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Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« on: October 18, 2009, 09:11:00 am »
WOW!

My daughter found these for me. Bitter dark chocolate around a GINGER FONDANT!

I haven't been so excited my something ion a long time!

Delicious!
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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 03:58:28 pm »
I think I'd love the ginger fondant filling but the chocolate contains 95% cocoa solids...I really struggle with any dark chocolate over around 65%, it's just too intense for me.  Shame.
Maybe I'll buy some anyway just on the off chance...

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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 05:27:49 pm »
The chocolate is so thin and the fondant so thick that you'd hardly notice the bitterness of the chocolate.
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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 10:02:17 pm »
Oooh in that case I'll probably give these a whirl.  It's shopping day tomorrow and I know for a fact that my local Asda doesn't sell the Milka with Daim that I wanted to try so perhaps they will have some of these in stock instead.
I love ginger.  There aren't enough ginger sweets. I used to love those boxes of candied ginger you used to be able to find in the shops quite easily but I haven't seen one for years now :(

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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009, 01:27:54 pm »
Spotted these in Wilkinson the other day - they also do mint or orange and chilli varieties. A bit expensive at £3.72 for a fairly small box, but they sound like they might be worth a try.
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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 06:29:59 pm »
I thought the Orange and Chilli ones were just about the best thing ever... mmmmm....

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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 02:09:40 pm »
Oldspice - it may interest you to know that Marks and Spencer are doing boxes of ginger chocolates this year. There's a whole range of quite posh looking little square boxes and these are amongst them - £1.99 for 100g.
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Re: Bendicks Bitter Gingers
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 04:52:28 pm »
Thanks Smurfy - I'll have to check them out!
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