Lindt Creation Chocolate Masterclass
Update: Congratulations to competition winner Jen Price!
Last week I was invited along to a Lindt “masterclass” at The Dorchester hotel in London. Having loved Lindt’s previous event, a meal inspired by their Excellence range, I jumped at the chance, particularly as this event promised the opportunity to go hands on and make our own Lindt chocolate creations.
This was a PR event, designed to promote Lindt’s “Creation” range of filled bars which come in four new flavours – hazelnut, orange, caramel and vanilla almond. We were given the opportunity to come up with our own flavour combinations, from an assortment of ten different ingredients.
There were bowls filled with dry ingredients like orange, caramel pieces, almond, biscuit, nougat, cranberry and more. We could mix and match and use as many different flavours as we wanted, then choose a ganache base – either hazelnut or white chocolate.
Deciding which flavours to use was tough. Using dry ingredients and a ganache base means you’re much more limited than the actual Lindt Creation range, but it was still no easy task.
We had been given chocolate bar moulds, which had been pre-filled with milk chocolate, and I really wanted something to cut through the sweetness. The obvious choice was the cranberry pieces, so that’s where I started. But I couldn’t just have cranberry, so I added nougat and crunchy caramel pieces to give my bar a bit of texture.
The cranberry pieces were a bit big to be piped into the mould, so I put them in first while I mixed up the caramel & nougat with the ganache.
Then, with a little help from Stefan, the Lindt chocolatier, I poured the ganache into a piping bag and piped it on top. Everything was going great until the last couple of squares where I just added a little too much. Luckily, there was still room for a layer of chocolate on top to complete the bar, so I wasn’t too worried.
And that, unfortunately, was the end of our masterclass. We labelled up our creations, and the Lindt people took them away to set before adding the final layer of milk chocolate themselves. It was a little frustrating not to get the chance to actually work with the chocolate at this event, but still fun.
A couple of days later, a courier knocked on my door with a box containing my finished bar. I’m pretty happy with the way it came out. It’s quite sweet of course, but it looks great and it’s really rather tasty.
Overall, a fun event and a great way to promote the Lindt range. I would have loved for it to be a little more involved and to have had the chance to have worked with the chocolate more, so I’m really hoping there will be an opportunity to do that in the future.
Competition
Update: This competition is now closed.
In the mean time, if you want to try the new Lindt Creation range for yourself, here’s your chance. Leave a comment on this post telling us what flavour combination you would like to see in a Lindt Creation bar, and we’ll pick our favourite to receive one of each of the new bars and a rather cute Lindt USB stick!
Make sure you use an email address that works when leaving a comment so we can get in touch with the winner. Entries close at 8pm on Friday 13th July. One entry per person, UK residents only.
lemon and ginger
Pistachio and vanilla <3
Cherry and honeycomb
Strawberry’s and Cream
strawberries and honeycomb, xx
Lime and coconut with white chocolate 🙂 yummy
Strawberry’s and Cream
Gooseberry & Elderflower
Pomegranite and caramel
Mocha Latte – Dark chocolate, espresso and a creme filling (the consistency of the caramel)
marzipan+marshmellow
Lavender and pink pepper
deffo have to be vanilla and krispies, mmm drool
Tropical Delight – Mango and Coconut
Mint & biscuit. The crunchy texture of the biscuit and the refreshing taste of the mint, inside dark chocolate… Mmmm!
I would like blackberry and apple pie in my Creation
Dried apple pieces (for texture), blackberry compote, biscuit pieces (to replicate the pastry flavour/feel) and a hint of brown sugar and cinnamon in the ganache.
Now that I woud like to eat…
Popping Tutti Frutti, mixed berries & citrus fruit crystals with popping candy all encased in milk chocolate; a sensational explosion of fruity chocolate heaven!
Raspberry and vanilla 🙂
Banana, Butterscotch and Vanilla
I would love to see an amaretti and blueberry bar! I made a cheesecake recently with that combination and it was fantastic. I imagine it would especially work well with the creaminess of the Lindt chocolate.
Peanut butter and raspberry!
Salty and tangy to complement the smooth, sweet chocolate.
Coconut & Pineapple with a hint of Malibu
White chocolate, pistachio and raspberry be pure bliss!
Crispy coconut pieces in white chocolate mousse…<3
Dark chocolate with sea salt and caramel bits.
elderflower and lemon mousse (creamy, sweet and distinctly elderflower, with a citrussy bite)
Peanut butter and banana – it was the flavour combo of Elvis’s favourite midnight snack sandwich!
Lime, strawberry and ginger 🙂
Raspberry coconut +white choclate Mmmmmmmmmmmm
Passionfruit jelly, on top of a layer of vanilla cream! Yum!
raspberry and pistachio….white chocolate and dark
Rose and dark chocolate- like a grown up turkish delight!
Strawberry & Vanilla. A place round the corner from work makes strawberry & vanilla muffins and they’re to die for, would love Lindt choc in same taste
Double Millionaires Shortcake!
(If putting into a mould)
A brush of caramel, then a layer of the thinnest shortcake, then caramel, then another of shortcake and caramel again, all surrounded by lovely lindt chocolate!
That would be perfect anytime with a cup of tea :o)
This sounds amazing!
Succulent cherries and macadamia nuts in rich, dark chocolate.
organic coffee, organic cream, and organic chocolate!
Little pieces of raisin and biscuit :o)
For me, I’d like something a little different. The sweetness, like you mentioned, needs breaking up a bit, so I’d go for a Lemon Zest filling, with a Salted Caramel base (like a biscuit base, but crunchy caramel instead).
Cinder toffee and ginger
A chance to design a Lindt bar – well, it has to be dark chocolate, and for an Easter treat I would go for raisins soaked in rum and chunks of marzipan
A christmas special please – cranberries soaked in rum and pistachios all in a dark ganache and a dark shell
A Tiramisu twist: dark chocolate, espresso, rum and cacao nibs for texture.
UK residents only? Ah well! Nonetheless my fav would be sesame and caramel…YUM!
I think I’d like to try something like Raspberry and Orange. I think the two fruit flavours might complement each other.
That masterclass looks lots of fun and your chocolate looks very tasty. I would love to try lemon, meringue and shortbread pieces.
My favourite bar has to be white chocolate and rasberry
banana and caramel
I’d LOVE to see a deliciously rich mint truffle in dark chocolate! YUM 🙂 x
Banana and caramel, because I love it sweet. 🙂
Roast hazelnut nibs and orange pieces
I love salted caramel and pine nuts and would love Lindt to give that a try.
Mmmm rocky road with oozing caramel 🙂
Dark chocolate with honey and blackcurrant
I’m not from U.K. still i would love to get the chance and have a bite.
strawberry bits with a shot of vanilla 🙂 would be nice.
I think a dark chocolate and chopped espresso beans would be amazing!
Espresso beans would taste wonderful enrobed in chocolate. Salted pretzel pieces and roasted almonds would also make a delicious white chocolate bar!
White Chocolate and Mango.
Raspberry & lemon mouse mmm
Dark chocolate and strawberries! Yum x
roasted hazelnuts and salted caramel please!
Milk chocolate, peanut butter and salted caramel
cranberry & cinnamon in dark choc
I’d like salted caramel and honey flavour myself
keep it simple, dark chocolate with lime
dark chocolate with honey and pistachio
Chocolate & Raspberry
Coffee and walnut, with dark chocolate please.
Ooooh I am in a real Rhubarb mood atm so I would say Rhubarb and shortcake biscuit flavour!
Strawberry and Marshmallow, yummy!
Marbled white and milk chocolate. 😀
Tutti Fruity. Milk chocolate with all sorts of fruity bits inside.
Milk chocolate with popping candy, oooh :O nice!
Darkest chocolate morello cherry pieces and salt!
Your blog is a dream come true to me! 🙂
Lychee and Blueberry ~ Refreshing , zesty and unusual ! x
Raspberry, white chocolate and vanilla
Salted Caramel and Rum crumble
I’d like Black Cherries, Salted Caramel and Roasted Pecan Nut Slivers – a little sweet, a little salty and a little crunchy and a lot scrumptious!
Lemon Ganache and nougat with a bit of pepper!
Haha, can I change mine?
Lemon Ganache and nougat but with Chilli instead of the pepper.
Peaches and Cream swirled into a dark chocolate bar.
My favourite flavours are probably cranberry and cinnamon, that would be a lovely companion to a bar, maybe with some raisin, maybe some cardamom!
Rhubarb and Ginger.
Pear & brandy
Oooh, candied grapefruit & coconut.
I’d like a Dark Chocolate bar, with Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla and Caramel!
Chili and cinamon
Raspberry and pieces of crispy meringue in creamy white chocolate.
I love Lindt too, my favourite is the dark Orange, so moreish.
I would like to have an actual rich dark pink chocolate, that taste of strawberries with a dark rich crunchy nibbly bits of chocolate inside.