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Tesco Christmas Chocolate

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tesco christmas chocolateThis year, Tesco have some new really luxurious chocolates in store. The new range has been made by the same chocolatiers who work with Hotel Chocolat and Harrods and are made from the highest quality ingredients – but they are still at Tesco prices!

We were sent a couple of treats from the Tesco Christmas chocolate range to try out and review, and I was really keen to try them out. I love eating chocolate in front of the TV in the evening now and again. Especially over Christmas time with a film like Love Actually or Bridget Jones on and some of these lovely chocolates to eat, you could hardly get more relaxing! (All of our original chocolates have been eaten by now – we will buy some more though!)

The first product we opened was the Tesco Milk Chocolate Gingerbread Stars. These have an RRP of £4 but can often be found on offer at 2 for £6.

tesco christmas chocolate starsI have to say, these were my favourite. I love the look of them as they are so cute! The box is filled with these chunky milk chocolate stars all covered in gingerbread pieces and some white chocolate drizzled in there too. The gingerbread definitely added a lovely wintery flavour to the chocolate, and I found that really nice. It reminded me of Gingerbread latte, it’s not an overpowering strong ginger taste just quite a subtle christmassy gingerbread kind of effect. They are also ideal for sharing as they are all individual stars as opposed to a big bar that you have to break up.

The next item was the Tesco Chokablok Santastic Cinnamon. This tree shaped chocolate block has an RRP of £5 and is also available in Cherry or Christmas Pudding varieties.

tesco christmas chocolate santastic cinnamon chokablok treeThis is a really appealing looking chocolate bar, and quite reminded me of the large chocolate slabs that you can get from Hotel Chocolat, but much more Christmassy as it has the novelty shape of a Christmas tree! This would appeal to both adults and children and is quite a large bar at 150g. The Milk chocolate is topped with caramelized biscuit crumbles, cinnamon, and gold dusted malty balls.

I found the taste of this sweeter than the gingerbread stars. I really liked it, but did prefer the stars slightly more. They would both make an ideal small Christmas gift or stocking filler though, and I am quite interested in trying the Christmas Pudding flavour of the Chokablok bars!

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Which one do you like the look of? Let me know in the comments!

Choc Soreen!

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I was really happy to be chosen by Mum Panel to help out in their campaign to spread the word for Soreen’s 75 birthday! I loved Soreen Malt Loaf as a child, and have to admit I still do, so was quite intrigued at the sound of their new limited edition item – Chocolate Soreen!

My boys are very keen on chocolate, so I knew they would be eager to try it out too. It looks just like chocolate cake, so they viewed it as a treat and enjoyed eating it up. It is really squidgy and you can taste the choc chips in it, it has plenty of flavour. Sometimes there might be ideas that you think sound good but when you try it they are disappointing. This is not one of them, it is really nice!

This chocolate malt loaf is limited edition so if you want to give it a try, you better get in quick!

If you are tempted to give it a try there is a fab competition up here with a chance to win one of 75 loaves of choc Soreen. It ends on Wednesday so be quick!! And if you don’t get lucky then don’t worry – you can still pick it up from supermarkets:

Chocolate Loaf is available from the following stores, for just £1 and when it’s gone it’s gone!

  • Asda (in most main stores, about half of all Adsa stores) for 6 weeks,
  • Morrisons from 20th May for 3 weeks
  • Sainsbury’s from 23rd May for 3 weeks

As well as the special chocolate loaves, we were also sent some packs of the lunch box loaves in original and banana flavours. I hadn’t seen these before but they are so convenient! I think I would buy these rather than the full sized loaf in the future, as I’m always trying to get more variety for my boy’s pack lunches and these are really handy to have in, so you could put one in the pack lunch now and again. It will give them plenty of energy! They are a really ideal size, and all individually wrapped. I have a couple of banana lovers, my 3 and 1 year old, so they have really enjoyed the banana flavour, and my 4 year old would definitely go for the chocolate as his favourite.

I have been handing out Soreen to all my friends and family and still have lots more to give out. So far it seems to be going down well! It’s a shame the chocolate loaf is only around for such a short time – but we will just have to enjoy it while we get the chance!