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This definitely (Try their salted dark chocolate, tis very nice indeed
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I wish I'd never clicked on that.
£3 for one bit of coca fudge. Damn is it really that good?
£££ worth of truffle order, is far too tempting.
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I think there are a fair few smaller scale independents who will be more competitive on price than hotel chocolat, and probably a lot better
My wife's got a subscription and we get a box of their dark chocolate selection periodically arriving in the post. They are really good, high quality and some amazing flavours. Even the plain chocolate batons (if you let them melt in your mouth rather than wolf them down) taste much better than any of the standard high street chocolates.
Calling them an upmarket Thorntons is like calling a Ferrari an upmarket fiesta. Go to one of their shops and they'll probably offer you a taster, or you can get some of their small packets of various flavours. It's certainly worth at least trying them once, but it may spoil you for other chocolates. There may be boutique produced chocolates out there that are better, but nothing as good from a chain.
Calling them an upmarket Thorntons is like calling a Ferrari an upmarket fiesta. Go to one of their shops and they'll probably offer you a taster, or you can get some of their small packets of various flavours. It's certainly worth at least trying them once, but it may spoil you for other chocolates. There may be boutique produced chocolates out there that are better, but nothing as good from a chain.
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Get it on sale, think Easter, Valentine, Christmas, etc etc.
As soon as that particular holiday is over, they do sales of those chocolates designed for that holiday, i.e. Santa Claus shaped chocolates. They usually sell them 50% off just because it is 1 day later.
I recall the box was £8.50 and the mini slabs were £1.50 each.
That's what I do, I seldom spend £30 on a box unless for special occasions, and this week I shall be getting their Easter Eggs. Really thick shells stuffed with solid mini eggs that are often alcohol filled ! (no, those aren't my legs lol)
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Yeah I saw they were flogging off the easter stuff but I think I missed the boat, most of it sold out. I'll have to stick a note in the diary for christmas
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Yeah I saw they were flogging off the easter stuff but I think I missed the boat, most of it sold out. I'll have to stick a note in the diary for christmas
Try your luck in store if you are near one.
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I think Valrhona is worst than Thorntons !
Thorntons is nothing special, lacks imagination in their variety. What is great about Hotel Chocolat is the sheer amount of flavours, if you can think of it, they probably do it.
Thorntons is nothing special, lacks imagination in their variety. What is great about Hotel Chocolat is the sheer amount of flavours, if you can think of it, they probably do it.
Nah they are miles ahead of high street chocolate and Thornton's, not as refined as some of the high end chocolatiers but really good none the less
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I love Green & Black organic chocolate.