Having two Lindt Cafes in Melbourne now means that there are two other avenues to sniff out the blocks and varieties of Lindt that we KNOW are found freely in Europe but, cruelly, can be rarer than chicken lips here.
I found this little stunner at Chadstone:
Tiramisu is one of my favourite desserts to eat and to make (I might one day be persuaded to share my never-fail, always-impressive recipe with you if you ask – nay, beg – nicely) and I even like the Cadbury Desserts version.
But Lindt always manage to find that extra ‘oomph’ when it comes to their chocolates and this is no exception. Plus, it’s 150 grams instead of the excellence-sized 100 grams so I was already excited.
The smell of coffee and cream hits the nostrils as soon as the foil was torn open and the lovely embossed segments always look so inviting. And dammit it all, Love Chunks and Sapphire were hovering (they spring to life at the sound of the first tearing of the cardboard flap at the back of the Lindt pack like our dog does when we plonk her dinner bowl on the sink), so I had to share.
Still, fifty grams of sweet milk chocolate filled with a thin but flavoursome layer of dark truffle, coffee cream and biscuit pieces (presumably instead of soaked sponge) was divine. We all agreed; and this was obvious when all that was uttered was a slightly-less-than-eloquent “Mmmm, mmm” instead of real words or critiques. Each square was nibbled delicately to make it last longer when what I really longed to do was snatch the block and inhale it all myself.
The ingredients show that the milk chocolate has a respectable 30% minimum cocoa solids and – what a shame – no fat, saturated or sugar or any nutritional information at all is included, so we’ll eat without fear or guilt.
Unfortunately, the biscuit component of the block contains palm oil. Yes, the biscuit only makes up one percent of the whole block and it the oil is only a percentage of that one percent but it begs the question as to whether it is really needed and, with environmental and conservation issues now raging about the Orangutans in South East Asia, can’t they get rid of it and get rid of it SOON?
I remember seeing this available in the States, but didn’t quite manage to pick it up. I hope it gets a wider distribution soon! Silly Canberra with its lack of Lindt stores. Hmph.
Lindt Petite Desserts are also available as boxed chocolates, with an assortment of flavours. I bought a box once and was sadly disappointed with them, maybe they were a little old, I don’t know, but the fillings were dry and while not exactly tasteless, didn’t have much flavour. So I may not try this one.
I was lucky enough to get to try the entire Petits Desserts range (the assortment box and the bars) and I thought they were something to die for. Probably the best chocolates I have ever tried.
They didn’t happen to have the lemon meringue one there did they? I’ve been dying to try that one.
I have enjoyed reading your blog, as a fellow chocolate lover! The tiramisu chocolate looks divine…
I wrote a blog article about the benefits of cacao that you may find interesting: http://greentidings.blogspot.com/search/label/Iron%20Deficient%3F%20%20Forget%20Beef–Eat%20Some%20Chocolate
Cheers!
Hannah, maybe you could be the new manager of Lindt ACT branch, eh?
I agree with you Ana but I bet you’ve got far more varieties where you live than what we can find here Down Under.
Sorry Christine, I don’t remember seeing it but *do* remember loving it when I tried it a couple of years ago….
Green Tidings – see, there is a god after all!
There’s a lindt lemon meringue?!
Waaah! there’s no justice (or supply) in the country…. and i’m on a diet, but … darn! i’d love the petits desserts to be back in my local woolies….
I’m with River about the petits desserts, was not impressed.
And like Pavlov’s dog, I’m here at Chocco the day before payday and now will be salivating for Lindt all the way through Safeway.