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With Christmas approaching fast, we thought it might be fun to give away some chocolate.
After putting much thought into what we could give away, we decided to go with Dairy Milk – and lots of it. So, up for grabs in our Christmas competition is 1Kg of Cadbury Dairy Milk. That’s 4 x 250g assorted bars!
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning all this chocolate is to subscribe to the email version of our feed.
That means not only could you win all that delicious chocolate, but you also get Chocablog delivered to your inbox every day without having to lift a finger.
Once you’ve subscribed, just complete the form below and tell us why you think you should win! If you’re the lucky winner, we’ll do our very best to get you your chocolate in time for Christmas. Good luck!
Rules
- To enter, you must be subscribed to our email updates service and use the same email address in the entry form below.
- One entry per person only.
- Chocablog staff writers may not enter. You have enough chocolate already.
- The competition is open to readers of all ages, anywhere in the world.
- Competition closes on Friday 7th December, 2007.
- The judges decision is final.
- Rules are subject to change without notice (if we’ve forgotten something because we’re a bit slow)
It’s been a little while since I reviewed anything truly unusual (unless you count the remarkably different Conscious range) and I was beginning to wonder whether I’d find anything ‘odd’ when I was given – amongst other things – this delightfully strange sounding bar.
Now I’m a summer child and as a consequence I love strawberries. Real strawberries. I cannot abide anything that is ‘strawberry flavoured’, so I was relieved to find that this bar contains 1.5% strawberries. The other notable ingredient (aside from the 77% cocoa dark Equadorian chocolate) is Green peppercorns. You may have seen or tasted salads which combine strawberries or raspberries with things like rocket, so this combination would seem to have its origins in modern cookery (if salads can be classed as such). The question, as with all of these things, has to be – does it work?
When I opened this bar, I was immediately hit by just how powerful the strawberry aroma is. Considering that there’s only 1.5% freeze-dried strawberry, it packs quite a punch, and as you can see, the pieces of berry seem to be evenly distributed throughout the bar. There are also other inclusions – small islands of light green are dotted hither and yon. Yes, whole green peppercorns await the unwary taster.
When I popped a square into my mouth I was immediately aware of the peppercorn content. A warming feeling spreads across the palate as the chocolate begins to melt, and then the strawberry high notes join in, lending their citrussy tanginess to an otherwise dark and spicy set of flavours. As the chocolate leaves the palate you’re left with the strawberry flavour as a finishing note, and it’s a lovely cean sort of finish to a thoroughly enjoyable mouthful.
It’s quite unlike anything I have tried before in that respect – I’ve had ‘spicy’ bars like Hotel Chocolat’s Chilli and Pink Peppercorn bar, and ‘fruity’ bars like the Grand’or Limette bar, but nothing that took the two elements and mashed them together.
More good news; this was bought in the UK, so if you’re looking to try it, it is out there somewhere, and well worth tracking down, if only to scare your conservative relatives with at Christmas.
These have been around for quite a while, but I’ve never really had the urge to buy them, primarily because they look so… insignificant. This small pack containing two “rolls” weighs just 25g.
Of course, the weight (or lack of it) is down to the fact that this bar is made with two of the lightest elements in the universe – Milky Way and wafer.
Despite being so insubstantial, they are, as you’d expect, quite tasty and moreish. The filling is very light and very, very sweet, and wafer has exactly the right level of crispiness.
Now, as Simon pointed out when he talked about Milky Way Magic Stars, they may be overly sweet and completely artificial, but there’s something about Milky Way that forces you to eat it until you feel sick. And frankly, there’s just not enough Milky Way in these Crispy Rolls to make me ill… and for that reason alone, I can’t recommend them.
Once more unto the Lindt dear friends – only this time I’m straying from my usual path and trying out a milk chocolate bar. When I first spotted this one, I was reminded of the Petits Desserts series – a milk chocolate exterior concealing a creamy filling – but without the addition of lemon meringue, creme brulee or other ‘puddingy’ extras.
It will come as no surprise to you to learn that the chocolate is indeed the same as that used in the Petits Desserts range – a smooth, creamy, slightly sweet milk chocolate with a great texture and flavour. The important thing here is the filling.
As you can see, it does exactly what it says on the wrapper. The chocolate conceals a light, almost fluffy cream filling which melts before the chocolate and floods the mouth with a milky, creamy flavour which sets you up nicely for the chocolate. If you ever ate those chewy milk bottle sweets as a child, then the taste of the filling will probably put you in mind of that – concentrated creamy milkiness.
As I have come to expect with Lindt bars, the choice of flavours is a good one – they are well matched and offer a new twist on plain old milk chocolate (pun intended). The milkiness of it means that kids seem to go mad for it as well – so be advised to keep it safe!
Of course, a filled bar takes a lot less time to hoover up than a slab of solid chocolate, so I would advise any potential UK tasters to take advantage of Sainsbury’s “2 for £1” offer while it’s on.
