MerrilyMe

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Hotel Chocolat competition and review

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Last week we were very excited by the arrival of a review product from Hotel Chocolat. We don’t often get food goodies and this was very, very big news in the house.

We had to have an unboxing 😉

We were sent a Rather Large Cracker which had a variety of entertaining things in it; excellent quality hats for one…

And some really terrible jokes too.

Most of all though, it had little packets of extremely lovely chocolates. I hadn’t had their chops before; the girls blagged samples while in Cambridge the week before but it was new to me. Ooooh so yummy. Mulled wine chocs! Eton Mess chocs! Heaven! Champagne chocs! Delicious! And there was a penguin shaped one… We gave it to Josie. Of course.

Errr… Yes, I liked them very much. I let the children have some too. And then sent them to bed. Ahem.

This cracker is, of course, designed to be a party piece. It really does go bang (we did comedy cracker pulling) and it was the source of much merriment. It would look amazing on a big table for a family christmas and the chocolate is good enough to bring ooooh and aaaaahs. If you do big parties, I definitely recommend it 🙂

If you would like to win one, Hotel Chocolat have offered a second cracker to one of my readers. Leave a comment on this post and I will pick one winner randomly on the 28th November. You can leave a fresh comment for every social media share you do via Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest. Comp will close at midnight on the 27th Novemember. Hotel Chocolat are responsible for providing the prize. UK entries only.

We had a lot of family fun with this. Thank you to Hotel Chocolat for the free sample and for providing a competition prize. All views are my own. I did not miscounted any chocolates and give my children less than they deserved. Definitely.

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  5. Mmm, yum! Have to admit I hadn’t heard of Hotel Chocolat before but that cracker sounds amazing 🙂

  8. Can’t resist an opportunity to win one, even though I don’t do big parties, I’m sure it would be just as good at a small party!

  13. Love hotel chocolate, and the review was really interesting. What a good idea for chocolate with a difference!

  23. Hotel Chocolat is great.
    Always buy for gifts at christmas.
    Always lust after the easter eggs but they are rather expensive.
    Cracker looks amazing.

  31. Lol, I totally believe you that it was all shared out equally 😉 The cracker looks amazing too, I’ve never seen them before. We go for more novelty crackers (last years had wind up reindeer in to race!), so this is right up my street!

  33. ohh looks a lovely cracker – we had a really large cracker last year which my youngest brought home from school after Santat had visited him but it didn’t have any yummy chocs in it!

  43. Big Hotel Chocolat fans here and we’ve eyed up the giant cracker before. Glad to hear it lives up to its promise 🙂

  44. Shared on Facebook, and would so love to share this with the 14 people that will be around our table for Christmas Dinner.

  55. Have always wanted one of those crackers but am too tight to pay for one! However I think you know it is my favourite chocolate ever!