Best Posh Chocolate !

[Epona]

Treated myself to '3 for £15' chocolates at hotel chocolat at a train station last week. Will not be bothering again. Waste of calories.

It used to be 3 for £10 which seemed somewhat reasonable as a bit of an occasional treat along the lines of birthday or Xmas gift even on a tight budget.
When they put it up to £15 I was fuck no.

 

[Happy Tree]

Does Green & Blacks still exist? Their slightly more cocoa milk chocolate is the best. I used to order it online but it seems to be very scarce these days.

 

[Epona]

Does Green & Blacks still exist? Their slightly more cocoa milk chocolate is the best. I used to order it online but it seems to be very scarce these days.

It was bought by Cadbury which itself then became part of Mondelez
So yes, still exists, but not in its previous form.

 

[Happy Tree]

Big Chocolate

 

[hash tag]

Not posh as such, I've just come home to a bag of milk chocolate covered pistachio's which were from a well known shop. Not bad.

 

[Mattym]

This...

 

[hash tag]

I ate some Venchi chocolate last night. Mrs Tag swears she can smell it coming out of my pores this morning.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Currently working my way through a box of truffles from - Chocolataria Equador, best chocolates I’ve ever been gifted

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Treated myself to '3 for £15' chocolates at hotel chocolat at a train station last week. Will not be bothering again. Waste of calories.

I bought some of their macarons the other day and they were tasteless, awful things. Maybe the start of the Mars buy-out decline in quality has begun.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The price of quality chocolate seems to have escalated to ludicrous levels.

I was in Covent Garden the other day and thought I'd treat us to some Godiva chocolates but they want £85 now for a decent sized box. £85!!! It was never cheap, but I used to buy their 500g boxes and it was half that price I'm sure.

 

[Epona]

The price of quality chocolate seems to have escalated to ludicrous levels.

I was in Covent Garden the other day and thought I'd treat us to some Godiva chocolates but they want £85 now for a decent sized box. £85!!! It was never cheap, but I used to buy their 500g boxes and it was half that price I'm sure.

As I understand it, climate change is wreaking havoc on chocolate production - I've even heard it said that we'll only have chocolate at all for something like the next 20 years if things carry on the way they are.

 

[hash tag]

Prices generally soaring

"We need to grow cacao trees:" Mzanzi gives solution to chocolate price increase

An increase in the price of cocoa in Ghana will have a direct higher price of chocolate in South Africa. Mzanzi believes that they have the solution.

briefly.co.za

 

[kalidarkone]

Heist caramel and Almond bar. It's £24 ......but so rich and satisfying and a truly sensual experience...that ime only 1/8 of a bar is required.

There is no way I can binge on this. It is a delicacy.

 

[izz]

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Heist caramel and Almond bar. It's £24 ......but so rich and satisfying and a truly sensual experience...that ime only 1/8 of a bar is required.

There is no way I can binge on this. It is a delicacy.

Where'd you get those from then kalidarkone ?

 

[kalidarkone]

Where'd you get those from then kalidarkone ?

Heist chocolate. Cardiff.
They are sold out on a lot of stuff due to increased demand cus of a guardian article.

Heist Chocolate | Single Origin | Organic Cacao | Bean to Bar

Handmade, small batch, single origin, bean to bar chocolate made with organic, fairtrade cacao in our micro-factory in Cardiff, Wales.

www.heistchocolate.com

 

[furluxor]

I bought some of their macarons the other day and they were tasteless, awful things. Maybe the start of the Mars buy-out decline in quality has begun.

It's not surprising if you look at the ingredients - Hotel Chocolat products are full of crap, yet they charge as if for a much better product.
I bought a box of chocolates to say thank you to a nurse who was nice to me, then read the side of the box and

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Aldi have got sone new bars in according to the brochure. Need to try one.

 

[Mattym]

Enjoyed this one from Lidl the other day... The actual chocolate pattern is very similar to Tony's Chocolonely.

 

[Callie]

Enjoyed this one from Lidl the other day... The actual chocolate pattern is very similar to Tony's Chocolonely.

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I like the crunchy almond of that branding.

 

[hash tag]

Not chocolate, but very posh and delicious .

More chocolate cake. Very expensive, feathery light and very moist. Not very chocolaty but heavenly. It had a rough journey home. You couldn't not scoff the lot, in seconds. View attachment 443540

 

[hash tag]

Venchi, Regent St

 

[hash tag]

There is Posh chocolate around every corner

 

[Epona]

There is View attachment 446551Posh chocolate around every corner

OMG chocolate and hazelnut is my absolute favourite

 

[hash tag]

It has a very strong taste of pistachio in it and is delicious. At a mere £7.00 ( I think)
for 100gms it wasn't cheap.

 

[izz]

It has a very strong taste of pistachio in it and is delicious. At a mere £7.00 ( I think)
for 100gms it wasn't cheap.

Chocolate's rapidly rising in price anyway, I noticed the Aldi 'Dessert chocolates" have about five in the box this year compared with about nine in previous years, sometimes think prices rise disproportionately at the lower end so that the upper end is less unachievable and you may as well go high end but have it rarely. Booo !

 

[kalidarkone]

It has a very strong taste of pistachio in it and is delicious. At a mere £7.00 ( I think)
for 100gms it wasn't cheap.

Where from?

 

[kalidarkone]

I'm waiting for this to arrive:

Apple, Cinnamon, Pecan Caramel Bar

A special edition for autumn. Apple & cinnamon caramel made with Ty Tanglwyst double cream and toasted pecan nuts. Covered in Heist milk chocolate.

www.heistchocolate.com

 

[hash tag]

Where from?

Any good Italian deli I guess.
I'm sure these do it Eataly London | Eat, Shop & Learn with High-Quality Ingredients
I got it here Shop Grocery Online Home page

 

[kalidarkone]

Any good Italian deli I guess.
I'm sure these do it Eataly London | Eat, Shop & Learn with High-Quality Ingredients
I got it here Shop Grocery Online Home page

Cheers

 

[izz]

I'm waiting for this to arrive:
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Apple, Cinnamon, Pecan Caramel Bar

A special edition for autumn. Apple & cinnamon caramel made with Ty Tanglwyst double cream and toasted pecan nuts. Covered in Heist milk chocolate.

www.heistchocolate.com

Phwoar! I expect a review and marks out of ten