Whittard of Chelsea French Coffee Drops
Thank god it’s my last Whittards review. If these aren’t excellent, and I assure you my expectations are now very low, then I’m going to be both extremely disappointed and confused.
They look nice enough, dark chocolate drops (uhh…drops?) infused with the richness of real coffee. Sounds like it has the potential to be rich, bitter and/or sugary. With 7.5% coffee and sugar topping the ingredients list, I get the feeling it might just be all of these.
The ribbon on the box (not pictured, sorry) is an odd touch, I don’t see the point of it. Also, it’s taped on. If you’re going to have a ribbon on a box, don’t tape it on…it sort of takes away the effect that a ribbon has when it’s there with tape…here’s a weird thing too. The ingredients list is a sticker, I peeled it off as you can see below and well…take a look for yourself.
The second set of ingredients is the sticker, just…what is going on there? A printing error or what? So we have two sets of ingredients, one printed on the box, and then one sticker put on top. Whittards seem incredibly shoddy to me right now, they are seriously confusing me greatly.
I could smell the coffee as soon as I took the pack out of the box, without even opening it or getting close to it. I’ll admit, they smell excellent, even better when opened, as you can see from the picture below they kinda look like big, thick Minstrels (which reminds me I need to review them sometime).
The taste…varies. Some are very coffee like and tasty, some are just chocolate, not even a hint of coffee. In fact scratch that, MOST are like that. They’re not bad, they’re just not…coffee drops, they’re chocolate drops.
In conclusion, I don’t think I’ll ever buy anything from Whittard of Chelsea again, they seem like a very shoddy company who exist on reputation alone. Everything I got from them was a disappointment and was overpriced, I don’t recommend you ever shop there either.
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April 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Damn. Someone got a little catty. But quite funny. I believe with all my heart that the most expensive chocolate you should ever buy is Rocher. Chocolate just doesn’t need to be expensive and sometimes all you really want is a Milky Way.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I have been known to let the red mist descend a few times when something I review is particularly bad. The general feedback though is that those are the most entertaining reviews, so maybe I should keep buying bad, expensive chocolate…or not. :/
April 9th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
whittard of chelsea sounds like the name of a very posh dog from london.
and their products look beyond depressing.
but mmmmm…minstrels…drool.
although i watched This Morning er..this morning and they scared the crap out of me with their discussion about transfats. i knew they were in most chocolate but i just forgot cos i usually connect them with donuts and cakes and meat products, none of which i tend to eat. but i eat ALOT of chocolate. i can feel my heart hardening as we speak :O so i might have to give it up again.
have i freaked you out about what your website is doing to your health yet? ;D
April 9th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Why didn’t I think of that! It totally does.
And no, you haven’t, but good try. I follow a strict diet through the week, eating only healthy foods (I’ll tell you it if you’re interested) and work out 3 times a week, as well as doing cardio daily. I only eat chocolate on the 7th day which is an off day for me, and I write up all my reviews for the week then. So yeah, I think I’m ok, I certainly look it anyway.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
pah… you healthy types make me sick. (ie. guilty)
April 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I shudder to think of the kind of diet that you would have to stick to to negate the 7th day of chocolate. I think I’m gonna remain being huggable and eating interesting foods.