Following on from my Christmas whinge about boxes of chocolates and the ingredients listings, I wanted to review some yummy chocolate I can eat!
Hotel Chocolat do some lovely dark chocolate which, being dark, is milk free (more on the general brand and individual chocolates in a later post). Whilst this means that there are some bars of chocolate, chocolate covered brazil nuts etc, that I can eat and enjoy (and believe me, I do!), most of the filled chocolates - truffles, caramels, cremes etc, are still out of bounds due to the filling containing dairy.
Not, however, the lovely Rose and Violet Cremes, produced by hotel chocolat and found here: http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/cid/TYMCJEZ1CSZ6JFC2MKDBLA486AL50MTE/Rose-and-Violet-Cremes-Selector-P220424/ (particularly for anyone who would like to buy LFL a small gift!).
These are dark chocolate, with a rose or violet flavoured piece on top, and a cream like filling inside. Available as a small tray of 6 for £3.50 (or £2.95 per tray if you buy 3 or more as a slightly larger gift for LFL!), they are on the more expensive side, but well worth the extra cost for being able to eat some lovely chocolate!
The dark chocolate shell is fairly dark and therefore not for those who like sweet chocolate, but the filling is very sweet and this compensates. The filling is meant to be slightly rose or violet-y tasting, I believe, although this doesn't particularly come across for me. That said, they are very delicate flavours anyway. Altogether it makes for a lovely sweet taste - and although you only get 6 in a box, the richness and sweet filling mean you can usually stop at only 2 or 3 in a sitting (with a little willpower!).
Please also note you can buy a larger box of these - but at £12 for 14, it is actually cheaper to buy 3 of the little trays - silly mistake Hotel Chocolat.
One last point - I had to eat 2 of my precious Christmas stash in order to review these, so more gratefully received if anyone feels like it!
Enjoy!
LFL
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