Category: Great Chocolate

Great chocolate – not as good as high quality, but better than most

April 19, 2010

Fassbender & Rausch Petit Petit Dessert Chocolates

While in the famous Fassbender & Rausch shop, I picked up some of the Kleines Konfekt miniature dessert chocolates.  With a solid chocolate base and whipped chocolate body in a plastic cover, they were too cute to ignore.  I chose ...

March 22, 2010

Hotel Chocolat Pink Champagne Truffles

The pink champagne truffle from Hotel Chocolat has to be one of the most alcoholic champagne truffles I have ever had.  It almost rivals the Prestat champagne truffles in alcoholness.  When I opened it, it didn’t quite have that scent ...

March 17, 2010

Hotel Chocolat Mini Selection

Ever had one of those moments when you find chocolate you didn’t realise you had? Well, I found this lovely little box of chocs from Hotel Chocolat and although they were past their best before date I thought I’d try ...

March 15, 2010

Paul Wayne Gregory Selection of 3 Chocolates

I had the good fortune of getting three of Paul Wayne Gregory’s chocolates.  One mint, one sea salted caramel and one raspberry. The mint chocolate was a nice with a very green mint flavour mixed in to the chocolate ganache.  The ...

March 11, 2010

Pierre Herme Chocolats Au Macaron

I had the chance to visit the Pierre Herme concession at Selfridges and tried some of their lovely macarons.  I did not realise macarons didn’t always contain coconut and these were a delight so I thought I’d trust their chocolates.  ...

March 4, 2010

Prestat 16 Chocolate Assortment Jewel Box

There’s a chocolate for every reason in here.  I just found a penny, I had a great hair day, I have a coffee and need a chocolate… any reason you can think of a reason for chocolate, there’s a chocolate ...

March 3, 2010

Prestat Mint Chocolates Box

This lovely box of minty chocolate goodness has 4 different types of mint chocolate in it.  There are traditional mint fondant patties, a mint fondant ball topped with a crystallised mint leaf on it, a white chocolate mint chocolate with ...

March 2, 2010

Champagne Chocolate Truffles from Prestat

As you open the box, you can smell the champagne and the inside of the lovely purple box holds a bunch of these lovely balls of goodness just waiting to be shared.  There are plenty in each box and a ...

March 1, 2010

Cinnamon chocolate wafers from Prestat

There is too little cinnamon used in cooking and even less in chocolate so it was with a particular amount of delight that I opened the box of Prestat organic chocolate cinnamon wafers. Prestat has the most amazing packaging and when ...

January 28, 2010

Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Tonka Bean

This milk chocolate bar has 38% Venezuelan chocolate with cocoa butter infused with Tonka beans. This was a bit weird for me as I used to use tonka beans in incense making. The scent of the tonka bean hit me immediately ...

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