I am not giving this up for Lindt. (Lindt Swiss Classic Milk with Hazelnuts)

Member Name: Emmald

Product:	Lindt Swiss Classic Milk with Hazelnuts
Date:	05/11/09 (74 review reads)
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Advantages: You cannot put it down !

Disadvantages: Well - calories and sugar content.

I have always thought that Lindt chocolate is a luxury, a chocolate that you would buy for a gift or a special occasion. But last week my local discount store had lots of assorted bars of Lindt chocolate on offer and they were two bars for £1, this was a bargain that was too good to miss.
Lindt started out in 1845 as a small confectionery business, now the company has six large factories which produce their first rate Swiss chocolate.

I must admit that I prefer the Lindt Classic chocolate bars, I do like the Lindt filled bars but I find that they can be rich and a little too sweet for my taste.
Lindt are renowned for their smooth chocolate, it is superbly creamy and it is I suppose exactly how a good quality chocolate should be.
We live reasonably close to the Thornton's chocolate factory and for all we can often purchase their chocolate quite reasonably I find that their recipe is very rich and a little goes a very long way.
For a treat I would usually turn to our old favourite Cadbury's, they seem to have the perfect recipe that suits most tastes and lends itself to most occasions.

I love nutty chocolate, almond would be tops but hazelnuts are very acceptable. Lindt have perfected the art of elegant packaging, I love the classic style of the blue and white wrapper. Inside the wrapper the chocolate is wrapped in a sheet of silver foil. Whereas Cadbury's Wholenut comes in a lovely chunky bar the Lindt Classic hazelnut comes in a sleek and slimline bar.
If you ate a whole bar of the Lindt hazelnut I think you could easily be forgiven but if you munched you way through a large bar of Cadbury's Wholenut then you may end up feeling a tad guilty !

The slimline bar of Lindt Classic hazelnut is marked off into delicate little squares and I presume that this is done so that you can break the bar easily and then offer it around to your friends and family. In my case this is something that I know is not going to happen, that bar of Lindt is mine, all mine.
I toy with the idea of eating two or three squares and then putting the rest away for another day but the very idea of someone finding my hidden treasure is far too much to bear.
Lindt are expert chocolatiers and they have created one of the creamiest recipes known to man, the small squares are sweet, but not sickly. The Lindt chocolate just melts in your mouth and even as you let the tenth small square into your mouth you still crave more.
The hazelnuts are here, there and everywhere, they have been well roasted, so not only do they taste gorgeous they are still as crunchy as when they first entered the milk chocolate.
Lindt have made sure that the chunks of roasted hazelnut are worth eating, they are chopped but not too finely and they are the perfect partner for the silky milk chocolate.

Sadly the bar of Lindt does not last long, it is too much to ask. The creamy chocolate does not coat your teeth with sugar and that wonderful taste lingers on afterwards.
I also love the Lindt classic hazelnut and raisin, the mixture of hazelnuts and almond along with rich juicy raisins takes some beating.
Lindt chocolate is stocked in most of the major supermarkets and for 100g bar you can expect to pay around £1.60 - that is the full RRP.

Lindt chocolate is one that would appeal to the adults, the refined recipe is wasted on anything other than an adult chocoholic !
But I would be willing to make one small concession, when you start to see those lovely Lindt Easter bunnies arrive in the stores and supermarkets then it would be time for my nephews and neices to enjoy some of their very own Lindt.

Summary: One to savour.