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Martine's Assorted with Creams Ultra-Smooth chocolates(dark, milk, and some white) with mostly traditional filling, fresh cream and butter notes, and many textures and flavors. Fresh, crunchy nuts. Each piece different. Fillings include caramel, hazelnuts, and liqueur flavors. Shapes include pianos, cameos, gift boxes, and painter's palettes. Price…………..$54
Weight………...16oz Price/serving…..$4.76
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La Maison du Chocolat Coffret Maison Ultra-smooth,
mostly dark chocolates with many chocolate-based fillings and some
unusual flavors(herbs, sweet brown spice). Fresh cream notes. Traditional
fillings include hazelnut, caramel, and liqueur flavors. Web site
has no privacy statement. |
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Candinas 36-Piece Box Ultra-smooth
dark and milk chocolates with especially good hazelnut, caramel,
and liqueur-flavored centers. Fresh cream and butter notes. Mostly
traditional fillings. Somewhat limited variety(multiples of each
piece). Web site privacy statement not very detailed. |
Very Good
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Bernard Callebaut Copper Box Assortment Ultra-smooth
dark and milk chocolates with attributes of the excellent products.
Mostly traditional fillings. Real cream and butter notes. But some
variation in quality, and some pieces had a sour dairy flavor. Shapes
include seashells, flowers, and hearts.
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5) Confections by Michael Recchiuti 16 Piece Assortment www.recchiutichocolates.com Very
smooth, mostly dark chocolates with many unusual flavors(mint and
tea leaves, lavender). Each piece different. But some flavors(rose,
mint, lavender) overpowered the chocolate, and there were some sour
notes. |
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L.A. Burdick Full Assortment Ultra-smooth,
mostly dark chocolates with some unusual flavors(honey, ginger).
Some centers too subtle to identify. Pieces are fairly small. Shapes
include whimsical signature chocolate mice. Web site has no privacy
statement. |
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Godiva Chocolatier Gold Ballotin Dark,
milk, and some white chocolates with very smooth centers and many
textures and flavors. Each piece different. Mostly traditional fillings.
some pieces had runny centers. The fruit, coffee, and hazelnut-toffee
centers are especially well blended. But some pieces more sweet
than flavorful. |
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Leonidas Pralines General Assortment A CR
Best Buy. Milk and dark chocolates(plus some white) with very smooth
centers, including many hazelnut combinations and liqueur flavors.
But some variation in quality box to box. |
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Teuscher Lake of Zurich Assorted Pralines & Truffes Dark
and milk chocolates with many textures and well-blended flavors.
Real cream notes and fresh, crunchy nuts. Each piece different.
Mostly traditional fillings with some sophisticated flavors(pistachio,
marzipan, liqueur). But some variation in quality. Web site as not
privacy statement.
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Richard Donelly Chocolate Truffles and Assorted Chocolates www.donnellychocolates.com
Mostly
dark chocolates with some unusual bold flavors(hot pepper, rose,
cinnamon, lavender). But chocolate sometimes overpowers the center
or vice versa, and some variation in quality box to box. Includes
pieces in the shapes of hearts, leaves and roses, plus truffles
wrapped in foil. |
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See's Famous Old Time Candies Assorted Chocolates A
CR Best Buy. Milk and dark chocolates with notably fresh, crunchy
nuts. Each piece different. Includes well-blended toffees and
caramels with real butter flavor. But some pieces more sweet than
flavorful. |
Good
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Neuchatel Assorted Chocolates & Truffles Mild
flavored dark and milk(plus a few white) chocolates. Many truffles.
Some artificial flavors. No intact nuts. Web site has no privacy
statement. |
13) Neuchatel Sugar Free Gift Box www.neuchatelchocolates.com Dark-and
milk-chocolate truffles; fairly low in chocolate flavor but decent
for sugar-free chocolates. Only about five flavors. No nuts. Chalky
centers. Web site has no privacy statement.
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Fannie May Colonial Assortment
Dark and milk chocolates; fairly low in chocolate flavor. A mix
of real and artificially flavored centers. Nut and toffee pieces
good, but some other centers cloyingly sweet. Known as Fanny Farmer
in some states; assortments by that name differ. |
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Russell Stover Assorted Chocolates More
milk than dark chocolates; both types low in chocolate flavor and
many cloyingly sweet. Mostly artificial flavors. Chalky centers.
Some stale nuts. Dry, gritty, coconut. Caramels and nougats hard
and sticky.
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16) Lindt American Classics Premium Chocolate Assortment www.lindt.com Dark
and milk chocolates; low in flavor overall. The chocolate is better
than the centers, which often had artificial flavors and lardlike
texture. |
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Hershey's Pot of Gold Premium Assortment More
milk than dark chocolates; both types low in chocolate flavor. Slightly
waxy chocolate. Centers chalky and quite sweet, with mostly artificial
flavors. Some stale nuts. Almost half the box is caramels and turtles.
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