Just a quick reminder - you've only got until Friday if you want to enter our competition to win 3 boxes of fabulous fair trade chocolates from Plush. If you haven't entered yet, just click here to enter now!...
Now that we’ve had the recent Cocoa Farm query cleared up, let’s get on to more interesting and important matters, such as their new Shiraz chocolate wine barrels. Cocoa Farm is rapidly becoming known as THE chocolatier in Australia who actively pair up and celebrate one of our proudest products – no, not Hugh Jackman...
Gingerbread cookies always seem to be a bit Christmassy to me than mint flavored candy canes. They are equally "holiday", but mint itself is around all year. For me, gingerbread only comes in once a year. Quite naturally then, I found these seasonal Starbucks truffles to be just the thing for December. The packaging...
Back in December I brought the chaps home from cricket, and picked up a screw through a back tyre of the car. Of course we didn’t find this until Saturday afternoon when leaving out for a Christmas function: “What’s that strange click-click-click noise?” After changing to the spare wheel, on Sunday we gave the wheel that...
Fazer are (perhaps) the best known Finnish chocolate company. In my pre-Chocablog days I have bought Fazer chocolate while in Finland, but I have never seen these liqueurs before. I picked these up in a TK Maxx, of all places - further proof that chocolate is EVERYWHERE. These particular chocolates have quite a tasty dark chocolate...
There’s only one thing better I like seeing than chocolates on special and in large quantities, like this: ...is when I see this, something entirely new from Lindt. In this case it is a gorgeous looking box of Pralinés Noirs with 70% cacao solids. Inside are sixteen beautiful chocolates that remind me of Max Brenner’s creations...
Earlier this year I was chatting to a chef about chocolate (as you do) and he mentioned William Curley's name, saying that he had a bit of a reputation as a chocolatier. Jump forward in time a few months and I find myself being sent to Shepherd's Market in London to buy lightbulbs of all...
Lindt is a regular feature here on Chocablog, but I’d never clapped eyes on such a large box of them before – 400g and just in time for Christmas. Surely this was the ideal time to shout myself a silver box and scoff the lot? Not according to my daughter who spotted them lying next...
Back in January, Dom reviewed Amano's Madagascar and Ocumare bars. They've just introduced this limited edition bar from southwestern Bali, so they sent me a couple to sample. Under the shiny sleek box and gold wrapper, the chocolate is a dark brown (70% here) with an almost purple twang to it. The fifteen perfectly-sized pieces...
Take pity on my poor little sister. She’s living in Germany and pining, dreaming, of Cadbury Coconut Rough. Without thinking, I said “No problem, that’s available in EVERY supermarket in Australia, I’ll post some to you”. Foolish words. Searching high and low reveals a problem: The giant Cadbury machine does still make and sell the famous...