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Episode 31: Droste Pastilles & Seattle Chocolate Birthday Cake

Another episode with Miles, however we start to see he’s quickly losing interest in this whole, sordid after hours affair and is getting ready to fall asleep.

Seattle Chocolate Happy Birthday – United States

Confetti? Colors! Fun! Like Funfetti frosting, cake batter & frosting.

Get some here –http://bit.ly/seattlechocolate

Kit – 4 out of 5 stars

Hans – 4 out of 5 stars

Droste Pastilles – Holland

Good for those who yearn for the scent of burning motor oil in their mouths. We abhor this.

Get some here – http://bit.ly/drostepastilles

Kit – 0 out of 5 stars

Hans – 0 out of 5 stars

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Episode 29: Russell Stover Gift Box

During Christmas, candy and chocolate and treats and such fly this way and that. We got one of these and decided it was time to give one of these boxes a try – giving it The Chocolate Break treatment. Join us as we open the box and taste it’s sweet insides.

Russell Stover All Milk Gift Box – United States

In so many ways, this is our downfall. We migh have enjoyed this at the beginning of our journey of sampling and reviewing, but at this point, we don’t. We found almost every single offering here to be foul and far, far below par. It’s really sad. By looking for excellence, we get to enjoy less. But this we do for you.

Russell Stover Chocolates – http://bit.ly/russellstover

Kit – 0 out of 5 stars

Hans – 0 out of 5 stars

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Episode 23: Bakery Nouveau & Madre Horchata Bar

Another round from the Northwest Chocolate Festival! Sooner or later I think you’ll be seeing a whole slew of varieties from this event – the companies were very kind and gave us so many samples. Not only that, they’re really good! Let’s check out two more!

Bakery Nouveau -United States

We want to be best friends with the guy who gave us these. Seriously. Both varieties we sampled were top notch and just extraodinary!

Check them out here – http://bakerynouveau.com/

Kit – 5 out of 5

Hans – 5 out of 5

Madre Chocolate Horchata – United States (Hawaii)

Dairy free bar with horchata flavor. Leaps and bounds closer to horchata than the last one we tried.

Kit – 4 out of 5

Hans – 3 out of 5

 

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Macy’s FRANGOS – All Of Them! The Chocolate Break EXTRA!!

We took a trip to Seattle – parked at the Pacific Science Center, walked through the Seattle Center and saw lots of neat Christmassy things and then rode the Monorail downtown and ended up at Macy’s. There we got to do pictures with Santa (by the way this is the real Santa Claus – all others are complete fakers) and hit the Frango gift shop. Here is our special escapade through the FRANGO phenomenon – a ton of flavors to enjoy!

I could list all the flavors and scores here, but I’m lazy and actually the video is much more fascinating. So watch the video and get yourself some of these next time the holidays roll around! With the way that old style departments stores have gone these days, it might not be a tradition that lasts too much longer, sadly.

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Episode 22: Le Chatelaine Chocolat

We visited the Northwest Chocolate Festival and found a lot o neat items there. One company, Le Chatelaine (based in Montana from France) had a myriad of fascinations to try – they were kind enough to give us a few to sample. Let’s have a look!

Everything was absolutely extraordinary. These people care about their chocolate; it’s not mass produced – it’s cradled from inception to production. Our palates are better for trying all these 5 star beauties!

Check them out at https://www.chatelainechocolate.com/

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Episode 21: Reese Pieces Cups & Speculoos

Paste like substances steal the show in this sugary mess with chocolate as a kind of aftertaste or afterthought. Enthuse yourselves with our gall and sheer love for bringing you the finest entertainment.

Cost Plus, Inc. Milk Chocolate With Speculoos Filling – United States

A checkerboard with an odd initial scent. Speculoos cookies are made into a paste; almost like peanut butter or cookie dough.

Speculoos! – https://amzn.to/2RDil5g

Kit – 1 out of 5 stars

Hans – 0 out of 5 stars

Reese Big Cup Stuffed With Reese Pieces – Canada

Okay so in Canada, it’s not Reese’s it’s Reese. These are big cups with Reese pieces inside as well as peanut butter. It’s a double slam of sugar.

Reese Stuffed Cups – https://amzn.to/2QuSEDB

Hans – 5 out of 5 stars

Kit – 1 1/2 out of 5

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Episode 20: Eating Dolphins & Broken Glass

References throughout about our love for the meat of the dolphin and our enjoyment of the concept of broken glass. Enjoy this episode with a loved one in between your harpooning sessions!

Theo Root Beer Barrel 55% Dark Chocolate – United States

An interesting mashup of broken up candy root beer barrels and slightly dark chocolate.

Theo Chocolate – https://amzn.to/2Orx6Gc

Kit – 3 1/2 out of 5

Hans – 4 out of 5

Dolfin Dark Chocolate With Shortbread & Guerande – Belgium

I guess we got the idea that it contained sea salt from somewhere in the aether, but who knows. Either way, it gave us both poo-poo faces which we really don’t care for.

Dolfin Chocolate – https://amzn.to/2quu3DD

Kit – 1 out of 5

Hans – 1 out of 5

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Episode 18: Jimmie Stix & Tony’s Choco Lonely

Here’s a couple more we found at Cost Plus World Market nearby Jinya Ramen in Bellevue, Washington. I still have the receipt in our chocolate storage vessel – $70 on chocolate. Debauchery!

Tony’s Choco Lonely Milk Chocolate – Belgium

If you like milk chocolate, this is where it’s at. We agree that this doesn’t have the fun of crisps or anything else but for a straight milk chocolate, it’s the bomb.

Tony’s Choco Lonely – https://amzn.to/2yM1s1a

Kit – 4 out of 5

Hans – 3.5 out of 5

Boyer Jimmie Stix – United States

Dry. Plus, it’s dry. Pretzel, funky peanut butter. Chocolate. With more dry. Meh.

Jimmie Stix – https://amzn.to/2RwSMTi

Kit –  0 out of 5

Hans – 1 out of 5

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Episode 17: Fry’s Turkish Delight Bar & Theo Cinnamon Horchata Milk Chocolate Bar

Since having the Big Turk – the basic slur of a fine confection known as Turkish Delight, I’ve been hoping to find some for Kit to try. I mean if you’ve tried Turkish Delight, you know that it tastes nothing like chocolate covered Swedish Fish. I mean really!

Fry’s Turkish Delight – United Kingdom

A lovely melange of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and other flavors in a jellylike, chocolate covered package. Kit hated it.

Fry’s Turkish Delight Bar – https://amzn.to/2CML0Rc

Kit – 0 out of 5 stars

Hans – 4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Theo Cinnamon Horchata Chocolate Bar – United States

Hopes were high, but this failed to deliver. Inauthentic and didn’t evoke horchata; would you put chocolate syrup in horchata?

Theo Cinnamon Horchata Milk Chocolate – https://amzn.to/2O8lEiJ

Kit – 1 out of 5

Hans – 0.25 out of 5