Hotel Chocolat - Lime Truffle

The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.

Name

Lime - Dark truffle with a hint of lime (Lime ganache sealed in a dark chocolate shell, decorated with naturally coloured white chocolate)
Main ingredients are cocoa solids (cocoa mass, cocoa butter), sugar, sorbitol & glycerol, glucose syrup, butter oil, lime puree (3%).
Cocoa content: minimum 70% cocoa in the dark chocolate shell.

Manufacturer

Hotel Chocolate Ltd, Mint House, ROYSTON, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL, United Kingdom

Packaging

The 12 truffles (55g) are in a black plastic tray, wrapped and sealed in transparent plastic wrap.

Look

The chocolate shell is dark brown with hints of red. The filling is of slightly lighter brown and shimmers glossily.

Sound

The chocolate shells break with a clear snap sound.

Smell

Opening the packaging releases lime and cocoa aromas. After opening the shell, vanilla aromas noticeably add to the mixture.

Mouthfeel

The chocolate melts relatively slowly into a fine, smooth liquid. The filling is very smooth and disperses very quickly in the mouth.

Taste

The chocolate shell has an earthy and somewhat bitter cocoa flavour with some sugar notes. It has also taken on some lime flavour from its filling. The lime truffle has an initially very sweet flavour. The lime flavour is released slightly later and mixes with the initial sugar flavour. The flavour becomes lemony before turning towards lime.

Aftertaste

The truffles have relatively little aftertaste. This is dominated by the cocoa notes of the chocolate shell towards the rear and the side of the mouth. After a while, the cocoa flavour has disappeared and a sugary aftertaste becomes noticeable.

Summary

These lime truffles are made of an earthy dark chocolate shell and a very sweet lime filling.

Verdict

The dark chocolate and the lime flavours combine and complement each other. However, the truffle filling is very sweet. This hinders the lime and the earthy chocolate to produce a 'hint of lime' but results in an experience of dark chocolate, interrupted by sweet lime and returning to dark chocolate. 3 Stars.

Dates

Lot number: 160483, best before 09/2016, tasted 17&23/07/2016