Kcal 530 Fat 30.5g Fat(sats) 19.2g Carbs 57.5gToday saw me venture into my Kshocolat bag of goodies for the second time sampling the Honeycomb and Vanilla variant. Unlike the last Kshocolat product I reviewed (72% bar), this bar was made of milk chocolate (31% cooca 17% milk solids) and included honeycomb pieces and vanilla flavouring.
Similar to the 72% offering the bar was presented nicely. I cant say I cared much for the card sleeve - it was rather dull colourwise, but the bar itself was impeccably designed and had the same finely crafted cocoa pod pattern on each block. The bar had a pretty distinct aroma - it smelt sweet and floral; admittedly at first I wasn't overly convinced by it - though the more I ate the bar the more I understood the smell with the taste I experienced.
The milk chocolate became ever increasingly intense in its flavour as it slowly melted on the tongue. The melt was nice and formed a smooth taste which allowed for this slow release of flavour. The chocolate had quite a sharp cocoa edge, for milk chocolate it really wasn't the creamiest of tastes...this wasn't necessarily a bad thing - it tasted pleasant and certainly unique. Each block had its fair share of honeycomb pieces which were formed of 80% honey and 20% milk solids. Each small piece had a crystallised like texture which provided a nice variation against the smooth milk chocolate. Like the aroma suggested the honey had quite a flowery flavour... im no expert but it did remind me vaguely of elderflower - it had a heavy presence in what was a quite a strong aftertaste. The aftertaste of the chocolate was also heavily influenced by the vanillla flavour - it had a bourbon flavour that just didn't sit well with me. It tasted somewhat artifical and left an acrid flavour in my mouth for a long time after finishing the bar. Truth be told it was really quite unpleasant.
Overall this was a hard bar to rate tastewise. Initially I enjoyed the flavours of the bar, the milk chocolate was rich and nicely textured, and the honeycomb pieces added a distinct if slightly unusual foral element...at this point I had the taste down as a 7. Unfortunately the aftertaste of the bar simply spoilt the whole experience. As described above the vanilla flavour was bitter and despite the sweetness of honeycomb it simply wasn't subsided...it really spoilt for me what was a fairly nice bar of milk chocolate. It's not often that the taste of a bar drags the score of a product down, but unfortunately this was the case with the Honeycomb and Vanilla bar - disappointing.
6.9 out of 10
6.9 out of 10
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4 comments:
Uggh, bitter vanilla sounds awful. As vanilla is the dominant flavor in white chocolate, my mind immediately associates the concepts… I know this wasn’t white chocolate, but the concept seems to carry through. A shame about the aftertaste too. Thanks for the review!
Justin The vanilla aspect really did overkill this bar....funny that in my first Kshocolat review I found there were too few flavours...in this bar too many...well maybe not too many but it could have done without the bitter vanilla.
...lets just hope for better from the other 3 remaining variants I have eh!?
Thanks for the input Just!
Jim
I don't know much about the science of chocolate, but I have to say that this is one of my favorite chocolate bars! I find the "honeycomb" pieces to be delicious and the unique flavor of the milk chocolate is heavenly. I search this bar out wherever I can find it (usually at "The Meadow" in Portland, Oregon. I go there every time I visit from Seattle). Their store is full of flowers, wine, salt and chocolate...all of life's essentials.
Krisin Q Hi welcome to the blog! I think this is the first time you have posted :D
I hadn't actually heard from anyone in the states about Kshocolat ... I was assuming that it was quite a small time brand over there! To be honest this wasn't one of my fave bars - but obviously everyone has their valid opinions :)
Thanks for the contribution
Jim
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