The Chocolate Gazette: Recent Episodes
Joni
The Chocolate Gazette is a journal of our exploration into the huge variety of good quality chocolate available in New Zealand. We do REVIEWS & COMPARISONS of the chocolate we find.Host TASTINGS with friends.Travel to CHOCOLATE FESTIVALS & EVENTS.Attend WORKSHOPS & CLASSES.Join us in our Chocolate Adventures.
A short podcast this month for the December 2022 chocolate eating highlights.
With the holiday season we did plenty of chomping, but only some of it was chocolate.
We did do 2 tastings of chocolate from LaPetite and Miann chocolate factory. We also nibbled on some Cadbury Christmas Block and Donovans Lemon Meringue clusters.
We will be back in 2 months after our holiday with more chocolate tasting adventures!
A focus on Lucid Chocolatier and his chocolate bar medal winners, including the Supreme Medal Winner.
A look at a duo from Shirl + Moss
Oat milk bar from Wellington Chocolate factory
A gold medal winner at the NZ artisan awards
Foundry chocolate Whiskey bar and Tanzania Drinking Chocolate
We got to taste all the chocolate yummies from the Chocolate and Coffee festival and here are our thoughts on the chocolate we tried from:
Be Happy raw chocolate
Flint Chocolate Olive Oil bar
Baron Hasselhoffs Olive Oil bar
Foundry Chocolate
Fruney
Makana Confections
Mestiza
She Universe
Trice Chocolate
Valura Chocolate
Chocolate Brown
Also chocolate tasting notes of:
Whittakers Hazella and Gingerbread blocks.
Hogarth Chocolate Makers 82% Ecuador
Our year of chocolate tasting thoughts and changes to our website.
A recorded tasting of 7 single origin chocolates made by Foundry Chocolate.
Joni & Johanan introducing single origin dark chocolate to:
Shallom
Desiree
Trey
Danielle
and now we have a new favourite single origin region.........
All the details on where we visited, where we parked, what were our favourites, on our Wellington Chocolate Tour.
Featuring:
Kapiti Chocolate Factory
The Chocolate Story
Baron Hasselhoff Chocolate Emporium
Kaffee Eis
Bohemein Fresh Chocolates
Wellington Chocolate Factory
Other mentions:
Havana Coffee
Duck Island Icecream
La Petite Chocolate shop
Other Chocolate Munchies
Hogarth Licorice Caramel
Raglan Chocolate Solomon Islands and Niblicious bars
Ocho 77% sugar free
Popcorn Maltesers
Nestle Chokito bar
Nestle Milky bar with Allens raspberry
Toffee pop chocolate brownie
Kit Kat Dark Raspberry and triple choc cookie
Frooze fudgetastic snack balls
Tom & Luke original dark snackballs
Tome & Luke Triple choc brownie snackballs
After our tastebuds disappeared for a month, we are back with another podcast episode.
Chocolate covered this podcast episode:
- Cadbury Layers versus the original bars
- A comparison of fruit and nut chocolate bars at the supermarket including the new Cadbury More range, Whittakers Peanut Slab, Whittakers fruit and nut bar, Lindt Les Grandes Hazelnut, Lindt Les Grandes White Chocolate Almonds.
- Wellington Chocolate factory Scapegrace gin espresso martini dark
- Wellington Chocolate factory Anzac bar
- Wellington Chocolate factory Matariki Kawakawa dark chocolate bar
- A chat about Oat Milk Chocolate featuring Whittakers new oat bar, Lindt classic vegan smooth, Lindt classic vegan hazelnut, Baron Hasselhoffs Mistress Tahini, Baron Hasselhoffs Rhubarb and Custard bar.
- Baron Hasselhoffs Viva Frida bar
- Bennetto orange with chilli 60%
- Bennetto toasted hazelnut 60%
- Chocolate boxes featuring: Bind luxury assortment, Queen Anne Coffee Creme box, Queen Anne Milk Chocolate selection
- Flint chocolate wild blueberry bar
- Flint chocolate almond butter bar
- Lucid Chocolatier VRAE dark 72%
- Ocho 70% Vanuatu
- Shirl + Moss fig and nib
- Miann chocolate factory almond & Fiji Raki Raki Hot choc mix
- Miann 55% Guatemala
- Miann Valentine bar
- Miann Espresso bar
- Miann Mexico 40% milk chocolate bar
- Raglan Milk 40%
- Raglan Gingernutty
- Foundry Chocolate India 70%
- Foundry Chocolate Mexico 70%
- Foundry Chocolate Peru
Because I focused our craft chocolate for the recording of the family tasting craft chocolate, (in previous podcast episode), the May chocolate highlights were all about locally bought choccies.
We try out the new Whittakers releases, Relax and Refresh.
We decide who does Chocolate Almonds better in the supermarket range.
We buy and taste every Donovans chocolate pack we could get our hands on.
We dabble in Tony Chocolonely Chocolate bars.
A recording of a chocolate tasting, on a girls weekend with my Cousins and Auntie at Woodlyn Park, Waitomo, New Zealand. I introduce them to some of my favourite craft chocolate I have found to date. A real mix of reactions and tastes, but they all agreed afterwards, that craft chocolate was very different to the supermarket chocolate they were used to.
CHOCOLATE TRIED (in order of recording)
Hogarth Walnut and Maple white chocolate
Raglan Gingernutty
Bennetts Black Doris Plum and Caramilised Hazelnuts
Ocho 48% Milk Chocolate
Baron Hasselhoff Le Breakfast Bar
Wellington Chocolate Factory Ambrosia Bar
Wellington Chocolate Factory Scapegrace Gin Bar
Wellington Chocolate Factory Martini Espresso Dark Bar
Baron Hasselhoffs Drunkin Donuts
Hogarth Peru 66%
Ocho Papua New Guinea 70%
Ocho Beekeeper Bar
Ocho Horopito and Kawakawa Bar
Most Argued about: WCF Scapegrace Gin Bar
Family favourites were:
Natasha - Baron Hasselhoff's Drunkin Donuts and Raglan Gingernutty
Moana - Hogarth Maple and Walnut and Baron Hasselhoff's Drunkin Donuts
Juanita - Hogarth Peru and all the Ochos
Jade - Hogarth Peru and all the Ochos
Sheran - Baron Hasselhoff's Drunkin Donuts and WCF Ambrosia
Joni - these are all my favourites, but out of these, Hogarth Peru and all the Baron Hasselhoffs
A great Chocolate Tasting Month.
Featuring:
Chocolate bars and Hot Chocolate from the Wellington Chocolate Factory
Chocolate bars and Hot Chocolate from Ocho
An Anzac Bikkie Bar from Hogarth
A Cadbury new release, limited edition block
Delectable choccies from Kako Chocolate
Chocolate Teas from T2
The March Chocolate eating highlights feature:
A stroll down memory lane with chocolate fish
A showcase of Queen Anne Chocolate range
A nibbling of Devonport Chocolate Signature Edition of boxed choccies
An introduction into Allulose a sugar alternative
Zotter and a bar sweetened with only fruit
and a trio of choc from The Remarkable Chocolate Co
Our chocolate eating adventures for the month of February 2022
This podcast features:
The chocolate bar nz where we source our international bars.
New Releases:
Nestle Kit Kat Gooey Caramel, Cookie Collision, Mint Choc Chip icecream, and Aero Caramel Gold.
Whittakers new Blondie release and a comparison review with Blondie, Nestle Milky Gold, Cadbury Caramilk and the Whittakers West Coast Caramilised White Chocolate. Who did it best?
Lindt Lindor Milk Salted Caramel
International Chocolate:Dick Taylor Vanilla Milk Chocolate
Dick Taylor Dark Fig
Our boozy Feb Chocolate:
Anthon Berg Scotch Collection
Anthon Berg Liqueurs
Cuvee Rum and Raisin
The Wellington Chocolate Factory Scapegrace
WM 70% aged in Oak Rum Barrels
Our Chocolate Maker Showcase: Hogarth Chocolate MakersManuka Honey and Cacao Nibs
Gianduia
Maple and Walnut
Sarsparilla and Orange
Buttered Toast and Sea Salt
Kumara
Espresso
There were 3 Chocolate Gazette Winners from these. Listen to find out which ones they were.
Our chocolate tasting highlights for January 2022.
Chocolate mentioned:
GIFTING CHOCOLATE
Chocotalia Assorted Pralines
Doulton Bourbon chocolates
Walkers Dessert Collection
VEGAN CHOCOLATE
Raglan Coco Loco
Raglan Coffee Chocolate
Pana Organic Mylk chocolate
Pana Organic Fig and Wild Orange
Bennetto Natural Foods Amaranth and sea salt chocolate bar
100% CHOCOLATE BARS
Ocho 100%
Foundry 100%
OTHER BARS
Solomons Gold Dark Velvet
Solomons Gold Dark Caramel
NZ CHOCOLATE MAKER SHOWCASE
Ocho Milk Chocolate
Ocho Beekeeper
Our Chocolate Tasting Adventure highlights for the month of December 2021
Chocolate Mentioned:
Wellington Chocolate Factory
- Coconut milk chocolate
- Hibiscus and Blackberry dark chocolate
- Salted caramel milk chocolate
- Original milk chocolate
- Coffee chocolate
Palliser Wine Estate - Hibiscus and Blackberry dark chocolate with their wine - The Griffin
Bennetts of Mangawhai
- Amber
- Single Origin Milk Chocolate
- Blueberry
- Feijoa
- Passionfruit
Baron Hasselhoff's - Marj's Yule Trifle bar
Baron Hasselhoff's and The Chocolate Bar - Rhubarb and Custard bar
Chocolarder - Gold, frankincense and myrrh 72%
Trade Aid
- Milk chocolate
- Salt toffee crisp
- Dark Raspberry
Whittakers peanut butter block
Reese's minature peanut butter cups
Walkers of London Turkish delight chocolate box
Frys Turkish Delight bar
Terry's chocolate oranges in milk and dark chocolate
Eat crawlers and all their insects as well as the Chocolate Covered Tarantula
Our chocolate tasting highlights for November 2021
Featuring:
Kit Kat vegan
Pico Salted Caramel
Capers Cafe Rotorua
Koko chocolate brand and their Karengo & Macadamia bar
Ocho Horopito & Kawakawa bar
Schoc Choc and their tasting tile box with 6 of their chocolates
Cadbury Dairy Milk Clinker block
Whittakers Cocoa Pods
Whittakers Rich Cocoa Creamy Milk 45% 100g - our only Choc Gazette Rosette award this month
Edmonds chocolate cake mix
Bakels choclate cake mix
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The very first episode!
Joni introduces you to The Chocolate Gazette and all the October Chocolate eating highlights.
Chocolate reviewed and mentioned on the podcast:
Lindt Milk Chocolate no sugar
Guylian Stevia sweetened Milk Chocolate
Equal Stevia sweetened Milk Chocolate
Sweet William Vegan Milk Chocolate
Green & Blacks Organic Milk Chocolate
Lindt Excellence Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate
Whittakers Creamy Milk
Lindt Excellence Intense Raspberry 47%
Lindt Excellence Raspberry and Hazelnut 70%
Lindt Excellence Sea Salt 47%
Lindt Excellence Caramel & Sea Salt 70%
Baron Hasselhoff's Hazelnut & Malt bar
Baron Hasselhoff's Drunkin' Donuts
Baron Hasselhoff's Le Breakfast bar
Whittakers Creamy Caramel
Lindt Dark Chocolate Squares with Sea Salt Caramel
Whittakers & Bundaberg brewed Ginger Caramel in Milk Chocolate
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