Green & Black's Organic Maya Gold Chocolate

I have a bad habit of not liking to leave a shop without buying something. Usually I manage, even though it’s a struggle, but with Charity Shops it’s a little harder, and this lunch time, weary through lack of food, the Oxfam across from the hospital grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go until I swapped some coins for a bar of Green and Black’s Maya Gold Chocolate. The thing is, I didn’t know that’s what I was buying. The little letters didn’t jump out at me quick enough, and I thought at the time I was investing in some of their regular dark chocolate which I’ve had before, and liked. This could have turned into a lesson on checking before you buy, but instead it ...  Read the complete review

I wonder why this chocolate is called Green and Black? It’s a pretty strange name for a bar of chocolate, come to think of it. Even though a lot of their range is “dark” chocolate… it’s not what you’d call black. It IS green, in the sense that it’s ethically produced and traded. Hmm, it’s still a strange name, if you ask me. Green and Black’s have an interesting website, at: www.greenandblacks.com - but I still couldn’t find a clue as to why the name was arrived at. Still, on spending a bit of time at the website, I did discover the following – in 1991 the ...  Read the complete review

Maya Gold is the ultimate in luxury. Rich, dark chocolate flavoured with oil of orange, spices and vanilla. It melts in your mouth leaving a hedonistic hint of bitterness and the tingle of warm spices..Mmmmmmmmmm…delicious This isn’t the darkest chocolate on the market – at only 55% cocoa solids it’s not that much more than your average ‘plain’ chocolate bar, but don’t be put off by that, this is so much richer and the flavour is so much more intense that it easily surpasses most of the 70%+ bars out there. It’s the kind of chocolate that demands to be savoured – far too rich to rush through. I find that ...  Read the complete review

I was a sick wee girlie last week and stuck at home with a nasty bout of 'flu I whined to various family members, who, in the traditional manner of my family, laughed and then largely ignored me. However, by Wednesday my mother had either had enough of my whining or had started to feel a little guilty at my plight, and decided to drop round with 'presents'. Now, having an Irish mother is a lot like having a Jewish mother, only there's more potatoes and swearing involved. Also, it should be borne in mind that my mother is certifiable. Her presents included; a bunch of bananas (I hate bananas, always have), a packet of hoover bags (no idea why. ...  Read the complete review

I discovered Maya Gold chocolate while waiting in the queue at Woolies to buy a lottery ticket, and I’m glad I did because now I would say it is one of my favourite chocolate bars. I had tried green and Black’s chocolate in the past, and wasn’t all that keen on it, but when I noticed this on the shelf, described as ‘bittersweet dark chocolate with orange and spices’ it sounded too good, and I had to try a bar! As far as I know it is only sold in 100g bars, although you can get smaller bars of dark and milk Green and Blacks chocolate, so maybe they do make it in smaller size bars. ~~Packaging~~ The packaging has changed since ...  Read the complete review