Category: Great Chocolate

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

judes ice cream
November 24, 2014

Judes Ice Cream Flavours Reviewed

There's something absolutely brilliantly amazing about ice cream that uses quality local ingredients. It always tastes better as though the love and care of the people making it seeps into the very fabric of the food. It wasn't surprising to ...

Take A Fancy's Gooey Pecans Reviewed
September 8, 2014

Take A Fancy’s Gooey Pecans Reviewed

While I was home I resolved to buy as much local chocolate as I could and try it out. I was pleasantly surprised by some (like Wild Sweets) and disappointed by others. But on the pleasantly surprised camp came Take ...

godiva egg
April 17, 2014

Godiva Easter Treats Reviewed

I’m not the world’s biggest praline fan so don’t shop as often as maybe I should at Godiva. That said, they did do a range of origin ganaches I was able to try at a press event that blew ...

Hotel Chocolat Facet Egg Reviewed
April 6, 2014

Hotel Chocolat Facet Egg Reviewed

I love Hotel Chocolat – I’ve toured the factory (the review is somewhere on the blog I can’t find for some reason – will link later), eaten ALL DA CHOKLIT and enjoyed their hospitality on numerous occasions. I have been ...

easter gifts
April 5, 2014

Hotel Chocolat Gifting Easter Chocolate Reviewed

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Easter launch of Hotel Chocolat and some of the delicious bits they were launching made their way into my goodie bag (including some chocolate covered popcorn with popping candy). Included in ...

harrods easter egg
April 2, 2014

Harrods Lattice Egg Reviewed

There’s something weird about getting an Easter egg with corners I just cannot put my finger on. Despite that, it’s still a wonderful novelty and even more than that is the beautiful lattice-work that has been executed to create it. There ...

charbonnel et walker chocolate fish
April 1, 2014

Charbonnel et Walker Chocolate Easter Fish Reviewed

I have to admit, when I was offered a chocolate fish, I didn’t really know what to expect. I’d had a chocolate fish before from Carluccio’s but what I was presented with was about as far removed from that as ...

danucci rocher
December 26, 2013

Danucci Luxury Milk Clusters with Raisins and Roasted Almonds

Many of you know that I am not a fan of fruit in my chocolate. This is mainly because chocolate people seem to get this dried fruit that hasn’t made its mind up yet as to whether it is fruit ...

wreath
December 14, 2013

Choosing Hotel Chocolat This Christmas

I'm always buying Hotel Chocolat chocolates. I genuinely mean *buy* not just that I get given lots. While I was given a ton at the Christmas press event for short lead press (not in July for long lead :-D) I ...

tasting pack
December 10, 2013

Luxury Tasting and Pairing Box Set from Green & Blacks

This year Green & Blacks' taste experts have been hard at work expanding their gifting range and are unveiling, just in time for Christmas, the brand new Green & Black's Organic Connoisseur Collection. It's a selection of Green & Blacks' ...

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