Claire from Berry Scrumptious was recently kind enough to send me one of her Mulled Berry chocolate bars which I was more than happy to receive and taste for her. I hadn’t looked at the bar on the website before it arrived so I was a bit surprised to see that it’s not your standard chocolate bar.

Instead as you can see it’s pre-snapped. The cynical part of me says that this means they can get away with the bars being a bit smaller than what most people are used to (these weigh only 85g) but I’m sure it’s more to do with saving costs on paper and foil, plus it looks a little bit different and that’s not a bad thing. You can see in the picture that there’s stuff in this bar. Freeze dried raspberries and blueberries, orange, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves to be precise. Quite a lot going on!

I’m not sure of their cooking methods but that’s the bar when it’s all out of the packet, and the whole thing is very uneven with ripples all over and odd shapes abound. Again it’s different, I actually really enjoy the look as it gives it a homegrown style that most bars don’t have. Galaxy bars may be very pretty to look at but there’s an artistic quality here that I dig. The bar also has a lot of different smells coming from it! Orange was what I picked up on mostly but I knew that the freezedried raspberries and blueberries were waiting to burst with flavour once bitten.

And I wasn’t wrong either. The bar has a very satisfying snap to it, and this was at room temperature (though arguably a very cold November room temperature), and there’s a bit of crisp in the bar itself with the fruit within. Being freezedried the contents aren’t chewy like big raisins, instead they tend to announce their presence suddenly with a small explosion of flavour before disappearing down one’s throat with the chocolate they’re a part of. What can I say, it’s really a very pleasant bar.

With a lingering taste of orange I can’t help but wonder what other flavour is still on my tongue. I honestly don’t know if it’s the cloves or the nutmeg, possibly the cinnamon, no doubt they’ve all come together to wish me a fond farewell. 85g of chocolate goes too quickly and before I know it the bag is empty and the pretty little ribbon goes into the bin too. Berry Scrumptious do a lot more chocolate, obviously berry (of the rasp and straw variety) based and it’s certainly whet my appetite for more. If you’re interested yourself you can currently get yourself some free delivery if you spend £30 or more when you enter FREEDEL10 at the checkout (ending 22nd December). It definitely has my recommendation.