jueves, 23 de julio de 2009

Choccy delights?

Purely for the sake of journalism and science, today I decided to sample some Icelandic chocolate. There seems to be a big demand for chocolate here, with lots of local brands alongside the big foreign brands, which are mostly British - Cadburys - though some North American, e.g. Hersheys.

Within the Icelandic sector there were plenty of different colours, shapes and sizes of wrappers but no clues on the packaging as to content so I had to pick two at random.
I'm not fussy in the sweet department, so I settled down to enjoy my unknown samples. However, I was unlucky: the first, Draumur, turned out to be standard milk chocolate containing chunks of black liquorice - one of my pet hates.

The second, Þristur, looked pretty harmless, and I was hoping for some wafer or toffee with the chocolate, but as I bit into it I found the chocolate was coating a chewy substance that tasted something like Turkish Delight, another one of those things that you love or hate, and I hate.

After this I'm not encouraged to continue the research so may well go back to icecream cones dipped in chocolate - a big local favourite I share.

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