Merci Finest Selection Dark Chocolates
168 days agoAh…yet another chocolate review. Well it is coming to Christmas so the stores are full of chocolates, so I bought a few. And since they are available at our local supermarkets, I won’t consider them as like premium chocolates but they should be slightly better than the regular chocolates we find there. And no, I am not a snob. Just someone who likes chocolates. And someone who doesn’t really have the finances to enjoy great chocolates. So I will have to stick with the supermarket varieties while those teenagers who never work one day in their life, bite into those 10 bucks per piece premium handmade chocolates from some exotic Europe country. Sad isn’t it? But I guess it is always good to face realty, if not rich, don’t pretend to be rich and spend beyond your means.
Anyway, I bought this from our local Shop N Save – the poor offspring of Cold Storage. Cold Storage is considered slightly higher class if you realize. Everyone needs to get into the mood of Christmas, so the store is stock full of chocolates and candies. And the staff all forced to wear the ridiculous red hat. If I remembered correctly, this was on sale for S$8 or so.
Wow, Merci’s Finest Section of assorted dark chocolates.
Wow, they added a piece of display in front to show that this is for Christmas. But in actual fact, it is the same old chocolates they retail regularly. Smart marketing move. Tricked me too. Honestly, sometimes you have to resort to such marketing gimmicks to attract buyers. Remember, this brand of chocolates isn’t exactly well-known like several other brands.
See, the finest selection of dark chocolates they have.
The back of the pack.
4 varieties of Merci Dark. Coffee & Cream, Cream Truffle, Dark Cream and Marzipan. Not too bad. Definitely much better than the regular ones we find at the supermarket. I really like the Marzipan which I think comes with the coconut cream or something like that. Not really too sure, but I think that is the one with the coconut cream.
The ingredients are sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, high fat milk powder, almonds, whole milk powder, butter fat, whey powder, lactose, coffee, invert sugar syrup, glucose syrup, emulsifier, dextrose, fructose, flavourings and salt. Good eh? I don’t understand why people like to eat chocolates with “low-fat” this and “low-fat” that. Good chocolates should not have low anything. It should be tasty, fattening and full of flavour. Just don’t eat too much of it!
Some nutritional information for you and me to be impressed about.
Made in Germany. I thought Merci is a French word? 250g only.
Hmmm…finest ingredients and a delicious selection of chocolates created by master confectioners have made Merci Finest Selection such a world-wide favourite. Enjoy Merci Finest Selection in all its rich variety. Of course I will. In fact, I don’t think it will last more than a week.
20 pieces of chocolate in all.
The different flavours. Yaaah! You won’t get bored eating the entire box like that. As you guys should know, I like dark chocolates. Give me milk chocolates and I will probably push it away. Okay, I admit I will probably eat it as well but seriously, dark chocolates are loads better than milk chocolates. The most important is the complexity of dark chocolates. Milk chocolates is full of milk and sugar and you can’t possibly taste the cocoa in it. What is the point – might as well drink milk and sugar.
