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*SHORTENED EDITION*
Hi All,
7Days of Chocolate Reviews is being cut short this week as I have so many reviews to get in before Christmas I am posting another today ... see below for the review of Green & Black's Cherry bar.
Question of the week is - 'What Christmas chocolates have you bought yet? Any you can recommend?' ... this question comes after a comment from David on the Cadbury Snowballs review yesterday who said that Cadbury had distributed them too early meaning that his eyes anyway they lost their Christmas sparkle! See that review for my own comments.
It has been slow for news on the chocolate market this week .... Ferrero announced a big spend media campaign for Christmas (HERE). Following on from the news I broke last week about battle of the Cadbury & Nestle bunnies things have been gearing up (HERE), and finally could Hershey and Ferrero being plotting a joint venture for Cadbury? The Telegraph thinks so (HERE).
As for Blogs I enjoyed this week -
GiGi wrote a fantastic review of Heinz's Treacle Sponge ... she just didn't have the custard to back it up :) (HERE)
Marvo at the Impulsive Buy reviewed the latest limited edition mint fudge Oreos (HERE)
Cybele wrote a few reviews on some Fannie May products this week. She didn't like them as much as I did mind you (HERE)
Rosa at ZOMG Candy absolutey loved the Milka Joghurt bar and gave it one of their special ZOMG ratings (HERE)
I hope you all have great weeks - don't forget to look at the review below :D
JIM
Sunday, 22 November 2009
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Hmmm that would mean Dairy Milk Kinder Bueno? I'm not sure that would work actually.
To be actually meant to be saved till Christmas? None! :))
Somewhat connected to Christmas and already eaten (even if only partially by me)?
Hmmm... let's think... Either the Christmas offer is really poor in stores so far, or I've simply already tried everything that's interesting in the past 10 years or so. I can only name a few...
- Milka Weihnachts-Teller: I found the hazelnut influence way too strong for me in all of them except the marzipan ones, covered in a darker chocolate (which I liked better than regular Milka chocolate). Pity there's only 3 marzipan chocolates in the box (out of 15), they were my favourites. Perhaps I would have liked that chocolate layer covering the marzipan to be a little thicker... I have really mixed feelings about marzipan. I simply loved some marzipan chocolates and hated others. In these Milka ones, I really enjoyed the marzipan-chocolate combination.
- Friedel liqueur barrels (Weinbrand/ brandy barrels, Kirschlikor/ cherry liqueur, Eierlikor/ advocaat). Not actually Christmas stuff, but they were in the Christmas sweets area and they don't have them all year round. Only for those who like the dark chocolate + liqueur combination. I do, so I enjoyed them. Still, the Amaretto Zapfen (not actual amaretto liqueur inside, but an amaretto-flavoured creamy filling) bag I've tried last year remains the best Friedel product I've tried so far. And it's more Christmas-themed: they have golden hangers so you can put them in the Christmas tree.
And... that's about half of everything that's at least somewhat connected to Christmas that I've tried in the past two months. The rest are not strictly chocolate (Lambertz Best Sellection - it's gingerbread, though half of them are covered in chocolate) or you couldn't find them (Winter Heidi Chocolate bars - smell great, especially the orange one, taste good... pity they feel so rough)
Hey Jim, I see you have yet to post a review on Rococo chocolate. They do a fabulous set of 3 festive Christmas bars: Christmas pudding chocolate- cognac soaked raisins, caramelized almonds, nutmeg, and cinnamon (65% cocoa min I believe). Gold, frankincense and myrrh - which is comprised of orange oils, spices and gold leaf(65% cocoa min). Finally cranberry and nutmeg white chocolate delicious, the fruit is sweet and works in tandem with the creamy cocoa butter, oh and it’s not waxy either! :)
Hope these are of interest.
Kind regards
Chris
Ana
Those are some interesting chocolates. I will more than likely have to book them out until next year though as the Christmas line up is stacked already :( Thanks for the suggestions though!
Phil
Neither am I! The stronger tasting chocolate might hamper the taste of the inner hazelnut creme!
Chris
As I said to Ana above chap the christmas line up is stacked this year so I doubt I can add any additional reviews on at this point!
These do sound reather good mind you! maybe I can break the code of good practice and review them outside of christmas if I get a source for them.
Thanks for the suggestions guys
JIM
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