IT'S NOT TERRY'S IT'S DAWNS- and Im not going to argue with her are you? (Terry's Chocolate Orange Cracking Hazelnut)

Member Name: saramac

Product:	Terry's Chocolate Orange Cracking Hazelnut
Date:	18/07/09 (71 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Chocolate, Orange and Hazelnuts.

Disadvantages: Sugar coating on the hazelnuts.

Thought I would do a review of Terry's Chocolate Orange Cracking Hazelnut.
Funny how you can't say "Terry's Chocolate Orange" without hearing Dawn French say, "It's not Terry's its mine!" Oh the power of advertising.
Anyways on with me review.

History-
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A few little facts that suprised me and I thought I would share with you in case you didn't know either-
Terry's was one of our grand chocolate making establishments in York from 1823 when John Terry took over the business.
He gave it a bold and adventurous reputation by making chocolate lozenges with comments such as "Do you flirt?" stamped on them, quite forward thinking for 1823 don't you think?

In 1926 he launched Terry's Chocolate Apple which became a big seller, until 1954 Terry's Chocolate Orange(billed as the Apple's sidekick) was brought out and became an instant hit.
Every chocolate orange contains 22 cocoa beans.
It has enjoyed one of the most successful ad campaigns ever with Dawn French I think it helps when you have someone who appears to Love chocolate rather than someone who appears afraid of touching the wrapper incase some of the calories transfer onto her fingers.

Well I wouldn't have believed chocolate orange has been round all those years, I thought it was relatively new. Wonder what the apple was like, can't imagine chocolate and apple it sounds weird.

Terry's Chocolate Orange Crackling Hazelnut-
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I am reviewing the 40g bar which is exactly the same product only a different shape.
Packaging-
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Bright yellow and orange wrapper with brown edges and a small picture of a chocolate orange on it.
It states- Terry's chocolate Orange cracking hazelnut-
"Milk chocolate bar flavoured with hazelnut flavouring and real orange with caramelised hazelnut pieces(6%)
Usual list of ingredients...
Milk chocolate contains Cocoa solids 25% min

Warning- contains- milk, hazelnuts(wouldn't have known that), soya, and may contain traces of other nuts.
Suitable for vegetarians.
40g bar= 215 kcal
Protein=3.0g
Carbs=22.5g
Fat= 12.0g
Price approx 42p, but I got mine for 15p from good old quality save. What a bargain.

Taste and Smell-
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I can actually smell the chocolate through the wrapper.
Upon opening Im greeted by a lovely strong chocolate and orange aroma, reminds me of orange matchsticks when you open the box.
The chocolate is creamy and fairly orangey.
There is alot of tiny hazelnut pieces and you get the crunch of the sugar coating thats on the hazelnuts, which makes it a little sweet for my taste, would have been better just hazelnuts without the sugar I feel.
Its definitely reminiscent of Matchmakers because of the sugar coating.

Overall opinion-
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The wrappers lovely, very eye catching with its colours.
Chocolate creamy, strong orange flavour, quite strong hazelnut flavour, just a tad spoilt by the sugar coating making it all too sweet, shame really it would have got 5 chocolate, orange hazelnut stars, but alas I can only award 3 minus the sugar coating.

Varieties-
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Milk Chocolate, Plain Chocolate, White Chocolate, Dazzling Dark Mint, Cosmic Toffee Crunch and Snowball.
You can also purchase a "tub" of mixed chocolate orange segments in most varieties in the supermarkets usually around Christmas time.

Extra Snippet-
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Sadly, Terry's closed down and left our chocolate capital York in September 2005 leaving only Nestle, Rowntree to keep up the tradition.
Terry's now owned by Kraft Food took production to Sweden, Belgium, Poland and Slovakia.
Thats really sad to me I Loved the thought of all our little chocolate factories churning out tonnes of chocolate in York and now it isn't so, oh how things change.

Summary: Lovely chocolate, orange with hazelnuts, but alas it's too sweet.