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Dubai Chocolate

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stitchinguru · 13/03/2025 23:48

Dubai Chocolate….
Ridiculously over-rated?

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boulevardofbrokendreamss · 14/03/2025 02:23

CheekyPombear · 14/03/2025 02:05

No there not worth it.
In morrisons you can buy a box of milk tray for the price you would pay for one of the dubai bars.

Well Milk Tray are gross and cheap. Dubai chocolate is just a fad and will be over soon.

KimberleyClark · 14/03/2025 02:17

I love Ion chocolate, a Greek brand, especially the hazelnut one.

CheekyPombear · 14/03/2025 02:05

No there not worth it.
In morrisons you can buy a box of milk tray for the price you would pay for one of the dubai bars.

BreadInCaptivity · 14/03/2025 01:28

DH picked some up for me on a business trip. It’s massively overrated.

It reminded me of overly sweet cornflake cakes.

To be fair I much prefer expensive dark chocolate in general so I’m not the best taster in this regard, but even DH (who has zero chocolate snobbery) said he’d rather a pack of Munchies (or about 5 for the same price)

Back21970 · 14/03/2025 01:27

Good but not worth the price, £6 in my local shop for a very small handmade bar, comes in milk and white chocolate, the white is the best IMO.

I thought about ordering the Lindt ones online as look much better value.

onelostsoulswimminginafishbowl · 14/03/2025 01:18

I love it, love pistachio and kataifi and chocolate so it's a win for me!

However I had no idea of the price when I asked my mum to pick some up for me at the airport in Dubai 😯😯

Definitely not worth that price.

Greek brand 'Break' have released one for €4.5 that I will stock up on in the summer

www.sklavenitis.gr/mpiskota-sokolates-zacharodi/sokolates/sokolates-galaktos-leykes/ion-break-sokolata-dubai-style-100gr-1642015/

lavenderlou · 14/03/2025 00:34

I have a friend from Dubai who makes it. It's nice - reminds me a bit of chocolate cornflake cakes. Wouldn't pay huge amounts for it though.

TravellingTartan · 14/03/2025 00:33

Hoydenish · 14/03/2025 00:00

I live in the sticks and so none of this has passed my way, sob sob. The village cafe has just worked out how to do a decent flat white, so dubai chocolate will arrive here in about, ooh, 7 years.

I live in the sticks! I mean really in the stocks and our wee village shop has it!

Ten quid a bar! I was shocked when I saw it as I've not heard of it. They were all sold within a week!

Ten quid!!! 🙀🙀

Papadonut · 14/03/2025 00:30

stitchinguru · 13/03/2025 23:48

Dubai Chocolate….
Ridiculously over-rated?

Yep got a thin small bar for 16 quid at dubai Airport. It is nice but not 16 quid nice.

Ponoka7 · 14/03/2025 00:29

My DD loves pistachio, so she likes it. The lindor pistachio are rank. She also buys the pistachio cream from costco and makes her own version. These trends are good when it's your favourite foods that are suddenly everywhere.

xsquared · 14/03/2025 00:08

It seems very popular at the moment, a bit like this year's salted caramel or pulled pork.

Not had any myself, but I've googled to see what it was and why it's so popular, but I'm none the wiser as I've never had the dessert the filling is based on either.

KimberleyClark · 14/03/2025 00:02

Never heard of it. I mean, obviously heard of Dubaibut not heard of Dubai chocolate as a thing.

Hoydenish · 14/03/2025 00:00

I live in the sticks and so none of this has passed my way, sob sob. The village cafe has just worked out how to do a decent flat white, so dubai chocolate will arrive here in about, ooh, 7 years.

TooBigForMyBoots · 13/03/2025 23:54

Totally. I've had much better for a quarter of the price.

XenoBitch · 13/03/2025 23:51

I have seen it on FB, and it looked like a chocolate bar full of green moss. I don't get the appeal. Visually, it looks gross.