Hotel Chocolat…and champagne! (a review)

It’s Saturday night and I could do with a little taste of indulgent luxury.

Conveniently, I have been asked to taste test truffles, and this is the perfect moment. Made by Hotel Chocolat, this 7oz box of little beauties are truly scrumptious.

The blurb on the box says Champagne, and oh my word my they’re not kidding. Feeling ever so slightly tipsy now, having downed a couple of them, or maybe more, when the kids weren’t looking.

Unfortunately for me, my husband spotted my moment of guilty pleasure and demanded a share. Now we’re bargaining over who gets the last one… which i will, of course, naturally win! 😉

It might be the fact that they are milk chocolate which makes them so alluring. I’ve tasted many a dark chocolate truffle and the lighter taste of these truffles is a welcome, Spring-is-coming, sort of change. The full flavour of the champagne, though, and the melt-in-the- mouth creamy recipe mean that when you crunch through the chocolate shell, the sudden hit of boozy luxury loses none of its potency.

The box is an attractive cream and black oval shape, would be a suitable gift for any chocolate lover male or female. There is no calorie information on the box, but that’s probably a good thing!

If dark chocolate is your thing, these might be too light on the taste buds. That said, I loved them.

So with our eyes fixed on the prize of that last, lonesome truffle, the husband and I are going to have to fight it out. but like i said…thats really a done deal 🙂

Classic Champagne Truffles, 200g/7oz from Hotel Chocolat. Yum.

shamefully i have had to include a stock photo here as we chomped through them so quick that i didn’t have a chance to grab a shot!!