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Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Strawberry

This bar is made with a very creamy Madagascar 32% cocoa filled with dried strawberries.   What a different idea as most strawberry chocolate is made with white chocolate. This sweet chocolate has a slightly different flavour than Thorntons other milk chocolate.  ...

Chocolate Truffles

Our Love Affair with Chocolate

From the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, to Homer Simpson and the Oompa Loompa's - chocolate is a divine, luxurious adventure for the taste-buds and the mind. Mind-blowing taste aside; how many times have you found yourself feeling angry, sad, overwhelmed, ...

Galaxy Bites Review

Much to my amusement at the way my brain works, Galaxy Bites aren’t little cake bites. I’m not sure where I got the idea that these were little balls of cakey goodness but I was way off base. ...

After Eight Thin Dark Chocolate Mints Review

What has happened to my favourite chocolate mints?  I used to love After Eights because of the mint fondant in the middle.  It was a thin, almost runny mint fondant.  I loved biting in to it and separating the two ...

Guylian Temptations Chocolates

Now, I know this isn’t a premium brand but it is probably the chocolate a lot of people associate with Christmas.  Guylian who make the praline filled chocolate shells have created a new product called Temptations for the Christmas market. Now, ...

House of Dorchester Christmas Chocolate Selection Tin

This tin, with its Christmas stags and bauble decorations, absolutely protects the chocolates nestled within.  I had to share these with the office after the cupcake chocolates – it was only fair. There is a selection of 2 layers boasting the ...

House of Dorchester Double Chocolate with Marshmallow Slabs

There are four slabs of 10g each in each of these packages.  I got them at the Speciality Food Show but given what another chocolate fan said about the quality I’ve been a bit reluctant to try it but I ...

House of Dorchester Double Chocolate with Caramel Fudge

These four decorated slabs are 10g each and extremely sweet.  I think these are best with coffee or another strong bitter flavour.  They aren’t bad – they are simply extremely sweet.  The fudge is a bit dry but it would ...

NEW Twix Fino

Today sees the launch of a new candy bar - Twix Fino. This new Twix bar was given to me by the PR firm handling Mars. It is apparently a completely new, light-textured wafer version of the classic Twix ...

Divine 85% Dark Chocolate Bar

I originally started eating Divine chocolate because it was low carb.  I was on a diet during what was perhaps the healthiest time of my life and I needed chocolate.  Divine chocolate was the lowest carb chocolate I could find ...

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