A list of posts that have flavourings such as mint or other stuff in such as nuts.
This is a strange affair. Not only do not recall buying this bar of white chocolate with coconut pralinés feuilletés by Comptoir du Cacao but I’m not entirely sure if I like it or not. Logic says I shouldn’t. Hazelnut praline, white chocolate and coconut are three of my least favourite ways...
As a chocolate bar from a little-known chocolatier it's actually very good and compares favourably to the one produced by Thorntons. It may be more than twice the price of that bar too, but I feel it's worth it.
Many people may criticise Thorntons for their chocolate, but my view is that the blocks are vastly better than the novelty chocolate stuff they sell and even the most pretentious chocolate aficionado would actually like this bar.
To be honest I didn't know what to expect. Thinking about it, it should have been a more interesting bar of chocolate. In fact it was actually very boring. Rum is fantastic and chilli chocolate often lovely, but put together the flavours didn't work well together.
This Idiolio Origins Selection Cata Ocumare with Cocoa Nibs should have offered so much more, alas it came across as far too mild. I loved the texture and the aroma, it was just lacking in terms of flavour.
This is one of my favourite, mass-market style of chocolate bar as it has a fantastic texture and a very good combination of flavours. Of course its four times the price of a similar bar you could get in a local shop, but its worth it.
I know this chocolate bar was four months past it's best before date, but I could still pick out the ginger flavour, but that's about it. I can imagine it would be a nice bar for a Summer's evening, but it's just doesn't stand out for me.
This chocolate from the South Devon chilli farm hit the sport. It uses 60% couverture chocolate as well as some honeycomb and their won chillies that they grow at the farm. Other's might not like it because it doesn't use fine chocolate, but I love it.
It's a shame that you can't buy these online any more as they're nice, but not as enjoyable as most of their other truffles that I've enjoyed.
This certainly isn't the best milk chocolate they've produced, but I still enjoyed the sharp flavours. The lemon and sea salt did work well together and make the inherent chocolate flavour stand out more. I'd love to try a 50% version of this bar to see what the salt could do with the darker tones.
It's a shame that you can't buy these online any more, but they were lovely, soft, creamy and full of flavour. Hopefully they'll change their website soon. But I fear they're just wholesaling now.
Unusually, these white foil-wrapped hearts chocolate were actually pretty nice. Perhaps I wouldn't reach for them as I do dark chocolate when I'm working and need a distraction. But still, they were a lot nicer than I thought they'd be.
Every chocolatier seems to sell chocolate hearts for Valentine's Day, but too few make anything worth taking notice off. Most of them seemingly use the cheapest couverture they can and then sprinkle some ingredients on top. There's nothing original about that.
One of most favourite confectionery is chocolate covered honeycomb. I know big companies make it, but I doubt any would make it as well as this.
These Madre Chocolate dark bars offered an excellent variety of flavours from both Hawaii and the Dominican Republic. There were all made exceptionally well. If you do get a chance to try them, then please do.
The Daniel Jones Orange & Bee Pollen milk chocolate bar intrinsically be the finest I've ever tried but it had a fantastic enjoyable quality to it which I'm sure many of you would appreciate.
This Artisan du Chocolat Gingerbread Cookies White Chocolate is quite possibly my most favourite white chocolate bar of all time. I know its sweet, but unlike the others, there are various interesting flavours going on that seem to mitigate the sweetness.
Devnaa never fail to surprise me with how wonderful their chocolate is. The flavours are mild but sufficient to give you a clear, smooth taste that doesn't dominate your senses. They just produce fantastic Indian-inspired confectionery.
These are perfect for a chocolate and ginger lover at Christmas, there is some great crunch whilst the quality of the Valrhona chocolate certainly ads to the experience.
Sometimes its worth going to the ends of the earth to find wonderful chocolate. Thankfully we have the internet so we don't have to. This black truffle and sea salt bar was just splendid!!
If you love rum cake then you really have to try the original from Horton's in Bermuda
I wasn't supposed to like these. As they're made with peanut butter they should have tasted too salty and overpowered the chocolate, but thankfully they didn't.
If its cold, you've got a headache or just generally stressed then reach for the Jaz and Juls hot chocolate to blow away that dark cloud hanging over you. This stuff is hot and spicy, but very enjoyable.
Truffles are the staple of so many chocolate companies, but they're so often not given the love and attention that they should be. These come across as nothing special to be honest, even though they do well at not coming across as too intense, they just don't have enough flavour to really get me excited about them.
Galaxy chocolate isn't for everyone. I know ladies and children generally go weak at the knees when they come across a bar. But for me its too sweet. But at Christmas we eat all sorts of stuff.
Without wanting to be hyper-critical, I just thought there was actually no chilli flavour in this bar at all. It could have been a very mild, and possibly, boring bar of dark chocolate.
I had hoped for some farily intense, interesting chocolate, but alas no. But I shouldn't expect all the chocolate I try to be full of flavour. Sublte is good some times.
Just a quick look at what you get in the organic Halloween chocolate hamper from Montezuma's.
If you're a fruit and nut fan then why not give this one a go from Green & Blacks which supports the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. It's actually very addictive and I'm sure would be hugely appreciated.
When I tried chocolate made by small companies trying to do something different and with ethics then I feel a displeased when I don't actually like some chocolate I've reviewed and that's the case with this bar.
This selection box of unusual flavours from Matcha Chocolat is very interesting and utterly delicious. Some chocolatiers feel they can't be adventurous as they have to produce by committee. Katie does a great job breaking the mould and not being restricted to the same old flavours that many other chocolatiers offer.
Who would have thought it? A bar of white chocolate that I thought was absolutely fantastic? Well Amedei have come up trumps with this bar as they mix pistachios with white chocolate that is far from excessively sweet.
If you're looking for a milk bar but with something a little bit more interesting about it than the usual fair then you should try this one out.
Of course Mint Aeros aren't the best chocolate you've ever tasted - probably nothing from Nestle would be. But they've got a market and they do a good job of supplying people with sweet confectionary.
Certainly not a chocolate that you'd want to travel all the way to Russia to try.
If you love sweet, flavoured milk chocolate that you can easily get hold of, then you've got to try this Bakewell Tart milk chocolate bar from Thorntons.
Do you like chocolate that only has the mildest of flavours but still has personality? If you do then you should really try this one out from Rococo.
I shouldn't really bother reading the review, it wasn't very nice, and there are many, far nicer bars out there to try - even with cocoa nibs in them.
So what there isn't actually chocolate involved in this sauce other than the name. Sometime a faux pas can actually have surprising benefits.
Amedei are supposed to make awesome stuff. But trying this Toscano Red just proved that you can't please someone all the time. Some people will absolutely love its intense fruit flavours, but I just didn't.
Far too often honeycomb confectionery can be too sweet. Thankfully this from Good Kind of Food had a more bitter, earthy side to it.
If you're looking for something completely over-the-top sweet but very enjoyable then you really have to try these butter fudge squares from Fudge Kitchen. I wouldn't try eating more than one at a time though!
This is a text book example of why you should never judge a chocolate buy its cover. The flavours were intense and sweet but actually incredibly enjoyable.
When one things of white chocolate I'm sure many would think of an intense sugar and vanilla flavour. But with this bar that combination of flavours is kept to a minimum. Instead there is a fresh earthiness to it which was very pleasant.
If you're having a dinner party or a summer garden party then you really need to try the chocolate truffles made by Pauline and Mark from Andover. I've been a big fan of their's for a long while and always interested to hear what they're concocting next. I'm sure you'll love these truffles if you either like alcoholic truffles or fruity flavours.
When it comes to raw chocolate then there's an increasing choice on the internet, but not so much in the high street. At last a company is pushing back the boundaries and making it more accessible.
You know you’re having a good day when a very heavy box containing ten chocolate cookies are delivered to you. The problem is that I’m too damn distracted by them to actually type anything more … OK, now I’ve finished the first one I’ll continue. My biggest downfall isn’t...
Rococo are absolutely fantastic chocolatiers and if you ever get a chance to try their chocolates then you most certainly should do!
Comptoir du Cacao Coconut White Chocolate
Daniel Jones Tonka Bean
Thornton’s Lightly Salted Pistachio
Stainer Peperoncino Scotch Bonnet Con Rum
Idilio Origins Selection Cata Ocumare
Salted Peanut Caramel Bar
Vosges Black Pearl
South Devon Honeycomb Chilli Chocolate
My Chocolate Bar Lemon Truffles
Thorntons Lemon & Sea Salt
Ginger Truffles
Tabasco Chocolate
You would have thought that Tobasco chilli chocolate would be hotter than a weekend in Death Valley, alas it wasn't that hot. In fact it tasted more of ginger beer than anything else. The quality of the chocolate isn't all that great either. At a penny less than five Pounds too I just has to be a gimmick than any form of serious chocolate.Divine White Chocolate And Strawberry Hearts
Chococo Raspberry Pavlova Milk Chocolate Heart
Chocolate Society Hokey Pokey
Madre Chocolate Bars
Daniel Jones Orange & Bee Pollen
Artisan du Chocolat Gingerbread Cookies White Chocolate
Devnaa Limited Edition Honey & Cardamom Fudge
Butlers Almond & Orange Dark Chocolate
This review of the Butlers Almond & Orange Dark Chocolate was a guest review by Amanda who liked it, but thought it could have done with a deeper taste.The Chocolate Society Chocolate Covered Ginger
Mast Brothers Black Truffle Dark Chocolate Bar
Hortons Chocolate Rum Cake
Montezuma’s Peanut Butter Truffles
Chilli Con Choccy Hot Chocolate
Prestat Praline Chocolate Truffles
Galaxy Chocolate A Gift For You
William Curley Chilli Dark Chocolate Bar
Rococo Lavendar Dark Chocolate Bar
Montezuma’s Organic Halloween Hamper
Green & Blacks Breakthrough Breast Cancer Bar
Ananda Mentally Mint Dark Chocolate
Matcha Chocolat Selection
Amedei Cioccolato al Latter Bianco con Pistacchi
Artisan du Chocolat Rooibos
Mint Aero Christmas Tree
Бабаевский горький шоколад
Thorntons Bakewell Tart
Rococo Crystallised Ginger 65%
Nestlé Gold Éclats de Cacao 64%
Chocolate Habanero Voodoo Sauce
Amedei Toscano Red
Double Dipped Honey Crunch from Good Kind of Food
Fudge Kitchen Gourmet Butter Fudge
Vintage Collection Boite Blanche
Thorntons Cloudly Lemonade White Chocolate
Rum & Blackcurrant, Dark Chocolate & Ginger And Limoncello Truffles
Naked Cocoa Orange Premium Fruit & Nut Bar
pourtoi Handmade Chocolate Cookies
Rococo Mixed Chocolates Medium Ballotin Box