It's not mine, it's Terry's (and he's welcome to it) (Terry's Chocolate Orange)

Member Name: bruffyboy

Product:	Terry's Chocolate Orange
Date:	03/09/09 (61 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: novel flavour

Disadvantages: goes soft

We all know this one don't we? Its clever Christmas marketing means there's pretty much no-one who doesn't know about a chocolate orange. For those living on a deserted island (how did you get interenet access?) let me explain: Terry's Chocolate Orange is milk chocolate with real orange in it! You can buy it in bars (see pic) or as a spherical shape cut into orange like segments.

Well I bought one of these last week (the spherical one) and it cost me £2, which is a lot for chocolate, but I wanted it. First impressions are they seem to have shrunk, and that was a little disappointing.

The whole shape thing is interesing enough, with segments being quite fun to peel off the core, but you do always end up with a flake-like core that doesn't come off, which is a design fault surely?

So to the taste. Well, to begin with the chocolate itself isn't that great. It's not as rich and sweet as dairymilk, nor as creamy as wonderful galaxy. The orange flavour gives it a unique taste but the acidity dulls the sweetness so it's quite a mellow taste. Think orange with half decent chocolate and you've got it.

The main problem (and inspirating for this review), is that is goes soft very easily. It must be the orange added that corrupts the mix, because just getting it out and eating it over an hour results in the choccy going limp and flacid. You then realise how important the crunch and snap of good hard chocolate is, and I found this bit really disappointing.

Nutritionally, i t should come as no surprise to see that it is full of sugar and fat, and really should only be eaten in moderation.

All in all, this is a gimmick product that tastes nice enough until it starts going soft. The over-inflated price makes it one worth avoiding, especially since it seems to have shrunk since last time I bought one.

Summary: don't bother