I present to you: the best chocolate products on the shelves at the moment. This month I’ve been busy testing out all the latest chocolate based goods in the name of ‘research’. Obviously you guys clearly are unable to test out chocolate products yourselves *coughs* so I had to do all of the taste testing for you (yes I know I’m supposed to be on a diet..)
First up is Dorset Cereals. I love Dorset Cereals as a brand and their packaging makes me totally buy into them (I’ve raved about their cereals bars in a previous blog post). Opening this box of chocolate granola and macadamia nuts is like unwrapping a birthday present – you know it’s presented beautifully but you don’t give a sh*t about the wrapping paper as you just want what’s inside. Sweet baby Jesus -when you rip away the packaging the whiff of chocolate is enough to make you want to pour the entire box of cereal right down your throat there and then. Just the thing if you are looking for a ‘naughty’ cereal at the weekend, there are no actual chocolate chunks -rather a general flavour of chocolate weaved through plenty of oats and macadamia nuts. During the height of my obsession with this cereal I was partial to half a mug of it as a little after dinner snackette (not ideal when trying to ‘healthy eat’.) The cereal gets a bit softer with the milk and the chocolate blends perfectly. I find now it’s best I buy it ocassionally otherwise I’d literally eat it all day if I could. You can also get Dorset Cereal chocolate and macadamia granola bars and I’ve just seen a marmalade granola which I’ll definitely be trying out. YUM. You can buy a box of this great stuff from Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Dorset Cereals themselves (£4.79 RRP).
One rainy June afternoon a chocolate sandwich happened upon my desk, which, I suspect, made me colleague of the week. The girls sitting on my desk swarmed around this as if Mr Darcy had just walked in the door. It was as if Maison Blanc had created this chocolate sandwich especially for me just to give me an afternoon treat. It’s basically like sweet bread dusted in icing sugar with a chocolate filling inside (just like Nutella). Delicious. But so chocolatey I would definitely advise sharing it with someone. You also get a few berries on side which add in a fruit portion. You can visit any Maison Blanc and gobble one of these down for £5.95. And I highly recommend you do. Please see below for the official pic of the chocolate sandwich and the pic I took. Please note we were so excited to eat this I only remembered to take a pic once a colleague reminded me to hence how demolished it looks.
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Another appearance from my mum in this post as she bought this ice-cream during one of my visits home. Waitrose’s seriously creamy white chocolate ice-cream is seriously good. Usually retailing at £3.45 for a 500ml tub, it’s on offer for 2 for £4.00 at the moment so I suggest you stock up. It’s probably a good job it’s on offer as you’ll need two tubs once you get your teeth into this. Deliciously chocolately and smooth, I would say it’s now actually at the top of my list of favourite ice-creams. Next on my list to try is Heston for Waitrose’s salted caramel popcorn flavour – I’ll let you know what it tastes like.
