September 2nd: Burnt Sugar Chewy Caramels

Kcal 433 Fat 23.6g Fat(sats) 10.6g Carbs 53.4g (per 100.0g)

You may have noticed me mentioning over the last couple of months that I have been buying an increasing amount of chocolates from Waitrose supermarkets. If you are one of my UK readers and you haven't checked the confectionery shelf of your local store yet, you may well be in for a nice surprise. Not only do they seem to offer a wide range of imported chocolates, but they also for some reason seem to carry a lot more smaller niche brands. A name that would fall nicely in to that category would be 'Burnt Sugar', a brand that has been fleetingly mentioned by ChocolateMission readers over the past year. Today I thought I would give the brand it's first run on the rating system by taking a look at these 'chewy caramels dipped in dark chocolate'.

£1.99 of my monies bought me a 110.0g pack that included several variable sized pieces. Taking consideration of the range as a whole, I have to mention that I liked the stand out that the different Burnt Sugar products had on the shelf. The varieties on offer were nicely differentiated thanks to some sensible colour coding, though consistency was kept with the Burnt Sugar brand logo nicely decorating each box of each. Inside the exterior packaging the caramels were kept within a transparent film packet. This wasn't the most glamorous looking style of presentation, however it cannot be denied that it kept the contents in a well maintained condition, as the toffee like aromas that were released once the packet was opened smelt glorious.

As you may have guessed from the product description this was a product formed of two key constituents. According to the outer packaging the outer dark chocolate comprised 33.0% of the total product, whilst the caramel made up the remaining 67.0%. In terms of quality the two varied massively in what they delivered. Starting with the negatives, I have to say I thought the dark chocolate was pretty poor. I found the melt pretty waxy and slow starting, whilst the cocoa flavours were more laid back and subtle than I was hoping for. According to the packaging the chocolate was of a 55% cocoa min recipe, though the chocolate flavour hit was pretty poor and didn't create the desired flavour impact in the mouth. Conversely my perceptions of the inner chewy caramel fillings were much more positive, primarily due to them contributing about ten times more to the resulting taste. Just like the outer chocolate, the flavours were slow starting, however once the caramel had heated and softened in the mouth the delicious butter led toffee flavours shone through nicely. It was very noticeable that each piece left a lasting impression of burnt, toasted sugary flavours in the mouth, which probably shouldn't have taken me by surprise given the brand name :D

Overall these Chewy Caramels have scored reasonably well on the rating system, but they could have easily done even better had the quality of the chocolate been superior. If I was rating the caramel centres in isolation I probably would have gone as high as awarding them a 9.0 out of 10, as they delivered on everything that a good quality caramel should do. The centres were most enjoyable when sucked on, which made them pleasantly soft in texture whilst they released their delicious tasting buttery, sweet flavours. This was all well in good, but unfortunately the dark chocolate that coated each piece was just not up to scratch, and was lacking any real flavour depth. Given the varying quality of the two different components it is a bit difficult saying whether I would recommend these or not. I guess it just depends on what you are looking for from the product. If you aren't the biggest fan of dark chocolate you might see the mild chocolate as a positive thing, but on the other hand if you are after a caramel with a rich tasting dark chocolate flavour hit you are going to be left a little disappointed. Second opinions are very welcome .... please share them ChocolateMission fans!

7.9 out of 10

September 1st: Thorntons Chocolate Truffle / Choc Nut Crunch Bars

On a recent shopping trip to my town centre I realised it had been awhile since I had last been to my local Thorntons shop, so I popped inside to see if they had any new or exciting products to feature on the site. Looking amongst their 'impulse' bars range I found these two new looking Chocolate Truffle and Choc Nut Crunch bars. Neither of the two were graced with a 'New' logo on their wrapper like a lot of new products choose to have nowadays, however it was the new modernised packaging that made them stand out amongst the rest sitting on the shelf.

Although neither of the bars seemed that big in my hand, I thought the 59p price tag was fair (even more so after tasting them!). Whilst capturing my attention, I also thought the new style packaging looked nice, and I especially liked the new lettering using for the branding as well as the tempting looking on pack visuals. Below are my brief thoughts on each of the bars, starting with the Choc Nut Crunch, and then the Chocolate Truffle.


Choc Nut Crunch - Kcal 197 Fat 12.6g Fat(sats) 5.7g Carbs 17.8g
'Milk chocolate bar with a hazelnut praline and nougat centre'

This bar was delightfully flavoured and had a wonderfully progressive taste that grew in prestige as the melt developed. After a short duration chilled in the fridge, the outer milk chocolate broke with a firm, crispness and revealed a softer, drier crumbly layer below. The milk chocolate wasn't the most flavoursome ever, but it established a smooth, creamy cocoa led taste that allowed full expression of the nuttier influences in the filling. The hazelnut element contained within the smooth praline was powerful with a very woody flavour direction that left a lasting impression with each mouthful. Within the praline, small chunks of crystallised almond further reaffirmed the nuttiness of the bar which was a nice touch to end each mouthful. This wasn't the richest tasting chocolate ever, but it was positively surprising in the depth of it's nutty flavours.


Chocolate Truffle - Kcal 212 Fat 16.0g Fat(sats) 9.0g Carbs 14.9g
'Milk chocolate bar with a milk chocolate mousse centre'

Having tried a similar Continental Vienesse Truffle bar a few years ago (which was very poor!), I wasn't expecting much from this Chocolate Truffle bar. Whether my low expectations inflated the subsequent score I don't know, but the experience I had with this bar was certainly very different to that one back in 2008. The outer milk chocolate did a very similar job to what I have described above, and it fast established a creamy cocoa flavour base. Sat plentifully portioned below the solid chocolate exterior, the unexciting sounding chocolate mousse turned out to be the real star of this bar. Texture wise the mousse was very well received with it's smooth, yet dense and substantial mouth feel. Against all expectations it tasted pretty wonderful as well, bringing greater emphasis to the cocoa flavours of the chocolate which in turn brought a delightful richness to the taste. For such a small bar I was very surprised at the satisfaction it delivered - it truly was like one big truffle piece.

Choc Nut Crunch - 8.0 out of 10
Chocolate Truffle - 8.0 out of 10

August 31st: Moser Roth Mousse au Lait Coffee

Kcal 586 Fat 38.8g Fat(sats) 22.9g Carbs 51.8g (per 100.0g)

It has been quite a while since I last reviewed anything from Germany's Moser Roth brand, but thanks to ChocolateMission reader Alan I today got the chance to try another offering from their range. For those that haven't come across Moser Roth before, it is a brand of chocolates produced in Germany specifically for Aldi stores. What with Aldi being much bigger and widespread in Germany, Moser Roth is obviously a lot more renowned in it's homeland, though their bars can also be found in most of their chains located here in the UK. As I don't live anywhere near an Aldi my chances to review Moser Roth chocolates are generally rather limited, but like I said thanks to Alan this Moser Roth Mousse au Lait Coffee made it's way in to my hands last week. Described as 'milk chocolate with a lightly whipped coffee mousse filling' it sounded like the sort of bar that was my kind of thing - I was hoping for a Milka Amavel Mousse au Cappucino type experience.

This Mousse au Lait Coffee came in the same format as the Mousse au Lait Noisette that I tried earlier this year in the form a 187.5g package containing five separate 37.5g bars. As I did with the hazelnut variant I thought the packaging was extremely well styled and very premium looking considering the price it retails for. Having now seen two different variants from the range I think there is scope for Moser Roth to have dialled up the flavour varieties a little more in the on pack visuals and branding. That is probably me being ultra fussy - the product was superbly presented and I was still loving the idea of breaking the package down in to the five smaller bars.

Over the course of a working week I slipped one of the individual bars in to my work bag each day for me to eat alongside my afternoon 'pick me up' coffee. When removing the bars from their paper sleeves I didn't at any point get a strong sense of aromas, however when searched for they did offer some fine smelling sweet chocolatey scents which offered just a few hints of coffee. In regards to taste my experience with this Mousse au Lait Coffee was not to dissimilar to the Noisette bar I had tried from this range before. The outer milk chocolate wasn't particularly strong, or distinct in terms of the flavours it offered, but the grounding of sweet, milk rooted cocoa was pleasant and did a job providing the chocolate flavour hit for each bite. At the middle of each block the mousse delivered on it's promise of having a whipped, light texture and had a pleasant mouthfeel compared to the thicker melting milk chocolate. The mousse filling added a degree of additional creaminess to the taste, however I (inevitably) found the coffee element a little lacking and didn't quite feel like I got the coffee flavour experience I wanted from the sweet mocha like taste. The 37.5g serving size was sensible portion size for a snack but the slightly non-committal taste meant I didn't find it the most fulfilling of chocolates ever.

Overall this bar ticked many boxes when it came to the scoring chart, coupling some fantastic presentation with a fairly decent tasting product. I found the chocolate to be of a decent quality given the price, though the usual Moser Roth limitations were evident once again here, with the chocolate lacking uniqueness and a flavour impression to really call it's own. Whilst the chocolate wasn't exactly distinct, it still did it's job and the mousse filling certainly didn't let itself down when it came to providing interest texture wise. My loyal readership will be aware that I like my coffee chocolates flavoured strongly, so I doubt it will surprise none of them that I have highlighted this bar as being a little weak for my liking. Although this Mousse au Lait Coffee may not have been tailored to my specific tastes, it is certainly worth bearing in mind for fans of bars like Ritter Sport's Cappuccino as I would say this bar offers a similar sort of proposition. As is always the story with Moser Roth they never produce outstanding chocolates, but this was yet another competent offering that is worth taking a look at.

7.3 out of 10

August 30th: 'Bits n Bobs' - Cakes, Biscuits, Brownies & Chocolate

Despite what you guys might think, I unfortunately don't spend all my day writing about chocolate (though I wish I did!!). Reality is I work an office job Monday to Friday. The office in which I work is a very friendly, sociable place, and people often bring in all types of cakes, chocolates and snacks for our tea area.

Every once and while I of course bring in things myself, so I thought it only right to do a quick fire 'Bits n Bobs' post reviewing some of the more interesting things to make to our tea area recently.


Marks & Spencer Rocky Road

Kcal 355 Fat 20.7g Fat(sats) 15.2g Carbs 38.5g (per bar)

These Rocky Road cakes were on a '4 for 3' deal last time I was in M&S. On the pack they came described as 'Biscuit, marshmallow and sultanas in a rich Belgian chocolate coating' - the first thing that struck me here was lack of cherries!? I wasn't particularly fussed by this myself as I'm not a great fan of them, but I wasn't too sure if this could be classified as a fully fledged Rocky Road without them (to be fair my other colleagues who tried them didn't notice!!). Poor old M&S were always going to be compared to the Heavenly Cakes Rocky Road and I'm afraid to say this didn't match up in any criteria. The chocolate and constituents were of a fair quality, but neither had the richness of the Heavenly Cakes alternative. The sultanas and marshmallow pieces added interest texture wise but failed to create much of an impression in terms of enhancing the taste. I probably wouldn't buy this again.

6.4 out of 10



Tunnock's Dark Chocolate Tea Cakes

Kcal 105 Fat 4.7g Fat(sats) 2.5g Carbs 14.6g (per Biscuit)

I have to hold my hands up straight away here and admit that I'm a bit of fanboy of these. I've been buying them for years now and they happen to be a pretty staple purchase whenever I do my weekly shopping in Sainsbury's (annoyingly my Tesco doesn't stock them). For those that haven't seen a Tunnock's Tea Cake before (where have you been living haha!), they are described as 'biscuit bases, topped with marshmallows covered in chocolate'. To cut the long story short, I like these dark chocolate ones just a bit more than the original milk chocolate variety that are more widely distributed. In comparison I think the unsweetened nature of the 'dark chocolate' balances the sweetness of the mallow centre a little better. Just like the milk chocolate ones, I don't find them the most satisfying of snacks but there is just something so comforting about them that makes me buy them time and time again - it must be nostalgia!

7.2 out of 10

The Co-Operative Fairtrade Chocolate Brownie

Kcal 320 Fat 12.6g Fat(sats) 6.0g Carbs 34.6g (per brownie)

Just like the Rocky Road cake above, this poor, poor brownie was always going to be compared to the Heavenly Cakes milk chocolate brownies I had the delight in reviewing a few months ago. It will be more fun for me to try and pull out the advantages that this Co-op brownie has over the Heavenly Cakes offering, rather than me just be totally blunt and say IT DIDN'T TASTE AS NICE haha! So what sort of case can I build!? Well ... for a start it was Fairtrade - 41% Fairtrade sugar, 4% Fairtrade cocoa powder, 7% Fairtrade Cocoa Mass and 1% Fairtrade cocoa butter ... hurrah for equality!! Secondly it only cost me 75p - so there was an obvious price advantage over Heavenly Cakes. Thirdly when I bought it I got to eat it straight away - no waiting in the post my brownies thank you very much. Sadly I would like to say those three things make it a superior product, but unfortunately not. In my opinion this brownie was nowhere near as rich, or as insanely indulgent in it's chocolate delivery. It will do a good job if you fancy a brownie on the impulse, but if it is the highest quality you're after look in the direction of Heavenly.

7.8 out of 10

Marks & Spencer Milk Chocolate & Caramel Layered Cookies

Kcal 180 Fat 9.4g Fat(sats) 5.5g Carbs 22.2g (per biscuit)

Save the best until last!? Would I really do something like that :D ??? ... Of course I would! You can now find these 'biscuits topped with a layer of caramel, crisp rice and milk chocolate' in a M&S near you, and I was lucky enough to snaffle a few boxes of them on a introductory £1 offer. If you factor in the likes of the new Cadbury and Mikado biscuit offerings, the chocolate biscuit market has been pretty active recently in terms of new products available in the last year, so these were going to have to be something special to make them stand out from the rest. Frankly ... they were! They were tremendous! The chocolate was thick and took a substantial grip on the taste, whilst the caramel layer was more creamy and Dulce de leche like, rather than being just sugary, syrup gloop. The biscuit bases were also very tasty with their shortbread, buttery flavours - even the outer bits of chocolate puffed rice were fun looking and proved to be just a nice touch. Looking at the calories you probably don't want to go replacing these with your daily custard cream, but if you are after some 'posh biscuits' to bring out for the guests round your house I'm sure these will go down tremendously.

8.7 out of 10

August 28/29th: Ritter Sport Schokocreme

Kcal 578 Fat 40.0g Carbs 50.0g (per 100.0g)

Just when I thought it had gone a little quiet on the Ritter Sport front, last week a 2.0kg box arrived on my doorstep (poor postie!). Inside the well packaged Ritter Sport branded parcel, there were eight bars of this new Schokocreme flavour - that is Chocolate Cream of course to us Brits. On the wrapper the new bar came described as 'milk chocolate with a chocolate cream filling (43.0%) and small rice cereal pieces (2.5%)'. In proposition this didn't sound like the most innovative or exciting of all the flavours to come out of Ritter HQ recently, but I approached it with an open mind and roped in some of my fellow family members to try it with me (I say that as if it took much convincing :D )

As I have noted above the package I received from Ritter was rather large, which is lucky for you guys as it means I have the opportunity to give one of these bars away. If you can do some easy maths and calculate the weight of this bar, pop me an e-mail at Jim[@]ChocolateMission.net (take out the brackets!) Winner announced Saturday 4th September. As you will no doubt have noticed in my photo above, this was another presale sample sent to me by Ritter, so the packaging on show is not actually the finished article. From what I could gauge from the products received, I think it would be a safe assumption to make that the eventual presentation will be just fine. Sat in the middle of the standard sized blocks, the chocolate cream looked well portioned, whilst the small specs of rice cereal were also very evident.

Smelling the chocolate, my senses were soon filled with some familiar Ritter Sport milk chocolate scents that did a sound job of setting up the taste that followed. Placing the first block in my mouth the experience started out like most other Ritter milk chocolate bars do, with the taste fast taking a sugary cocoa led flavour base. Excuse me again for repeating myself from past reviews, but whilst the chocolate was fine and did a sound job of providing the chocolate flavour hit, it was pretty generic in taste and had nothing about it that made me want to shout how great it was from any rooftops. In the centre of the blocks the chocolate cream did little to enhance the sugary, milky flavours of the chocolate, though it did at least offer a differentiated texture that felt softer and smoother during the duration of it's melt. Throughout the chocolate cream the small crispy pieces similarly didn't prove to be the most compelling flavour wise with their mild rice cereal suggestions. On the plus side however, they did bring a degree of interest to the textures with their crunchy, disruptive mouth feel a nice contrast from the faster melting, smoother chocolate constituents.

Overall it was felt by not only myself but my entire family that this was a pretty average Ritter Sport offering. Whilst it was fine at fulfilling the proposition it put forward, the flavour combination wilts in the presence of some of the other more distinctive offerings that there are in the range. A thing that particularly disappointed myself about this chocolate was the fact that Ritter Sport have continued not to implement their finer milk chocolate recipe across the rest of their range (See that bar HERE). I think another opportunity that they had with this chocolate was also to differentiate the outer milk chocolate, with the inner chocolate creme. I think it would have certainly of been interesting to see what a bar with a milk chocolate exterior and dark chocolate cream filling would have been like - that would have been a nice alternative to the Ritter Sport a la Mousse au Chocolat bar which happens to have this proposition just the other way around. To conclude this bar was absolutely fine at what it did, but it just wasn't all that special. Don't forget to enter the competition above - you better get your calculators out :D

7.2 out of 10

August 27th: Nestle Dairy Box

Kcal 199 Fat 11.9g Fat(sats) 5.7g Carbs 20.3g (per 4 chocolates)

It's been a while since I last reviewed a selection box on ChocolateMission so I thought I would give this Nestle Dairy Box a try when I saw it on a special offer in my local Sainsbury's supermarket. With an RRP of £3.75, this Dairy Box is Nestle's equivalent to Cadbury's Milk Tray and comes described as an 'assorted selection of milk chocolates'.

Presentation wise I thought it was a little on the plain side with it's use of mostly cream and beige colours on the packaging. On the flip side I was a little more impressed by the inclusion of a menu and the look of the chocolates which at least looked to have some sort of effort put into their shaping and decoration.

In the selection there were a decent sounding ten chocolates on offer. Below are my thoughts on each of them starting from left to right in the photos. Apologies if my descriptions of the taste all sound so similar - as will come apparent this is not my fault!

Whole Almond Delight - As suggested by the name this piece contained a single whole almond at it's centre and was coated in milk chocolate. The milk chocolate exterior was severely lacking in flavour, whilst the inner nut was relatively flavourless and lacking the desired fresh crunchiness. Poor.

Caramel Creme - I was expecting a liquid caramel centre given the 'indulgent creamy caramel' descriptor but was left very disappointed by the filling that lacked any caramel resemblance whatsoever. Again the outer milk chocolate was poor in terms of flavours offered. Poor.

Almond Crunch - This was a piece comprising of a 'cream mousse centre with caramelised almond pieces'. There were fine, grainy particles detectable amongst the softer, lighter centre, however neither constituents offered any flavour progression from the mild milk chocolate. Poor.

Orange Sensation - This chocolate was supposed to contain an 'orange truffle centre with orange peel pieces and crunchy cereal'. Again there were noticeable particles evident amongst the truffle centre, but they did little more than provide an awkward lumpiness. The orange flavours were completely MIA, they must have forgotten to put that bit in!? Very Poor.

Chocolate Almond Mousse - 'Chocolate Mousse flavoured with a hint of almond', again the milk chocolate exterior and filling was devoid of any flavours of note. No one on this planet would have guessed this was supposed to be flavoured with almond in a blind taste test - it was totally lacking in nutty flavours. Very Poor.

Raspberry Parafait - The colour of the centre above gave me hope that this might be one of the more flavoursome offerings in the box. How wrong I was! Once again the centre was nothing more than a mushy flavoured version of the flavourless exterior chocolate. Just like the other fruit flavours, the raspberry was nowhere to be seen here. Very Poor.

Double Hazelnut Delight - This piece at least sounded somewhat exciting on the menu and came billed as 'hazelnut praline studded with roasted hazelnuts, dipped in milk chocolate'. Despite the poorness of the milk chocolate constituents, the hazelnut elements did manage to offer a woody nut hint to the mild taste. Standard.

Rich Chocolate Truffle - This was probably the best piece in the box, but that's not saying much. The upper portion of white chocolate managed to bring a creamier edge to the plain tasting milk chocolate. Inside the softer centre there were evident bits of wafer which did bring a nicely contrasting crunchy element to other smoother melting constituents. Standard.


Chocolate Dream - Well at least they didn't even try to suggest this one had more to it - 'chocolate truffle enveloped in chocolate'. Sorry if this is getting boring already, rinse & repeat ... the milk chocoalte was very mildly flavoured - I didn't get any enjoyment from this piece. Very Poor.

Perfect Praline - Out of all the chocolates in this box this was probably one of the few that I would deem as a passable chocolate. Between them the praline and chopped almonds didn't manage to generate some sort of nut offering to the taste, which is more than can be said for several of the other nut flavoured pieces in this selection. Standard.


Overall I must start off by firstly offering my apologies if this review reads like one long moan! Unfortunately though this selection box gave me little opportunity to do anything other than that - it was one of the poorest collection of chocolates I have ever tasted. The main issue with these chocolates was the quality of the milk chocolate that coated every single one of them. The cocoa content isn't listed anywhere on the box (18% milk solids), but I would certainly expect the figure to be extremely low. As I have described on all of the pieces above, the milk chocolate offered very little to the taste, which was obviously never going to be a good basis from which to build off. Just to compound the tasteless nature of the outer chocolate most of the centres were equally devoid of flavour, the caramel, fruit and mousse flavoured chocolates stand out as the main perpetrators. To be honest I can't see any sort of situation that I would recommend buying this Nestle Dairy Box Selection. I certainly wouldn't recommend buying them for yourself, I wouldn't recommend buying them for a partner or friend ... I don't think I would even recommend buying them for your worst enemy :D Long story, cut short - I would just avoid these.

4.8 out of 10

August 26th: Lindt Amarena-Kirsch

Kcal 552 Fat 36.0g Carbs 50.0g (per 100.0g)

Since the start of the summer I have been slowly making my way through Lindt's latest 100.0g tafel range, which you may recall has been based around different ice cream flavours. Having already reviewed the Nocciola (See HERE) and Eiscafe (See HERE) variants the one remaining flavour left to try was this Amarena-Kirsh, which I managed to get hold of with a little help from my German friend Franzi. Through aid of the on-pack pictures and my loose understanding of German I was able to get identify that this was based loosely round Cherries, though it took a quick Wikipedia search to identify the origins of Amarena-Kirsch. According to my favourite online encyclopedia, Amaerna-Kirsch are an Italian speciality, which would make sense given that both the Eiscafe and Nocciola flavours have followed that theme (More about Amaerna-Kirsch HERE).

As I have referred to already above this bar came in a 100.0g format which was split into a 5x2 grid of blocks. The packaging, albeit hard to photograph, looked as wonderful as ever and I thought the pinky, red colours made it look the most exciting flavour in the range. The blocks were again slightly on the big side for my liking, though the way they were so beautifully crafted and shaped meant I didn't dwell on that flaw for long. Cutting the block in half for my photography I was delighted to see that the inner creme was studded with large bits of what looked liked frozen dried fruit. In addition to looking pretty gorgeous, the light coloured inner creme smelt pretty phenomenal, mixing a lovely variety of chocolate and genuine smelling red berry scents.

To this point the chocolate was displaying a wonderful promise and the proposition of 'milk chocolate with cherry creme and Amarena cherry pieces' was something I couldn't wait to get stuck in to. Much like the smells had indicated the cherry flavours didn't hang about in imposing themselves on the taste, and straight away they were detectable in the background of the sweet cocoa flavours of the outer chocolate. As ever with Lindt milk chocolate, the taste was luxuriously cream based and it melted with a glorious softness to reveal the inner filling below. As pleasant and smooth as the chocolate felt on the tongue, it was then eclipsed in mouth feel sensation by the creme which had a lighter silkier feel to it's melt. It was at this point that the cherry really flavours really started coming through strongly, with the red fruit flavours establishing a very sweet, yet very 'real' tasting cherry influence. Submerged in the creme filling, the small specs of Amaerna cherry rounded of the taste quite superbly. In comparison to both the chocolate and the creme, the small bits of fruit were sharp and zingy in taste and provided a refreshing juicy sourness to leave a lasting impression of cherry in the mouth. The pace of the melt meant the flavour longevity wasn't optimum, but that wasn't too much of a problem given I had a full 100.0g bar :D

Overall this was probably the best cherry flavoured chocolate that I have ever tasted and it has surprisingly scored the best out of all three of the Lindt ice cream themed bars I have tried this summer. As previous chocolates have shown, implementing cherries in to chocolate is not the easiest thing to do without creating an artificial taste. Thoughts of this chocolate being in any way fake tasting were completely absent when I was eating it. The cherry influences were expertly integrated, in fact I don't believe they could have done it any better. One consideration I did have this chocolate however, was the appropriateness of the milk chocolate coating. As good, and tasty as it was, one part of me couldn't help but feel that a dark coating might have been better matched for the sweetness of the fruit. I could well be wrong and the flavour balance could go out of kilter with dark chocolate overpowering the cherry, but I would still be very keen to try it if such a bar existed. If you like your cherries then this is a must try chocolate for you. This is another pearl in the crown of Lindt.

8.6 out of 10