A Surprinsingly Tasty Rum and Raisin Flavoured Chocolate from Cadbury (Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica Chocolate)

Member Name: Mask_and_Mirror

Product:	Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica Chocolate
Date:	23/07/09 (107 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Strong, bold, rum taste, nicely balanced with raisins and bitter Bournville dark chocolate

Disadvantages: Might be too strongly flavoured for some

I saw this in the Co-Op recently on a 2 for 1 deal, and decided it looked worth a try. I bought both this and the orange bournville variety, and ended up preferring this one.

I did not expect much from it to begin with; Cadbury's products are rarely particularly inspiring. I expected it to be too sweet and sickly, but it turns out that they are far better at making dark chocolate than milk chocolate, and this is deliciously bitter.

The rum flavour (this is a rum and raisin flavoured chocolate bar containing whole raisins; I thought I should mention this since the product name does not make it clear) is very powerful, which for me is a very good thing. It is slightly chemically, which I suppose is to be expected since a manufacturer like Cadbury would be highly unlikely to use real rum in their products. Rum and raisin is a tried and tested combination that works beautifully; normally I am not a fan of raisins in chocolate but they complement the powerful rum-like flavour beautifully.

I strongly recommend this; the rum taste may be too strong for some and slightly artificial, but the overall flavour is delicious, and uncharacteristically good for a Cadbury product.

Summary: Much better than I expected, but might be too strong for some tastes.