Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange Review

Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange

Today's review is for a chocolate I have yet to feature and one that is long overdue. I've done most of Terry's Chocolate Orange range now but somehow this classic Dark variety slipped me by. Well not anymore!

With Mondelez continually cheapening their chocolates with added sugar and vegetable fat I wondered how the latest version of this classic dark chocolate would taste. I certainly didn't expect it to taste quite as woeful as it did, so let this review serve as a warning and hopefully a wake up call: invest in better quality chocolate this festive season (the Magnum Signature Orange Milk Chocolate is much better quality!)

Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange

The Milk Chocolate Terry's Chocolate Orange is a classic Christmas staple, and they've done some interesting variations over the years from Exploding Candy to Toffee Crunch, as well as White Chocolate (which I reviewed back in 2013!), White Chocolate Smasher and even a Chocolate Orange Goes Minty variety. All of them delicious in their own ways, and I sorely miss the white chocolate version. However the Dark Chocolate variety has been a permanent fixture alongside the Milk since... forever, presumably to cater to the dark chocolate lovers despite the fact it also contains milk in the ingredients.

Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange

And sadly it's pretty naff. The dark chocolate doesn't even taste like a decent quality semisweet chocolate anymore, it's some weird greasy mixture with an odd milky flavour mixed in. It just tastes wrong, and not the sweet orangey dark chocolate you would expect at all. I don't know if they changed the recipe in recent years but it's just so awful and sickly - I didn't feel like eating more than a piece, which is unusual for me!

Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange



Overall, what can I say but avoid this chocolate?! It may have once been a decent chocolatey staple to please grandpa, but not anymore. Just look how waxy it is in the pic above - chocolate that shiny ain't natural! I think it's now safe to add Chocolate Orange to the list of confectionery products that used to be good but have gone down the toilet.

3  out of 10.

Comments

  1. I’m a fairly new subscriber to your blog, but thought I would take the time to comment today. I do a snack diaries feature over on my own blog, and I was browsing Bloglovin when I found your blog. Its right up my street, I love hearing about new and wonderful snacks. I buy my Grandfather a chocolate orange some years for Christmas, it’s so sad to see the quality isn’t what it used to be. Same with Toblerone who have cut down the quantity you get for the same price. I look forward to reading your reviews again soon! :-)

    Helen | Helen’s Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Blog

    ReplyDelete
  2. Plus, the choc oranges are smaller than they used to be!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I really like the Magnum chocolate range, it tastes really good, yet is still a bargain. I've also noticed Iceland Luxury range have high cocoa content milk chocolate now. I got a 41% milk chocolate a couple of days ago, but haven't opened it yet. There was also a 38% orange milk chocolate too. I haven't had a Terry's chocolate orange for 10 years+, but don't think I'll start again anytime soon!

    ReplyDelete
  4. That is not good it is dark but got milk in it! Rules me out :-(

    ReplyDelete
  5. I don’t understand why it’s so salty, I’ve never noticed before but it’s so salty it’s burning my tongue.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pringles Salted Egg Review

Cadbury Dream Ice Creams - back for Summer! (UK)

Asda Tinned Banana Blossom Review