Review: Creme de Coconut Ovation

The Ovation range by Swiss chocolatier’s Frey is a segmented spherical ball with a range of flavoured fondant creme centres, in this case coconut…sound familiar? It’s pretty much like that British classic the Terry’s Chocolate Orange…but with filling!

Frey’s was established in Switzerland by brothers Robert and Max Frey in 1887. In 2014 the company successfully took over the US firm SweetWorks Inc, Buffalo NY, where this candy is now produced – Swiss chocolate made in and for the US market (and this is where I picked up my Ovation).

Break and separate!

After giving the un-boxed chocolate a firm whack on a hard surface (the edge of a table is usually a good chocolate smashing tool) and the foil is pealed back you can definitely smell the sweet, creamy, subtle scent of coconut as the segments begin to unfurl. The milk chocolate is fine and the coconut isn’t overpowering, but personally I would like it to be stronger – I love coconut – but after a while the taste of the chocolate slowly takes over the delicate tropical seed. Not too sickly or too sweet – with the signature taste reminding me of the smooth flavor of coconut milk, I just wish it was a little more impacting.

I’ve found the coconut Ovation to be an enjoyable and exotic chocolate treat and somewhat of a novelty as I had never seen another chocolate brand before that parodies the Terry’s Chocolate Orange (a Christmas staple here in Britain), and available in so many different flavours!

You can also by Ovation break-a-part chocolates in pineapple, orange, pumpkin spice, creme de menthe, key lime, raspberry and amaretto!

Review: Cadbury White Mini Eggs

Look familiar Britain? Look again…

These white chocolate candy-shelled Easter treats are made under the Cadbury name, but they’re manufactured by The Hershey Company – so where as these do look similar to our British Cadbury Mini Eggs, these are in fact, an American import!

And I must say, these taste much nicer than the American (Cadbury) milk chocolate mini eggs (which I tried last year). These are rich and creamy, but not too claggy or sweet, like some white chocolate products can be. They are pretty sickly though, so I can only manage a few at a time, but they are certainly an Easter treat indeed.

It would be nice, however, if the candy shells were speckled, just like the milk chocolate version, and like on the packaging – just to add a little more something to their aesthetic design.

As of yet Cadbury in the UK are not producing these as a seasonal line…but that’s ok, because we’ve still got milk chocolate Mini Eggs. But you can buy these online from places like Ebay and Amazon.

Have you tried these? Which do you prefer – US milk or white?