A little bit of lindt luxury (Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate)

Member Name: rachelew

Product:	Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate
Date:	26/06/09 (40 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lovely texture and flavour

Disadvantages: High in saturated fat

Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate is made by the Swiss company Lindt & Sprungli. I bought a 100g bar of 70% cocoa dark for £1.55 at my local Morrisons.

I like Lindt packaging, it reflects the quality product it contains. The bar is packaged in a cardboard outer 'box.' This box is white with raised gold lettering, a picture of the product and some gold embossing. The entire box is sealed around the bar. It's easy to remove the box, and inside you will find the chocolate bar wrapped in silver foil. The whole thing is distinguishable from other brands because of it's shape. Lindt make these bars very thin, very flat. The box itself is only about 5 mm thick. To me there is something about the chocolate bar being thinner that makes it feel better quality than others. All clever psychological stuff I'm sure, but it works!

The chocolate bar is segmented into large squares, 8 of them in a 100g bar. Because the chocolate bar is so thin it seems to melt in your mouth easily and you can taste the flavour more. This is a very luxurious tasting chocolate with a really velvety texture, it has a strong, but not too overpowering cocoa flavour and a hint of vanilla. If you like dark chocolate it's really worth a try.

An average 40 g (3 squares) serving will provide you with 208 calories and 9.6 grams of saturated fat. That's 5 weight watchers points if you are following the plan. A bit hefty!

Summary: Dark and delicious.