16/03/2008 19:59:43 - A new in depth review extra is now online. This time for Hotel Chocolat's Rocky Road to Caramellow Egg.
Time's running out to enter our competition with Hotel Chocolat (closing 18 March), here's a reminder of the details:
Win luxury Easter eggs from Hotel Chocolat
Easter is coming around the corner very quickly and everyone wants that extra special Easter Egg! Chocolate Review has teamed up with Hotel Chocolat to offer you a chance to win some of Hotel Chocolat’s extra special, extra thick Easter Eggs.To enter, click here and simply answer six questions which will take you on an Easter egg hunt to find the secret code. Once you have answered each question, use the first letter of each answer to reveal the secret code. If you have found the right answer you stand a chance to win one of Hotel Chocolat’s stunning Extra Thick Easter Eggs
Also don't forget our other competition with Kinder to win 52 Kinder Beuno's! Click here to enter.
Easter News:
Speaking of Kinder Beuno, Ferrero are going to launch a white version
Cadbury have some Easter Egg trail events going on next weekend
Thanks to Adam at Smart Planet for this great behind the scenes video at Green and Blacks
McVitie's see the light and bring back Dark Chocolate Hob Nobs
Apparently (allegedly?) Cadbury has the most products with one or more additives that contribute to hyperactivity in children
A nice interview here with Willie Harcourt-Cooze (from the current Channel 4 programme)
08/03/2008 11:41:07 - COMPETITION TIME AGAIN
Yes we have more competitions for you to enter.
First up is in association with Kinder. The lucky winner will receive a tasty Kinder Bueno for every week of the year (yes 52 bars!). All you have to do is click here and answer the simple question to enter.
Our second competition is with Hotel Chocolat here are the details:
Win luxury Easter eggs from Hotel Chocolat
Easter is coming around the corner very quickly and everyone wants that extra special Easter Egg! Chocolate Review has teamed up with Hotel Chocolat to offer you a chance to win some of Hotel Chocolat’s extra special, extra thick Easter Eggs.To enter, click here and simply answer six questions which will take you on an Easter egg hunt to find the secret code. Once you have answered each question, use the first letter of each answer to reveal the secret code. If you have found the right answer you stand a chance to win one of Hotel Chocolat’s stunning Extra Thick Easter Eggs
Now to the chocolate news:
A truck filled with chocolate crashes in America (mercifully no chocolate was spilt)
Old Wispa bar is auctioned on eBay (wonder if it'll be examined for differences with the re-issued version)
Hurrah for the return of blue smarties
For those of you into online social networking, Mars has built an application for Facebook for 'celebrating' with their products.
How about a chocolate Ferrari F1 car (sadly not for sale and already eaten)
Mars is bringing back Work, Rest and Play
Cadbury/Burton's launching toffee crunch fingers until September (and the dark ones are now permanent)
Kit Kat Dark is voted chocolate confectionery product of the year (only 6.8/10 in our review at present, but I'm guessing the voters didn't have as many choices to vote on ;-)
Finally, in case you haven't seen it yet - here's the new Flake advert
06/02/2008 22:01:46 - Our newest review extra is now online, this time for Hotel Chocolat's Love Selection Box. Click here for the review.
In the news; Cadbury is funding a project to increase yield of cocoa crops (maybe it'll keep prices down).
Great sounding new chocolate TV show coming to Channel 4 about one man's quest to make premium chocolate, using Venezuelan cocoa (very tasty). Sadly the name is Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory (never mind). More details here.
Rudolph Spruengli sadly died in January, former chairman of Lindt. Details here.
Cadbury is launching a new bar based on the creme egg called Creme Egg Twisted.
And Mr T is coming back in some more Snickers adverts!
01/01/2008 22:53:46 - HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM Chocolate Review
We hope all your chocolate fantasies were fulfilled at Christmas and you'll have a chocolatey 2008.
The last couple of months have been fairly quiet, so here's a run down of the last few news stories of 2007:
A new chocolate manufacturer, Chokolit, is supplying products to Sainsburys and Waitrose - the difference is this firm is owned by a 15 year old.
After the (very) successful temporary relaunch of Wispa, the social networking masses now want the return of Wispa Gold (well it is number 3 in our discontinued chart).
Easter comes early this year, so here are the details of what Nestle will be offering us.
And Tesco and Woolworths are already selling Easter products (Cadbury's advertising for creme egg has already begun too).
I was sent an interesting press release from Mars/Masterfoods (well their PR company anyway). Apparently a lot of anaylsis has gone into those new Galaxy bars (which in my opinion are a definite step up from the old bars). Lots about the size of a woman's mouth and the aesthetics of curves (although they go a bit far by giving a list of iconic curvy things). I'll post the whole release on the forum soon.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call any chocolate 'waste', but here's a truck powered by the stuff.
Another PR group got in touch, apparently Kinder Bueno has its own web site too now (beauty and fashion rather than chocolate is the focus there).
Cadbury had a good year despite the disputes over closing factories, thanks in part to the temporary introduction of Wispa.
I didn't like the Cadbury gorilla. Hopefully Joss Stone will be in better ads as she becomes the first non-model to be the Flake girl.
Finally, don't miss out on our poll of the top new product of 2007. You can find this in the General section of our Forum.
Thanks for all your support in 2007. Here's to a choctastic 2008.
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