Hotel Chocolat A Taste Of Spring

2 March 2010 in Altenative Easter Gifts by admin

Are you fed up of traditional Easter eggs? Well, I’m not. But if you are and you’re looking to buy your friends, partner or kids an Easter treat then why not try the Taste of Spring Easter selection box which is worth £11 or free when you spend over £35.

The most important question is: “is it worth the money?” Well I’d say yes – especially if you’re getting it for free. It may not be their most gourmet selection but you’ll get a nice variety of chocolates to placate any relative.

In the box you’ll get a couple of milk chocolate batons, a chilli & Orange Praline, an billionaire’s shortbread, a coconut lime pie chocolate, a dark sticky toffee eggie, a praline milk chocolate half egg and a 40% milk chocolate vintage tablet – that’s a fair amount of chocolate.

The chilli orange praline wasn’t at all strong, but it did have a nice tangy edge to it that did hit the back of your mouth. If the person you’re buying for isn’t a big chilli fan then I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

I just love the Billionaire’s Shortbread! It has that sort of cookies and cream or “half baked” taste to it that was sweet but still very delicous. I wish I could have more of these!

The coconut lime pie chocolate wouldn’t normally be a favourite of mine, but they had this strange taste which was actually very enjoyable – I’m not sure what others would think of it, but it just hit the mark.

The 40% milk chocolate vintage tablet is their architypal milk chocolate that has a honey-type flavour which just sort of disappears. You munch away at it then there’s no more.

The milk chocolate half egg is a similar chocolate but has some white chocolate with it that gives a very interesting and balanced taste.

The dark chocolate sticky toffee eggie was a strange thing. For me it didn’t work as well as expected. The dark chocolate was fairly mild and the sweetness of the toffee over-powered it. Actually, if you nibble at it rather than take large bits its actually quite nice.

Rating:

Taste: 70% – a nice variety of sweet flavours
Texture: 65% – they’re all pretty standard
Appearance: 80% – I thought the packaging was very good and the contents were appealing too when the box was opened
Nutritional Information: 90% – loads there
Packaging: 80 – hardly any waste
Price: 70% – not bad value for money, but obviously fantastic when you get them free
Overall: 75.83% – pretty good as an alternative to Easter eggs

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