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Old 16-04-2012, 23:10
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With all this fuss about Cadbury's Milk Tray I wondered what your favourite chocolates are. I like Nestle Black Magic and will hopefully be tasting Prestat Union Jack Truffles over the next few days. Do you go posh or are you fond of the more popular chocs? Have you tried chocolates from speciality shops? What are your favourite fillings or flavours? The best chocolates and the worst chocolates please. Thank you very much!
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Old 17-04-2012, 04:55
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I am a bit partial to posh chocs, just about anything from hotel chocolat will make me happy especially the chocolate gemstones they do. But i do like cheaper chocolates too and quite happily scoff a box of ferrero rocher

Possibly the best chocolates i've had where champagne truffles from fortum & masons (used to get them as an xmas treat from a company i worked for)

The worst chocolates ever are liquor filled chocolates YUK YUK YUK
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Old 17-04-2012, 08:28
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Chocolate Liquor Cocktails from Hotel Chocolat are my favourites, with the Mojito coming at the top of the list.
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Old 17-04-2012, 08:31
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Thorntons Continental are pretty good!
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Old 17-04-2012, 10:03
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All Hotel Chocolat products are nice, but my fav choc is the Lindt/Lindor red balls or a Lindt bunny.
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Old 17-04-2012, 10:44
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I am lucky enough to live near a small independent chocolate maker. He has a shop in town and makes his own chocolates on his premises. The chocolates are fantastic and the quality is extremely high. Yes, they are expensive but are so rich that even I can only manage about 2 at any one time. High quality chocolate is worlds away from the cheap mass-produced vegetable fat based stuff sold under the name of chocolate.
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Old 17-04-2012, 10:57
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Thornton's Continental Cappuccino's and Coffee Creams.
Some Cadbury's Twirls,Caramel etc
Don't really like fruit & nuts, dark bitter chocolate..
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Old 17-04-2012, 11:06
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The best I had was on a ferry to Gozo. I haven't seen it since but lovely mango indeed.
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Old 17-04-2012, 11:19
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Green & Blacks do a lovely box of little mini bars for about a fiver.

Everyday chocolate for me is Galazy though - I love a Ripple
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Old 17-04-2012, 12:46
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As a few others have said Hotel Chocolat all the way. Amazing stuff. Had some lovely salted caramel chocs from there. To be honest everything I've had from there has been great.
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Old 17-04-2012, 13:22
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Yes, Hotel Choclat is pretty fab. I also like these Cote D'or mignonettes.
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Old 17-04-2012, 13:51
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Ferrero Rocher for me, though I'm generally more of a fan of sweets than chocolate.
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Old 17-04-2012, 15:07
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My wife got me some of these for my birthday:

Brodie's Scottish Berries.

When I was on a tour of the Ardbeg distillery a few years ago there was a group of Dutch or Belgian tourists on the tour. At the end they produced a box of hand-made whisky liqueur chocolates they'd brought with them and shared them round. I don't normally like liqueur chocolates, but these were superb. Sadly, I was never able to track down a supplier.
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Old 17-04-2012, 15:52
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I'm not really a chocolate fan, but I do like Galaxy Ripple or Lindt Lindor now and again. But Cadbury used to make lovely chocolates years ago called Wishes, which had a subtle rum flavour in them and they were absolutely gorgeous! Don't know why they gave up making them!

I know they have a large star thing in a packet now out around Christmas time called Wishes, but these are not the same thing at all! The original ones came in a box of 2 layers with six truffle balls on each layer, and they were lovely!
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Old 18-04-2012, 22:30
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I like Thorntons Continentals and in particular the Diplomat, Alpini and Hazelnut Slice, love all the nutty ones.

My friend bought me a box of Lily O'Briens chocolates for my birthday, never had them before and they were truly delicious.
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Old 18-04-2012, 22:36
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I love Hotel Chocolat, however my fave chocs are prob Charbonnel et Walker.
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Old 18-04-2012, 22:47
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Anything from Hotel Chocolat
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:04
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Yes, Hotel Choclat is pretty fab. I also like these Cote D'or mignonettes.
Oooh yes and these ones

http://www.belgianchocs.com/catalog/...-78-p-295.html

anything belgian, swis, hotel chocolate, galaxy, cadbury. No dark chocolate unles i'm desperate and there's nothing else white chocolate in smallish amounts because it makes me feel a bit sick
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:37
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Lindor. I adore Lindt chocolate. One day I'd love to get into a bath full of melted Lindt chocolate. Oooooooohhhhhh!
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Old 19-04-2012, 20:48
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I had the Prestat Union Jack truffles. There were fifteen truffles, five flavours, Hazelnut, Passion Fruit, Champagne, St Clement's and Sea Salt Caramel. Yes, traditional British flavours! They were very tasty and OK but not exemplary. If they were fresh and not with additives then they would have been tastier. But they were of excellent quality. I would buy truffles from Prestat again but not necessarily those flavours. I can only recommend that you try them. Not in the same league as Paul A Young.
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Old 20-04-2012, 00:50
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I love chocolates but due to my Hiatus Hernia, am sadly limited these days. I used to love Hotel Chocolat but they are too rich for me now (I still buy the odd box though). Every Christmas and Birthdays I buy chocs for my friends and have done extensive research to eliminate chocolatiers who use artificial colours and who make chocs suitable for vegetarians. That doesn't leave many manufacturers to choose from, only 2 in fact that I trust; Hotel Chocolat and Casemir Chocolates. If you haven't tried the latter, they are very helpful and if you 'phone them, they will allow you to choose your own selections from their extensive range of handmade chocs. Well, they did for me anyway. My friends compared them favourably to Hotel Chocolat's Signature Collection.

Even other award winning chocolatiers such as Betty's Chocolates and Iain Burnett Chocolates use artificial colours, and, if you buy online, there is no requirement in law for chocolatiers to declare a list of ingredients (Food Labelling Regulations 1996). This situation is due to change when the Food Information to Consumers Regulations comes into force, as the new regs contain a provision which specifically deals with Distance Selling. However it will be some time before businesses are required to comply because certain transitional periods will be set to allow them time to implement the new requirements.

I am also concerned that E120 Cochineal (Carmine of Cochineal; Carminic Acid) is classified as a natural colour. It is actually the natural red colour from the egg yolks and fatty parts of the dried female insect Dactilopius coccus (Dactilopiidae). It is to be found commonly in many chocolates and other foodstuffs, although Trading Standards dispute this and say it is rarely used due to its high cost and is being replaced with E124 Cochineal Red, which is a synthetic azo dye. For further info on natural colours and Cochineal see: http://www.natcol.org and http://www.food-info.net/uk/colour/cochineal.htm
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Old 20-04-2012, 22:17
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Best chocolates are handmade ones.
I have had these a few times and they are wonderful
http://www.scioltichocolates.com/
You can mail order them but she and her husband do shows so you can pick them up at the shows. They are not cheap but they are special.
I have a fondness for Montezuma's chocolates, rather good.
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Old 21-04-2012, 00:11
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hotel chocolat caramel chocolates

thorntons milk chocolate buttons

lindt lindors bunnies santas and bars

malteaser chocolates in celebrations

malteaser bunnies

the strawberry chocolates in roses
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Old 21-04-2012, 00:41
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Lindor
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Old 21-04-2012, 22:11
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Fry's chocolate creams,,yum ..all flavours but mainly the blue pack
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