I never win
anything! I don’t consider myself particularly lucky, nor do I
entirely trust all those Facebook giveaways… yet I guess I must be
a positive person after all, for I always think it might be worth a
try - and now it really was! I entered a giveaway organised by a
Finnish company Laatusuklaa (Quality Chocolate) who import and sell
some of the finest chocolates available in Finland.
And I won!!! 😊
I won a bar of
Chocolate Tree’s dark chocolate with whisky nibs. Actually, the
winner could choose between this and a milk chocolate bar, also from
Chocolate Tree, but this sounded like an interesting combination…
and I don’t even like whisky! I chose it just because it sounded
different and I wanted to be adventurous!
The chocolate
arrived about a week ago (right on International Women’s Day, as it
happened!), and I must say that the people at Laatusuklaa had done a
perfect job in packaging it. The bar was wrapped in several layers of
protective materials, and the box was filled with foam peanuts to
ensure that the bar would not break! Now that’s what I call
fabulous service.
The pretty,
colourful wrapping informs me that this chocolate has won an award.
Interesting! Inside are two bars wrapped in silver foil. The bars are
long and narrow, with one side patterned with leaf and floral
motives. I really like the look of them! Here, almost too pretty to eat...
The chocolate is
dark with a 69 % cocoa content, and the whisky comes in the form of
cocoa nibs that have been soaked in Scottish single malt whisky. In
case you’re wondering, the whisky content is 6 %.
The scent is lovely.
I detect the darker, earthier notes of cocoa and something sweet,
fruity or even floral – can that really be the whisky?
The texture is
smooth - apart from the cocoa nibs, which are actually softer than in other chocolates I've nibbled before.
And the taste? It’s fascinating - on the first taste, I found the same
fruitiness that was present in the scent... but on the second, there was a definite smoky flavour! I must admit
that I just can’t identify the whisky - apart from that smokiness, which is very pleasant - but then, I’ve only tasted
whisky a couple of times. My DH, who has a little more experience,
says it’s clearly there. Sometimes chocolates that include alcohol
have a boozy aroma that is simply too strong for my taste, but this
is not the case here.
At first, I did not
quite know what I thought about this, but the more bites I had, the
more I liked it! I imagine this could be a lovely, warming treat on cold winter days...
