Chocolate Reviews
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Review Archives
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Galler Les Florales
Having been thoroughly impressed with Galler’s ‘Les Marines‘ box of salted and seaweedy chocolates, I find myself deemed worthy of a chance to sample the entire range (including one which is only just available this month). Les Florales was Jean Galler’s … -
Hotel Chocolat ‘The Purist’ 100% Stick
Something else we were given at the Academy of Chocolate Awards this summer – a stick of pure cocoa from Hotel Chocolat’s St. Lucian plantation. It comes with a recipe for a hot chocolate drink, but since it’s still relatively … -
DeAngelis – Pure, Dark & Italian
One of the things I like best about this job is discovering products, manufacturers and ideas that are completely new to me. These chocolate bars from UK-based Australian-Italian chocolate maker Rocco DeAngelis are definitely new to me. For a start, the … -
Artisan du Chocolat Mole Poblano
This is my first Artisan du Chocolat bar, one of a range producd under the name ”Fusion’. As you might imagine from both the theme of the packaging and the name, this chocolate is based on the famous Mexican sauce … -
Galler 85% Dark Chocolate Spread (& Bananas)
A recent press release from Galler suggested cooking bananas on a barbeque using their 85% cocoa spread as a filling. I was quite taken with the whole idea, but living in a second floor flat means barbequeing is a … -
Gorvett & Stone Handmade Exploding Frog
This sweet little creature from Henley-on-Thames based chocolatier Gorvett & Stone has a secret. Those green spots on his back should be a warning… bite into him, and he explodes. Literally. You see, mixed in with the smooth and creamy 38% … -
Signature Harvest Truffle Collection
While I was at World Market this week, I spotted a pile of these boxes in the fall display. Plain, red-ribboned boxes by “Signature Chocolates by Rena – A Division of Chocolates a la Carte.” Sounded kind of iffy, but … -
Montezuma’s Chilli & Lime Milk Chocolate
In keeping with my current philosophy of buying any and all chocolate in brightly coloured packaging, I picked this bar up in Waitrose, attracted by the bright green logo on the front. Long time Chocablog readers may remember we’ve looked at … -
Ernest Hillier Ginger
Time again for the Picky Ginger Freak – that’s me – to try another offering and see what it’s like. Ernest Hiller proudly proclaims on his pack to have been in business since 1914, presumably they must be doing something right … -
Monty Bojangles Cocoa Dusted Toffee Truffles
I picked these up from Waitrose, and as you might have guessed, it was the bright yellow packaging with cats on that caught my eye. Having never heard of Monty Bojangles, I had no idea what to expect, but I … -
Reese’s Whipps
As long as I was trying so many peanut butter chocolates, I thought it was high time I got to a Reese’s Whipps. Especially since they’re not even marked as new anymore. Has it really been that long since they … -
Elite “Cow” Milk Chocolate With Popping Candy
First, an apology; although this chocolate bar is available in Jewish shops in the UK, my one came from Israel, which accounts for its somewhat sorry state in the picture. Still, while the packaging suffered somewhat, the chocolate itself survived … -
Chocoholly Organic White Chocolate With Cranberries & Cinnamon
After Simon reviewed Holly Caulfied’s organic dark chocolate with chilli & coconut recently, I decided to head down to Oxford Street to meet her and try out some free samples for myself. Of course, the chocolate was delicious and by … -
Nestlé Club Cashew Nut & Cherry
Mmmmmm, I hear you say. Cashew & Cherry. A fabulous combo in a family block from the supermarket. Lead me to them. Nestlé have been pushing Club chocolate for years, and recently we have had the packaging upgrade (cardboard just like … -
Bendicks Bittergingers, Bitteroranges & Bittermints
Wel this is interesting. This new range of ‘after dinner’ chocolates from Bendicks seem to be more than a superficial rebranding. Rather than just change the packaging a little, they’ve introduced this new “Bitter” range of dark chocolates with a … -
Chocolateque Assortment
This selection of chocolates was sent over from Belgium for tasting courtesy of a young web entrepeneur called Thomas who has secured an exclusive web sales deal with a Belgian chocolatier by the name of Frederic Blondeel. As Thomas said in … -
Maramor Premium Milk & Dark Chocolate With Probiotics
As Dom recently pointed out, chocolates that promote health benefits more than anything else are often just digging for selling points. Too often, their stand-alone quality is lacking. So though I love getting chocolate in the mail, I started going … -
Dark Chocolate Fruchocs
Way back when, the Kath-that’s-moved-on reviewed the South Aussie classic – the Fruchoc. Go read the review. There, now, doesn’t that make you feel better? Want one? Difficult because although Mr Robern Menz makes about 67 million of these things each … -
Hadleigh Maid Dark Chocolate Cranberries
I’m always a bit wary of health claims attached to chocolate. We all know that dark chocolate is good for you. I don’t need to have it metaphorically (or even physically) shoved down my throat. This box – found in Tesco … -
Laura Secord 70% Cocoa With Cocoa Nibs
Guest Chocablogger Michael Edwards from Canda takes a look at something local… Laura Secord is a Canadian chain of chocolate stores along the lines of Thorntons that has never been my first destination when I needed a chocolate fix. My prior … -
Beacon Caramel Biscotti
Guest Chocablogger Natasha Faria from South Africa looks at a local offering… Beacon has never really been top of my list when trawling the chocolate aisle, but my lover brought this home for me because of this very blog. How can … -
Original Beans Cru Virunga
Note: Our sample arrived damaged due to no fault of Original Beans. Please see our updated review of the Original Beans range for a more balanced opinion. I have to say, I love the packaging design of this bar. Though the … -
Bahlsen Oblong Jaffa Cakes
Sacrilege! * end of review * Oh. You want more? Ok then. These imitation Jaffa Cakes come to us from Germany’s Bahlsen via a slightly annoying viral marketing campaign. They are just like real Jaffa Cakes, but with a higher level of … -
Albert Heijn Excellent Swiss Milk Chocolate With Honey Waffle
(Or Albert Heijn Excellent Zwitserse Melkchocolade met Stroopwafelsmaak in original Dutch!) My mom got this chocolate as a present and passed it onto me. A bit of research told me that Albert Heijn is a dutch supermarket and I do believe … -
Domori Cacao Teyuna
Another gift from the Academy of Chocolate Awards goody bag, this is my first encounter with Domori. The subtly designed box is home to a 50g sliver of dark chocolate made with Colombian beans. Having thoroughly enjoyed my encounter with … -
KitKat Chunky Caramel
Way back in the mists of time (July 2006 to be precise), I reviewed KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter and found it to be one of the most awful chocolate bars I’d ever tasted. Judging by the comments on that particular … -
Sainsbury’s Velvety Truffle
Like all supermarket chains, Sainsburys has a variety of own branded bars and boxes to tempt the average chocolate consumer away from their ‘usual’ choc of choice (presumably Cadbury or Nestlé) and at 75p a bar (if you buy two) … -
Baron Dark Chocolate
This strange Baron chocolate turned up the other day – not my find. The Lady Of The House was out and about and found it in one of the ultra-low-cost discount stores: “Go-Crazy-Cheap-Low-As-Chips” – or some such. You know the … -
Rocky Mountain Peanut Butter Bucket Dark
Among the various offerings of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is this commanding chocolate. Just look at the name: not peanut butter cup (Rocky Mountain does sell some mini ones), but bucket. Sounds like a proper sweet to gorge yourself on. … -
Chocoholly Organic Dark Chocolate With Chilli & Coconut
Holly Caulfield is an artist based in Brighton, and apparently she was so moved by watching the movie Chocolat that she decided to become a chocolatier. A little over eighteen months ago Chocoholly was born and Holly began selling her … -
Cadbury Wispa Gold
Wispa milk chocolate with caramel -
Galler Langues de Chats
So, having established Jean Galler as a purveyor of fine quality chocolate and a man not afraid to experiment with unusual flavours and product design, I receive another sample box. (I have come to recognise the boxes, as I am … -
Charbonnel et Walker Milk Chocolate & Banoffee Truffles
One of the perks of this job is that occasionally the postman will show up with “breakfast” – a delivery of chocolate samples. Today was one of those days and the breakfast in question consisted of two boxes of eight … -
Klaus ‘Poire William’
Here’s something of an oddity – French Chocolate with a German name containing Williams Pear Liqueur. Pear and chocolate is less of an oddity than it used to be, and that’s mainly due to European offerings like this one. I’m … -
ION Derby
As you may have guessed, this is another Greek curiosity from Chocablog reader George Loumakis. This one’s definitely more of a “candy bar” than the ION with Chios Mastiha I reviewed previously. George notes that it has some historical value as … -
Ghirardelli Midnight Reverie
86% dark chocolate from Ghirardelli. -
Menz Choccy Crows
When it comes to football and sponsorship, I suppose anything goes. Even chocolate is not immune. When it comes to football and me, I couldn’t care less. A bunch of big burly blokes running around assaulting each other for a couple … -
Lauden Single Origin and Salted Caramel Chocolates
Two more offerings from the cornucopia which was the AOC Awards goodybag. This innocuous looking bag turned out to be home to a couple of the most brightly adorned chocolates I have seen in a while. This brace of brightly painted … -
M&Ms Orange
M&Ms always keep me on my toes. No, not because I’m overly sugared up and high as a kite on cocoa, but because they like to release new flavours with very little fanfare: normally they’re only spotted when one … -
Thorntons Dark Chocolate With Raspberry
The lovely people at Thorntons sent me a couple more blocks (actually they sent me a press release and I kind of demanded they just send me chocolate instead) and this particular limited edition block caught my eye. My attraction …