Chocolate Forum

General Category => Foreign Products => Topic started by: Cherry_Ripe on February 19, 2007, 02:53:34 pm

Title: Droste Chocolate Letters
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 19, 2007, 02:53:34 pm

Droste is one of my favourite chocolates, it's a Dutch brand but it doesn't get mentioned a ot here.

At Christmas I always buy Droste chocolate letters for my close family, usually the first letter of their name. It's quite a tradition in the Netherlands. There is a brief explanation at the Droste site here:

http://www.droste.nl/data/content/engels/assortment/season/s interklaas.php

You can also see all the different Droste products at the menu there.

Title: Droste Chocolate Letters
Post by: smurfboy on February 19, 2007, 08:10:55 pm

I always think Droste chocs look lovely, but they're so expensive.

Title: Droste Chocolate Letters
Post by: goldencup on February 19, 2007, 08:11:58 pm

I saw them the other day in a new shop we have here called The Range.  They didn't seem that expensive there.

Title: Droste Chocolate Letters
Post by: smurfboy on February 19, 2007, 08:15:18 pm

The only place I ever see them is Rackhams (House of Fraser), so they're probably overpriced there.

Title: Droste Chocolate Letters
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 20, 2007, 08:20:04 am

The pastilles are fairly common but you have to look in the right places! I find the dark chocolate ones (in the red box) a little too bitter but I like all the others. They do some which are half milk and half plain which are good.