Christmas box of chocolates proper old fashioned no palm oil or endless Pauline mush..any suggestions please

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Id love some proper treat box of chocolates without palm oil slime or prauline mush...

Butlers. They are lush. Available in Waitrose.

Audrey’s Chocolates. They’re in Hove and also make chosolates for Fortnum and Mason.

@letshavetea

I agree but they have changed their choosing system to a mim of three chocs even for smaller selection boxes. I didn't like their response when I complained either.

I didn’t know that. Do you mean a minimum of three of each flavour? I always go in there to buy them, so may not have experienced this.

@letshavetea oh wow your lucky..yes from years ago after they were recommended two years in a row i treated myself to a hand picked box and they were gorgeous !

But I'm getting not the smallest but next one up and they changed to only choosing three of each so no point for me and more than that I was told I should like it

Whitaker's peppermint creams

I live near a branch of Choccoco. They win hands down. You can buy them online too.
Expensive but worth it. And they do exceptional 80% chocolate buttons.

Audreys when I have looked them up have quite a lower cocoa content.

And what has Pauline ever done to you?!

@soupyspoon 🤣 I've only ever known one Pauline actually a friend's mum

@Justputsomeyoghurtonit I think choco are going to be this year's trial

The cherry one looks amazing

We have an independent shop near us that is good but I must admit, I make my own - I buy 100% chocolate online if I’m being posh or just head to the supermarket, it’s not difficult to make chocolates

I can't comment on the filled chocolate, I only buy the 80% Ugandan buttons or chocolate buttons. Or go in the cafe for a dark hot chocolate!

I love a Rococo selection box. So expensive though.

We are off to Bruges mid December and always buy lots of boxes from a shop called Dumon.

We used to order them on line for delivery but Brexit forced them to stop offering that service. So now we have to drive over and get them ourselves which is a terrible chore ( not!)

I just imagined you had an auntie called Pauline with no teeth who liked eating all the soft fondants that nobody likes, like the strawberry and orange ones. 🤣

Audreys are rubbish. I ordered some a couple of years ago after seeing endless comments on here about how amazing they are but they had a massive ingredient list full of all sorts of shite including palm oil and a suspiciously long use by date so not the lovely fresh artisan chocolates they're presented as.

Ludicrously expensive too and postage was a rip off. Worse in every way compared with the likes of Hotel Chocolat yet bizarrely MN almost universally loves Audrey's and slags off HC for being too expensive and poor quality when they're cheaper and nicer than Audreys.

Just make sure that nobody Paulines were harmed in the making

I thought Pauline was an Eastenders reference - was she always eating substandard chocolate?

I was going to say Monty Bojangles, I love those truffles but apparently they use sustainable palm oil. Better than unsustainable palm oil, but it's the taste of palm oil that lets everything down

Summerdown make lovely peppermints, I think palm oil free.

I bought these recently and they are good Fresh Chilled Chocolate Truffles | Russell & Atwell – Russell and Atwell

Chococo are wonderful. I now get their advent chocolate box each year - it’s glorious.

I rate this range from Waitrose:
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/no1-the-classic-chocolate-box/888527-830895-830896

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/no1-the-special-edition-chocolate-box/748249-830889-830890

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/no1-the-special-edition-box/676859-845539-845540

Also I love these Leonadis chocolates - I usually order from this site, you can get ready made assortments or choose your own (I do this). The website is a pain to use but the results are excellent!

https://www.chocolate-express.co.uk/product-category/leonida/assortment/

My favourite is Danieli in Richmond! Total indulgence. They are the only ones I will gift. Expensive but worth every penny.

Pauline meaning praline? I think? 😂

Does annoy me when Pauline sneaks into a chocolate filling.

Try Leonidas Chocolates from Chocolate Express - they are gorgeous and many contain cream. You can buy a pre-filled box or choose your own. Really recommend them. For something cheaper, try the M&S Big Mix tin - they are like Quality Street used to be years ago, and have shiny wrappings!

Sorry @Talipesmum just seen that you have recommended Leonidas too! Lovely aren't they?

I came straight on to say Audreys too, DD lives round the corner so I had a box of creams for my birthday - pure 1960s nostalgia!

They really are! Happy to brave the slightly annoying website to get all the lovely chocs!

Expensive, but I really like Prestat chocoloates...