Now that Christmas has finished I'm assessing the fallout and have been left with several boxes of chocolates by kind visitors, but am I the only one craving some real chocolates the way I remember them as a child? It doesn't seem to matter who made this year's selection (Thorntons, M and S, Lily O'Brien, Guylian, Prestat etc) they all taste and feel the same- squishy, fatty, nutty and of tasteless cheap chocolate. I am of course grateful for people's thoughtfulness but am I the only one who hasn't welcomed the rise of the Belgian chocolate everywhere?
I remember a Christmas box of chocolates as a real treat to be savoured not the cheap stuff bought heavily discounted from supermarkets.
The best Christmas chocolate box I remember was Terry's 1767. A lovely solid lid which you removed to reveal 3 drawers of gold coloured cardboard with red tassels.
The top drawer had foil and paper-wrapped chocolate tablets of different flavours. the second included chocolate medallions, bitter chocolate cat's tongues, ginger chocolate plaits and the bottom drawer revealed hard centre like chocolate Russian caramel, hard fudge, marzipan, lemon barrels, charteuse coffee creme and not a praline or Belgian chocolate in sight.
As Kraft bought Terry's there is probably no prospect of bringing back a real Terry's box of chocolates like 1767 but has anyone found some interesting chocolates, with hard centres so that I can treat myself to a New Year box?
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To crave interesting chocolates instead of boring truffles/ pralines/Belgian chocolates?
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lismore · 02/01/2015 13:30
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