Wonka Magic Hats (Morrisons) By @Cinabar

It is not often we get a whole new and different selection box of chocolates to try. We always have a decent choice, and my local supermarket stocks everything from the retro Black Magic to Hotel Chocolat, but these Wonka Magic Hats are something completely new.

They are part of the relaunched Wonka chocolate range, and not only are they new, but the flavours are pretty cool too. The chocolates look great, designed to resemble top hats, and they are chunky, colourful and fun.

All the chocolates are seriously good, with each one offering something a little different. It is so nice to see something new on the market, and I love that they were brave enough to include a blue chocolate with a filling called Bubblegum Joy. It was sweet and really did taste of bubblegum, making me smile with its excellent burst of flavour.

My other favourite unusual chocolate was Chocolate Fizz, with its cola and popping candy filling. I loved the cola flavour, which worked surprisingly well with the milk chocolate. The popping candy delivered a gentle fizz, but again, it was enough to make me smile.

I really enjoyed these. It is a box of chocolates filled with joy, and perfect for anyone who likes something a little unusual. I guess that is exactly why they landed so well with me!

10 Haunted Head Milk Chocolate Lollies (M&S) By @Cinabar

I found these cute lollies in the Halloween section of an M&S Food Hall. I was thinking they would be great for trick or treaters, but couldn’t help sampling one, you know, for quality assurance. I hope our neighbours realise how thorough I am and how seriously I take Halloween snacking!

Inside the pack was a good range of cute lollies, with different coloured foils and some lovely designs. I particularly liked the cute bat, although there was only one of those. They are all milk chocolate, so the different wrappers don’t signify different flavours. Once I removed the wrapper, I noticed the lolly itself had a simple line design rather than a haunted head, as suggested by the product name.

The chocolate was nice, sweet and creamy. It wasn’t quite up to the standard of M&S’s Belgian chocolate, but it was certainly very nice. I enjoyed my sample, and I do hope any trick or treaters appreciate the rigorous testing I’ve put these through. Honestly, I really am a star!

IKEA - KAFFEREP - the Jammie Dodger Ones [@NLi10]

 We visited IKEA to get a few bits, and naturally some snacks fell into the basket.

Here we have one of the cheaper ones - a small stack of shortbread biscuits with a raspberry jam in them

Why yes - it's Swedish Jammie Dodgers!

A little smaller, and a little harder, and with the white cream filling so more similar to the Fox's version

And overall very nice!

These are small enough to be single bite biscuits for an adult, but it's fun to feel the snap.

Overall if these were at our corner shop I'd buy them equally as often as the other versions- but alas they have decided that no-one local likes the jam biscuits so they don't stock any of them.  Consequently this is a lovely treat and a welcome reminder of our trip to Sweden.

Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (Tesco) By @SpectreUK

I have steak and potato waffles tonight. I haven’t had steak for a while, and I haven’t had potato waffles for as long as I can remember. I do love a good stout to wash down my steak meal.

I have chosen this Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout to go with my dinner. At 8.4% in volume it promises rich dark chocolate malts and roasted coffee flavours. This should go with my steak a treat, and if I have any left over, I may have some chocolate with it for pudding.

On opening the can there was a rich dark chocolate malt aroma from the jet black liquid, as I poured it into my waiting beer mug. On taste, this Imperial stout had strong roasted coffee to begin with, followed by a deep dark chocolate malt with a velvety smooth sweetness into the aftertaste. Very nice indeed. Cheers.

Nightmare Before Christmas Chocolate (Home Bargains) By @Cinabar

This Nightmare Before Christmas novelty chocolate was a complete impulse buy, spotted in a display box at the end of an aisle. I bought a couple, as they looked rather nice, although they seemed a little too good to give to Trick or Treaters. Don't worry, I do have a mixed bag of treat-size chocolates for them, but these Nightmare Before Christmas choccies are all for me!

I opened the packet to find Jack quite nicely moulded in chocolate. He looks a little small compared to the size of the packet, but what you can't see so well from the photo is how chunky he is. In fact, he fills the packet quite well.

I broke Jack in half and found a good amount of filling inside, too. The chocolate had a lovely sweet flavour. It wasn't as creamy as some chocolate, but it had plenty of cocoa flavour, which I enjoyed. The filling was good, too, thick and truffle-like, with crispy bits running through it. I always like a bit of crunch, and the mix of textures worked really well.

These Nightmare Before Christmas chocolates are cute, tasty and a fun little Halloween treat. They were never going to last until Halloween, let alone make it into the Trick or Treat bowl!