James Caramel & Vanilla Discs
Time for another offering from James Chocolates, and this time we have some rather interesting looking caramel chocolate discs with vanilla and sea salt.
The thing that intrigued me most though, was that ‘Great Taste Gold’ award logo on the package. I’ve not been that keen on the sweet 60% dark chocolate I’ve tried recently, so I wondered if this milk chocolate could really warrant such an award.
Inside the fancy pink and purple box, we have this little stack of discs, sealed in plastic. Open the bag and you’re immediately hit by the delicous aroma of vanilla. It’s like sniffing a big bowl of ice cream. Yum.
The discs themselves are very simple affairs. Solid chocolate, about 4cm across, flat and round, with a slightly dull finish, and a soft snap.
And they taste, really, really nice. Of course, being a caramel milk chocolate, they’re quite sweet, but the chocolate is very similar to Hotel Chocolat’s caramel chocolate which I just can’t get enough of. It’s smooth and creamy with a slightly burnt edge to it, and every so often, a grain of sea salt that serves to enhance all the flavours. It’s clear that a lot of thought has been put into the balance of flavours here – much more so than I’ve seen in other James products.
It’s all too easy to get carried away and eat the entire 100g bag of these very, very quickly. Really, they need to be shared with a friend over a horrifically slushy movie. Or broken up and sprinkled over ice cream. But for the time being, I’ve had to hide the bag from myself, as I know they’ll be gone in seconds if I leave them lying around.
Want to win some?
Update: This competition is now closed!
Having told James how much I liked these, the man himself has offered to give a couple of boxes to Chocablog readers. If you want to be in with a chance to win one, you can enter in two ways. You can:
- Leave a comment on this post. The comment can say anything, but make sure the email address you enter is valid so we can contact the winner.
- Retweet this post on Twitter.
You can enter both ways if you like, but please, no more than once each per household, and this giveaway is open to UK residents only. I’ll pick a winners (one each from Twitter and post comments) on Tuesday May 4th.
Information
- Buy it online from:
- Contains milk chocolate (34% cocoa solids).
- Filed under caramel, james, milk chocolate, uk, vanilla.
Ooh these look just right to induldge in for when i have my baby 🙂 Its the last one too – hubby is getting the snip in a month!!
Oh baby, how I would love to place these on my tongue and let them melt.
I’d taste the sexy liquid cocoa and savour the moment.
yum yum yum! xxx
I have RT from @katiemack12 but I wanted to say also they look lovely & the packaging looks sweet.
These look so fab
they look like a real naughty treat but evfer so scrummy to eat
Oh yum yum yum for my tum tum tum
😉 x
These sound amazing! I am a huge fan of vanilla. Nom!
Wow, yummy scrummy! Have RT (@bextow)
Would love to win these so i could share with my hubby once the kids have gone to bed !!!
They’re not James’, they’re mine, and I’d like them back, please!
I think I would eat the whole lot in three bites 😉
Caramel, vanilla and sea salt – what’s not to like? 🙂
I’m pretty sure I’d manage to devour the whole bag without even knowing it.
yum yum gimmy sum x
Mmmmm this is great :)we do not have them here in Serbia, but they look like Jafa cookies 🙂 njam njam 🙂
Mmmmmm….these look and sound delicious!! Being 18 weeks pregnant, these would go down a treat!
Sounds a really good idea to crumle it over icecream.
They sound absolutely wonderful, my mouth was watering reading your review!
Salt in chocolate? I’ll just have to win them to see what the fuss is about.
O.k…I’m begging now!…lol They sound like a little piece of perfection…my little piece of perfection? Is it my lucky day?…I live in hope.
Caramel, vanilla, salt… like putting my favourite flavours together into one delicious chocolate disc! 😀
Mmmm, have just had a big slice of chocolate cake but these are making me crave more chocolate! *nom*
Ooh these look yummy. Not allwowed to eat anything so tasty at the moment but as soon as i am these would be the perfect treat to cheer me up as i am missing chocolate so much xx
….too bad the giveaway is open to UK residents only… :”-(
Ok I’ll go and scoff a milk bar to comfort me… 😉
Bye from Italy!
please feed me
yummy scrummy They look like they belong in my Tum
Yum chocolate!
Oh yes!!! just perfect for me…. I want it all!!! plz!!plz!!!plz!!
hehe
Yum Yum,
give me some,
in my tum!!!
Yum chocolate
Oh Yummmmmmy!
Ohhhhhhhh I so need to win need the fix lol
only 5,000 calories each,but whos counting
lurve sea salt caramel stuff…i wanntttt ^_^
I’m a huge chocoholic but am on a diet so can’t eat huge bars of it. These would be perfect because of couple of these would not be too calorific
Oh my goodness, these sound absolutely divine…
How scrummy please add me
How yummy, hope i win some
These look Seriously yum! Hotel Chocolat is good but these look even better – love the girlie packaging!
OMG I love chocolate, I really want to win this, mmmmmmmmmmm
would love to win they look very moorish!
Another Hotel Chocolat Caramel Chocolate addict here. I would love to win these so I can compare the two 🙂
Ooh, ooh, I want some! Please. 🙂
Chocolate, need I say more?? MORE!
Oooh they look delicious and it’s so great to see they’re milk chocolate instead of dark 🙂
Oh, cancel that entry.. *UK residents only* (I’m from Canada) 🙁
Caramel milk chocolate is my most recent addiction so these sound fantastic. I especially like the idea of thin discs, which melt on the tongue that much more quickly, flooding your mouth with the delicious flavour. Mmmm… really want to try these, now!
Ooh yes please!
omg these look amazing
yes please
they look great
I’ll diet tomorrow!
These sound wonderful – havent tried choccy with sea salt so sounds like a good place to start
MMMMMMM They look lovely MMMMMMM
My husband once asked me what do I prefer, chocolate or him. It wasn’t a difficult choice. As much as I love my hubby, chocolate will win every time! I am definitely a chocoholic and these would most definitely feed my addiction!
thank you lovely prize 🙂
good luck everyone 🙂
Thank you for running the competition and without being too bigheaded, I hope I win haha
These look awesome!!!
How good would these be sat in front of the one you love!!
Sound delicious.
Good luck everyone
yummy yummy yummy!
mmmmmm I’d love to get a box of these for my birthday
hint hint!
(today is my birthday)
Vanilla and chocolate – two of my favourite foods!
OOHHH the Wife would love me forever more if I won a box off these for her..Thank you
These sound delicious
This sounds lovely. Can’t wait to try then.
And now we find just how many readers this blog has 😉 I get posts via e-mail, so I’m slightly behind the RSS readers, it seems…
Wow, these sound yum – rich (but not *too* dark / bitter) chocolate, sweet vanilla and a touch of salt……think I’d be fighting the boyfriend for these if I’m lucky enough to win!
Agree with you that the HC caramel chocolate is yum, that’s how I know these would be right up my street! 😀
These chocolates look delicious!
Making me so hungry!!! xxx 🙂
I think these sound pretty amazing. I want to win these but it seems like lots of other people fancy them too! If I don’t win I might have to treat myself anyway :o)
Love them!
These look delicious – adult chocs – for me, not for the kids (for a change!)
Yummm I want to eat them right right now! Delicious 🙂 & RT @cathaylass
CHOCOLATE !!!!!
My husband is the biggest chocoholic I have ever known. I would love to win these for him.
I guess that a blog can be considered effective when it really raises strong emotions in the reader.
If we all agree on this definition then Dom’s Blog today on James Caramel & Vanilla Discs is a complete success.
I could actually smell that vanilla perfume as he opened the cellophane bag! My mouth is literally watering at his taste description. I have got that slight lift of flavour as my tongue hits a grain of salt.
I actually got annoyed when Dom suggested breaking them up and sprinkling them over ice cream. Don’t waste them like that. Give them to me! Give them to me!
I hope I win but I suspect my lousy, rotten luck means that I won’t. The funny thing is the blog is so good that I almost feel that I’ve tried them already! In truth, a successful Blog is one that you look forward to. And I always look forward to receiving Chocablog!
I would love to win these for my lovely wife who looks after me 24/7, but i`m sure she would share them!!?? lol
these look lush – yum yum
OMG! these looka and sound amazing, as a self confessed chocaholic i nwould most definately love to win these, but share? no way these will be mine all mine. i would sit with them on a friday night after the kids have gone to bed and enjoy their company with a big glass of wine and i’d put on my favourite dvd for them to enjoy. Then i would slowly nibble on them and savour every last bite until they were all gone!!!
Ooh, they look yum! I really like Hotel Chocolat’s caramel chocolate and would like to try some sea salt varieties – it’s a good job my birthday’s just around the corner!
yummy , yummy in my tummy
I’d love these.
These look yummy!
Please, please tell me how to hide chocolate from myself!! I try, but seem to keep finding it. Or stumble across different chocolate that I had tried to hide previously…I’m doomed!!
These would be devoured by my chocoholic family!!
MMmm delicious…would love the chance to win these!
ooh I was just about to lick the computer screen when OH walked in to bring me to my senses …..they look scrummy.@lottiegirlx
I’d love these to cheer me up having some really painful skin cancer treatment at the mo so when i’m feeling really rough could curl up on the sofa with a box of these and forget the pain.
i just love chocolate
Sorry everyone these are mine, all mine 🙂
Ok, i guess i could share….. One for you six for me 😀
go on pick me,i dare you.
This looks so good!
Mmmmm these look so yummy. I would love to try them.
More salty chocolate? Incredible.
These look well worth a go.
Hurry up, I’ve got a pot of tea sitting here in anticipation! Yum yum!
They sound fantastic. I’d love to have a taste.
Sounds yummy!
Hmmmmm chocolate :-p A girl can NEVER have too much chocolate!
If, like the writer says, these do taste like their caramel chocolate then they’re not to be missed. Their caramel choc buttons are heaven in a bag!
I MUST have these…………….NOW!!!!!
I would really love to win these (pleaseee!) 🙂
wow they look delicious i can smell them from here
WOW these look divine!….fingers crossed!
im on a diet.
oh well it cant harm me to enter.
mmmmmm I’m in the munchies stage of PMT so these would be ideal lol. My mouth is watering just from reading the description!
Oh my….
(Nuff said ;)!)
I don’t know what the question is ……….
but, the answer is always chocolate mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh wow, these sound gorgeous! Would love to try them!
They have to be bite size 😀
These look gorgeous!!!
Would Love These!
These could be in great demand.
Salt, vanilla & chocolate???? does it work, probably wouldn’t buy before I try, so I really need to win some – just to sample of course and let my friends try them as well – so if they’re really yummy, one box will sell a lot more.
These would need hiding away so that I could eat them all myself.
Sound good!
That looks delicious…
They look absolutely gorgeous.
Okay, those look sssoooooooo good!! I’ll order them just to find out! I appreciate the great photos and description!
Would love a chance to try these as i am a chocoholic thats poor !
Wow…these sound devine!
The whiff of the vanilla aroma is enough to make me munch the whole packet, let alone their yummy caramel flavour too!
I’m sure they would make a lovely treat, just letting them melt on the tongue…mmmmm!
These look so yummy, I want them in my tummy pretty please 🙂
mmmm… yum!
everything Gold reminds me of chocolate.
enter me please!
oh wait.. i live in the US. nvm :[
Ooo! I do hope that I win – these sound divine!
Oh my, it appears they have made giant chocolate buttons for grown ups. I love the combination of salty caramel and chocolate, and these would not last 5 minutes in my presence.
Great comp
i just love chocolate
I like to place these on my baldy head, and see how long it takes them to melt. I tell the future this way. Tomorrow it will rain. I love chocolate too.
this is mine!!!
Would like to win this.
Great giveaway, please enter me.
Oh please please enter me..thanks
they sound delicious. Good luck everyone
OMG do i ever!…they look sooo yummy i want them in my tummy…i’ll even find room on the hips for a taste on my lips…mmmm 🙂
perfect ice-cream sundae topper
I dont really like chocolate, but I would make an exception in this case and force them down!!
Oh wow!!! these look scrummy just right for a relaxing naughty treat after a days graft (although I don’t think I could stop at just one or two).
sounds so nice
Those sound delicious!!!
they look yum….I’d love to try some 🙂
Yummmmmm
vanilla anything is pretty much a must have in my house! they sound to die for!
I can taste that chocolate already! Home James and don’t spare the chocolate!
I keep trying – maybe one day I’ll win some really yummy chocolate!
I keep trying – maybe one day I’ll win some really yummy chocolate!
Please let me win as my chocoholic girlfriend has a craving for chocolate!!!
yum! these look great
Mmmmmmm, vanilla, caramel and a hint of salt – sounds like Heaven.
These look delicious… I love sea-salted caramel chocolate but I haven’t tried it with vanilla yet – my search for the yummiest sea-salted caramel chocolate continues…
they look yummy xx
these look delicious, now i want some.
I would LOVE to win these!
OMG – GREAT BIG BUTTONS – Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmm nom nom nom… These look tasty!
very, very, different
tasty, tasty very very tasty
I would LOVE to try these…They look like MASSIVE yummier chocolate buttons! Nom nom!
DOH!!! Another battle with temptation to be fought and (easily!) lost.
They are lovely, fantastic. WOuls love more
Being a big fan of caramel and chocolate combinations this is one item i cannot wait to get my teeth into.
YUMMY!!!!!
Hmmm chocolate.
Mmmm – they look lovely 🙂
These look amazing!!! Me please!
Oh dear. I just drooled on my keyboard…………..
I LOVE CHOCCY! Mine, ALL mine!!!
Oh they look lush!!
These chocolates look scrummy. I love getting your Chocablog updates by the way :O)
Are these what used to be called “Dragees”-and if not, what are dragees, actually? I’ve been trying to get some for my step-dad, he just says they are chocolate discs, but no-one I speak to seems to have a clue about them.
Yum, these look lovely!
Id love to win this to treat my boys
These look so good! Would love to win them!! 🙂
Giant tiddly winks!! Win them and eat them mmmm
These look so so tasty!
um…YUM!!!
If I win them I promise to send half the packet straight back to you so we can share =D
yummy if I win them sorry but would share other chocolates but not these ones!!
They look so tasty, would love to try them.
I have done well and eaten very healthily and lost a lot of weight but now I am ready for a few quality treats and this fits the bill perfectly so please send me some as I deserve some now.
These sound heavenly, caramel chocolate is my favourite :-).
These would not last long in my house.
Oh lovely yumm xx
Yummy yummy yummy I want these in my tummy!
Yummy!! I think these have my name all over them!!!! x
My gosh,……these look delicious
My search for the ultimate chocolates continues!
Oohh i’d love to win these for my boyfriend, he is the chocoholic in this relationship, honest!
I’d love to try these, they look yummy
You should totally give me those chocolates… I would definitely appreciate them!!
They look delicious, would love to try some.
Oooh, these look different. I would love to try them 😀
Oooh, these look soooo moreish. Yummy!
Yummy!!! Chocoholic needing her fix please!!
Nommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
These look amazing!
I have it on good authority that these are to die for!!! I want them, I need them, I want them now!!!
Yummy yum yum!! After losing 6 stone, these will be my very first taste of chocolate again! 🙂
I want em !! lol 🙂
I wanna win!
yummmm these sound lush!
hi im following you on twitter @emmajane30 thanks for letting me enter the comp x
RT on twitter @sweetiepie82, and I so want these choccies, they look sexy!! xx
i want to try them
they sound gorgeous
These look delicious, would love to try some
Can’t wait to taste them, my mouth is watering
They look lovely, please let me win.
They look and sound delicious
I haven’t tried these, but they look delicious. Worth suspending the diet for!
When you hold these you could pretend that you are very small and holding a normal sized chocolate button ;o)
I would`nt stop eating them till I was choc full!
like to win yum!
I would definitely eat the whole packet to myself…