Neuhaus Milk Chocolate Feuilletine Bar

1 March 2010 in Milk Chocolate, Neuhaus, Rating 70%-74% by Lee

Neuhaus Milk Chocolate Feuilletine Bar
Apparently “feuilletine” means “leafy” or something similar and often is applied to the use flaky bits of sugar cone in confectionary and has been used by Neuhaus on one of their 100g bars which set me back a not inconsiderable £5.25. I expected a lot from this bar because of the price but actually it didn’t really deliver.

The bars do look different to most chocolate bars because they’re in a square shape, like the Domori Puertofino Criollo 70% Dark Chocolate I reviewed last September. But that’s where the similarities end.

Neuhaus Milk Chocolate Feuilletine Bar On An Angle

This bar has a minimum of 32% cocoa solids but tastes incredibly sweet. In fact, the most prevalent ingredient in this bar of milk chocolate is sugar. Now I daren’t compare it to Nestle or Cadbury as that’s normally around the 20% mark.

Neuhaus Milk Chocolate Feuilletine Bar Close Up

Even though it’s very sweet, there’s still a nice degree of roundness to the flavour which, somehow as a wonderful creaminess to it which is contrasted the crispy crunch and flat flavour of the Feuilletine which does taste like sweetened ice cream cones.

Neuhaus Milk Chocolate Feuilletine Bar Look At The Texture

I feel like I shouldn’t like this bar of chocolate. But I do. I know I couldn’t it a whole bar like I could with the Pralus Trinidad 75% Dark Chocolate, but I’ve given it a good nibble and will donate the rest to friends and family as they’re more milk chocolate lovers than I am, however. If I do get a craving for sugar later I know this bar will be on the top of my list to revisit.

Rating:

Taste: 70% – for a milk chocolate bar it’s very nice, rounded and full of character.
Texture: 80% – I liked the crunch of the Feuilletine and the texture of the milk chocolate itself
Appearance: 70% – the bar didn’t look too bad, but it felt a bit too ‘commercial’
Nutritional Information: 80% – the writing was a bit small, but if your eyes are up to it, there’s some useful information there.
Price: 60% – I don’t think it’s worth the £5.25
Overall: 72% – it does well on the non-flavour and price categories, but it lets itself down with the important features

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