Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jul 25, 2011, 9:09 am
Figured I’d do something a little bit different here: chocolate flavoured soda from Suntory of Japan. Suntory are one of the biggest and oldest beverage companies in Japan and not only make soft drinks, but alcoholic drinks (beer, rum and whiskey) too. Imagine a Coca-Cola line of beer and you’re...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jul 13, 2011, 5:34 pm
I’m perhaps a little bit slow at getting this review up because as it turns out, Thorntons have now discontinued this product. I’ll review it anyway because it may very well be seasonal and come back at some point, though whether you’ll want to try it or not is what we shall discover… ‘Cul...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jun 4, 2011, 11:21 pm
It’s been awhile since I’ve had anything from Thorntons, and so I decided to give a few of their new products a go to see how their range has expanded recently, and what better way to enjoy the hot weather than with a box of summer themed chocolates? The box is very plain looking and
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jun 4, 2011, 6:29 am
I’ve been meaning to review these for over a week now but hadn’t managed to get round to it for whatever reason. It’s not as if I dislike Galaxy chocolate, it’s great stuff, or caramel, which is equally delicious, just for some reason these sat here and I had no huge desire to eat them.
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - May 13, 2011, 10:11 am
The final in Cadbury’s Bliss range, here is ‘Scrumptious Toffee flavour truffle’, as a big fan of toffee I’m delighted to try this. Like the hazelnut truffle, this doesn’t have any toffee pieces in it, note that it is toffee flavour, and what this means is when you look at the ingredients,...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - May 12, 2011, 7:49 pm
The second of the three bars in the Bliss range, here we have the old classic: hazelnut. The slight difference here is that there are no actual hazelnuts in here, rather a “roasted hazelnut paste (5%)” mixed in with the chocolate truffle. Unsurprisingly Cadbury have used a brown theme along with...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - May 7, 2011, 4:54 pm
Cadbury, or rather, an agency acting on their behalf, got in touch with me a couple of days ago to offer me samples of their latest Bliss range, and here is the first of three, their original chocolate truffle flavour. It seems that Dairy Milk has become almost as important to Cadbury as their actua...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Apr 27, 2011, 1:40 pm
The third and final of Jaxx’s range, and very similar to the original milk chocolate Crunches, here we have Milk Chocolate Coco Crunches. One thing that’s slightly unfortunate about these is that there’s no information on the packet about what they actually are. Most chocolate products will gi...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Apr 24, 2011, 6:55 pm
As mentioned in my previous review, Jaxx sent me all of their current product range and here’s the second I’ve decided to review: Orange-Chocolate coated Crunches. Obviously with very similar packaging and an orange coloured theme, there’s not too much I can say about this that I didn’t say ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Apr 12, 2011, 10:12 am
Yesterday I received an email from Michelle on behalf of Jaxx Mouthy Chocolate, a brand new product coming to the UK and Ireland. She offered me their range of three products and I was more than happy to try something new, and the package only took a day to arrive! So here’s a review of
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Feb 13, 2011, 8:32 am
The last of my Kshocolât trio and the only one I wasn’t particularly excited about trying. Described as ‘mini nuggets of natural mint fondant encased in rich dark chocolate’, I’m not a particularly big fan of either dark chocolate or mint and so pairing them together doesn’t get my juices...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Feb 12, 2011, 12:30 pm
I’ve had chocolate covered coffee beans in the past and as a coffee lover I quite enjoy them, so I went into this one with some high hopes. Another part of Kshocolât’s ‘little black box collection’, these are described as being ‘whole Costa Rican peaberry coffee beans, roasted and encased...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Feb 10, 2011, 8:02 am
Kshocolât are a company that seem to have popped up in recent years but I’ve never had an opportunity to try any of their products for a few reasons. The first is because they are almost exclusively sold in John Lewis stores, which I never visit, and another is that I simply didn’t really know
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jan 23, 2011, 3:09 pm
Linden Lady Chocolates are a company I’ve not heard of before, and a company with a website that has nothing on it except an image, so it’s hard to get some information on them, but these were bought through House of Frasier. They come in a nice looking clear, plastic box with a ribbon attached,
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jan 19, 2011, 4:22 pm
Nestlé’s Dairy Box has always struck me as a very middle of the road box of chocolates, never really tempting and hence it’s a little unsurprising that up to now I’d never actually reviewed them up until now. Nestlé’s answer to Cadbury’s Milk Tray, this is a 200g box consisted solely of ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Dec 2, 2010, 10:38 am
SUMMER FAVOURITE, THE ‘99’, TRANSFORMS INTO THE ‘66’ FOR WINTER Cadbury launches traditional classic with a twist to celebrate the season To celebrate its favourite season, Cadbury Hot Chocolate has turned the ‘99’ ice cream on its head to introduce the ‘66’, a hot chocolate winter w...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 27, 2010, 4:28 am
Claire from Berry Scrumptious was recently kind enough to send me one of her Mulled Berry chocolate bars which I was more than happy to receive and taste for her. I hadn’t looked at the bar on the website before it arrived so I was a bit surprised to see that it’s not your standard
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 24, 2010, 2:04 am
It’s been a long time since I had a Galaxy bar and so I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into my local Sainsbury earlier today and saw this on the shelves, and on promotion too! Here we have a milk chocolate bar with orange and shortcake biscuit pieces within. I’ve had a few Galaxy
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 3, 2010, 5:27 am
After reviewing the Zingy Orange Matchmakers last week, here we have the second and currently only other Matchmakers edition on the market. Obviously these are identical to the orange Matchmakers except with a mint flavour, so we’ll skip past most of the description. The box is a bit different, I ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Oct 23, 2010, 3:54 pm
I was quite surprised to find that before now I hadn’t actually reviewed Matchmakers from Nestlé before, despite them being a permanent fixture on supermarket shelves I guess they just never tempt me. I saw them at Sainsbury’s for £1 a box though and I thought that was a pretty fair price so p...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Oct 4, 2010, 12:54 pm
It’s been a super long time since I’ve had a Twix, which is not to say anything bad about it, after all it’s hard to go wrong with biscuit, caramel and milk chocolate, but it just doesn’t capture me the same way that a lot of other chocolate bars do. I happened to eye this
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Sep 3, 2010, 1:48 pm
Nope, I’m not making this up. I did actually buy this from Ann Summers’ website, and I am in fact about to eat it. Alone. Here we have the Strip Poker chocolate game, and it looks so cheap it’s unreal. It has some really weird packaging. If you’re like me you’re probably wondering why ther...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Sep 2, 2010, 8:32 am
I’ve been doing this gig for awhile now but never have I reviewed…sexy chocolate, or maybe it’s just sex chocolate, I really don’t know. At any rate, I was informed that Ann Summers had a sale on their online store and two of their chocolate products were reduced to just £1 each with free s...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Aug 17, 2010, 2:17 pm
I’ve previously reviewed the 12 piece Couture Box from Artisan du Chocolat, but when Forman & Field, a fine food (and more important, chocolate) mail order company, offered to send me a sample I couldn’t exactly turn down the opportunity to have a go at these again. Now before you stop reading, ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Aug 13, 2010, 5:26 pm
Obviously very similar to yesterday’s Milk & Hazelnuts bar, is today’s White & Hazelnuts Belgian Chocolate bar from Guylian. This review will be shorter because this bar is essentially the exact same thing, except with white rather than milk chocolate. The box looks almost identical, and again t...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Aug 12, 2010, 4:18 pm
A little while ago Guylian released two 100g chocolate bars in milk chocolate and white chocolate varieties. I’ve never seen them on any sort of special offer and so hadn’t been too tempted to pick them up, but I finally bit the bullet and paid £1.49 per bar at my local Sainsbury’s, and today...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jul 22, 2010, 12:30 am
I’ve seen the Bar of Plenty bars in my local supermarket for awhile now but haven’t been too tempted to pick them up, but I was happy to accept a sample from Cadbury themselves. This particular edition is limited to Morrisons stores only which is quite interesting, let’s delve in. The bar look...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Jul 20, 2010, 4:38 pm
Maltesers Ice Cream have just launched an Ice Cream Forecaster application on Facebook that you can find right here. The app lets you know when the weather has hit ice cream eating highs and features a thermometer with the average UK temperature at that time of day, perfect for when you need a choco...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - May 7, 2010, 12:58 am
Cadbury recently brought their milk chocolate bars into the biscuit market, with these Turkish Delight biscuits, as well as Caramel and Crunchie biscuits. These are, according to the pack, ‘A delicious shortcake with a Turkish Delight flavoured jam, covered in milk chocolate’. I’m ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Mar 31, 2010, 1:40 pm
2 days ago I received an email from Galaxy, or rather an agency acting on behalf of Galaxy, who asked me I wanted to sample a product they’re about to launch in stores. I’m a big fan of Galaxy chocolate so the opportunity couldn’t be turned down. I was sent some information sheets ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Mar 19, 2010, 9:24 am
Just yesterday I received a small parcel in the post containing this box of 6 truffles. I had been emailed the previous week offering a sample and was surprised to see this suddenly turn up. Helsham Chocolates themselves are a new company, only established in 2009 by Helen Wood and Shami Doshi, and ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Mar 3, 2010, 10:27 am
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Mar 3, 2010, 10:27 am
I was recently contacted by Dorset Cereals who were kind enough to send me a box of each of their new chocolatey cereals – Granola with Dark Chocolate and Coconut, and Granola with Dark Chocolate and Macadamia Nuts. I’ve had them both (straight from the box!) and they were both great, an...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Dec 21, 2009, 1:06 pm
I was recently contacted by Patrick from Chocolates Para Ti, a Bolivian chocolate manufacturer, asking if I wanted some samples of their bars. Obviously the answer to that was yes, so about a week later a big box arrived on my doorstep straight from their factory, with their entire range of 11 bars ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Dec 21, 2009, 1:06 pm
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Dec 10, 2009, 9:31 am
Does this remind you of anything? Of course, the comparisons are obvious to my recent Chocri reviews. I was contacted by Nick from Chocomize who offered me a bar, and I’m not one to turn down free chocolate. The website looks very similar to Chocri’s, same layout and in terms of ingredie...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Dec 10, 2009, 9:31 am
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 28, 2009, 4:36 am
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 28, 2009, 4:36 am
The final bar in my Chocri series, here we have dark chocolate with honey wheat flakes, anise, multicoloured pepper, walnuts and orange pepper. So while not strictly nuts and spices, I wasn’t sure how to describe this bar, so this works. When I first got this bar I looked at it and thought ...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 24, 2009, 9:58 am
After the success of the white chocolate Chocri bar, I go into this one with higher expectations than the previous one, and I decided to experiment a little bit too. I’ve always been a little disappointed with bars which call themselves spicy, as I’m a man who can handle a bit of spice a...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 24, 2009, 9:58 am
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 5, 2009, 12:11 pm
It’s been awhile since I did one of these! A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a lady called Carmen from a company called Chocri, who, according to her, “is a German startup that allows the customization of chocolate bars”. So basically, it’s a build your own chocolate b...
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Terry S. posted an article on The Chocolate Review - Nov 5, 2009, 12:11 pm
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