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The ChocolateMission Omnibus:
This week I took a look at two different Lindt summer offerings with the first being the Lindt Carribean Dream and later on Lindt's Tropical Temptation bar. Both managed to score over 8.0 and were met with positive feedback from readers such as Susanne, Brody and Phil who all spelled out their desire to try them.
Tuesday saw me tuck into the latest offering from New Zealand - Whittaker's Zestful Dark Orange which scored a very high 9.0. This one seem to catch the eye of Mark and Lu who made clear their love for dark chocolate and orange combinations.
Later into the week I touched upon the fine skill of breaking up biscuits with my review of the Prinzen Rolle, before I yesterday had the unfortunate experience of trying Otsuka's Calorie Mate Chocolate Blocks ... the latter of which was truly terrible BLEUH!
As noted by an anonymous poster yesterday everything came from far afield this week - I will be sure to bring you all some UK products in the coming days.
News from the Chocolate Market:
* Following on from the article I posted a few weeks ago this press release has some more information on the new products being released by Divine Chocolates in the near future. See HERE
* Cadbury have now got their new fairtrade bars into distribution - don't get too excited everyone it is just the standard Dairy Milk collection with some new wrappers (they look quite cool though!) See HERE
* Nestle have outlined their Xmas plans for this year ... looks like After Eight and Quality Street are the brands getting most the media spend backing. See HERE
* This one was submitted by Susanne and Phil during the week - Nestle UK have announced the launch of the Kit Kat Chunky Caramel ... lets pray it is as good as the one I reviewed from New Zealand. See HERE
* McVities are launching Milk Chocolate & Orange digestives .... mmm yes please! See HERE
* Mars are the latest manufacture to play on everyones nostalgic feelings with the relaunch of 'Treets' ... I can't remember them myself but they sound nicely to me. See HERE
* Heidi recommended I try this brand earlier in the week ... If Al Nassma gets launched here in the UK it will be a lot easier to do so. See HERE
Posts from other Blogs I enjoyed this week:
* TastingChocolates - This is a new site set up by ChocolateMission reader Chris. He is focusing on reviewing finer chocolates from around the globe. I really enjoyed reading his review of the Malagasy Mora Mora bar. See HERE
* ChocaBlog - Simon got stuck in into the Thorntons Milk Chocolate with Tonka Bean bar and gave it a similarly positive review to my own. See HERE
* GiGi Reviews - Tried the awesome looking Dove Peanut Butter Silky Smooth Chocolate. Damn Galaxy chocolate with peanut butter sounds awesome to me. GiGi thought it was relatively good but nothing special. See HERE
* Second Rate Snacks - Rice Krispie Squares vs Marshmallow Squares Crispy Rice ... surely there can only be one winner? See HERE
Question of the Week:
'Where do you buy most your chocolate from?'
... for me it depends on where its coming from ...
US - CandyPirate or IShop4YouII
UK - where ever :D
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15 comments:
I can't quite imagine the Treets, that's one I'm looking forward to just out of curiosity.
It varies greatly where I buy chocolate - depends on what I want. Standard bars I often pick up when doing my weekly shopping in Sainsbury's. They have also recently increased their range to include some more "exclusive" bars. Speciality bars I tend to buy on the internet. And I'm shamelessly taking advantage of relatives in Germany to keep me supplied with goodies from across the Channel!
Like Susanne I tend to get my normal weekly bars on my weekly shop in the supermarker.
I have used the sites you have suggested though Jim. Just the other day I got some of those M&Ms off CandyPirate.
-Mark
I try to balance money spent on chocolate by being thrifty at aldi and pound shops etc the majority of the time, then occasionally treating myself to something swish from Hotel Chocolat or Niederegger. I amaze myself with my wiseness.
I'm lucky though, I get bought a lot. If a mate goes on a jolly somewhere I can usually guarantee a chocolatey gift upon their return.
Dont know if you've read on the Grocer website yet Jim but apparently Nestle have de-listed the peanut butter Kitkat Chunky to make way for the caramel one. I can't say I'm extremely disappointed as I always thought the Canadian PB KK was nicer, but it's still a shame as all we have now for peanut butter chocolate is Reeses products, which arent available in most newsagents.
In summer I never buy chocolates online - it always happens to me that exatly the one day they are posted it's getting really hot and they melt partly...
An advantage of Germany is that the range of chocolates you can choose from is just enormous.
However in winter I will start buying some foreign bars, I'm really eager to try Hotel Chocolat and others.
I don't remember treats either but should be interesting! Does anyone remeber Cadburys Strollers? They are only a vague memory but I think they had choc covered raisins, biscuits and caramel!
Not sure why on the article about the new cadbury fairtrade wrappers they go and show a very old wrapper! Must be about 10yrs old that design! lol The new wrappers are nice though, like the caramel wrapper but without the caramel obviously! lol here you are i love it :)
http://www.cadburydairymilk.typepad.com/?campaign_id=goftse
Did you say KitKat are launching a Caramel Chunky KitKat??? Wow!!! Heaven!
Also I saw Mars Treets today, bought them (as they are new AND contain peanuts!) but had no idea they were a relaunch. I'll see how I get on with them.
Susanne
Your relatives in Germany is a very cushty situation :) I just hope I am tipping you off about all the right bars!
Sainsbury's have a relatively good selection don't they!
Mark
Nice to know you are using CandyPirate. They are a really good set of guys - they have supported this site since it pretty much began!
Lottie
No one I know ever buys me chocolate anymore :D it is a bit of a commodity for me now I guess!
I wish I could shop in likes of Aldi and Lidl etc but we just don't have enough of then daaaaaaaan south! oh well! You might be pleased to here that I have got hold of a Schogetten Praline bar! Is this one you like?
Phil
No I didn't pick that up (delist of the PB Chunky!) ... wow I must say I am pretty surprised ... everyone I know loves it. I understand that it must be pushed for shelf space due to the increasing emergence of Reese's products in the UK, but I still thought it would be a product worth keeping in the portfolio! Weird!
Chris
Chocolate melting in the post has only happened to me on a few occasions - mostly when stuff has been sent within the UK.
Funnily enough the stuff I get from ISHOP4YOUII and Shopenzed has always arrived in perfect condition despite the climate changes in transite! Weird huh!
Alan
Once again you come up with a product I have no clue about :D love it! Cadburys Strollers what on earth :D I demand pics :)
I agree with you about the new DM wrappers they look awesome on shelf! Really impressive.
Cinabar
You read that correctly :D I look forward to reading your review about it! No doubt you will locate one about 3 weeks ahead of myself!
Really loving your work on FoodStuffFinds at the moment! I read it everyday :D
Thanks everyone - another great week
Jim!
Hey Jim
lol I've gone one better than a pic :) heres an ad for them on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoyEBee-uwc
I think they probably went hand in hand with Tasters etc
Alan
Cheers for sharing that fella - another great find. Be sure to keep them coming ... it is hard to keep up with all the news from the market but between you, phil and susanne you all manage to keep us up to date!
Cheers
Jim
Hang on - KitKat Caramel Chunky - but at what price?
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=201627
Replacing the peanut butter varient... :-0
I think I'll have to try a kitkat chunky peanut butter before they go lol i saw some Duo ones in Home Bargains at a good price, perfect for trying stuff you might not like lol
I think it's more to do with making more shelf space for the caramel one. I'm guessing caramel is more popular with the public in general, peanut butter has always been a 'love it or hate it' thing. Also I've not seen the dark 4-finger KK around in a while, I wonder if that's been axed too?
Peanut butter seems to be a much more American thing doesn't it? We have hardly any chocolate bars with peanut butter whereas they have tons! lol. The Dark Kitkats are still around, I tend to see them more in the packs of 9 usually!
Cinabar
Indeed it isn't all good news ... we lose the PB for the caramel! All I am saying about that is that the UK caramel better be just as good.
Alan / Phil
I have seen the Kit Kat Dark around recently so I don't think that one will be gone anytime soon.
As you say Alan PB in the UK is already ridiculously under represented! Why on earth on they getting rid of it ... as phil says it just has to be the shelf space.
Good be error ... could be a stroke of genious ... lets waite and see!
Thanks
Jim
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