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Jan

Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Strawberry

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in Great Chocolate, OK Chocolate

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.  It is smooth and creamy with a stronger flavour of cream.  The chocolate has [...]

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28

Jan

Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Tonka Bean

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in Great Chocolate, OK Chocolate

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 upon opening the chocolate bar with its earthy perfume.  The scent of the tonka [...]

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27

Jan

Thorntons Milk Chocolate

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in Great Chocolate, OK Chocolate

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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26

Jan

Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Pistachio

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in Great Chocolate, OK Chocolate

I must admit that pistachio in chocolate was never a flavour I considered.  In fact, I avoided baklava for years until a friend forced me to try some when I learned I loved it A 32% Madagascar cocoa chocolate covers pistachio nuts.  The chocolate itself is silky smooth but slightly over sugared making it less [...]

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25

Jan

Thorntons Dark Chocolate with Macadamia

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in Great Chocolate, OK Chocolate

Thorntons bronze award-winning chocolate with salted macadamia nuts doesn’t seem like it should work…

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7

Dec

Metropolitan Selection from Thorntons

Posted by Judith Lewis  Published in OK Chocolate

Thorntons Metropolitan selection reviewed.

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