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Dubai chocolate

55 replies

Lesina · 15/03/2025 07:56

On a recent flight back from Thailand we had a stop in Dubai airport, I was tremendously excited as I wanted to try Dubai chocolate that has been going viral on social media. Bought a bar of the chocolate, it cost £9 and it was just meh. Ok but nothing special. Prefer a flake. Anyone else tried it? What’s your thoughts? AIBU in saying it’s nowt special?

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AdoraBell · 26/03/2025 17:51

I saw it in Clark’s Village, £10.

IntoTheVoid68 · 26/03/2025 17:53

Exasperateddonut · 26/03/2025 17:12

Right, can someone explain to me what Dubai chocolate is and why the world is losing their collective marbles over it?

I am utterly lost.

Same.

SirHoglet · 26/03/2025 18:13

Viral chocolate 😂I'm glad I'm not being influenced.

Inmydreams88 · 26/03/2025 18:15

What is Dubai chocolate? Horribly tacky with questionable human rights?

Whammyyammy · 26/03/2025 18:15

Prefer a Galaxy bar.

Exasperateddonut · 26/03/2025 18:24

SayDoWhatNow · 26/03/2025 17:28

It's a chocolate bar with a pistachio cream filling that also has very thin strands of konafa pastry (a bit like shredded wheat) in.

I tried a knock-off brand because I like pistachio and chocolate, but it wasn't amazing - the filling was too runny and there wasn't enough filling for the amount of chocolate. Don't think it cost £10 though!

Thank you :)

So basically it’s just like the pistachio chocolate with crunchy bits that we’ve all been eating for many many years?

So baffling.

SoManyTeeth · 26/03/2025 18:25

WinterMorn · 20/03/2025 12:42

I only heard of this last week, and couldn’t believe it when I saw it was £10 a pop in Sainsbury’s!

I might pay £10 for a bar of chocolate if it was, I dunno, something a bit fancy and famous like Bonnat, or one of those exquisite multi-award-winning single-variety single-farm small-batch artisanal labours of love from a world-renowned chocolatier, or something along those lines.

I mean, no, I wouldn't, because that's a lot of money for a bar of chocolate, but at least hypothetically my tenner would be buying something really special that I could linger over and really appreciate, with probably all kinds of complexities and subtleties and signs of extra care taken in the production. Something that commands a high price at least partly because people believe it to be of exceptional quality, rather than because some tiktoker was shilling for it so a few companies cobbled something together to make a quick buck off a trend. I mean, I'm sure it's perfectly nice, but it just looks like bog-standard filled mass-market chocolate (albeit filled with fresh goose shit), made for distractedly shoving in your facehole while you're watching a film, that would normally cost you £2–3 at most.

I'm not even a chocolate snob. I like cheap chocolate, and midrange chocolate, and gimmicky chocolate, and on the rare occasions I've had the opportunity, really fancy complex wanky specialist foodie tosspot chocolate. I just don't want to pay fancy prices for standard stuff.

Christ0nABike · 26/03/2025 18:30

Exasperateddonut · 26/03/2025 18:24

Thank you :)

So basically it’s just like the pistachio chocolate with crunchy bits that we’ve all been eating for many many years?

So baffling.

Where are you getting your usual pistachio chocolate with crunchy bits?

I was given a bar of the Lindt one, thought it was very nice. I love pistachio anything, though!

RaininSummer · 26/03/2025 18:31

It doesn't even sound nice to me let alone at a tenner a bar.

TheodoraCrumpet · 26/03/2025 20:18

Tonight's trip to my local low-rent shop had them flogging knock-off versions alongside the tenner bars. I still didn't go for it. They were waiting for me to leave so they could sell fags to a fourteen year old.

Offtobuttonmoontovisitmrspoon · 26/03/2025 20:23

People are strange

CheesyRaver · 26/03/2025 20:25

I assumed it was something to do with the Dubai porta potty Blush

BloodandGlitter · 26/03/2025 20:27

DH brought me a bar home from the local shop, it was meh. Much prefer just eating the M&S pistachio cream straight out of the jar which is the only reason it's brought in Grin

willowbrookmanor · 26/03/2025 20:40

I haven’t tried a purchased bar, but my daughter made some and I thought it was really nice.

HangryLilacGoose · 26/03/2025 21:03

CheesyRaver · 26/03/2025 20:25

I assumed it was something to do with the Dubai porta potty Blush

Same!

lavenderlou · 26/03/2025 21:13

Someone I know makes it. It was nice but not worth an excessive price. Reminded me of chocolate cornflake cakes.

Comedycook · 26/03/2025 21:37

lavenderlou · 26/03/2025 21:13

Someone I know makes it. It was nice but not worth an excessive price. Reminded me of chocolate cornflake cakes.

I also thought the filling on the one I made myself tasted quite similar to a cornflake cake...

minnienono · 26/03/2025 21:42

They have it at Lidl on Saturday, someone explain why it’s better than delicious Belgian, Swiss or other chocolate for that matter. It’s the cocoa that matters

DoThePropeller · 26/03/2025 21:50

Was it the ‘Fix’ one you tried, OP?

That is the original brand and I was genuinely surprised at how good it was after my teen persuaded us to buy some. The lotus biscoff cheesecake one was also very tasty.

The imitations are not as good by some margin.

Comefromaway · 26/03/2025 21:54

minnienono · 26/03/2025 21:42

They have it at Lidl on Saturday, someone explain why it’s better than delicious Belgian, Swiss or other chocolate for that matter. It’s the cocoa that matters

The original one was made by a Dubai based brand using Belgium chocolate.

DopeyS · 26/03/2025 22:12

I've seen a few posts and pistachios seem to be 'in' this year. I did realise it had pastry/crispy bits in but explains why none of it's gluten free.

I went through Dubai airport about 15 years ago and bought a really expensive bar of chocolate made with camel 🐫 milk. Was very rich. Would be more interesting if that one went viral. Good to a toblerone version with the hills for humps.

sorechalfonts · 26/03/2025 22:14

Offtobuttonmoontovisitmrspoon · 26/03/2025 20:23

People are strange

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Toddlerteaplease · 26/03/2025 22:17

What is it? Saw it the other day and wondered that is so special about it?

Youremadl · 26/03/2025 22:18

I had some amazing Dubai chocolate off a lady on instagram. Was really nice £10 a bar tho…

NeverDropYourMooncup · 26/03/2025 22:20

Christ0nABike · 26/03/2025 18:30

Where are you getting your usual pistachio chocolate with crunchy bits?

I was given a bar of the Lindt one, thought it was very nice. I love pistachio anything, though!

Bog standard Turkish shop - there are dark, milk and white chocolate versions. And they do a rum & raisin flavour.