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The combination of milk chocolate and hazelnuts should always work but this time it really doesn’t – and it’s the fault of both parties.
The milk chocolate is too smooth and too soft and insubstantial, and the hazelnuts are chopped into fragments, rather than whole and the have no texture and little flavour. Avoid.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
Valor’s dark chocolate bar with whole almonds – I actually quite liked it.
I wasn’t sure the combination of dark chocolate and almonds would work but it does here – it needs the dark chocolate to not be too intense.
[star rating = “3.5/5”]
I always want to like Tony’s Chocolonely bars, but I never do.
The Chocolate and almond combination is nice, but the sea salt works against that combination and ruins the after-taste.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
You start with a combination of a chocolate that’s too dark which has had too much mint flavour added, and you’re left with what feels like a never-ending unpleasantly strong mint after-taste.
Avoid.
[star rating “1/5”]
Surprisingly sweet and not bitter dark chocolate bar. Doesn’t hugely taste of either lemon or cardamon – it’s all very subtle and (surprisingly) quite enjoyable with a nice slightly lemony after-taste.
[star rating=”4/5″]
A fabulous white chocolate bar, slightly caramel in taste with a nice finish. Lovely break and really solid mouth feel. Unfortunately it’s not particularly cheap, and it’s not particularly easy to find either.
[star rating=”4.5/5″]
Nice bar of basic white chocolate – it’s thick and chunky and has good mouth feel.
Unfortunately it’s a ‘travel exclusive’ so it’s only available in some airports and other duty-free style stores.
[star rating=”3.5/5″]
I thought this would be a nice combination but it’s far too sweet and the flavours are very unbalanced – sweet, sweet or sweet.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
Interesting chocolate bar – full if not over-full of hazelnuts which are floating on a layer of chocolate – which makes the bar more gritty/coarse than you might expect.
[star rating=”3/5″]
Overly sweet if not actually sickly sweet. More chocolate than biscuit – but that’s probably what the problem is.
[star rating=”1/5″]
I love the idea of a rum and raisin chocolate bar, but this one is completely overwhelmed by the taste of alcohol (and not the taste of rum per se, it’s a generic burst of alcohol) and it’s too sweet as well.
Allegedly has nuts, but they’re not particularly noticeable.
[star rating=”1.5/5″]
A lurid pink and strangely dry and gritty chocolate – not particularly pleasant mouth feel and somewhat too sweet. Avoid.
[star rating=”1/5″]
Lindt’s ‘Touch of Vanilla’ white chocolate bar should be good, and is mostly/kind-of/sort-of. Nice melt in the mouth and bar is firm with good bite, but the bar itself is too thin and the taste is a bit too sweet.
Almost…
[star rating=”2.5/5″]
nomnom’s hot x buns chocolate bar is an excellent mix of chocolate and spices. Good mouthfeel and great balance of flavours.
Shame it’s too hard to find.
[star rating=”4.5/5″]
Dark Chocolate Maltesers – marketed as the ‘Lighter way to enjoy Dark Chocolate’. The chocolate is thin and bitter and it’s an awful combination with the honeycomb.
Seems to be found only in the Asian-Pacific region, which may be a blessing for the rest of us.
[star rating=”1/5″]