Rating 65%-69%

Hotel Chocolat Summer Fusions

One of the big problems chocolatiers face during the summer is keeping people buying chocolate throughout the warm months when there are few excuses to by chocolate other than birthdays and Father’s Day. Somehow, though, Hotel Chocolat manages to bring out new collections that really do grab the...

Dolceria Bonajuto 65% Dark Chocolate

I love rustic chocolate like Bouga Cacao and Madre. I love the naturalness. The lack of sophistication is a style not a symptom of a lack of skill. Smooth chocolate certainly has its place, but that feeling in the mouth as you crunch into and the large chocolate crystals shoot out from beneath your teeth...

Food Thoughts 100% Cocoa

Although there was no information about provenance. It was still a very pleasant 100% cocoa powder.

Choco Leibniz Chocolate Biscuits

16:25 was an important time for me as I child. It was the time at which I’d arrive home after school. Those few minutes after stepping through the door had a ritual about them. I’d cast aside by bag full of books and illegible notes and trudge through the kitchen to the room that contained...

Hotel Chocolat The Sleekster Christmas Desserts Selection

No Christmas Day morning would be complete without unwrapping a box of chocolates, and that goes for men, women, old and young alike. The issue for Father Christmas is whether he visits many different chocolate shops and buy something to please the individual recipient, or does he just pop online and find...

Hotel Chocolat Halloween Bites H-Box Selection

By the looks of it, this Hotel Chocolat Halloween Bites H-Box Selection must have been very popular as it was out of stock a week before Halloween. Of course, there will be finer treats out there, but in terms of value for money Hotel Chocolat has done very well.

Zotter Mango Lassi Drinking Chocolate

A luscious hot chocolate experience, but sadly it doesn't compare to drinking chocolate made with the dark stuff. Still, it had a very interesting character.

Michel Cluizel 1er Cru de Plantation Venezuela Conception

Those liked Michel Cluizel's 85% bar are very likely to find this one too sweet, but on the positive side, there are some very unusual flavours present.

Zotter Cheese Walnut and Grapes

I wouldn't say this is Zotter's finest hand-scooped bar of all time, but at least it's one for those people that love his unusual range. The acidity was most certainly different and added to the experience, but I would have liked more of a cheese edge to it.

Enric Rovira Rajoles

There's not a huge amount of flavour with this bar, but what there is lightly floral and welcoming. I can't actually comment on where the cocoa comes from as no information is available.

Comptoir du Cacao Coconut White Chocolate

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...

Fudge Kitchen Gourmet Miniatures

Fudge should be consumed in small amounts so it's great that Fudge Kitchen have given fans the opportunity to have small cubes of fudge with different flavours that can be enjoyed every now and then without feeling the need to consume a large piece that you were could only buy previously.

Vosges Black Pearl

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.

Sir Hans Sloane Marbles

Sir Hans Sloane has produced these white chocolate marbles for people to munch on whilst watching the Jubilee and the London Olympics on TV. There're not chocolaty in the conventional sense, but still enjoyable.

Mrs Crimbles Double Choc Brownies

£1.50 isn't too much to pay for some gluten and dairy free brownies so why not give them ago instead of the very gooey brownies the shops normally sell?

Divine White Chocolate And Strawberry Hearts

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.

Thornton’s Continental Chocolatier’s Tasting Collection Heart

If size matters for you and you've got to find the biggest box of chocolates on the high street then you should take a look at these. I found them too sweet to consume in any great quantity, but I'm sure most people will love them.

Hotel Chocolat Love Notes

Hotel Chocolat create Valentine's gifts that have more thought put into them than many chocolatiers - especially when it comes to the functionality and process of how they're given. If you want to show you love someone and want to lay the romance on thick, then this is what you need to buy.

Chococo Sea-Salt Popcorn Chocolate Clusters

If you're looking for something different then you should really give these sea salt milk chocolate coated popcorn clusters as they're something you just won't want to put down.

Black River Chocolates Selection Box

I had expected a great deal from these Black River Chocolates Selection Box given the price, but I just don't think they matched up to the price label. Don't get me wrong, they were nice, but not unique enough to stand out from the crowd.

Mini Chocolate Pizzas

There is something strangely addictive about these gourmet chocolate pizzas. Not only do they taste great but they also look cute too. These ones come in a small 3.5 inch form where you get three for £10.

Make Your Own Chocolate House

This chocolate house making kit wasn't as great as I'd hoped. The chocolate wasn't great quality but it was still fin trying to put it all together. I don't think my house would resist anything but the slightest gust of wind but I still enjoyed the whole process.

Fudge Fancies Selection

These little treats from Fudge Fancies are good, but I much preferred their premium range of fudge treets as they had a much greater variety of flavours.

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.

Demarquette Araguani 72%

This Demarquette Araguani 72% just didn't do it for me, I found it uninteresting, a touch too brutish and without the variety of flavours one may have expected given the aroma.

Domori Chuao

To call this Domori bar a Chuao chocolate bar is a disservice to the Venezuelan bar. I'd certainly not suggest that this is comparable to the Amedei bar.

Montezuma’s Peanut Butter Truffles

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.

Lindt Chocolate Bear

Who loves Lindt chocolate? There'll certainly be a good number of people reading this blog that have bought and appreciated at least one of the Lindt golden chocolate figures. And there's a reason for it, despite being mass-produced they're not all that bad.

Montezuma’s Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar

Purely because there are so few dark chocolate advent calendars to choose from this has to be the best. One day I'd love fine chocolate makers to offer advent calendars, but I don't think we'll see that day any time soon.

Green & Blacks Breakthrough Breast Cancer Bar

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.

Paul A. Young 70% Guanaja

When it comes to coverture bars there's always the problem of does the bar offer more when bought by the maker themselves? In this instance I would say so, but that may be tarnished by the fact that this bar was out of date.

Mint Aero Christmas Tree

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.

Hotel Chocolat Chuao

When it comes to the Chuao I'm a bit of a purist. It just didn't taste like the others, or have the same feel. But I could just be wrong about it.

Michel Cluizel 99% and 85% Ganaches

These Michel Cluizel 99% and 85% Ganaches are perfectly fine, but ultimately nothing sensational.

Naked Cocoa Orange Premium Fruit & Nut Bar

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.

Montezuma’s Vegan and Organic Chocolate Selection

It's difficult to review vegan chocolates when you're not vegan. I love creamy truffles and that was never going to happen with these ones from Montezuma's. That being said, they were still very pleasant, although a touch flat.

Paul A. Young Sea Salted Caramel Pecan Brownie

Perhaps not my favourite chocolate brownie Paul A. Young has ever made, but I'm open to have my mind changed by others. Have you tried it?

Gnosis Handmade Raw Vegan Chocolate – Sacred Feminine

Whether or not this dark chocolate bar does actually alleviate the symptoms of the menstral cycle, I don't know, but I do know that I actually liked it.

Bouga Cacao 77% Hacienda Chocolate Grand Cru

I had hoped for more from this Bouga Cacao bar, but at least it had a very interesting rustic nature that you don't often I get to try all that often. It was also slightly spoiled in transit so just be aware of that.

Gü After Dark Hot Chocolate Soufflés

A lovely light treat, but for me its just not chocolaty enough. But I suppose that it be a shame if everything was as gorgeously sweet as their melt in the middle puds.

Galaxy Bites

This is what I call convenience chocolate treats. But the most important thing is they're damn light too and not extremely sweet.

Cioccolatini All’Olio D’Oliva by Nudo Italia

If you're wanting some robust olive oil chocolates then you'll have to look elsewhere. There's nothing powerful or archetypal Italian here, they're very subdued to say the least.

Pralus Cuba 75% Dark Chocolate

I was hoping for so much more from Pralus with this 75% bar made with Cuban cacao. But alas it was very muted and left me wanting more acidity. If you are looking for a mild dark chocolate bar with less cocoa butter then try this one.

chocoMe Bespoke Dark Chocolate Bar with Rose, Cherry, Strawberry and Cinnamon

This bespoke dark chocolate bar from chocoMe had Rose, Cherry, Strawberry and Cinnamon on top and was actually pretty nice. The only problem is that it comes from Hungary and it might not be so easy to get hold of in the UK.

Zotter Balleros Pineapple in Coconut and Pineapple

A very quick review of the Zotter Balleros left me thanking myself that I didn't have any more than I did.

Jaxx Mouthy Crunchie Chocolate Treats

So I don't normally review mass-market stuff aimed at kids, well only occasionally, but I actually liked these.

Pierre Hermé Tablette Chocolat Noir Pure Origine Venezuela Porcelana

If you're looking for an intense bar of dark chocolate then give this Pierre Herme 70% Porcelana a miss as its subtle beyond belief. It may be fruity, but there's not much else going on.

Chocolate Craft Assortment

I love getting selection boxes sent to me as I never know what they'll be like. This one from Chocolate Craft I thought was lovely.

Rose And Violet Dark Chocolate

This 66% dark chocolate bar with rose and violet was more bitter than I anticipated and would have preferred it to be lighter and more fragrant.

Artisan du Chocolat Sea Salted Caramels with Lemongrass

These Artisan du Chocolat Sea Salted Caramels with Lemongrass were ok but certianly not worth seeking out.

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