Choceur Smooth Praline

Product name: Choceur Smooth Praline
Calories: 222 for a 40g bar

I’m still wading through my Christmas presents (it’s a hard life!) and, after the success of Choceur Smooth White, I was really looking forward to sampling this Smooth Praline bar. Once again, it was made for Aldi stores in the UK and Ireland but, this bar was a single serving size.

This ‘milk chocolate with a smooth hazelnut filling’ came in a navy blue wrapper that contained an illustration of the thin bar. The praline accounted for 42% of the product (although this layer actually looked pretty minimal!) and 12% was the ground hazelnuts within this. Although the pieces were a lot less chunky than the Smooth White, they still contained the ‘S’-shaped design, and this was embossed on the inner foil wrapper too.

The bar broke apart softly but, unfortunately, there was no nutty scent – just a chocolate one. The praline centre only looked slightly different to the chocolate, in that it was a bit smoother and paler, but I soon discovered it made a bigger impact on the taste buds.

The chocolate contained a minimum of 32% cocoa solids and 18% milk solids and, when sat on the tongue, tasted fine. However, it didn’t have the same effect on me that the white chocolate did! The good news was, it had another smooth but thick melt which the nut flavour suddenly burst through, combined with a creaminess.

I found the praline’s texture to be a bit truffle-like and the bar was lovely and soft to chew. I much preferred to eat it this way, despite the nice melting texture, because it allowed the praline’s tasty and rich flavour to fill the mouth.

This was definitely another hit from the Choceur range. For me, it wasn’t as good as the Smooth White, but I did enjoy the overall flavour on offer and I loved how the praline really was smooth rather than containing bitty pieces of nut.

 Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 8/10
Texture: 8/10
Overall score: 7.63/10

Choceur Smooth White

Product name: Choceur Smooth White
Purchase details: Aldi
Calories: 285 per seven and a half square serving 

This is my second review of an Aldi product in as many days – maybe I need to begin shopping there!

My parents have recently discovered (and started raving about) the nutty chocolate bars in the Choceur range and, knowing my love of white chocolate, they decided to treat me to this Smooth White bar. Apparently it’s not dear and, if I’m honest, I wasn’t expecting much.

This huge slab of chocolate weighed in at 200g so I wasn’t going to attempt to eat is all at once! Instead, I stuck to the recommended 50g serving which was a quarter of the bar. I did have a good moan about the fact that the bar consisted of 30 squares, though, as this meant it wasn’t divisible by four. (Really...what’s the point of that? Either change the serving size or the mould used for the bar!)

The chocolate came in a lovely box that reflected the colour of white chocolate and also had an attractive picture of the product on the front. The Choceur range described itself as ‘indulgent’ with this particular variety claiming to be ‘delicious white chocolate made with creamy milk’. Inside, the chocolate was also wrapped in a simple foil layer.

This ‘smooth creamy white chocolate’ was made for the UK and Ireland’s Aldi stores and contained a minimum of 14% milk solids. It was a great off-yellow colour and each piece had what appeared to be an unexplained letter ‘S’ on top but, in reality, this was probably just a decorative swirl. The chocolate didn’t have a strong aroma but it did smell deliciously milky.

The instant the chocolate made contact with my tongue, it began to melt, and the flavour hit me. It really was everything that white chocolate should be – it was incredibly flavourful and milky with just enough sweetness to make it beautiful but not so much that it became sickly. Its really chunky, solid texture also meant that the flavour completely filled the mouth when chewing the bar, and it took me straight to my happy place.

As a basic bar of white chocolate, this product really was a simple principle, but it was so satisfying. Well done, Aldi, this was spot on and I’ve added it to my Christmas list! 

Appearance: 8/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 9/10
Texture: 8.5/10
Overall score: 8.13/10