Feodora Festtags-Chocolade

This is my one and only Christmas-related post. On opening the colourful wrapper of this special edition Feodora milk chocolate (38% cacao) bar with Christmas spices, a strong cinnamon smell overwhelms me. Fortunately on tasting the smooth creamy bar, the orange and vanilla flavouring kicks in. Is this the taste of Christmas? I'm not sure but it's a pleasant one.

Feodora Espresso

Just got back from Germany with a huge haul of chocolates so I'll be writing these up over the next few months.

This German brand is not one I've seen in stores in the US or even much online. Their 75% cacao espresso bar is the only one of their products I got. It is glossy and dark, with a fairly strong aroma. While only 3% the coffee flavour is clearly discernable. Some sugar, but not a sweet bar at all. Unlike other makers no lecithin and they seem to be using real vanilla, not vanillin. My bar's ingredient listing doesn't include the "natural orange flavoring" listed in the German Deli page though. Extremely smooth, this is one of the better coffee bars I've tried. This was also relatively inexpensive ie ~ 1.5 Euros. Makes me wish I'd bought some of their other bars to try.