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Kcal 124 Fat 7.0g Carbs 13.0g (per 1 praline)Sorry all but there are no points or prizes being given away for guessing where this product came from today :D Yes Indeed these Lindt Fioretto Zabaione were sent to me directly from Germany via my good friend Franzi who has been helping me keep right up to date with the latest German products. If we all rewind our minds back to July 2009 you may remember me casting the ChocolateMission ruling across a number of flavours from this Fioretto range. If you take a look HERE you can see my reviews of the Lime, Cappuccino and Chocolate Mousse variants - all of them scored relatively decently but it was the Chocolate Mousse Fioretto which stuck out as best in class. Back to the focus of today's review, I can inform you (via WIKI) that Zabaione is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet wine (usually Marsala), and sometimes whole eggs - it is basically a very light custard. This sounded like an interesting flavour combination to me - I was just hoping it was going to prove to be better than Ritter Sport's attempt at a similar advocaat flavoured chocolate.
I received these Fioretto chocolates in a 138.0g box that contained six very sizeable pieces within. The presentation of both the box and the inner pieces was nicely done and very decorative, showing of the flavour theme with both on-pack illustrations and appropriate discriptors. As nice as everything looked I have to say the Fiortetto chocolates weren't the easiest things to eat. Size wise I preferred the smaller mini Fiorettos that I sampled last year - these big truffles were cumbersome and caused a bit of a mess when bitten into. Size issues aside the Fioretto looked phenomenal with the inner cream coloured filled looking particularly appetising and plentiful in it's portioning. The smells coming from the chocolates were also very alluring, with a mixture of sweet chocolate and dairy influences mixed in with some minor boozie scents.
On the box these came billed as 'pralines with Zabaione truffle fillings, covered in rice cereal and milk chocolate'. Starting with the exterior rice and milk chocolate layer, the thick shell broke with a definitive crispness and was forthcoming in setting a kind tasting milky cocoa taste that melted with a thick double cream like texture - delicious! Surrounding the Zabaione filling, a richer tasting soft chocolatey praline layer further accentuated the cocoa flavours setting up the sweeter flavoured centre just perfectly. Just as it appeared the Zabaione filling was butter like in texture and melted with a very fast smooth feel on the tongue. The flavours established were remarkably variable and progressive, with the development starting out like a very creamy sweet custard, before then evolving into a vanilla hinted dessert wine like taste. As I noted above, eating one of these was a bit of a messy experience, but just one was fulfilling enough for a small, great tasting snack.
Overall I can't imagine that these Lindt Fioretto Zabaione would be to everyone's taste but I really enjoyed them, as did the other members of my family who got to give them a try. As soon as I tasted them I was instantly reminded of 'Snowball' advocaat drinks that I sometimes have at Christmas. Unlike the previous attempt at this flavour combination I had tried from Ritter Sport, I thought the Zabaione/Advocaat filling was executed a lot better with the cream and alcohol flavours balanced nicely with neither taking precedence over the other. One thing that you can almost guarantee with Lindt is that the chocolate that coats any of their products is going to very nice, and this was again very much the case here. I have to admit I didn't care much for the inclusion of the rice cereal into the exterior shell as it added very little to the taste, but admittedly it did bring a crunchy element to the smoother textures being offered by the other constituents. I don't think these Zabaione Fioretto were quite as nice as the Chocolate Mousse Fioretto, but I would still recommend them if they take your interest and I would consider buying them again.
8.5 out of 10
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Lindt do it again then lol.
Was it planned to have two Lindt reviews in a row? These look a bit odd for my tastes.
If I was going to buy any sort of Lindt truffles I would just be happy buying Lindt Lindors. I'm happy trying other things but sometimes things are so good you can just stick with them.
In my opinion their white chocolate Lindor are the best truffles around. Thanks for the review though.
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The looks well bizarre. I assume they are going to only be selling them in Germany right?
They don't look like the sort of thing that they would sell in England lol.
Im loving the Lindt reviews this week Jim they are one of my favourite choccie makers.
Im really not keen on alcohol themed choccis but I think these sound a bit different to normal ones. Great review.
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I have to stop reading your blog, you just make too many chocolates sound way too tempting! ;-)
Not only will i try and see if my local Morrison has the Lindt ginger chocolate from yesterdays review, now I think I will need to check these out when I go home to Germany in October (btw, anything I could provide you with from there?).
Nice pictures. The filling is a bit yellow for my liking though.
Lol it's funny how you go from something so serious like the 'ginger excellence' to something more zaney and weird from exactly the same people.
I prefer more exciting products like this one for sure.
Looking at some of the other flavours they have I think I would rather try some of them first. The lime and white chocolate one sticks out to me as the one I would be most desperate to try. I would still consider this one if I saw it.
Jim out of interest what does that -24% thing mean on the packaging? I can't make it out.
I love the sound of these they sound so different to anything else I have seen before. I don't really know what Zabione tastes of but I would be more than keen to give it a try.
Jim is there any way of telling us what the average score is by brand? Lol I love my stats!!! lindt seem to get really high ratings from you each time you review them.
It would be well interesting to compare what the average score is by brand ........... like seeing Cadburys, Mars, Lindt etc
The chocolate mousse fiortteo sound nicer to me. I don't get on with boozie chocolates at all so I think I would be best off avoiding these.
Thanks for the review though Jim It's aleays nice seeing these things from Germany.
Omg I have finally found someone else on this planet that knows that a 'snowball' drink is. Lmao!!!!! Everytime I mention them to my friends they think I'm talking about some sort of marshmallow chocolate drink lol.
Oh whatever did we do to deserve two Lindt reviews in two days Jim ;) I'm not complaining don't you worry, I love anything made by Lindt lol.
Your review yesterday inspired me to buy two of their excellence bars. i got one milk chocolate and hazelnuts and one 70% dark chocolate. I'm a bit of a dark chocolate amateur so I'm not all that sure about it. I will tell you my scores for them.
Thanks for the review Jim these look such a different product to what you reviewed earlier. It proves that Lindt are really well rounded when it comes to making chocolates, they are so good.
p.s. lol it was typical he was going to score wasn't he.
They have done a wicked job making these looks really cool. I can't think of anything else that looks similar at all, thats not exactly easy to say about any chocolate is it?
Im not keen on putting cereal in chocolates but it sounds like the rice does have a role in these. Thanks for your efforts.
Great review today Jim. I didn't even notice this was the second Lindt one in a row until I started reading the comments. @David you shouldn't tease him like that lol.
These look something a little different from Lindt. Normally I just associate them with plain bars of chocolate.
Starting with the exterior rice and milk chocolate layer, the thick shell broke with a definitive crispness and was forthcoming in setting a kind tasting milky cocoa taste that melted with a thick double cream like texture - delicious! Surrounding the Zabaione filling, a richer tasting soft chocolatey praline layer further accentuated the cocoa flavours setting up the sweeter flavoured centre just perfectly. Just as it appeared the Zabaione filling was butter like in texture and melted with a very fast smooth feel on the tongue. The flavours established were remarkably variable and progressive, with the development starting out like a very creamy sweet custard, before then evolving into a vanilla hinted dessert wine like taste.
Creamy custard and wine? Is this some sort of dream filling made exactly for me LOL. Im embarrassed to say but Im absolutely obsessed with custard at the moment. I can't get enough of it. Thanks so much for the review Jim you always get my day off to a nice start.
If the chocolates are really this good in Germany I think I need to get myself a special friend from there lol. Its almost as if you review one thing a week from that place raving about how good a product is. So unfair.
I don't like the look of these that much they look very awkward to eat and not very practical. Did you find that or is this just me being really fussy? In relative terms how big were they?
These look expensive to me? Alcohol flavoured chocolates normally are arent they.
Do you have any idea how they compare to say like a bar they make? Lindt seems to be getting progressively cheaper as the years go by. From what I can tell quality isn't being harmed which is good.
No offence but I thought the review of that bar of chocolate yesterday was a bit boring. This however looks so much more exciting, its obvious that lindt are trying to go after two different people with these products don't you think? I think their excellence bars are more for older people whereas things like this are for more younger people.
These look cool but im unsure as to whether I would buy them. When it comes to Lindt I know what I like already. Its going to take a lot of convincing for me not to buy the usual lindors.
This is just my kind of thing.
I've seen some Fioretto flavours (not this one, though) in a couple of supermarkets, kept postponing buying them and then they didn't have them anymore when I finally went to buy them. I hope I'll be able to find them again.
These sound exactly like my sort of thing you are really lucky to have tried them.
I've just had a quick look online (usual places ebay / German Deli etc) and nowhere seems to be selling them at all. It's a bit frustrating as I wanted to see if I could buy a few of the different flavours of these Fioretto. They look terrific.
*sigh* Yet again another Lindt flavour I'll never get to try. I've never tried Zabaione but these sound delicious from your description.
This is so much more exciting than the bar yesterday. It's no surprise to see that we don't sell then isn't it lol.
Its such a shame as its one I would love to try. Boooo!
Well these certainly look interesting, but i hate custard and am not a big alcohol chocolate fan so I'd probabaly not bother with these. The other flavours sound nice though. Its just a shame we never get to try any of them here lol
@ Julie - I don't think thats overly true, after all I'm only in my 20's and I am a big fan of the Lindt Excellence bars. I don't think theyre aimed at a particular demographic, perhaps its just some of the packaging that makes them seem that way?
It's funny I really enjoyed this review yet this flavor doesn't appeal to me at all, lol! Although it is neat to know Lindt makes larger truffles. But I'm keeping an eye out for yesterday's ginger bar, I love Lindt Excellence, and ginger in sweet things. @Steven same here, I usually notice similar flavors more than brands...although the coffee run didn't bother me lol. and I like HC Mondays.
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Hi All,
First off apologies for the two reviews coming up in a row! That was an error on my part I will try make sure it doesn't happen again ... hey I can't see why some of you are complaining anyway! Is a Lindt double up not a good thing?
Further apologies to my readers who feel frustrated that they can't try this product for themselves. I understand it must indeed get a little tiresome reading about products you can't buy readily at hand - I hope these feelings are outweighed by the interest of being able to see something new that is available in other markets. Why of why did Dean-German-Grocery have to shut down eh!?
David - Sorry chap! I have checked already that tomorrow wont be three in a row haha!
Golden - Indeed! Germany and some of the other mainland European countries I believe.
Anne - I couldn't possibly ask you to do that I would feel awfully guilt ridden. Thanks so much for the kind offer. I have no idea what Morrisons stocking of Lindt is like but I hope you get to try the ginger bar.
Duncan - I don't have a clue I'm afraid. Can one of my German readers help us out here? I know you exist I look at the web stats ;)
Martin - Blimey that would take a lot of legwork. Perhaps one day I will put together a special post documenting some facts like that. I agree it would be very interesting to see wouldn't it.
Lucy - Snowballs are advocaat and Lemondade/Soda water right? The rest of my family love them. They always have them around Christmas time.
Estelle - Apologies about the double up I will make sure it doesn't happen again.
Nigel - Haha yeah it was always going to happen wasn't it. I had money on it which was a good thing :D
Matt - No they are very unique looking aren't they. Like you say I couldn't name anything else like them at all. They did well in that respect it can't be easy to make something look totally new.
Katie - Custard is amazing stuff isn't it. The question is hot or cold? I'm partial to both myself but I know plenty of people that can only have it one way. Thanks for the nice words about the reviews I enjoy writing them.
Anon - The size of them wasn't the best. They could have done with being smaller bitesized pieces.
Richard - Chap I have no idea on the pricing of these. I will leave that up to you to find out for us given you are our pricing guru! Theres a nice task for you :D
Julie - I agree they are definitely after two seperate consumers here. The fact that I like both the types of products is worrying mind you :D What does that make me?
Michelle - It is frustrating isn't it. I just wish DGG hadn't gone out of business.
Alan - Hold on two seconds here Alan .... not a fan of custard? Am I reading this correctly :D How can you not like custard? Haha only kidding! I think Julie was saying that this sort of product would be aimed at a different demographic to the Excellence range is, and I would happen to agree with her. This is a vastly different proposition don't you think.
Thea - You will be glad to know that HC Monday makes a return next week :D I'm glad you enjoyed the review despite the flavour not tickling your fancy.
Thanks for the comments again today everyone. Sorry again about the posting schedule, I have been so busy lately I haven't had the time to order everything correctly. Thanks again for sharing all your opinions/comments etc.
JIM
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