers: because of its peculiar and grainy texture, you either love it or hate it.