Chocolate Reviews
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Review Archives
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Pesek Zman White
Pesek Zman is an old favourite of mine. It’s usually presented as a single, narrow bar of flat chocolate squares filled with wafer and hazelnut cream. On a recent visit to Israel, I discovered that apart from the growing … -
Lindt Edelbitter Sauerkirsch-Chili
Oh woe is me! I weakened. I finally broke open this pack that I’ve been saving since late last year when we brought it back from the far side of the world. One of the few remaining chocolates left that we … -
World Market Chili and Lime Dark Chocolate
Lime is one of the divine foods, on par with butter and honey. Naturally, then, I got excited over seeing this bar, even if chili chocolates are fast becoming common. Chili coupled with lime, though, I was hoping would have … -
Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Tonka Bean
Another of the ever-expanding range of Thorntons slabs, this one is 38% cocoa milk chocolate infused with Tonka Bean. In case you didn’t know, Tonka Bean isn’t something that was used to make tough toys for tough kids back … -
San Churro El Fuego Dentro Selection
San Churro is an Australian-based chocolateria that owes its origins to Spanish chocolate as well as their relaxed, sociable way of life. San Churro was the head monk for the Queen of Spain in the sixteenth century and saw … -
Choclatique Moon Rocks
To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, Choclatique has fashioned a set of 15 space-inspired chocolates to their Moon Rocks Collection. They sent me the four following samples. Mission Control Fig Beware of the blue on … -
EZA Mascao Cappuccino
Here we are again, the great Coffee/Chocolate debate rears its ugly head once again. An often used but seldom-perfected combination, coffee and chocolate seems to be one of the really tough flavour pairings. Bought in Vienna, this bar has excellent … -
Wawel Danusia
Just recently, the Lady Of The House and I visited the Adelaide Central Market. In our small town, this is the place for fresh food and Strange Things. Many of the stalls sell chocolate goodies, there are chocolate fountains, and … -
The Chokolait Hub
It was my husband and daughter who visited this place on an outing together. They liked the chocolate mousse pie so much that they phoned me to tell me about it. Actually ‘taunting’ is probably a better word … -
Cambria Chocolate Covered Huckleberry Fudge Cupcake
So I was up in Cambria, California for a couple of days while visiting the gaudy Hearst Castle, finding myself just as charmed by the tiny town of Cambria as the treasure trove castle of ’20′s. Naturally then, I had … -
Thorntons Milk Chocolate With Strawberry
As I mentioned last week, Thorntons recently sent us some of their latest blocks to review, and this little pink box contains one of those very blocks – a Madagascan 32% milk chocolate with freeze dried straberries. It’s marked as … -
Moon Estates ‘Name A Box of Chocolates’
This is one of those ‘experience packs’ that they’ve started selling in gift shops and supermarkets across the UK. Moon Estates are the people that will sell you a piece of the moon among other things, and as you can … -
Loving Earth Selection
Having reviewed the Loving Earth Raw Organic Lucuma and Maca chocolate block previously, I was intrigued to try their smaller, 40 gram bars of raw chocolate, especially when their blurb tells me that this has up to four times as … -
A Spoonful of Sugar Chocolate Ginger
My friend and colleague Don has been visiting from Australia’s Deep North – in this case, it’s not as far north as one can go, but Townsville, in tropical Far North Queensland. Land of Bananas, Tea plantations, Coffee, Australia’s own … -
Cadbury Dairy Milk Desserts Berry Pannacotta
The Cadbury Dairy Milk Desserts range has been around for about three years now and has either been a definite Yay or a Nay. It’s been no surprise to notice that their tragic versions of desserts such as lemon … -
Taza 70% Stone Ground
I truly feel bad about this. I got this unique bar while on vacation, so I kept it nice and wrapped up for a week. But on the return drive, what happens? I realize that the heater is on and … -
Galler Les Marines
When people find out I review chocolate they inevitably tell me how lucky I am, which is true. Occasionally something comes along that makes me realise just how lucky I am, and this is one of those occasions. A couple of … -
Chocovic Jaina and Nayarit
Chocovic is a Spanish company that not only makes blocks for Joe Public to buy and enjoy but also delivers huge bags of melts and slabs for serious chefs such as Barcelona chef and chocolatier, Ramon Morato. His book, … -
RT Delight Authentic Turkish Delight
We seem to have had some pretty ordinary Turkish Delights found and tested, here in the Chocablog Test Kitchen. Or should that be Test Lounge? Either way, Turkish Delight (hereafter called TD) seems to lead to strong opinions – some … -
Pannys Chocolate
Phillip Island is about an hour-and-a-half’s drive from Melbourne and is a favourite spot for Aussie and international tourists wanting to see Fairy Penguins and city folk wanting to have holidays at the beach. Panny’s Chocolate Factory is located … -
Lush Whip Stick Lip Balm & Sonic Death Monkey Shower Gel
I’ve been searching for non-edible chocolate products to write about and today I got a package from Lush, with some of their best selling chocolate products. Lush are known for producing handmade cosmetics with unusual names and natural ingredients (mostly) … -
Green & Black’s Espresso
With the temperature here in London hitting 32°C, it’s possibly not the best time to be reviewing chocolate. But I had this sat on my desk, and I wanted to try it, so I had no other choice but to … -
Necco Chocolate Wafers
Chocolate flavoured wafers. -
Rausch Plantagen Selection (Part 2)
Note: You can read Deanna’s take on Rausch’s El Cuador and Puerto Cabello bars here. Having already tasted, enjoyed and reviewed the first four lighter blocks of the Rausch Plantagen variety (cocoa solids ranging from 35% Noumean to 47% Costa … -
Haute Choklet Caramel Fortune Cookie
Laurie Moroco’s company, Haute Choklet, started in the home for eight years before it was made into an official company a year ago. “Haute” meaning “high” for “fashionably elegant or high-class”. And while it still has a homemade feel, the … -
Golden Days Dark Chocolate Sesame Snaps
I’ve just been to my favourite Foodland supermarket to find Violet Crumbles to review for Chocablog, only to find its already been done. Curses! And while there, horror of horrors, they have rearranged and removed what must be slow-moving stock. … -
William Curley Sea Salted Caramel Bar
This is another bar from the goody bags given out at the Academy of Chocolate Awards a few weeks ago. It’s a 45g, 70% dark chocolate bar divided into five large chunks, each filled with sea salted caramel. The most … -
Camille Bloch Mousse Chocolat Noir
Dark chocolate with a mousse filling. -
Amella Caramels
Amella caramels are each made with cocoa butter and fruits or vegetables and hand-dipped in chocolate, creating a rather unique product. Equally special are the small rectangular boxes they come in. Their design is old-fashioned and modern at the same … -
Cocopia Black Forest Gateau Truffles
Another little box of truffles from the Cocopia range, I chose these for tasting because I always had a thing for black forest gateau as a child. In fact I have a vague memory of there being some form of … -
Ultra Fine Foods Dark Chocolate Orange Bliss
Oh what promise these start with. A name like Orange Bliss means something special, something out of this world! HOWEVER, I’m sorry, but a maker called “Ultra Fine Foods” doesn’t have much of a ring to it, and I find it … -
Max Brenner Selection
Having recently visited and loved Max Brenner’s, it was time to try some of their chocolates that are displayed as reverently as jewellery in glass cases. Lovely shop assistant Siwei had thoughtfully written a kind of tic-tac-toe inspired diagram that listed … -
Hershey’s Kisses Filled With Truffle
I didn’t buy this bag. I’ve had enough Hershey’s lately. But seeing as it was in the house, well, I couldn’t let it go without making a few comments. Let me just ignore the “truffle” part of the name, which … -
Chocolate Santander Colombian Single Origin
I suppose it makes sense for a country that produces coffee to also have a cocoa growing industry, but Colombian chocolate is a little thin on the ground in my usual UK haunts. This bar is a 53% cocoa semi-Dark … -
Thorntons Dark Chocolate With Macadamia
We’ve mentioned before how impressed we’ve been with the way Thorntons are moving forward – in fact, we discussed it in depth when we met their head chocolatier Keith Hurdman a few months ago. If the experts are to believed, … -
Loving Earth Raw Organic Chocolate
Loving Earth is a Melbourne-based company that makes chocolate from the highest quality organic ingredients they have literally found and brought back from their community development work and sojourns around the world. They buy their cacao from an indigenous community … -
Hashachar Haole Chocolate Spread
For generations, Israeli children have been split on the issue of the perfect chocolate spread. One of the main contenders has always been Hashachar Haole’s offering. Back when I was a child, no packed lunch was complete without a sandwich … -
Amber Lyn Sugar Free Bars & Truffles
The formula for Amber Lyn’s sugar free chocolate comes from Belgium, discovered in 1999 by founder Lyman Peterson. His goal, and a sort of motto for the company today, was to find a “sugar free chocolate that didn’t taste sugar … -
Moser-Roth Orange & Almond
Here’s another (potentially) cheap and cheerful offering from one of the UK’s budget supermarket chains. Manufactured for the Aldi chain, the package contains five 25g bars and according to the blurb on the back it’s ‘a delicious treat for connoisseurs … -
Cadbury Old Gold Roast Almond
Cadbury has been revamping the Old Gold range. For a long time the choices didn’t seem very extensive, and Old Gold was a bit of a yawn. Been round for ages. Yawn. Let’s try something else. I’m pleased to say that …