ChokaBlok Chocolates

The weather had been so hot for the past week almost everything was unbearable (well, indoors daily things) - housework, cooking, sitting, eating, and even doing nothing. So when the parcel from ChokaBlok chocolates has arrived, this chocoholic was excited but couldn't pick up the will to take pictures. And without taking the pictures, there is no opening the lovely chocolates.

So I waited. I waited until the sun has gone down, but there were still sufficient light for me to take pictures. As it was so warm, every time I touched the chocolate I ended up licking the melted chocolate off my fingers. Not bad!

I was completely blown away with how generous they were with the toppings. Each blok of chocolate was covered with the amount of toppings you will only see on ice-creams that are decorated by the one who will be eating it.

The Chocolate Gift Box (rrp £3.99 for 140g) has 3 of each of their new chocolate blok flavours - Gold Digger Dynamite, The Rocky Road of Love, Cookie Crumb Mon-Star, and The Chocolate Extremist. Yet they are also slightly different from the chocolate bloks. These mini chocolates all have a gooey centre, making them more luxurious.

My favourite had to be the Gold Digger Dynamite. I just love the honeycomb chunks! And the soft caramel sauce inside is so gooey and mmmm!! The Cookie Crumb Mon-Star is a bit too sweet for me, but it will go very well with a good cup of tea. The Chocolate Extremist is perfect for dark chocolate and brownielovers, while the Rocky Road of Love is Abby's favourite because of the cute marshmallows. I like the shortbread biscuit balls more though!

It's the same 100g bar, but I like it's square shape. And they are really, literally covered with toppings!

The Chocolate Extremist uses milk chocolate here

Unfortunately the bloks arrived broken, so I had to be a bit more creative when I took these pictures. I should have flipped them all over! Anyway. Although without the gooey centre, there are more topping choices on these - Rocky Road has more marshmallows, Chocolate Extremist has chocolate balls, Cookie Crumb has a lot more stars and cookie crumbs, as well as shortcake biscuit balls and it was very satisfying to bite on them. Not only do you get a good solid chunk of chocolate, you also get lots of other bits, making them much more interesting than many other chocolate bars.

Don't forget to pick some up from Tesco's chocolate aisle next time you go there!


Disclosure: I was sent the above chocolates to review; all opinions are honest and my own

Lucky's Wonderland Chocolates Giveaway

Here is another wonderful chocolate collections that I came upon the other day while being sucked into Twitter's social life. Seriously, I can sit here chatting and catching up with what's going on on Twitter and suddenly the day has almost finished with nothing done. But also because of Twitter, I discovered Lucky's luxury chocolates inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

I was sent a selection from their Mad Hatter Bar and Tiny Pieces of Wonderland to try. Just the names are exciting enough! They use Valrhona chocolate for their pieces as well. I have used Valrhona chocolate before in baking and making chocolates, which is one of the best out there, so I had high hopes for their chocolates, and I was not let down at all!

The Mad Hatter Bar collection are filled with 70% cocoa brownies in different flavours. They are handmade with fine ingredients and premium Valrhona chocolate. Each chocolate are hand-packed in cellophane and serves two person (90g for £5.50 - £6.00 each)

Although it is suppose to serve two person, I couldn't stop eating them, and sharing has proven to be a difficulty! The Chunky Nutter (above) and the Mocha Madness (below) are absolutely delicious, with a good layer of chocolate on the outside, and moist and heavenly soft chocolatey brownie on the inside.

I love the pieces of pecan nuts in the Chunky Nutter (40% milk chocolate coating), and it has pieces of white chocolate too to add a special touch to the chocolate. The 35% white chocolate on the Mocha Madness, although at the perfect sweetness, has slightly overpowered the ground and infused espresso brownie. It is absolutely lovely as not many times do you get to eat white chocolate without choking yourself with the sweetness. But I would prefer a stronger coffee flavour in the cake. You can taste it when you eat the cake on its own and it's really scrumptious.

I was also sent their latest flavours - Cafe Latte and Caramel Craze to try. Their Tiny Pieces of Wonderland is a miniature version (27g for £1.55 - £1.75 each) of the Mad Hatter Bar and Honey Time (with honey cakes) collection.

Cafe Latte has a layer of creamy coffee flavoured ganache on top of their spicy (spice, not chili) honey cake. Again, their cakes are really soft and flavoursome.

The caramel in their Caramel Craze almost melts in your mouth, creating an interesting and exciting texture.

I'm really impressed with their chocolates. Not only are they made with good quality ingredients, their attention to details cannot be ignored. They look great even after cutting them open. You can also tell that their cakes were really fresh when moulded into the chocolate, which has been sealed inside the chocolate layer. I absolutely love their theme as well, their website is fun and exciting!

At the moment they are doing an offer on their chocolates. The more you buy, the cheaper they are. And you don't even have to buy the same flavour to get the discount. You can also become a club member for free to enjoy a 15% off on all their chocolates.

Lucky's has sent me extra chocolates for 2 lucky readers to try and enjoy. If you have a Twitter account, good luck! If you don't, sign up now :)

The giveaway ends on 31st May, 2012. 2 winners will be chosen to try out Lucky's latest flavour - Cafe Latte and Caramel Craze from their Tiny Pieces of Wonderland collection.

Please see the rafflecopter for Terms and Conditions.

Good Luck x

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Disclosure: I was sent a few samples of their chocolates to try; all opinions are honest and my own