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Kcal 404 Fat 19.0g Carbs 55.2g (per 100.0g) It seems I have found yet another product with some branding issues, similar to the Mars /Milky Way fiasco we have from the UK to US. Having looked over at Cybele's review of Ferrero Mon Cheri at Candyblog - it appears that the American version of Mon Cheri is actually rather like the Ferrero Kusschen - a truffle like product containing hazelnuts. The European version of the Ferrero Mon Cheri I reviewed today, sent to me by Dean-German-Grocery was formed of a cherry surrounded by a 'special liqueur, coated in plain chocolate'.
The pack I sampled contained ten chocolates (105.0g), five of which I was happy to give away to let my housemates sample. I liked the presentation of the product - the box featured some very nice graphics and fonts, and was printed onto a very high quality glossy material. The chocolates looked almost identical to the Ferrero Kusschen, they had beautifully presented two layered wrappers and were a nice shape to fit in the mouth. The pieces didn't offer much in the way of an aroma, there were slight indications of cocoa in and amongst a predominantly sweet smell, but it was not all that apparent.
I am guessing you have already had a peek at the score for this product, so I will reveal to you now there were two fundamental things wrong with the Mon Cheri. The first was the liqueur - it brought back eerie memories of the Lindt Christmas Punch ... to be honest I don't know what type of liqueur they were aiming for here... brandy? cherry schnapps? By my account it didn't taste like either ... frankly it just tasted cheap and horrible. Obviously the main focus of the product was the inclusion of the cherry piece and to be honest I didn't enjoy that much either. Its taste was dominated by the benign liqueur, and its texture had a horrible mushy feel - none to pleasant. My lack of enjoyment of the main theme of the product was a bit of a shame given the quality of the plain chocolate - it had a relatively appealing unsweetened milky taste with an enjoyable smooth melt. By the time I had got round to my third piece I actually found myself dispensing of both the inner liqueur and cherry and just eating the outer chocolate - a pretty crazy thing to do given the main focus of the product, but hey I am not going to lie.
Overall these have to go down as one of the poorer Ferrero products I have tried. My enjoyment of this product was solely limited to the outer chocolate, the cherry piece and liqueur were as you have probably gathered really not to my taste. I am sure there will be a number of you who are in complete disagreement with me on this one, but I have to tell it how I perceive it. I mentioned above I let my housemates finish off the pack and they actually quite enjoyed them, so there is proof there is definitely some enjoyment to be had from these ... sadly just not for me.
6.2 out of 10
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I have to say Jim that this chocolate looks rather foul.
I think the presentation of the wrapper, and the actual chocolate are terrible and to be honest I never really have been one for chocolate filled with jelly substances.
I was immediately deterred from the chocolate bar on seeing it's wrapper and maybe that makes me a bit ignorant but this really doesn't look like my sort of chocolate :P
James The filling isn't jelly like, it was more liquid ... it was rubbish whatever :)
I wasn't too put off by the packaging! If anything I thought it looked rather good. Shame about the actual product.
Cheers
Jim
Hi!
I must disagree... When I was little, my mum used to open the chocolate shell, drink the liqueur and eat the cherry and give the chocolate to me, she liked these so much! I love the liqueur inside, it's a good balance between giving a hint of alcohol but not suppressing the taste of cherry and chocolate. I always thought they were very exquisite. But I understand it's all down to personal taste!
Cheers,
justyna
Justyna Indeed it is all down to personal taste! That is the beauty of the site :)
I am not the biggest of drinkers, it seems like these type of fruit liqueurs are far more popular in countries outside of England, so maybe it was just the fact I am not used to them. As far as I am aware these are quite an old product - so for them still to be widely avalible they must have a fair following!
Thanks Justyna always great to hear other peoples opinions :)
Jim
liqueurs? wat exactly is it...plz specify...brandy or wat? i am curious to knw
Swati I can confirm it is brandy!
Cheers
Jim
Ferrero MON CHERY
This is a very old liquer chocolate,
far superior to those horrible cristallized little chocolate bottles sold at Christmas, I used to give small boxes of these to friends as little presents and everybody was always very pleased. In Italy various manufacturers have made these wonderful bonbons for generations, of course some are better than others, but for presentation, taste and price not many can match mon cheri.
The cherry is either soaked in brandy or maraschino the liquer is probably a variety of cherry
brandy or similar, what a clever concoction, if people do not appreciate these, good!, the more for us as they are not easy to find nowadays.
joe london
I just looked these up to see if I can get them here. My Boyfriend comes from Portugal, he came for a vist before and brought some. When he just come I made him bring more. I love them and had many people that tried them last time ask if he brought more.
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