Chocolate Reviews
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Review Archives
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Bonnat 100% Cacao
After my affair of devouring the Pralus 100%, I naively thought that I would enjoy any other 100% at least almost equally. Alas, I forgot two very important points. One, Pralus is a master chocolatier and therefore has exceptional products. … -
Cukrček Dark Chocolate: Cloves & Rosemary
These were the other two ‘factory’ bars from Cukrček that Barica sent over from Slovenia a while back. (Yes, I know Barica – a LONG while back. Sorry!) Both use the same base chocolate that the Teran Wine bar I reviewed … -
Thorntons Milk Chocolate With Orange & Cardamom
As you can probably tell, this is part of the same range as the Special Toffee bar I reviewed earlier this week. Like the toffee bar, this one also features slightly annoying packaging, however this time I have opted to … -
Cadbury Cherry Ripe Doubled Dipped 70%
Regular readers and mates will know that I have a bit of a Love/Hate relationship with Cadbury. Their green snot peppermint dairy milk block, execrable Fudge Brownie and Boysenberry Shortcake desserts were only (just) forgiven when they revamped their … -
Bonnat Trinité 75%
When I saw this bar, it struck me as a pretty thing, but with some obvious seriousness. The chocolate doesn’t really carry on the “pretty” look, though. The first thing that came to my mind from its boxiness was a Tonka … -
Thorntons Milk Chocolate With Special Toffee
This is one of a range of simple, square bars of chocolate that Thorntons are doing at the moment. I’m not entirely sure what makes it “Special”, but it does seem a bit of an odd way to describe toffee. … -
Rocky Mountain Coco Fizz
I’m rather fond of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Their stores sell confections more than chocolates, but that’s still nice. Long before Kath reviewed the Chocolade soda, I spied this bottle sitting on top of Rocky Mountain’s glass case, but I … -
Thorntons Lemon Mousse Bar
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed a Marks & Spencer Lemon Mousse bar, when Chocablog reader Jim pointed out that Thorntons do a suspiciously similar range of bars themselves. I decided to track one down so I could do … -
Fudgsicle Triple Chocolate
My last ice cream sample was this rather interesting idea. I always love eating chocolate from lighter to darker, so I was looking forward to experiencing that in ice cream. Or ‘fudge bars’, I should say. I was a little disappointed, … -
Droste Pastilles
These unassuming little 100g tubes of well, ‘pastilles’ have been available in Australia for years now and, like their Dutch makers, have tended to be a quiet achiever not garnering lots of international fuss or attention, despite the fact that … -
After Eight 70% Bar
In the past, Simon & I have reviewed After Eight and After Eight Grand Marnier Straws, and in both cases we’ve noticed something missing on the packaging; an indication of cocoa content. Instead, Nestlé prefers to call After Eights simply … -
Breyers Double Churn French Chocolate & Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream
Ice cream time again! When I opened these up to see if they would be distinguishable in a picture if I put them in the same bowl, I found myself looking at two identicals. One just had some brownie bits … -
Chocolate Masters House of Minerva, Bath
Time for another tale of chocoincidence, choco-karma or whatever you wish to call it… Picture this, it’s a hot day in August and I’m in Bath town centre. My dodgy knee has decided it doesn’t want to play and so when … -
Duc d’O Truffles
Chocablog readers of a sensitive disposition may wish to stop reading here, because these are some of the strangest (and frankly, disgusting) looking chocolates I’ve seen in a long time. The box describes these as “5 fine Belgian flaked truffles”. I … -
Lindt Lindor Peanut Butter Balls
Matt-tastic from Lindt never lets me down. He popped into Choco-Locketts the other day to present me with two clear boxes of Lindt Lindor Balls. The first box, was filled with some bronzed little chaps I’ve heard about … -
Klondike Slim-a-Bear Chocolate Fudge Bar
Stephanie and Brittany from Klondike’s PR firm were nice enough to send me a few samples of chocolate ice cream. The first of these, being part of a health-conscious line, is sugar-free, with Splenda in its place. Now, I like … -
Kinder Bueno White
More white chocolate on Chocablog! What is the world coming to?? Kinder Bueno White is, as you may have guessed, the white chocolate version of the rather tasty Kinder Bueno, which we reviewed back in 2006. There are two main differences between … -
Twix Caramel Latte
I know: I’ll apologise now. We have Simon finding us such rare treats as cedar sap chocolates and stuff from Slovenia, Dom showing us how to make a decent hot chocolate drink and Deanna showing us that the US … -
Starbucks Mocha Dark Chocolate
The last of the Starbucks bars, and also my favorite, just had to bring in some coffee. When you unwrap it, wow, coffee is just what you get. I couldn’t smell the chocolate at all. Once it’s in your mouth, they … -
Marks & Spencer Lemon Mousse Bar
M&S seem to do a whole range of these little bars, but I didn’t pay much attention as I grabbed one from the shelf while passing through Marylebone Station. The wrapper describes the bar as “White and dark chocolate bar … -
Mint-Tastic M&Ms
Mars Confectionery Australia continue to puzzle me, they really do. Whilst they won my heart with their introduction of dark M&Ms (now and always a Lockett family pantry staple); they stomped on it again when they said that they didn’t … -
Starbucks Dark Chocolate
Here is the dark-faced counterpart to the Starbucks Milk Chocolate, again without a cacao percentage listed. But what a handsome face it is: all those vines look nicer in dark than light. This bar also shares the milk’s vanilla smell and … -
Valrhona Jivara Lait
I’ve been doing Chocablog for nearly two and a half years now, and one of the things that still surprises me is that there are still many, fairly large chocolate companies that we haven’t even talked about. Valrhona is one … -
Harmony ‘Rype’ Fruit Centres
The ex-high school English teacher within me tends to avoid buying products that deliberately mis-spell common words, so I had seen these ‘Plantation Rype’ boxes for a while before giving in and buying some. The ‘Rype’sters eventually won me over because … -
San Francisco Chocolate Factory – Chocolate By Numbers
This was a very pleasant surprise on my first trip to the discount store Tuesday Mornings. The retail price said sixteen dollars (I think that’s an exaggeration of the actual price), but I paid three. There are six boxes, about … -
Crymbles Fondant Creams
I always get excited when small chocolatiers contact us to tell us about what they’re doing. Last week, Kathleen Crymble from Crymble’s Confectionery did just that. She’d seen the discussion about the late, great Fry’s Five Centres on our Fry’s … -
Stainer Fjordo
This is another one of Stainer’s chocolate bars blended with herbs and spices (part of the same family as the White Chocolate with Madras Spice), and the ‘subtitle’ says it’s a speciality of Northern Europe. As you can see, it … -
Lindt Wafer
There I was, feet firmly planted in the Dark Side, feeling happy with my choice, secure with my tastes, minding my own business. Then all of a sudden my beady eyes fixated on the most sign most sought after … -
Starbucks Milk Chocolate
When I first saw this line of chocolate, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Was it just some average chocolate, parading under the Starbucks banner, for people to supplement their breakfast coffee with? I’m not a coffee drinker, so I … -
Lindt Excellence – A Touch Of Sea Salt
This bar is the usual 47% dark blend that Lindt use for the range, but it also contains tiny crystals of sea salt. 3% to be precise. Now you may not consider 3% to be a great deal of salt, but … -
Chocolates On Parade
I’m not sure if it’s just an Aussie thing or more global, but it seems like there are a lot of small-time chocolate makers who sell to other larger firms or specialty stores only for their products to be re-branded … -
Cadbury Dairy Milk Melts – Heavenly Praline
Back in May, I reviewed the “Deliciously Dark” variety of Dairy Milk Melts, so I thought it was time I to look at the rest of the range. As you can see, the format is exactly the same. Eight small bars … -
Cocoa Farm Orange Organic Dark
Cocoa Farm (www.farmbynature.com.au) is the only chocolate maker that grow their own cocoa beans in Australia and only the second Aussie manufacturer to make their chocolate direct from the cocoa bean instead of the paste (Haigh’s is the other, … -
Boehms Mocha Encores
This little box was picked up at the grocery store on sale from $8 to 4. It’s not the most unique looking, but still inviting enough, so I thought it was worth a try. There are twenty chocolates, all individually wrapped. … -
Cukrček Dark Chocolate with Teran
More chocolate from Slovenia, courtesy of Barica, our Slovenian chocolate exporting friend. This is part of a range made by Benedict, a family run business which has been operating in Ljubljana for some fifteen years or so. The chocolate is a 64% … -
Nestlé Heaven Dark Vanilla Truffle
We’ve reviewed a few of Nestlé’s Heaven range before and so far our reaction has been positive, so I had high hopes for this – despite the fact that it was obvious when I bought it that the picture on … -
Lindt Hot Chocolate Flakes
Dear, sweet, darling Matthew Thorpe, he of the South Australian Lindt distribution (and generous sharing) and radio fame, gave me a couple of tins of Lindt’s new hot chocolate flakes to try. They’re available at a few selected supermarkets … -
Skelligs Mint Brittle
When the lovely people at Skelligs and Cocoa Bean sent me my box of goodies, I found this brown paper bag nestled among the more traditionally packaged treats. The tag told me that it contained a chocolate ‘bark’ (a term … -
Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate with Raspberry Filling
Dark chocolate squares with a raspberry filling. -
Cadbury Old Gold Peppermint
The re-launched Old Gold range of Cadbury dark chocolate varieties is kicking some serious chocolate butt in the supermarket world and deservedly so. I was particularly happy to see that they have also made an Old Gold peppermint block, …