Chocolate...?

Ducky89 · 26 Mar 2016 at 11:37

Hey chaps,

Just wondering if there was anyone on here who knew anything about decent choc? Edible, not drinking. Anything other than Willie's cacao to consider? After dark (70+) stuff.

Cheers.

Raymond Lin · 26 Mar 2016 at 11:43

Ducky89 said:
Hey chaps,

Just wondering if there was anyone on here who knew anything about decent choc? Edible, not drinking. Anything other than Willie's cacao to consider? After dark (70+) stuff.

Cheers.

http://www.hotelchocolat.com

TechMinerUK · 26 Mar 2016 at 11:57

Raymond Lin said:
http://www.hotelchocolat.com

This definitely (Try their salted dark chocolate, tis very nice indeed

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oli collett · 26 Mar 2016 at 15:53

http://www.pumpstreetbakery.com

MooMoo444 · 26 Mar 2016 at 18:45

How big are the items from hotel chocolat? The items dont seem to say the weight and trusting pictures when judging size is a fools errand..

tom_e · 26 Mar 2016 at 18:48

If you click on the item pretty much everything has a weight in the description.

MooMoo444 · 26 Mar 2016 at 18:49

tom_e said:
If you click on the item pretty much everything has a weight in the description.

Hmm I couldn't see one, I'll have another look..

edit; scroll bar. I've been a fool.

JBuk · 26 Mar 2016 at 19:13

Get a bar of Amedei Chuao it is some of the best you can get, Valrhona is also really good too

Begbie · 27 Mar 2016 at 14:39

Raymond Lin said:
http://www.hotelchocolat.com

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.

beh · 27 Mar 2016 at 14:53

Always perceived Hotel Chocolat to just be a slightly upmarket Thorntons? Or at least not really in the same league as Valrhona, Cluizel, Amedei etc.

MooMoo444 · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:12

Prices on hotel chocolat seem insane. Tempted to buy to try but I can't justify it. Is it worth it?

oli collett · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:32

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

Steampunk · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:34

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.

Raymond Lin · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:39

MooMoo444 said:
Prices on hotel chocolat seem insane. Tempted to buy to try but I can't justify it. Is it worth it?

Tip

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)

MooMoo444 · 28 Mar 2016 at 17:53

Raymond Lin said:
Tip

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.

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

Raymond Lin · 28 Mar 2016 at 18:04

MooMoo444 said:
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.

Jolteh · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:35

beh said:
Always perceived Hotel Chocolat to just be a slightly upmarket Thorntons? Or at least not really in the same league as Valrhona, Cluizel, Amedei etc.

Yea, same here really.

It's just well marketed high street chocolate, nothing to write home about really.

Raymond Lin · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:39

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.

JBuk · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:41

Jolteh said:
Yea, same here really.

It's just well marketed high street chocolate, nothing to write home about really.

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

flowrider99 · 28 Mar 2016 at 19:50

I love Green & Black organic chocolate.