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Kcal 200 Fat 13.0g Fat(sats) 8.0g Carbs 24.0g (per 40.0g)
Just as I promised I will be feeding you guys one Wonka review a week for the foreseeable future, and today I bring you my views on this Domed Dark Chocolate bar. Before I launch in to the review I have to once again thank my pals over at Yankee Soda & Candy for providing me with the sample for todays review - if you want to try these Wonka Exceptional bars for yourself be sure to check out their site (See HERE). Moving swiftly onwards this Domed Dark Chocolate flavour promised 'dark chocolate with milk chocolate medallions'. Before anyone asks - NO there wasn't a gold ticket in my wrapper :(
Just like the previously reviewed Waterfall variety, this Domed Dark Chocolate bar came in a very precise 99.2g size, which was split into twelve blocks. Aesthetically speaking the wrapper was similar in style and had real stand out with it's crazy silver, purple and gold foil colour scheme. From a marketing point of the view the branding isn't that well implemented and it is a bit cluttered, but I don't think it can be argued that it doesn't look cool. Inside the chocolate wasn't quite as mad looking as the Waterfall variety, though the chocolate had a very smooth and fresh looking appearance, and there were no branding problems here as the Wonka 'W' logo was nicely scribed on each medallion.
At this point I feel the need to tell you that I ended up sharing the majority of this bar as most of it was consumed whilst I was visiting my family for Easter holidays, so this review is written with several different point of views in mind. The thing that we all agreed on was that it didn't really smell like dark chocolate. The smells that emanated from the wrapper were sweet and sugary and I guess in a way this did see nicely set expectations for the taste. As you will see from the photo above the dark chocolate was the key constituent of each block, as it formed the base of each piece. Starting with the dark chocolate I personally found it very under strength in terms of flavour, and thought the melt was more laboured and slow in comparison to the Waterfall bar. It wasn't as if the mild, unsweetened chocolatey taste was bad, but it wasn't like it contributed much to the taste, and by the time the sweet and sugary milk chocolate medallion came to figure in the experience, it's presence was became very much pointless for me. On the contrary, the members of my family who aren't dark chocolate fans, much preferred the mildness of the dark chocolate, as it allowed the more flavoursome milk chocolate to have the grander say in taste. The shallow depth of flavour from the bar's main constituents meant that I didn't find the chocolate all that satisfying - especially when I compare it to some of the other dark chocolates I have had in the past.
Overall I certainly wasn't the first, and I don't envisage it being the last mass produced dark chocolate bar that I find not all that great. The crux of the matter was this chocolate wasn't awful in any sense, but I felt it was inhibited by the fact that the dark chocolate was made for the mass consumer, and thus was woefully under strength and lacking power in it's cocoa volume. I guess if we look at it from the perspective of the members of my family who aren't the biggest dark chocolate fans, this bar was received quite well, though for them it was more about their enjoyment of the milk chocolate, with the dark chocolate not being strong enough to engage or distract them in the taste. Unfortunately I won't be recommending this bar, as in my opinion there far better dark chocolate products at this price point. It isn't uncommon for me to write reviews about mass produced dark chocolates being under strength for my taste. I do like my sweet chocolates, but I think if you are going for a dark chocolate it is worth going for a really high quality one.
6.7 out of 10
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To be honest, this just seems so super boring to me! There's so much imagined deliciousness in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... I feel like making a milk + dark chocolate bar and calling it Wonka besmirches Roald Dahl :P
These bars are expensive. They are £5 each on that site Jim.
This one doesn't look as nice as the white and milk chocolate bar you did last week. If offered I would still give it a try though.
I much prefer this compared to the waterfall chocolate. I was in America a few months ago and was lucky enough to buy loads of candy from my holiday.
This was one of the first bars I ate and I was very surprised at what high quality the dark chocolate was.
Reviews like this one are why I trust this site. By the looks of it you obviously got sent this by a company as a sample (lol I just realised you say you did), yet you still give it a bad score. It just shows you aren't trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Keep up the good work.
Rxxx
I will pass on this one I think. These bars are pretty expensive so they have to be pretty special if I am going to buy one. At three times the amount of a Lindt bar I can justify buying it just to 'try it'.
It might not taste great but I think it looks really cute. It does have the Charlie and the choc factory charm to it.
Do you think this bar was made from the everlasting chocolate waterfall :) and crafted by an umpa lumpa :) I love that book so much.
Dx
6.7? Willy Wonka would be ashamed :P
This does look pretty dull I have to say, like others have said with the Wonka name you expect allsorts of bizzareness lol. It's interesting that since these are made by Nestle, why they didn't use the Dark chocolate they use on their dark KitKats - that is one of the better mass produced 'user friendly' dark chocolates around isn't it?
I can imagine too that this bar would have worked with some sort of cool flavours added to the chocolate - the Chocolate Factory produced allsorts of mad ones didn't they lol
Jim you said in your post about the chocolate waterfall bar that you had never reviewed a Wonka product before?
I just found an older review of some things called Wonka Tiglerz. You must have forgotten about it.
I can't imagine I would have bought this one anyway. I know I definitely won't be doing so now I have seen that you don't rate it.
It is odd that they chose such a boring combination, because the others are far more exciting.
They should have put some nuts or fruit in this to spice it up. When you take away all the fancy packaging it is pretty bland isn't it.
I don't see what a lot of you are getting at?
How is dark and milk chocolate a more boring duo than milk and white chocolate like the last one was?
I guess you can't expect much from a product like this. It's funny how they call it dark chocolate when to me the bottom layer looks like milk chocolate! In Europe this would never happen lol.
@Marine I think that people generally think that white and milk chocolate combined are more exciting because they are more visually impactful. The clash of the two different colour tones is probably what does it.
I think the consumer research team missed the mark here. If people want dark chocolate, they generally aren't looking for a milk chocolate component. Odd pairing.
lol I thought this said chocolate doomed bar. That would have been an unusual name.
Can anyone remember what the actual bars were called in the book? It would have been amazing if they made real life version of them wouldn't it.
I had a Wonka bar recently, I think it was the Scrumdiddlyumptious? with the toffee bits. It was so much better than I expected, even though it was missing a golden ticket :( lol I think it may even supplant Everlasting Gobstoppers as my favorite Wonka product! ps Whoever likes Dahl's Charlie and the CF should read his Danny the Champion of the World..marvelous story/illustrations!
I would like to see what a triple chocolate bar would look like. Why has no one ever done that?
milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate all in one. Now that would be impressive.
In the past Fry's and Nestle both produced bars which combined milk white and dark or just milk and dark choc. One of my dads favourite bars was a Frys Chocolate Sandwhich (which survived into the 1980's so I do recollect it)which was a layer of milk choc with dark either side and a milk version which was dark with milk either side.
It seems Nestle's was back in the 1960's called a 'Triple Bar' which was a white milk and dark layered bar! :)
I think it looks just as pretty as the waterfall chocolate => I desperately want to see what the third one tastes like.
Hannah
I agree to some extent with you. They could have possibly made this one a little more exciting given the brand name. I guess every range has it's more plain bars though.
Nick
They are expensive but do remember they have to cover costs of importing! They are around the 100.0g size aswell.
David
I would advise you wait for the final review before you start ordering chap :)
Umer
I wouldn't say it was high quality but it certainly isn't bad by any means. Thanks for sharing your views I hope you do the same for the last one next week.
Rachel
Thanks Rachel - as I have alway maintained regardless of who sends me what I will never write biased reviews.
That isn't the point of the site at all. It is all about different peoples opinions, and that is why I always ask my readers to leave their comments.
Richard
If you don't like the sound of it that is always a good indication of whether it suits you or not. better of leaving this one alone I think.
Susan
Wow some other people today seem to think the opposite. I still think it looks pretty good though.
Daisy
As I said last week I think every kid needs to read this book at least once.
Tricky
Haha I don't think he would be that pleased would he.
Alan
Nestle aren't actually that bad at dark chocolate now I come to think of it.
In the book there were all types of bizzare rooms and sweets, so I am somewhat surprised to see such a plain offering. Nexts weeks is a lot more exciting - trust me :D
Steven
Indeed I have! It had popping candy in it though so I probably tried to repress the memory from my mind :D
Golden / Duncan
Seemingly you weren't the only ones to think this was a little on the boring side.
Marine / Paul
I think Paul nicely covers off your question Marine. I think it is the effect of the light and dark colour tones that make the waterfall that bit more exciting. The waterfall was the more variable in terms of flavours aswell.
Phil
Haha I hope that 'In Europe' comment was tongue in cheek chap :D I can't have you upsetting my US readers now.
Dark chocolate in mass produced bars should always be called unsweetned chocolate.
Rod
Indeed I think you are right. Not many people look for this sort of combination. Off the top of my head I can't think of a manufacture that has combined both chocolate types that sucessfully myself!? Anyone!?
Anon
Haha it would be wouldn't it!
Emma
I am a big fan of the book but I can't for the life of me think of what the names are! I will look them up by the time the next review comes out.
Thea
I am reviewing the Scrumdiddly next week :D so please look out for that! I would very much welcome your opinions!
Danny Champion of the World is another amazing book! Am I too old to re-read them ... nah :D
Selina
Cadbury have tried it before. The bar is called the Cadbury Triple Deck - there is a review on the site.
Alan
Did you ever get to try any of them? I guess not with the Nestle one, but maybe so with the Frys? Was it any good?
Karen
You won't have to wait long! The review is being published next week :D
Thanks for the comments everyone! Thank god it is the weekend.
JIM
You're right, sadly not the Nestle one (I'm curious to know how it tasted lol). Both my sister and I have recollections of the Frys bar and no doubt will have tried it but sadly can't remember how it tasted. It can't have been all that bad though since it was around for many decades, until the early 1990's I imagine when it seems Cadbury brought the curtain down on many of the remaining Fry's bars. I'm surprised they axed the famous Five Boys bar (in 1992), since it was probably Fry's most famous and iconic bar.
I have to tell you that I don't eat the drugstore chocolate candy, but I have to agree with you on the Wonka Waterfall candy bar. I couldn't believe the texture and smoothness of the bar. I looked to find in was Swiss chocolate which would explain why! Kudos to Wonka!
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