I originally found this chain as the Australia Ice Cream and Chocolate shops in Amsterdam.  Here in Berlin they are Bandy Brooks with ice cream and a range of chocolates.  These aren’t the best chocolates in the world and really I had to invent an extra category for them as they aren’t great but they [...]

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  I visited this shop as one of the few places advertised as having chocolates.  Language is always a difficulty and the gentleman there behind the counter did his best to help.  When asked he said that the chocolates at Icexoc were handmade by the owner.  I suspected otherwise but purchased what I was led [...]

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There is nothing wrong with liking the occasional bit of Dairy Milk.  It’s my not-so-secret indulgence. This bag had my name on it – literally – for only a few days before I had it opened and munching. I always find the oily and high sugar nature of Dairy Milk in general is too much [...]

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This 38% Venezuelan cocoa blended into a chocolate bar from a chocolate producer more often associated with low quality chocolate is a shock – a pleasant one! The chocolate is brilliantly balanced with a slight creaminess coming out over the chocolate itself.  The chocolate has been made silky smooth with none of the graininess found [...]

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Belgian chocolates from Simone Marie Bengian Chocolates in Toronto are good quality chocolates with passionate people but…

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Mostly chocolate shop chains are an impersonal, awful expereince in terrible customer service. Read on to see how I fared at this Godiva chocolate shop in Yorkdale in Toronto

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At 46% cocoa, I would expect Chocoholly’s chocolate bar to have a strong chocolate flavour. Worryingly, however, the first listed ingredient is cane sugar.  So instead of putting the possibly sugary chocolate into my mouth, I did a bit of research on Holly whose beautiful artwork decorates the boxes within which the chocolate bar is [...]

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Thorntons Metropolitan selection reviewed.

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I went to a Galler chocolate tasting event at the Galler concession deep inside Harrods where we tried a small number of their chocolates. Mostly, we were introduced to Galler’s wide range of solid chocolate bars. The bars vary in flavour from a milk chocolate through to a very tasty dark chocolate. When tasting Galler [...]

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