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Notes on chocolate: the strange allure of caramelised whites
1 month ago - By The Guardian
Who knew they could be quite so tempting? I'm starting to think I have a bit of a problem with caramelised whites. Following on from last week's white chocolate testing, this week I happened upon Asda 's Extra Special Blonde Chocolate , £2/150g, which I really expected to have a fleeting relationship with. But I did not. For one, the pieces are wonderfully thick - one of my first columns as Chocolate Correspondent was talking about how I do love a chunky bar. Each piece of this is like a mini bar in its own right; the issue is that one piece isn't quite enough, and two is a bit too much...
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