This chocolate was
actually a birthday present from good friends to my daughter, but, a
generous soul that she is, she gladly shared the chocolate with me
and my DH. I love the wrapping with its vintage look!
This is another
product from Whittaker's, a company in New Zealand (thanks to the same
dear friends, I've had a chance to sample their chocolates once before), this time a white chocolate block. Block is indeed
the right word for this chocolate bar: it is a large, thick tablet,
the kind you just want to pick up and break into chunks and devour (I
don't know what it is about those thick chocolate bars, but they just
make me… oh never mind). I had no idea of what “L&P” might
mean, but a bit of googling told me that it refers to a popular drink
in New Zealand, something with lemon (lemon juice and spring water,
apparently).
Well, there's
definitely lemon in it, the scent is unbelievably fresh and tangy,
with the tart notes of lemon almost overpowering the sweetness of
white chocolate. I happen to like the lemon flavour, so that's
promising!
The white chocolate
is sweet and creamy, very lovely, and it comes with some sort of
popping candy that crackles and pops in your mouth and releases a
tangy, bright lemon flavour. To be perfectly honest, all that fizzy
hissing was a little distracting for me, but my daughter absolutely
loved it! I am not a big fan of white chocolate myself (I do like it,
but I almost always choose milk or dark over white), but I must say I
enjoyed this one very much and don't think the flavours would work so
well with any other kind of chocolate.
Now, when I think of
something delicious to have on a hot summer day, chocolate isn't
usually on the top of my list (ice-cream is!). But then again,
chocolate is always good and pretty much goes with any and all
situations. However, this chocolate is perfect for those warm, sunny
summer days: the white chocolate makes it less heavy, somehow, than
milk or dark chocolate, the lemon makes it refreshing, and the
fizzing and bubbling remind one of a cool, sparkling drink. It's
really too bad that this isn't available in Finland (that I know of,
anyway) for this would be lovely for all summer occasions, garden
parties, days on a beach, or simply just taking it easy when it's too
hot to do much else (not that we see many such days here ;) ).
