Willie's Delectable Cacao Peruvian 70 San Martin

Over Xmas I enjoyed a tv show following the exploits of the somewhat eccentric Willie Harcourt-Cooze as he attempted to make a dark eating chocolate, using quality ingredients and his antiquated chocolate factory machinery, and in the process re-educate the British chocolate lovers' tastebuds. Well he succeeded in making chocolate bars, whether he has succeeded in persuading the average British chocoholic that his is the best chocolate only time will tell. Anyway after seeing the programme I wanted to taste the chocolate. Tracking it down is not easy, the only nationwide supermarket stocking it is Waitrose where I purchased 80g of Willie's Peruvian 70 for ...  Read the complete review

Last year, my husband and I were thoroughly entertained by a Channel Four series documenting the exploits of a rather eccentric Willie Harcourt-Cooze to create a chocolate factory in rural Devon. Following on from 'Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory' came 'Raising the Bar: Willie's Chocolate Revolution' in which Willie tried to establish a range of high quality chocolate bars based on the cacoa produced in his own Venezuelan plantation - the 'Delectable' chocolate bar range. There was something incredibly endearing about Willie and his family. Much as Channel Four tried to portray Willie as a struggling entrepreneur, I suspect that the closest thing that his family has ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ After reading numerous reviews of chocolates, lollies, cakes, biscuits and various other sweet things on this site, I finally caved in and decided to write one myself - all in the name of research of course. As I am diabetic, and currently going through a lifestyle change (I don't like calling Slimming World a diet as that suggests a temporary, transient state) I usually refrain from eating chocolate. My main problem is that once I start a bar, however big or small, it usually doesn't last very long. Moderation is clearly not my thing. All these factors - and more - played a key part in ...  Read the complete review