Back to Valrhona again, I know where I am with these guys. Here is a milk chocolate with split pecans bar. Pecan and milk chocolate? That sounds nothing short of delicious, I was very excited when I saw this bar, and it takes a lot of self restraint to not dig right in.

It’s described on the back as “milk chocolate with a long tasting, mild flavour which blends perfectly with the crunchy texture of caramelised pecan nuts.” Yummy. Very yummy. The box looks the same as always, except today’s has a solitary pecan on the front. Other than that there’s not much to say that hasn’t been said already, so let’s dig in!

Box open, gold foil wrapper slit open, and the pecan laden bar stares us in the face. Like a lot of nutty bars, on the backside of this bar you can see where all the nuts are stuffed, making one side of the bar extremely pretty and the other side…not. Like all their regular 75g bars, this has 10 pieces which all break off easily. The bar smells somewhat nutty, though it’s not exactly screaming at me.

Breaking off a piece and you can see the pecans in the chocolate, some brown, some white. They’re extremely small, but the bar is absolutely laden with them, and they can be tasted right from the beginning. Letting it melt was an odd experience, with the chocolate gone I was left with a whole bunch of small nuts in my mouth, which tasted great, but like I say, a bit weird. Chewing down on the chocolate straight away meant it tasted much more chocolatey than nutty, as the pecans have a more subtle flavour than the chocolate, and than other nuts in general.

It’s a great tasting bar, the pecans are obviously nutty, the caramelised flavour comes through, and it all mixes so well together. Valrhona haven’t compromised on the chocolate at all, everything just tastes excellent. Another extremely high quality, and extremely satisfying bar from Valrhona. Impressive as always.