My journeys to London are difficult lately. Whereas as soon as I had numerous household there, now there are none. It feels unusual and empty at instances, and I fill that void with being fantastically busy and assembly up with numerous mates once I’m there. A packed diary is a good anaesthetic.
So, too, is chocolate, and I used to be craving one thing chunky (examine assembly my match with chunky in a number of weeks’ time) and comforting. However I’ve misplaced my super-sweet tooth, so chocolate that’s too filled with sugar I can’t eat. Willie’s Cacao 54% Milk of the Stars, £2.35, is in my high 10 of milks. I at all times overlook how good it’s, as a result of I don’t let myself eat an excessive amount of of it and once I do, I want each newsagent stocked it.
Lately, I went to Selfridges to see what was new. A good friend had confided that regardless of having a cabinet filled with craft chocolate, she stored going again to the Venchi. It’s too straightforward to eat. I went for a Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts bar, £6.30/100g, reassuringly heavy and thick, with hazelnuts – not sugar – as the first ingredient.
However in my rush and greed, I didn’t discover I’d purchased the 70% much less sugar model. The second ingredient was chicory root fibre (almost 1 / 4 of the bar is that this). This helps carry down the sugar content material to only over 11g/100g. I’m undecided if it alters the style in comparison with the standard milk/hazelnut bar. (Should you’ve tried it, LMK what you suppose.)
My testers thought it was scrumptious. However if you happen to eat as a lot as I did in a single go, beware, that chicory root may give you a tummy ache.
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