Chocolate Reviews
Here at Chocablog, we've been reviewing chocolate since 2006. It's what we love.
Every day we review weird and wonderful chocolates from around the world, and you can find every one of Chocablog's chcoolate reviews right here. And if you know of some great chocolate that we haven't reviewed yet, let us know and we'll try to track it down!
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Review Archives
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Cadbury India Temptations Raisin & Apricot
I spotted this bar as I left India last year, and to be honest my main reason for purchasing it was to see if Cadbury India were using palm oil and other nasties in their confectionery. -
The Tea Room Maté & Cocoa Nibs
The last thing I brought back from the San Francisco Chocolate Salon was this 51 gram bar by The Tea Room. -
Choceur Plain Chocolate With Roasted Salted Almonds
So Christmas is over, VAT has gone up and the weather is still dreadful. What better time to pop into an Aldi in search of potentially tasty bargains? -
East India Company Dark Chocolate With Red Peppercorn
The East India Company is probably not be a name you associate with chocolate. In fact, it’s probably not a name you associate with anything much in the modern world. -
New Zealand Chocolate Round-Up
The family and I are travelling around the South Island of New Zealand. Naturally, when in another country there are many things to do: places to see, countryside to look at, and food to taste. -
Niederegger Marzipan Desserts Selection
Another little souvenir of a trip to Europe, where marzipan seems to be much more popular than it is here in the UK. -
Artisan du Chocolat Laverstoke Park Farm Buffalo Milk Chocolate
You can probably guess this chocolate’s unique selling point. This milk chocolate is made with buffalo milk, rather than cows’ milk. The buffalo in question comes from Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire. -
Original Beans Beni Wild Harvest
The tasting notes were as concise as the ingredients list - cognac, raisins, honeyed black tea. The cacao flavours are light and fruity, and the sugars do indeed give off this amazing rush of light honeyed sweetness. -
William Curley Chocolate Caramel Mou
The chocolates themselves look beautiful, much as you'd expect from anything with William Curley's name on it. They're elegant and unfussy with a simple decoration of cocoa nibs on top. -
Godiva Milk Chocolate Dipped Strawberry
Whilst wandering through World Market’s Valentine’s Day displays, my eye alighted upon this offering from Godiva. -
Neuhaus Valentine’s Selection
These two Valentine’s Day pieces came to me from Belgian chocolatier Neuhaus. First is a heart box filled with nineteen pralines. Its red siding gives a modern look to the box’s top pattern of a lace pattern of grey-on-white. -
French Broad Aphrodisiac Collection
On first look, I thought this box of truffles I received from French Broad Chocolates was just another simple, handmade affair... -
Asda ‘The Collection’
I’m always a little wary when supermarkets send their own brand chocolate samples, so when Asda asked if we could review their latest “The Collection” (imaginative name) chocolates in time for Valentines Day, I can’t say I was looking forward to them... -
Paul A. Young Valentine’s Selection
Time for more Valentine’s chocolates, this time from the always awesome Paul A. Young. As you’d expect from Paul, everything looks amazing, so I just thought I’d show you lots of pretty pictures. -
James Strawberry & Champagne Truffles
James Chocolates’ second offering for lovers who love chocolate comes in the form of these Strawberry & Marc de Champagne liqueur truffles, although in fairness they aren’t in any way Valentine themed other than by virtue of the fact they’re … -
Chococo Valentine’s Gift Set
Here’s a bit of Valentine’s fun from Chococo. A 125g dark chocolate heart with white chocolate cherubs and little sugar hearts and a selection of 16 fresh chocolates. Let’s start with the heart. You can pick from other varieties of chocolate … -
President’s Choice Chocolate Fruit Fancies
They say that going shopping while hungry isn’t a good idea because you end up buying things you’d never usually pick up. So naturally, I do it all the time. And being the visual person I am, I inevitably buy … -
Momotombo Chocolate Factory Assorted Chocolates
When trying a sample of the Momotombo Chocolate Factory’s chocolates at the Chocolate Salon, I instantly found it a unique experience. Unique, too, that the company is right out of Nicaragua, using cacao grown in the country. Their symbol is … -
Seed & Bean Clementine Milk Chocolate
As Dom mentioned, we’ve been given the whole Organic Seed & Bean bar range to review. This 37% cocoa milk chocolate bar is made with 77% Fairtrade ingredients, all of which are also organically produced. At 37% cocoa it’s richer than … -
Charbonnel et Walker Delicious Art
Mr Ramsey Finchley London Mrs Minnie Walker 173 New Bond Street London 1st February 1878 My Dearest Mrs Walker I do hope this note finds you in good health. It has been some time since we last corresponded, but Mme. Charbonnel informed me of your recent dalliance with … -
James Raspberry Hearts
In case you weren’t aware (in which case there’s a good chance you’re male and possibly single) Valentines Day will soon be upon us once again, and chocolate manufacturers all over the world have been getting the heart shaped moulds … -
Vice Chocolates Dark Chocolate With Fleur De Sel
Although I have said that Vice Chocolates had quite an eye-catching booth at the San Francisco Chocolate Salon, I find myself slightly disappointed to be at home with only a plain dark chocolate and sea salt bar rather than a … -
Cocoa Loco Champagne Truffles
My last encounter with Cocoa Loco was back in 2009 and took the form of a rather hot chilli chocolate bar. This time round, I have something a little more sedate; this rather cute little box of six handmade, organic … -
Pralus Barre Infernale Lait
An amazing ingot of milk chocolate with a thick praline filling. -
Soma Chuao 70%
Canada’s Soma Chocolatemaker is one of our very favourite bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers, and their Chuao 70% bar is one of their best creations. Michael and I managed to get our hands on two bars from the same batch, and frankly, … -
Nakd Cocoa Bars
We all know that chocolate is good for you (it’s only when you start adding sugar and milk powder that things go downhill), but there do seem to be more and more health foods using chocolate as an ingredient lately. These … -
President’s Choice Gourmet Belgian Chocolate Collection
Next from the President’s Choice pile is the Gourmet Belgian Chocolate Collection, the flagship of their 2010 range and biggest of the boxes. It might even have been a load-bearing box because the others kinda fell over once it was … -
Carluccio’s Dark Chocolate Grissini
These grissini (breadsticks) were a gift from my friend Judith of Mostly About Chocolate late last year, so I thought it was about time I got down to writing about them. We split the 400g box between us, and you … -
Choccreate
Choccreate is another of the make-your-own chocolate bar companies, all of whom seem to be named with the oh-so-original prefix “choc.” But after all, it is your own creativity that is supposed to reign in these cases. When Choccreate invited … -
Amedei Porcelana
A beautiful dark chocolate made from Venezuelan Porcelana cocoa beans. -
Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar
It seems like a long time since Dom posted Chocablog’s first Bacon/Chocolate hybrid review, and I was terribly excited when those lovely people from HF Chocolates gave this to me last year. Vosges is the brainchild of Katrina Markoff and … -
Thorntons ‘Born To Share’ Milk Chocolate With Mango
This little 80g block of chocolate from Thorntons is something a bit special. Not only is it the first time we’ve featured chocolate made with cocoa beans from Haiti on Chocablog, but a sizeable chunk (91p to be precise) of … -
Wei of Chocolate Wei Happy
I am pleased to say that I have finally found a chocolate maker in Phoenix. I discovered Wei of Chocolate at a farmer’s market, educating passers by about how to get the most nutrition-wise out of your chocolate. After sampling … -
Madécasse 70%
Even with less than two days in San Francisco, I still had to peer into a couple of chocolate shops in the area. (Ghirardelli Square doesn’t count: it’s a great place to spend the afternoon but not a major chocolate … -
Mast Brothers Grand Cru 81%
When Dom reviewed the first Mast Brothers bar I felt a genuine pang of envy. Seriously. When I read the review I immediately lusted for a taste of this wondrous chocolate that those bearded brothers were bringing to life in … -
Divine Dark Chocolate With Ginger & Orange
Despite having had Divine chocolate in cocktails and brownies recently, it’s been a while since we’ve reviewed any of their actual bars, and being a bit of a ginger fan, I thought I’d give this one a try. This is a … -
Jersey Devil Hot & Spicy
Jersey Devil Chocolates, being a new company, currently have a single product: a 54% dark chocolate bar with chipotle chili and cranberries that sells for $3.50. The premise is the Jersey Devil folklore of a flying, hoofed creature in New … -
Vestri White Chocolate With Sesame & Pink Himalayan Salt
When ‘The Chocolate Society‘ got in touch to offer me a few items for review, he mentioned Vestri White chocolate. “How odd.” I thought, having only quite recently had my first encounter with Vestri and rather enjoyed it. As you can … -
Seed & Bean Lemon & Poppy Seeds
Seed & Bean are a UK company producing ethical and organic chocolate bars. They sent us their entire range (expect more reviews soon!), but this caught my eye as I’ve never reviewed a chocolate bar with poppy seeds. Simon recently tried … -
Ayala Moriel Espionage Perfume Bar
Well, this is an interesting idea and as far as I know, something really quite unique. Perfume maker Ayala Moriel has collaborated with Vancouver chocolatier Rachel Sawatzky (also known as the CocoaNymph) to come up with a trio of chocolate …