Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Feb 10, 2012, 2:00 am
Three Hotel Chocolat reviews in a week! You guys do get spoilt nowadays :D You are getting an extra treat today as ChocolateMission's resident 'Old Man' has been on another one of his photo frenzies. Indeed I'm going to let the photos do the 'talking', and keep my spiel to a bare minimum - I think t...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Feb 8, 2012, 2:00 am
If your start to 2012 has been as hectic as my own, you'are probably still wondering where the month of January disappeared to. Luckily for you guys, your researching of Valentines Day gifts need be of little stress this year - JCM has you covered :D My Valentines Day coverage started with my take o...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Feb 6, 2012, 2:00 am
Kcal 86 Fat 4.0g Fat(sats) 2.5g Carbs(sugars) 10.0g (per 30.0g) Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the whole Kraft/Cadbury takeover went down, wasn't this one of the things we all joked about? New Philadelphia with Cadbury or 'Choccy Philly' (as they like to call it) launches February 2012. According...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Feb 4, 2012, 2:00 am
This may seem like a blatant shout out for one of my site sponsors American Soda..... that's because it is :D This weekend is Superbowl weekend, and I like many other Brits will be watching the 'Big Game' with a few tasty American treats close to hand!! For breakfast I will be starting off with my n...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Feb 1, 2012, 2:00 am
Listen up folks!!! It's now February and that can mean only one thing! Yes you guessed it ... it's time for some Valentines Day chocolates you lovebirds :D As has come customary with every holiday season, Hotel Chocolat have filled my boots full of their latest offerings. Some of their Valentines fa...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Jan 30, 2012, 2:00 am
Kcal 537 Fat 30.8g Fat(sats) 15.4g Carbs 53.8g (per 100.0g) Before I kick off this review I have to say a big thank you to my friend Liz from Foodstufffinds (See HERE). Liz aka @Cinabar on Twitter, was kind enough to send me this chocolate today as a Christmas gift last December. With the ridiculous...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Jan 25, 2012, 2:00 am
Our 'Midweek Mini' today comes courtesy of our pals at Cadbury UK and their new 'Bubbly' chocolates. I first heard of these new bars about two weeks ago (See HERE), and it didn't take me long to track them down in my local Tesco supermarket on sale for their RRP £1.42 each. Described as 'Milk choco...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Jan 23, 2012, 2:00 am
We started the year looking at two of the latest flavours to be gracing the ever expanding Japanese world of Kit Kats with the Wasabi & Black Honey flavours (See HERE). Well since this time I've been trying out yet another two flavours which you will see reviews for below today. Please do remember, ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 14, 2011, 2:00 am
... see (from left-to-right) Simple Milk Truffle, House Praline, Rum Ingot, Caramel Chocolate Baubel, Mulled Wine, Champagne Truffle and a Salted Caramel Dome. I suggest if you want to see remind yourself of how they all ... whether it be a highly intricate Zesty Marzipan Star or just a simple Car...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 12, 2011, 2:00 am
Rounding off the Christmas reviews for Heavenly Cakes this year we have the last of their new festive offerings, the Christmas Chocolate Cake. This cake is one that @BettyBakes (Heavenly's 'in-character Twitter feed) has been lauding about for months now - even on their website (See HERE) Heavenly s...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 10, 2011, 2:00 am
... to leave comments on this post. ---- Mint - Kcal 504 Fat 31.6g ... the brand with it's widespread Mint Crisp Mini Chocolates, but last ... contrasting semi-sweet to sugary mint honeycomb focus. For me the ... out of 10 ---- Heavenly Cakes Midnight Mint Cake- Kcal ??? Fat ??? Fat(sats ... ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 7, 2011, 2:00 am
If you thought Artisan du Chocolat were content with showcasing just the one Christmas 2011 offering this year on JCM you better think again because today we have this 'O Magic Collection' giving our tried and and tested rating system a run for it's money. Yes indeed, following on from my review las...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 5, 2011, 2:00 am
Today we have these two new Hotel Chocolat 'Desserts' Selections, which are mini collections featuring four truffles styled on popular and seasonal flavours. Both of these sell online for £6.50 and can be bought instore or on the Hotel Chocolat website HERE. I'm not entirely convinced that words ar...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Dec 3, 2011, 2:00 am
Stuck for present ideas for someone this year? One option you could consider is putting together an American themed chocolate and snacks package like the one above from AmericanSoda (See HERE). I'll be using this very collection for a Secret Santa scheme I'm participating in this year - fingers cros...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Nov 30, 2011, 2:00 am
I loved this cake even before I opened it's packet :D I thought I was the only person left on this planet who was sad enough to still use the word 'Chrimbo' (I used it in the office last week and was shot a number of funny looks). Seemingly @BettyBakes saw fit to dub one of her creations this year t...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Nov 28, 2011, 2:00 am
The Christmas reviews are well underway here on JCM and I'm delighted to bring you my thoughts on this Artisan du Chocolat Christmas Pudding Couture Box today (Website See HERE). A few weeks ago one my contacts at Artisan contacted me saying they had some very special lines of chocolates lined up fo...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Nov 26, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, I've had a crazy last week but I'm still endeavouring to bring you guys the best coverage possible of what's available for Christmas 2011. The posts this week for Hotel Chocolat Alternative Mince Pies (See HERE) and Niederegger Liqueur Flavoured Marzipan Selection (See HERE) app...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Nov 23, 2011, 2:00 am
Before I start the review today, I yet again have to thank a ChocolateMission reader for providing me with the product. Indeed it was dedicated reader and comment contributor David who sent me this fabulous Niederegger selection to feature as part of my Christmas reviews this year. I always feel ter...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Nov 2, 2011, 3:00 am
After an extended period of absence from JCM readers eyes, Heavenly Cakes are finally back on the ChocolateMission radar. Since you last saw them on ChocolateMission, Heavenly Cakes have been busy going up and down the country attending various food and cake conventions and fairs getting the Heavenl...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 31, 2011, 3:00 am
*** UPDATE - October 31st 2011 *** Kcal 265 Fat 15.1g Fat(sats) 9.0g Carbs 29.1g I don't suppose you will have heard, but the Olympic Games are coming to London in 2012 :D Though I'm sure we are all going to grow weary of the Olympic themed marketing campaigns awaiting us, the upsides are undoubedtl...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 29, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, It's finally Halloween weekend and you may have noticed that was the theme of the week here on ChocolateMission :D Indeed following on from the Hotel Chocolat Yumpkin (See HERE) SOTW last Saturday, I this week had equally ghoulish themed posts appear on the site: Hotel Chocolat ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 26, 2011, 2:00 am
Right you ghoulish guys and girls - it's time for the Jim's ChocolateMission 'Bits n Bobs' Halloween Special 2011! What on earth does that mean!? Nothing on your part you will be glad to hear :D All the effort of eating and photographing all these Halloween themed confectionery treats has been done ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 24, 2011, 2:00 am
Have you seen the Hotel Chocolat Halloween line up this year? SEE HEREJust as promised from my weekend post I today continue our countdown to Halloween with another offering from the Hotel Chocolat Halloween 2011 range. After starting off with the rather plain (yet very cool looking Hotel Chocolat Y...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 22, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, It's been another long working week at my day job so I again must apologise for the lack of a review yesterday. There would have been no way for me to check that the content was all correct or allow comments to get through so I thought best to save the review for a different tim...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 19, 2011, 2:00 am
I'm sure a lot of my UK readers would have noticed the big marketing push that Kellogg's have put behind their Krave cereal in the last month. In a nutshell, Kellogg's have devised a £1.7 million advertising campaign (with full in-store support!!) that gives shoppers the opportunity to vote on Face...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 17, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal ??? Fat ??? Fat(sats) ??? Carbs ??? In due course you will all be getting exposed to my reviews of this years Hotel Chocolat 2011 Halloween and Christmas ranges, but before I give you them I feel the need to cover off a reader request I received a month or so ago from devoted JCM Matt. Accordin...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 15, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, I hope you all enjoyed the posts this week. If you missed out on them then you can view them here: 'Bits n Bobs' - Hotel Chocolat - See HERE Ritter Sport Interview 2011 - See HERE Next week will follow a similar pattern to last with a Hotel Chocolat...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 12, 2011, 2:00 am
I have a special post for you all today - an interview with my friends over at the Ritter Sport Blog - SEE HERE. These guys were kind enough to answer some of the questions that always seem to crop up whenever Ritter are featured on the site. I hope you enjoy this post - pictured intermittently thro...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 10, 2011, 2:00 am
How do I make three weeks of no Hotel Chocolat reviews up to my readers!? Why I do them a special 'Bits n Bobs' themed Hotel Chocolat post of course :D I hope you all enjoy the mini-reviews today. Another big thank you must go to my 'old man' for the photography skills and expert second opinions. On...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 8, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE + RITTER COMPETITION WINNER Hi All, Somehow we have managed to make it 8 days in to October already so the countdowns to Halloween and of course Christmas are well on the way in the confectionery world. This week we have seen reviews from ... Toblerone Snow Top ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 7, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 240 Fat 13.0g Fat(sats) 2.5g Carbs 27.0g The lovely people at AmericanSoda have been reading the comments on some of the recent reviews and they have insisted that I revisit some of the American reviews upon on your request. One of the most commonly requested redux reviews is for the Hershey's ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 5, 2011, 2:00 am
My pals at AmericanSoda (See HERE) have been sending me all sorts of tasty American snacks and treats lately. Some of them have been great, some of them not so much :D What better way for me to give you a quick run down of them all than via one of my famous 'Bits n Bobs' posts!? ---- Nabisco Chips A...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 3, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 525 Fat 29.0g Fat(sats) 17.5g Carbs 60.5g (per 100.0g) It's been a fair few years since we last got a new Toblerone product but just in time for Christmas 2011 we have this new Toblerone Snow Top bar. Whether or not this is a 'New' product, or a limited edition only made for the upcoming festiv...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Oct 1, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE + TWITTER COMPETITION Hi All, Edition 88 of 7Days of Chocolate Reviews ... you might think I've been doing this too long eh!? I have enjoyed hearing from you all about the reviews this week, both the Cadbury and Lindt posts sparked a good deal of debate and discussion is sti...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 30, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 493 Fat 30.0g Fat(sats) 17.0g Carbs 57.0g (per 100.0g) Beady eyed ChocolateMission readers have been getting in touch with me for awhile now regarding the new Lindt Excellence bars that seem to have made their way to UK shores. Amongst the new offerings in the Excellence range we have the 'Lind...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 28, 2011, 2:00 am
Bits n Bobs features cakes, muffins and all sorts today - some new, some old :D I hope you enjoy the reviews and photos. Be sure to drop me a message if there is anything you guys want featured on the site in the coming weeks. You know reader requests are always gratefully received. ---- Fabulous Ba...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 26, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 88 Fat 4.8g Fat(sats) 3.0g Carbs 9.0g (per mascot) We are going to start off this week with a short chocolate review and a mini rant :D As you may have gathered from both the title and the photos, the focus of today's post is on these new Cadbury Mascots chocolates. Cadbury are one of London's ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 24, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE + RITTER COMPETITION WINNER Hi All, Again it's been a busy week on ChocolateMission and I can once again only thank you all for all the feedback you have sent my way. If you managed to miss any of the reviews I've posted the links to them below - please continue to add any thoughts or o...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 23, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 272 Fat 14.4g Fat(sats) 4.6g Carbs 31.3g I always say ChocolateMission readers are the best, and I have to pass my thanks on to yet another one of you for providing me with this bar for the review today. My gratitude must specifically go to dedicated reader Daisy, who was kind enough to send me...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 21, 2011, 2:00 am
Reader requests have been coming in from left-right and centre in the past couple of months so what better way to cover a good selection of them off but with a 'Bits n Bobs' post today. The reviews will be short and sweet, but I encourage you guys to let me know what you make of these products yours...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 19, 2011, 2:00 am
Back in February I put up a link on the news page directing you guys to an article talking about the launch of a new brand of chocolates called Go*Do (See HERE). A few months down the line and it wasn't long before I got the opportunity to try out a few offerings from their current range. Before I t...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 17, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, Another hectic week has passed by on ChocolateMission - we've had Hotel Chocolat going bananas, Ritter Sport driving people nuts with head scratching brain ticklers and finally GU finishing us all off with some tasty looking cakey treats. If you don't have a clue what I'm talkin...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 15, 2011, 6:00 pm
Like many people I work in a busy office environment in a job where my day-to-day workings are changing at an ever gathering pace. One thing I can always count on however is that on any given weekday at roughly 4:00 pm in the afternoon it's tea time. At this point in the day the energy levels are en...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 14, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal 553 Fat 35.0g Carbs 52.0g (per 100.0g) As I mentioned in my review of the Milch + Weizenpops last week, Ritter Sport have somehow managed to squeeze in another two new flavour variants alongside their usual seasonal limited editions. The second new chocolate which I'm featuring today is t...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 12, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal ??? Fat ??? Fat(sats) ??? Carbs ??? Get out the tissues, today we have ourselves our last Hotel Chocolat review from their Summer 2011 collection. Luckily for you guys I have saved one of my favourites until last. From the off it was all to obvious that this Go Bananas slab had all the ma...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 10, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, Another week passes on the ChocolateMission and we had a nice blend of new and old product reviews. If you missed anything this week please see the links below ... Hotel Chocolat Nut Mania - See HERE Ritter Sport Milch + Weizenpops - See HERE Cadbury Caramello - See HERE There ...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 9, 2011, 2:00 am
... and truly crammed into each of the four block pockets...to the point of overspill (see above picture). What this all made for was a ... the same smooth flavour depth of the UK equivalent. It was still pleasant but it had an over agressive 'burnt' aftertaste despite having a ... retained mo...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 7, 2011, 2:00 am
... tasty woody savoury flavour note to the party, and this contrasted nicely with the sweeter creme and chocolate elements. Despite it's 250.0g size this was unfortunately one of those Ritter bars that was almost impossible to stop eating - you'll be surprised at the rate you make your way throug...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 5, 2011, 2:00 am
Kcal ??? Fat ??? Fat(sats) ??? Carbs ??? With the launch of all those new products last week the Hotel Chocolat Monday series was stopped in it's tracks. Fear not though ChocolateMission fans, today we are back on form and I will be reviewing another new addition to the original slab range. As...
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Jim E. posted an article on Jim's Chocolate Mission - Sep 3, 2011, 2:00 am
SITE UPDATE Hi All, I hope you will all agree that it's been a pretty cool week on the site where I've managed to fill the review slots with new product offerings from Mars, Thornton's and Nestle. Mars Triple Choc - See HERE Thorntons Bakewell Tart - See HERE Quality S...
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