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Things will be kept short and sweet this week as I am publishing the second edition of STARS & THEIR BARS today.
Rounding up the week on ChocolateMission I reviewed 5 products from Germany and 1 from Belguim. The first review this week was a ChocolateMission first as I for the first time sampled some handmade Belgian chocolates from a company called Chocolateque. These chocolates were not only fantastic but Thomas from Chocolateque also left a code that ChocolateMission readers can submit with their orders to get 10% off (See HERE). With the week starting off so positively inevitably there were going to be some products that weren't so good .. . namely the Lindt Peach-Apricot Yogurt (See HERE), Schogetten White Chocolate (See HERE) and Zotter's Black Cherries with Vanilla bars (See HERE). In between those reviews I also sampled Sarroti's Refreshment Sticks (See HERE) which brought back nice memories for both Susie and Susanne who remembered older generations of their family enjoying this product.
It has been a very slow week for news on the Chocolate market. Nestle have announced they will be backing their Christmas activity with £1.6m on media spend (See HERE). Hannock's are launching a few new lines of chocolate bars (See HERE). Finally it wouldn't be a complete week without mentioning the Cadbury takeover bids ... the latest is that Kraft have been given an early November deadline to stump up the cash for their next offer (See HERE).
What did I enjoy reading this week? GiGi casted her eye over the Trader Joe's PB & J bar (See HERE), Japanese Snack Reviews tried the bizarre sounding Tobacco Super Lemon Soda (See HERE), Cin at Foodstufffinds has started the Xmas reviews already with a review of Walker's Turkey and Stuffing crisps (See HERE) and lastly Marvo tried some Cola Champagne over at Impulsive Buy (See HERE).
Right so on to the star attraction........ if you missed PART 1 (See HERE)
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12 comments:
Enjoyed the Stars and their Bars. Particularly loved Jonathan Ross' comment! :)
It seems more and more likely that Kraft may be the new owner of Cadbury doesn't it. I don't know how these things work but from what I gather it looks like one way or another they'll be taken over.
Cadburys Dairy Milk with Chocolate Orange doesen't sound bad to me
Really enjoyed reading this again Jim thanks for doing it. I have jsut signed up to your twitter feed.
David, Cadbury once did an orange flavoured version of Dairy Milk, I remember it was lovely! So if Chocolate Orange started being made with Dairy Milk I'm sure it would be a massive success.
BTW Jim, did Hotel Chocolat answer our questions yet?
Please do a Part 3 it is always interesting to see what the celebs like :)
BTW forgot to say I really liked the Chocolateque review this week. You should review some more obscure smaller companies chocs.
Thnx
Gemma
Jonathan Ross is a legend. I pestered him so much he crumbled and gave in eventually.
Phil
Re: Cadbury / Kraft ... yep seems like this takeover is on the cards now. Damn shame to be honest as I would love Cadbury to remain a seperate entity :(
Re: Hotel Chocolat Qs... they are really busy putting at the mo putting their Xmas plans in place but I have been assured I will get the answers by the end of this week.
Steven
I will do a part 3 if I can find another load of celebs to chase.
I am glad you liked the Chocolateque review, I will hopefully do some more reviews like that one soon!
Thanks
Jim
Wowie,
How do you get such people to reply to you? I tried sending a message to LadyGaGa once but I just got ignored. Do you think they come on the website at all?
Rxxxx
Jim I have been watching your Twitter feed and seen you persistence. It is good to see it paying off but who would you say was the hardest to get an answer from?
Very reading Jim keep up your fine work young man.
Maggs
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