Chocolate is one of those foods I deprived myself of for far too long. I’m re-learning just how much I love it though, and was absolutely delighted when I discovered Chocri who have recently started selling their custom made chocolate bars to us UK folks.
A little about the company, from their website:
“Chocri was founded in September 2008. In early 2010 our company launched in the US and as of September 2010 chocri chocolate is available in the UK. Our aim is to create great tasting premium chocolate customised to the wishes of our customers. You can choose a base chocolate (white, dark or milk chocolate), and then add your choice from over 100 toppings. Our range of toppings includes nuts, dried foods, but also exotics such as real gold flakes, small pretzels or chilli peppers. We hand-make the customised chocolate bars in a careful process according to the highest quality standards and ship them to you”
you can read more here
The wonderful folks at Chocri were kind enough to offer me three bars to try out and review…I jumped at the chance and here were the results.
This was the bar I designed for my Dad. It contained: Milk Chocolate with Peanuts, Caramel Chocolate Drops, Roasted Peanuts and Nougat. As you can see, the presentation is impeccable. My dad is a man where actions speak louder than words, and this bar was devoured in one sitting. He said the chocolate was wonderful, and the nuts fresh and crunchy. His only complaint was “needs more caramel”.
Next was the bar my Mum chose, containing: Milk Chocolate with Mini Biscuits, Orange Chocolate Drops, Raisins, Toffee and Mini Heart Decoration. We loved the fact you could add decorations to the bar as well as flavours. It really was a work of art. This bar came with the perfect balance of all the toppings and the chocolate base was wonderfully smooth and rich, without being sickly or overly sweet.
And then there was my bar: Milk Chocolate with Organic Salt Pretzels, Cinnamon Cornflakes, Fig Bits and Peanut Butter Drops. One word. AMAZING. This really made me wonder why I deprived myself of the sweet stuff for so long. This was right up my alley and I enjoyed every bite.
Because Chocri is completely personal and you choose exactly what you want on your bar, it’s hard to give a proper review and verdict, as it very much depends on personal taste. But I do recommend them wholeheartedly, for the fantastic customer service, the massive range of toppings and bases and for making me fall in love with chocolate all over again.
Prices vary as you pay per base and then for each topping, so it can become quite expensive but well worth it for an indulgent treat or special gift. At the moment they also have festive packaging which you can choose instead of the regular red box.
Oh, and you can name your bar whatever you want.
Have you tried Chocri before?
Are you planning to?
What would your dream chocolate bar be?
AMAZING!!! I’m totally in love with the chocolate and the idea! Would be ideal for a pressie for someone too! The chocolate looks amazing! I MUST HAVE! Thanks for introducing me!!
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Oh wow – I’ve never heard of them but love the concept! Off to have a gander!
This looks amazing! Your creation looks so good π
I think this might be an awesome present idea =)
yuuuum!
Sounds fantastic, what a super idea I can’t wait to try.
That is amazing! I already took a peek to see what I would order and it is mindblowing! You can even put bacon on it:P
They ship to my country so I might do it one day.
Thanks for letting us know.
YUMMY!
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Love chocolate!!! I haven’t tried this chocolate, look like good! ;D
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mmm… looks so tasty!
Amazing, I love chocolate and I can’t wait to make my own bar (or three). Thanks for sharing!
makes me so hungry…nyum nyum…
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how nice !!!!!!
Ooooooohhhh! I can’t eat the flipping stuff and I’m still excited! Love the range of things you can add to it.
Also hurrah that you’re eating yummy stuff like choc again and really enjoying it π
*adds the site to bookmarks* I think it’ll be ideal for Christmas!
wow! I’ve never heard of it and it sound like perfection!
Mine would have perhaps dark chocolate and pralinΓ¨…hazelnuts..hmm
well, I can think of so many possibilities π
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Yummy!
Would love to try it!
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babes this is my idea of heaven. I am SOOOOO placing and order. think my bf would love a present like this.
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wow they look HEAVENLY!!! I’m almost positive they don’t selll any here :((( this is making me hungry now ! haha
this is amazing! will have to try it out π
oooooh i love chocolate xxxx
I’d definately create something along the same lines as the one you did but I’d add lots of chillies!
What a great idea for a personal gift and an excellent, honest review to boot.
I’m so thrilled that you can finally enjoy treats like this, it makes life that bit richer! xxx
ah, that looks too delicious for words! I want some!!!!
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Wow this is quite awesome that you add what ever you want. Just a pity it’s quite pricy!
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i should try Chocri! all bars seem so tasty i hope you enjoyed eating them! i love chocolate π
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OMG, this review made my mouth water… π
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Yum!
Mmm yummy, I want some!
wow! yummy! i’ve never try them, I’ve never even heard of them!! but in this moment i need some chocolate!!
All of them look delicious; I love it how you can create your own π
That sounds so good. My favorite was the one you designed for yourself…salty and chocolaty. If I designed one, I’d definitely do something with milk chocolate and chili peppers. That sounds so good!
Yummmmm Im hungry now
My fave is white chocolate with strawberries π
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I’ve never heard of such a product, or service, but ooh it looks and sounds good π
I do like biscuit bits in my chocolate, as well as rice. Fudge sounds good, as well as orange drops. I’m sure I could think of quite a few varieties..
Oh god… Chocolate… I love peanut butter ones, so freaking amazing! I need some of these NOW. Oh, I just did a MASSIVE photography post, if you wanted to check it out? And thanks so much for your sweet comment! Panda xo
they look so so good!
there are so many toppings to choose from but i think i would get milk choc with apple bits, roasted almonds, roasted peanuts and caramel chocolate drops. yum!
also i haven’t been following your blog for long but i recently went back and read pages and pages of posts and it has to be said that you looking amazing right now, congrats π x
They look soooo yum, i love nutty chocolate like the first bar. I’ve never heard of this company before but they’d be a fab stocking filler x
hmm nom nom nom! i would love a peanut butter chocolate bar hmmmm
Omg it seems so gorgious.
Oh wow! I especially like the one for you Mum, looks like my kind of chocolate. I might look into these for xmas pressies x
omg! this is heaven for me. I am a chocolate addict and the bar you chose for your dad has my favourite flavours!!!
wow these sound so amazing! That last pic looks scrumptuous!
I’m such a huge chocoholic. And the fact that you can design your own is my dream. I haven’t heard of Chocri before, but I’m definitely checking them out.
I have never heard of them. They look very good. I want to try them.
LOVE!
Personalised chocolate bars – what a great idea! Mine would have marshmallow and raisins in it. xx
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nope, but they look so yummy!
Wow this looks like an exciting concept! I think this will make a great idea for personalized Christmas pressies π xx
This sounds amazing, might have to treat myself one day! I’m also glad you’re loving chocolate again, welcome back! Think of all the puddings, chocolate fountains and milkshakes you can enjoy!
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Your bar sounds like my dream bar – any combination of salty and sweet really gets my tastebuds going. For a while here, a few years ago, you could get chocolate covered pretzels – so yum! Then to get my salty sweet fix I found peanut kitkats, but they’ve stopped them now π
Oh dear… want!
What a great idea. As you say perfect for a gift as you can tailor it so much to the persons likes. x
Carmen from chocri in the US here – thanks so much for posting this on the Facebook page and for reviewing us, and thank you everyone else for the encouraging comments! That really means a lot to us, after all we’re all about making chocolate YOUR way. Thank you!
I haven’t tried it but I might, especially the one with the biscuits! You know I’m a pretty hardcore Smarties fan though haha, my friend brought me a pound of smarties from Germany!
PS-my dream candy bar is one with bacon in it. pure gloriousness.
No woman should deprive herself of chocolate. Everything in moderation, right? π
Ok, now I need to stop drooling.
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I’ve never even heard of Chocri…we need something like that in the States! That chocolate looks so good, I’m off to check them out now. π
The designs look lovely! That’s a wonderful idea.
Never heard about this brand; thank you for posting it.
ok – this chocolate looks too good!
Wow, that is some epic chocolate! π Haha I’m going to go and raid my cupboards now, although I dont think any of my biscuits will compare to this xx
YUMMM!
Looks amazing! Chocolate and pretzels are the best!
OMG This looks amazing!
I love your inventions.
I must try. Do they ship to Australia??
I have spent 30mins playing around on that site and creating amazing chocolate bars!! So hungry now!
Nom Nom Nom!
I know there are chocolate slabs like this but it’s so cool that you can add whatever you want to it. I love chocolate with lots of nuts and crunchy biscuit bits in it. Sounds like a good Christmas present…
I ordered the chocolates from them on Feb 11th. I asked them a few weeks later where is my order and I get a response saying that order was just shipped from Germany and I should get it within a week (that makes it 3 weeks for shipping).
I told them I am not interested anymore since they are taking longer than they promised. I get a response saying they will cancel my order, give me full refund.
Somehow, they were able to cancel the order, but no refund. It is now Mar 22.
I just paid them 20$ for nothing.
I wouldnβt go back to them again.