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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Christopher Norman

This was another birthday gift last month and of the cache of sweet treats, I can say that this one was not a home run. I think it has less to do with the quality and presentation of the product than the simple fact that the flavor combo just isn’t to my liking.

The box of 12 bonbons looks like little pom-poms in brown fluted cups. They’re called Coconut Snowballs which is pretty much what I would call them if asked. The package itself offers no explanation of what it is. The little card on the ribbon simply says, “An astonishing blend of provacative flavors created to arouse and stimulate the palate fo the most demanding client in the world ... you!”

Each little sphere starts with a white chocolate truffle cream, encased in a white chocolate shell and coated with coconut flakes.

They were creamy on the inside and had a good nutty bite and chew of coconut. They weren’t sickeningly sweet but the centers weren’t as smooth as I’d like, kind of grainy. Overall they were nice, but lacked an oomph that I don’t think these ingredients can provide.

I’m still curious about Christopher Norman’s other offerings and will pick them up the next chance I get (after I’ve finished all my other chocolates in my stash, of course). But the remainder of these will probably be given away.

Name:	Christopher Norman Snowballs	RATING: SUPERB YUMMY TASTY WORTH IT TEMPTING PLEASANT BENIGN UNAPPEALING APPALLING INEDIBLE
Brand:	Christopher Norman
Place Purchased:	gift (from Dean & Deluca)
Price:	unknown
Size:	unknown
Calories per ounce:	unknown
Categories:	White Chocolate, Coconut, United States

POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:02 pm

Comments

Bleh. I might be tempted if they had a dark chocolate filling, but it’s just white chocolate straight through.

Comment by Bruce on 2/08/07 at 4:40 pm

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