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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Villars Swiss Milk ChocolateCandy Blog reader Karen clued me in to Villars bars. I had no idea these Swiss-style milk chocolate bars had MALT in them! I’ve seen them at the checkout at Trader Joe’s for some time, but the old-fashioned looking packaging just didn’t grab me.
Don’t be misled - they’re not malted milk bars or anything, must sweet, creamy Swiss milk chocolate with a little hint of malt. If I didn’t know better, I would have said it was hazelnut, but it’s definitely a malty quality. The packaging is quite nice, a decorated box with a flip and tuck top for storing uneaten portions and the bar itself is cloaked in thin aluminum foil. A little thin for my taste, but it’s nicely designed with large and flat with flowers inside each of the squares (I’m going to say they’re edelweiss). This chocolate doesn’t have that cloying dairy flavor that some other Swiss chocolates have but it is creamy and certainly melts easily. I ate the bar pretty quickly as it was hot this weekend and for most of the time it was the consistency of fudge because it was about 90 degress in my house. Instead of breaking off small pieces (after I’d broken into big ones for the photograph while it was still cool in the morning), the bar pretty much bent or tore. Holding the pieces in the heat was dicey too, as they got very slippery. I fear that chocolate must be put aside for the rest of the summer or reserved for the early morning cool. But back to the chocolate bar! It’s a great deal for a Swiss style chocolate with a more interesting malty hit than you might be used to. If you’ve got a Trader Joe’s around you, pick one up. They also have a dark bar (no malt) and a hazelnut bar (which I’ll be trying after it cools off).
POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:10 am 
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Similar in flatness to Cadbury’s “Animal” bar. They just fall apart in warm weather, the slightest bit of warmth and their all over the place, rendering the point of having animal designs on the bar, pointless.
Glad you likey. The Hazelnut bar is particularly good, too (if you like hazelnuts), as it is chock full of them. (30% hazelnuts if you believe the packaging). It is so yummy.
Villars may be the only brand whose milk chocolate I prefer to their dark, as I’m a dark chocolate fiend. The time I tried it I found it a bit sweet and not nearly as compelling. I had no temptation to buy it again. I’ll be interesting in hearing others thoughts.
Edelweiss correctly identified!
If you’re not near a Trader Joe’s, I believe Chocosphere.com also sells Villars.
I am looking for Villars Larmes d’Edelweiss. Anyone know where to find in U.S. ?
As a chocolate hound for 50 years, I only learned this year that “alpine milk” meant they can use the whole milk and even creme in the making because of the high altitude. Rather than powdered or dried milks as in most milk chocolate. Ritter Sport was the only alpine milk brand I could find in retailers, and Trader Joe’s other milk choco’s were definitely not “alpine.”
But this Villars bar is, and I like it more than Ritter Sport. Less “cloying” or sticky on the pallette, and a tiny bit more cocoa. NOT as sweet as the American milks, starting with Hershey’s. I give it a 10, or “superb.”
Hello! I am also looking for the Villars Larmes d’Edelweiss! I picked some up in Appenzell,Switzerland this September and can’t find it anywhere to purchase in teh states- I want more and have friends and co-wrkers asking for it as well!
I have the empty box in my hand right now- my drool is staining the box. PLease anyone let me know if you find it or have a lead for me? THank you much!
Completely agree with Karen, above. The Villars Milk chocolate is superb, yet their dark chocolate bar only ordinary… odd. The hazelnut bar is absolutely gorgeous, and great value! This, and Scharffen Berger 41% Milk, are my favorite milk chocolates. And I generally only like dark.
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