Lindt Excellence Blueberry Intense
It’s been quite a while since I reviewed (or even ate) any Lindt chocolate, so I thought I would give this one a go.
On reflection, it probably wasn’t the best idea. The name ‘Lindt Excellence Blueberry Intense’ should have been a clue. Blueberries are a lot of things, but one thing I wouldn’t describe them as is “intense”.
A quick glance at the ingredients on the back of the packet confirms my worst fears. Not only is is a paltry 47% cocoa solids, but it’s also packed with other ingredients. Mmmmm, Vegetable Anthocyane E163!
Feeling a little concerned about what I was about to let myself in for, I opened the pack. Rather than the pristine looking Lindt chocolate I had expected, this is what greeted me.
It appears to be covered in ‘dents’, but I can only assume that those marks are some kind of moulding imperfection, as there are no marks on the packaging. It’s quite odd.
Under the surface and on the underside of the bar, lots of bits of ‘fruit’ are visible, along with some fine slithers of almond. It’s not that it looks unappetising, it just looks like it’s been put together in a bit of a hurry.
The chocolate itself is very soft. There’s no ‘snap’ to it, but it bends a little before it breaks. That’s partly because of the fruit, but the poor quality chocolate doesn’t help.
The taste is overwhelmingly one of sugar and artificial fruit. There’s really nothing chocolatey here at all, unfortunately. Bizarrely, the fruit tastes more like apple than it does blueberry too. That long ingredients list have apple (and pineapple) on it, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
The texture of the fruit pieces isn’t particularly pleasant either. They have a jelly like texture on the outside with a slightly crunchy, grainy texture in the middle. I’m not a fan.
I always like to think of Lindt as a ‘stepping stone’ from confectionery chocolate to ‘real chocolate’, but this is so sweet and packed with unnecessary ingredients, I would have to put it firmly in the ‘candy’ category. Unless you really like the taste of sugar and artificial fruit, you should probably avoid it.
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- Contains dark chocolate (47% cocoa solids).
- Filed under almond, blueberry, lindt.
I completely agree with you, for me its all about the 85% or a classic Lindt Bunny!
Yes, I agree. I tried one a while back – Sweet, soft, and not really tasting of anything much.
When you buy a pack of fresh blueberries, and try eating them, they don’t have a lot of flavour. When cooked (in a cake for example) they can be rather nice. But by themselves, they are nothingy. I can’t think what possessed anyone to try and put them into chocolate, because they were never going to work very well in the first place.
This bar shows that. Lindt really need to give up on this one and try something else.
Dark chocolate , almond and berries
Wonderful combination
I really enjoyed veryyyyyy much