Category: Great Chocolate

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

September 12, 2012

Daniel Jones Cookies & Creme, Seeds, and Fruit & Nut Chocolate Bar Reviews

I was sent a pile of Daniel Jones bars and decided to review them in groups. Pretty random groupings though. All Dominican Republic in origin and the bean varietal is trinitario. The milk chocolate bar is a whopping is 37% ...

September 10, 2012

Daniel Jones Limited Edition Chocolate Bars

I was lucky enough to be sent a set of bars, two of which were limited edition and so I thought I’d put them in a review all their own. Of Daniel Jones I knew little so I went to ...

xococava box
August 7, 2012

Xococava Chocolates Reviewed (not all of them obviously)

So I went back to Xococava to re-try their chocolates because things can change in 2 or 3 years…. While they were nice and used Valrhona, they also use Callebaut and you can taste the difference. I think the Canadian ...

July 23, 2012

Scharffen Berger Papua New Guinea Single Origin Bar Review

I should be responsible here and say 3 things: 1) I am not a fan of PNG chocolate as it tends to have flavour notes I don’t particularly like 2) I don’t trust their tasting notes after the Ferry Building ...

June 1, 2012

Montezumas GIANT Monkey Bars

So I get this press release that says the following: Can you Adam and Eve it?  Montezuma’s new 'Monkey Bars’ are bigger than an iPad! These half-kilo slabs of great British chocolate take their name from Cockney rhyming slang for '500' and ...

cloud cocoland box
May 21, 2012

Cloud Cocoland Handmade Chocolate

These arrived too late to make the Easter reviews though one is easter themed however good chocolate is timeless and as such I gave these a review and thought you all could order based on the flavours you like! Cloud Cocoland ...

sir hans sloane jubilee marbles
May 17, 2012

Sir Hans Sloane Jubilee Marbles

The amazing mind behind Sir Hans Sloane chocolate, Bill McCarrick has created a delicious white chocolate covered a core of lightly spiced speculoos biscuit.  There are apparently 14 layers of white chocolate and 100% natural fruit flavourings. The small spheres ...

gorvett stone salted butter caramel
May 7, 2012

Gorvett and Stone Salted Butter Caramels

When I was at the Gorvett & Stone shop in Henley on Thames (just down the street from Maison Blanc, not far from the parking lot behind the Waitrose if you’re thinking of visiting) I picked up a couple of ...

Hotel Chocolat Egg & Chips
April 6, 2012

Hotel Chocolat Egg Chips Review

I’m just in love with Hotel Chocolat sea salted caramel. It is something delicious with their milk chocolate loveliness and I’ve just fallen in love with their choccies. If there was one thing I would change about their egglets, I ...

Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle Easter Egg
April 4, 2012

Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle Easter Egg Review

Well, this is absolutely stunning and available in the shop so you can go now and grab this  Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle Easter Egg because it is from one of the most popular names in chocolate and comes filled ...

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