Chocolate Reviews
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Review Archives
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The Chocolate Tree Chilli Milk Chocolate
This week, I am in Edinburgh where a friend has tipped me off to the existence of The Chocolate Tree, a local place selling handcrafted certified organic chocolates. I grabbed a few of their interesting-looking bars to try. £5 … -
Zaabär Star Anise of China & Ginger From Goa
When faced with a wall of chocolate in a shop, most of which is unfamiliar, it is hard to know which ones to buy. My head says I should go for a flavour which I either like a lot or … -
Wonka Exceptionals Scrumdiddlyumptious Chocolate Bar
“I’d like a bar of chocolate, please… whichever one’s the biggest.” Wise words, spoken by Mr. Charlie Bucket just moments before unearthing his Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka’s factory. The iconic Wonka bar itself can be difficult to track down (I … -
Delicaseys Orange Bliss
The other (better?) half had a short holiday in Sydney with her sister recently, and came back bearing gifts of chocolate. The “Delicaseys” range were apparently what was available at the local shops, so she had to buy some. I’ve been … -
Zotter Drinking Chocolate
Something a little different from Zotter (although since when is anything Zotter have done not a little different). This time though, we have drinking chocolate. The drinking chocolates take the form of five differently flavoured bars (Bourbon Vanilla, Bitter Classic, Cinnamon … -
Sugah! Nova Scotia Concoction
After I e-mailed the nice people at Sugah! my review of their Anise Almond Clusters, they sent an e-mail back threatening to, and I quote, “inundate me with chocolate”. And then a few weeks later, they did just that. A … -
Chocolate & Love Crushed Diamonds
This is one of the Chocolate & Love own branded bars that I picked up at their recent tasting session in central London. It’s one of those strange chocolates that can’t decide if it wants to be dark or milk. It’s … -
Von Geusau Dark Chilli
Guest Chocablogger Natasha Faria is back with another offering from South Africa… This may be a flavour that has been done many times before, but what better yardstick to measure a chocolatier by than how well they do the classics, before … -
Zotter Olives With Lemon
It’s time for something weird and wonderful from Zotter – that slightly mad Austrian bean-to-bar chocolate maker. This time we have a 60% dark chocolate with an olive and lemon filling – something which sounds positively tame by normal Zotter … -
Casey’s Marvelous Milk Chocolate Cupcake
I recently had the pleasure of a short stay at The Mission Inn Hotel and Spa in Riverside, California. Built in the nineteenth century (never as an actual mission, as the name suggests) and standing like its own castle community, … -
Matcha Chocolat Jade Selection
Tea chocolate is very much the in thing right now. I think the fact that Katie Christoffers, the brains behind Matcha Chocolat sent us this new collection in the same week as the Paul A. Young & Henrietta Lovell tea … -
Chocoholly Strawberry & Chilli White Chocolate
This is one of the bars Holly gave me at the Real Food Festival recently, and it’s been sat in my chocolate stash begging to be eaten, so I thought it was about time I tried it. The colour is the … -
Damian Allsop Clouds
Damien Allsop is another Michelin standard Head Pastry Chef turned chocolatier, and he has taken an unusualk approach to many of his products, including the CH20colates Dom reviewed (and didn’t much care for). It isn’t very often that someone comes up … -
Edible.com Chocolate Coated Giant Ants
Can you tell what it is yet? After my review of the chocolate coated worms and crickets was published, Chocablog reader Amy kind of dared me to review these. So I did. For about a pound a go (plus postage) I found … -
Côte d’Or Lemon Ginger & Passion Fruit
The selection of chocolate bars available at the non-specialist shops in town in pretty stagnant – all the usual things from the usual suspects and that’s about it. And while it is rather nice to be able to pick up some … -
Johan Bülow Lakrids ‘A’
Educated Chocablog readers will no doubt be aware that ‘Lakrids‘ is the Danish word for liquorice. I, however, am an uneducated twonk and had to look it up. So as you might have guessed, this little jar contains Danish liquorice. But … -
Wawel Platki Czekoladowe
I was at my local Vietnamese butcher the other day. The one that sells chocolate. Naturally. Polish chocolate. As you do. Amongst my haul of sausages, steaks and chickens I just happened to accidentally stand in front of the chocolate shelves … -
Galler Blended Venezuela Papouasie 43%
Here we have the first of two bars I recently received from Galler. I’ve been accused of favouring Galler’s more exotic creations in the past (and I think I have) but this bar seems to have a promising lineage, being … -
Von Geusau Dark Cherry
Guest Chocablogger Natasha Faria is back with something interesting from South Africa… All of Von Geusau’s chocolates are well-packaged, but the colour-coded foil really adds a special bit of flair – as do the hand-written, colour-coded labels. From every aspect of … -
Chocolats Geneviève Grandbois Les Classiques
This was my final stop in the chocolate tour of Montreal because my host was saving her favourite shop until last. She loves Chocolats Geneviève Grandbois and it is easy to understand why. The shop might be tiny, but it … -
Duffy’s Star Of Peru 43%
Time for another bar from Duffy Sheardown – one of only two bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the UK. This time it’s a milk chocolate made with Peruvian beans. As with all the bars in the range, the packaging is simple – … -
Willie’s Cacao Madagascan 71 Sambirano Superior
Willie Harcourt-Cooze is one of only two bean to bar chocolate makers in the UK. Most famously, he was the subject of Channel 4′s “Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory”, and in chocolate circles, he’s known as much for his personality as … -
Chocolate Utopia Selection
Finding myself in Nottingham for the day I decided to see if I could find any noteworthy chocolate shops, and Chocolate Utopia popped up at the top of the list. Since the shop was only a five minute walk away … -
Cadbury Crunchie, Caramel & Turkish Biscuits
These new biscuits come in three varieties – Crunchie, Caramel and Turkish – and are made for Cadbury by Burton’s Foods who sent us these samples. Now I’m not the biggest fan of biscuits in the world, so I took … -
Butlers Irish Cream Truffle
I picked this up in Ireland last week, mainly for the novelty value but also because it seemed like the most Irish chocolate I could find. Obviously ‘Irish Cream’ is a version of that very popular alcoholic beverage Bailey’s, and … -
Chocolate & Halva Kurtosh
I recently spent a few months in Tel Aviv. I couldn’t leave without reviewing (and, most importantly, consuming) one of the city’s finest dessert surprises. Behold the kurtosh! A traditional Hungarian dessert / yeast cake tube thing, which must be … -
Paul A. Young Marmite XO Bar
I’ve known this bar was coming for a couple of months and I’ve sat and waited patiently for it to appear. Today it finally arrived, and I think my life may be complete. Yes, this is what happens when you … -
Godiva Spring Fruits
I have a bit of a history with Godiva. With their message of luxury inside golden boxes, they were a helping hand when I began to think of chocolate as beyond indulgence. But when I’ve had some of their chocolate … -
Milka & Daim
Two of the world's favourite chocolate bars in one. -
Suite 88 Les Truffes Artisanales
My recent trip to Montreal for a conference was also a good excuse for a guided tour of the city’s best chocolate shops, and one of the first stops of the day was to Suite 88 Chocolatier. The shop is … -
Hotel Chocolat The Purist Madagascar Milk 52%
This milk chocolate bar packs a hefty 52% cocoa solids and is the sibling to the Purist 72% Dark Madagascar bar I reviewed recently. It features beans from the same Menavava plantation, extra vanilla and cocoa nibs. The format and packaging … -
Lindt Essence Assorted Selection
I’ve been itching to try these since seeing them appear on our Supermarket shelves some time ago – a new (?) Lindt offering! Or at least – one I’d not come across before. The small bag contains filled chocolates; to quote … -
Duffy’s Heart of Panama 70%
It may surprise you to learn that there are only two people making chocolate from the bean in the UK. The first was Willie Harcourt-Cooze (of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory fame), and now we have Duffy Sheardown and his Red … -
Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe Old Jamaica
Older readers may remember those iconic (and downright silly) ads for Cadbury’s Old Jamaica in the 70s and 80s. I remember it being a favourite of my mother at the time, but for some reason Cadbury discontinued it in the … -
Hotel Chocolat Just Desserts H-Box
This is just the kind of thing I love. A light, fruity summer selection box from Hotel Chocolat. This particular “H-Box” (I don’t know why they named a box of chocolates after a prison block) consists of 14 milk, dark … -
Arnott’s Tim Tam Crush Double Choc Crunch
Both Kath and I have written before about the venerable Tim Tam, and the assortment of fiddles, fixes, and changes that Arnott’s have made over the years to their winning formula. Amongst the stable of Tim and his cousins, the Honeycomb … -
Niko B Organic Chocolates Selection
Anthony Ferguson is an American chocolate maker who up until 2001 was working for Silicon Graphics in San Francisco. These days, he’s living in Hackney with his British wife and running a chocolate company named after his son Nikolas. I met … -
Chocoholly Salted Caramels
Holly Caulfied – aka Chocoholly – is one of my favourite British chocolatiers. Not only is she an all-round lovely person to know, but her artistic talents make her chocolates some of the most creative and attractive chocolates around. The range … -
Popina White Chocolate & Coffee Truffle Brownie
I picked this little beauty up from the Popina stand at the Real Food Festival at Earls Court on Friday. According to their web site, it’s made with 72% dark chocolate, white chocolate and coffee, but I wanted to see how … -
Canadian Mars Bars
Being of a certain age, I remember when Mars Bars were gigantic. I mean seriously big. So big that getting to the end of one could have potentially bring upon a diabetic coma. And they only 10p too… To be honest, …