Chocolate Reviews
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Review Archives
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Van Beek & Specker, Rotterdam
I was in Holland a week or so ago, and my constant quest for local chocolate makers resulted in me finding one of the five shops Van Beek & Specker have in Rotterdam. Apparently these two families have been working together … -
Lucky’s Chocolate Enrobed Cakes
This is more of a preview than a review, because these attractive chocolate enrobed cakes and brownies won’t actually be available until next month. Lucky’s sent us three cakes (“Sour Kick”, “Fancy Fudge”, “Nutty Delay”) and three brownies (“Mocha Madness”, “Chunky … -
Mitzi Blue ML
Although I didn’t realise it at the time of purchase, Mitzi Blue is an offshoot of the slightly eccentric Zotter brand. A quick look at the web site reveals that there are a couple of dozen Mitzi Blue products available … -
Hotel Chocolat Summer Goody Bag
Time for another Hotel Chocolat goody bag! I do love these things, despite the fact that they come in a little handbag and are probably not aimed at me. I think there’s something exciting about ripping open a bag full … -
FoodShouldTasteGood Chocolate Tortilla Chips
We’ve all heard by now about chili chocolate, chocolate soda, chocolate pasta, and the like. But chocolate tortilla chips? It sounds like someone just fell off the edge from creativity to oddity, but looking at the bag, there is no … -
Zotter Golden Cherries of Uzbekistan
This is the second of the handful of Zotter bars I picked up in Vienna, and possibly the most unusual in terms of title/flavour. A little research reveals that Uzbekistan is something of a fruit producing country, and the Golden … -
Go*Do Organic Chocolate
This little lot was sent to us by Italian company Go*Do who will be launching in the UK in September. According to the company web site, they take their ethical responsibilities seriously, with the cocoa and cane sugar coming from “selected … -
Zotter Butter Caramel
One of the peculiar things about working for Chocablog is that I rarely have any idea what any of the other writers are up to until I read their reviews. Dom and I will occasionally consult as to what we … -
The Chocolate Tree Dark Chocolate With Strawberry & Pepper
This is the last of the three Chocolate Tree bars I picked up on my recent trip to Edinburgh. It has crushed black peppercorns and dried strawberries, which struck me as an interesting and unusual combination. I’d had chocolate with … -
Askinosie San Jose Del Tambo 70%
Askinosie is an American bean-to-bar chocolate maker, based in Springfield, Missouri. Shockingly, in over four years of writing about chocolate practically every day, this is the first time we’ve reviewed one of their bars. That just goes to show how … -
Zhena’s Gypsy Chocolate Jasmine Tea
One of the nice things about World Market is that, besides the occasional snow-cone or cookie samples, there are always coffee and/or tea in the back of the store. Perfect to pick up while browsing the chocolate shelves, not to … -
Sugah! Fog Burner
Wow. I suspect that there might be some coffee in this here chocolate because I can smell it before I even open the bar and I feel more awake by just looking at it. Impressive. Or maybe that has something … -
Freia Premium Passion Fruit
Freia is a long established Norwegian chocolate manufacturer, with a shop in Oslo since the late nineteenth century. Rebranded in Sweden and elsewhere as Marabou (due to existing copyright problems), Freia was bought out by Kraft some years ago. The … -
Hotel Chocolat 50% Island Growers Gianduja
Gianduja, for the uninitiated, is a mixture of chocolate and hazelnut paste. It’s sometimes sold in blocks (great for creating delicious desserts), used as a filling for individual chocolates, or as in this case, simply cut into small squares and … -
Cadbury Raisin BrunchBar
I’m going to be honest with you. I won these in the tombola at East Finchley Festival. I didn’t buy them, and Cadbury certainly didn’t send us them. Because they never send us anything. I’m not really a breakfast bar kind … -
La Francomtoíse De Confítureríe Apple, Coconut & Dark Chocolate Jam
A while back, I went on somewhat of a European long weekend road trip sort of thing through Spain and France. On the Saturday, we drove all day and ended up in the rather scenic town of Dijon. The next … -
Mood Foods OmBar Fruit Bars
Mood foods have redesigned, rebranded and re-invented their range of Ombars, one of which I reviewed last year. The 2010 models are completely different though, with the cocoa content up to 60%, and a new sweetening agent in the mix. Mood … -
Delicaseys Fleur De Sel
Part of the goody bag I recently received included a few Delicaseys chocolates from Sydney. I was hugely impressed with the Orange Bliss that I tried first. Next on the list is Fleur De Sel – or as the package describes … -
Paul A. Young 72% Venezuelan with Tellicherry Pepper
This is one of Paul A. Young’s latest creations. It was thrust into my hand at the recent Taste of London event in Regents Park, and also one of the samples on offer at Jennifer Earle’s Chocs & Tunes tasting … -
Praline & Caramel – Cinnamon & Cayenne Pepper
One of the really wonderful things about hanging out in Montreal hunting for chocolate (apart from simply getting lots of chocolate) was discovering all kinds of Canadian companies I was unfamiliar with. And I had never heard of Laval’s Praline … -
Hotel Chocolat Super Boosters
Any chocolate that comes in a test tube must be good. If it’s made from cocoa nibs and has a Hotel Chocolat logo on it, then it should be awesome. The name and presentation are clearly designed to get you thinking … -
Mint Chocolate Buzz Bites
For a long time now, I’ve suspected that Lee has been trying to kill me. And now, in what initially seemed like a thoughtful gift of some chocolate chews, my suspicions have been confirmed. This cute little tin contains six mint … -
Agave Dream Chocolate Ice Cream
Now that the summer is upon us in all its sunshiny glory, it’s the cooler treats that begin to look more welcoming. What I have here is chocolate ice cream by Agave Dream. Besides being something to cool off with, … -
Chocolate Cafe Milk Chocolate With Honeycomb
The second in a trio of bars from The Chocolate Cafe is this milk chocolate with honeycomb. It’s a 33.6% cocoa solids chocolate that describes itself as “premium” for some reason. I’m not convinced that’s a great way to describe chocolate, … -
Sachertorte from the Sacher Café, Vienna
It’s a lovely sunny July evening here in Vienna, and about an hour or go I sat down at the Sacher Café for a taste of the Original Sachertorte. Conceived by the owner of the hotel (oddly enough) Sachertorte is sold … -
Thorntons White Chocolate With Coconut & Lime
I know how some of you feel about white chocolate. You don’t regard it as proper chocolate and you get all hot and bothered when we write about it. But this bar has a special place in my heart, and … -
Lu Petit Écolier
As I was poking about in my local Foodland supermarket a few days ago, I stumbled upon LU Petit Écolier biscuits. Part of the attraction / interest was that these sell themselves as “European Biscuits”. Down here in the wide brown land … -
Mama’s Chocolate & Mint Cream Fudge
Here’s something I picked up at my local farmers market on a very hot day in Finchley. It was my first visit to the market and I wasn’t expecting to see anything chocolate related, especially on the hotest day of … -
Lindt Petits Desserts Sorbetto
During my last shopping trip, it was hard not to notice Lindt’s new Petits Desserts Sorbetto chocolates on the shelf because of the really unique packaging they’ve been given – an oversized cardboard ice cream cone that declares in no … -
Zotter Labooko Blumenstrauß
“Blumenstrauß”, for those of you who don’t speak German means “Bouquet”, which might give you a good idea of the flavouring in this Zotter creation. As with the Raspberry and Coconut offering, there are two different bars in one fold-out pack … -
Chocolate Café Strawberry Chocolate With Black Pepper
The Chocolate Café is a chocolate shop and café in Ramsbottom, Lancashire. As you can see from the picture above, they don’t just sell other people’s chocolate, they also have their own label. They sent us three bars to try, and … -
Butlers Honeycomb Crisp Milk Chocolate
Irish milk chocolate with honeycomb pieces. -
The Chocolate Tree “Seeds” Milk Chocolate
Having recently written about this Edinburgh company and their excellent chilli chocolate, I was obviously keen to try another one of The Chocolate Tree’s bars. This time it was their milk chocolate bar with seeds. The bar … -
Auberge du Chocolat Signature Dairy Free Range
I picked this little selection up from the Auberge stand at Taste of London last week. I asked the girls to pick out a selection of their favourites, and they chose to go with this “Dairy Free” selection. I use the … -
Bellina Chocolate House, Cambridge
Whilst out and about on my travels a while ago, I tracked down the Bellina Chocolate House in Cambridge. Located in newer premises on Bridge Street (having moved from a small side street which is also home to a fantastic … -
Sugah! Retro Bars
Now that all things old are new again, and there’s money to be made from nostalgia, it isn’t really a surprise that some smart people are trying to capitalize on that. The Sugah! Retro range of bars are an attempt … -
Hotel Chocolat The Purist 50% Milk Island Growers
I happened to pass by one of Hotel Chocolat’s stores recently and decided to pop in for a look, since we’ve not been sent anything from them for a while. While Hotel Chocolat continue to bring out ever more outrageous, … -
Nicky Grant Selection
There’s nothing I enjoy more than discovering a fresh chocolate maker that I haven’t come across before, so I was delighted when the postman tried (and failed) to squeeze this little box through my letterbox. Luckily the chocolates and the postman … -
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 …