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Review and Giveaway: Bluebasil Brownies By Post

These chocolate brownies really ought to come with a warning on them. They are slightly addictive.  I bake regularly and I can rustle up a pretty good brownie myself. But inside this little box lies pure decadence. I reviewed Bluebasil Brownies once before and in fact, it came to be one of my popular posts and giveaways. This time, my parcel had a festive feel, containing Bluebasil’s Christmas concoctions. Since trying them for myself the first time, I’ve sent many packages of these brownies as gifts, to friends and family. They are always met with sheer delight and they are always welcome on my doormat, too.

BlueBasil Brownies

Bluebasil Gourmet Brownies are delivered throughout the UK every working day. The company is run by Nikki Taylor and the brownies are hand-baked in a professional kitchen on a farm in the Cotswolds. I want to go there!

Bluebasil use local, organic eggs, organic flour and butter from the Upper Norton Jersey Cream Company. The chocolate used is of excellent quality too, with a minimum of 70% cocoa solids. They also use Divine chocolate as the chocolate chunks in some of their flavours. The order process is very simple, you can phone up, or place an order online, chosing either 9, 12 or 16 pieces in a gift box. The best part of the process is chosing your flavours; the Classic Chocolate Chunk is the first one I always go for along with two or three others, such as Chocwork Orange, Banoffi or Hazlenut.  

BlueBasil Brownies

From 30th November 2012, Bluebasil are launching a selection of special edition Christmas flavours and they really are too good to miss.

The Dark Orange and Ginger, for me, was a clear winner. I savoured every little bite. Imagine sinking your teeth into a slab of the finest quality chocolate truffle you’ve ever eaten; rich and so smooth that they melt in your mouth. There were lots of layers of flavour going on in my perfectly formed square of delight. Alongside the organic eggs, flour and Jersey butter, Bluebasil have incorporated dark chocolate and ginger chocolate, along with natural ginger flavour, notes of Fairtrade vanilla, orange blossom water and a further pinch of ground ginger.

Rudolph’s Rumnut came a close second, with big chunks of Brasil nuts, raisins, dark rum and mixed spice. All the flavours you would want for Christmas. Eaten slowly whilst sipping a dark rum flavoured liqueuer coffee at home, it was a moment of pure pre-Christmas bliss.

The third Christmas flavour was Coffee and Irish Cream, again, very moreish, with Irish cream, extra cream, alcohol and coffee. These were my friend Monika’s favourite flavour. Yes, I did share them.  

BlueBasil Brownies

Luckily, arriving home after a busy day at school, the children got to nibble on the fourth flavour in my box, the Classic Chunky Chocolate, with a nice sip of organic whole milk to go with them. There were quite a lot of happy people around on that day!

BlueBasil Brownies

I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending these brownies as a treat to send to a friend or a loved one, to cheer them up, to let them know you are thinking about them from afar. My poor friend Laura had a car accident over the summer, so I sent her a package of these and they temporarily made her feel better. I definitely think they helped with the shock. I’ve also sent them as a birthday gift to a friend in Devon and as a thank you gift to a lady in Surrey. You can personalise your message card, too. There are also gluten free alternatives in some flavours and every package comes with a full list of ingredients.  

BlueBasil Brownies

So, now I’ve got my fix, I’m very happy to be able offer one of my readers the chance to win a box of 9 chocolate brownies – to include the new range of special edition Christmas flavours. There will be a fight for these – be lucky!

With many thanks to Nikki and Laura for asking me to review the Christmas flavours and for organising a second box as a prize. The opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own, based on the very happy sampling, and in addition, my own experience of buying Bluebasil Brownies.  

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  12. Christine Reid says:

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  13. Nikko turner says:

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  14. ahem with white chocolate – durr, forgot to put that bit! So that’s cherry and almond and white chocolate yummm

  15. Clare Walshe says:

    It has to be chocolate and caramel x

  16. Vicky Louise Robinson says:

    Milk & white chocolate together

  17. Chistopher Nicholl says:

    Classic Chunky Chocolate

  18. marianne lester-george says:

    White chocolate and raspberry
    Or chocolate and chili.

  19. ROS Thompson says:

    Classic Chunky chocolate

  20. Sue Jackson says:

    chocolate and coffee!

  21. Rennene Hartland says:

    Chocolate and orange 🙂

  22. jackie curran says:

    chocolate praline, yummy

  23. shelagh milne says:

    Dark orange and ginger sounds fab

  24. natalee gosiewski says:

    mmmmmmmm chocolate is heaven plus walnuts perfect

  25. Andrew Halliwell says:

    Dark chocolate and mint

  26. Chocolate and Chilli – mmmmmmmmm

  27. Shelley Jessup says:

    Chocolate & orange sends my taste buds into over drive, so heavenly!

  28. Chocolate with caramel, love it.

  29. Fran Douglas says:

    My favourite combination is chocolate and mint.

  30. Dominique says:

    Chocolate and Chilli ! 🙂

  31. Susan hoggett says:

    chocolate and peanut brittle

  32. Dark chocolate & coconut – yum

  33. Natalie White says:

    I love chocolate and honeycomb 🙂

  34. Chocolate and marzipan

  35. paul jackson says:

    chocolate and caramel or mint

  36. Kay Perry says:

    Chocolate and orange

  37. Petra Hora says:

    I love white chocolate!

  38. abi rolfe says:

    white choc with ANYTHING!

  39. Juanita Powers says:

    white chocolate and coconut

  40. rachael marsden says:

    got to be mint and chocolate

  41. Mike Bull says:

    Chocolate and raisins

  42. Michelle Rayner says:

    mint and chocolate

  43. Anthea Holloway says:

    I love dark chocolate with ginger

  44. justine meyer says:

    chocolate and mint yummy

  45. melanie crumpton says:

    chocolate and nuts

  46. Ann Williams says:

    Love dark chocolate with cherry.

  47. Sarah Lee says:

    chocolate and orange

  48. Garry Ashworth says:

    Chocolate with nuts in.

  49. Renee Armstrong says:

    White Chocolate

  50. Kerry Kilmister says:

    Chocolate and cherry

  51. Christine Caple says:

    Chocolate and mint

  52. Allison Sherwood says:

    Chocolate and Cherry

  53. David Price says:

    Chocolate and hazelnut

  54. Sheri Darby says:

    Dark chocolate and ginger

  55. michele omalley says:

    Dark Chocolate and Orange

  56. Chocolate and orange

  57. Fiona Matters says:

    Chocolate and pecan. Mmmmm

  58. Choc with seasalt – amazing!

  59. hayley acton says:

    chocolate and orange

  60. I love orange & chocolate!!

  61. Jill Garratt says:

    Chocolate & caramel – yummy!

  62. Chocolate and ginger

  63. Tracey Belcher says:

    Chocolate Truffle or Chocolate and Mint

  64. Milk Chocolate with BIG mint bits

  65. Christine Sunter says:

    Dark Chocolate and Ginger.

  66. EMMA CELLA says:

    Chocolate and caramel

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  70. Mark Allen says:

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  73. Barbara Webster says:

    Chocolate and Raisins 🙂

  74. Chocolate and fruit = preferably strawberry

  75. Janet Bagnall says:

    Milk chocolate with any nut, preferably hazelnut

  76. Dark chocolate with rum soaked raisins

  77. Kirsteen Mackay says:

    Milk Chocolate with Pistachio

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    Chocolate & raspberries 🙂

  79. I love white chocolate and cardamom but for “proper” chocolate I am currently in love with dark choc and pecan.

  80. Nia Wyn Roberts says:

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    Chocolate and cherry is a wonderful combination.

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  87. Emma Chippendale says:

    Dark chocolate and ginger

  88. Elizabeth Smith says:

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  90. Pat Stubbs says:

    chocolate and coconut are my fav flavours

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    Chocolate and nuts

  92. elaine stokes says:

    marzipan and milk chocolate

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    milk chocolate with marzipan. Nuts figure highly too.

  94. Sally Smith says:

    chocolate and orange

  95. Kevin Honey says:

    Chocolate and Chili… mmmm

  96. claire woods says:

    Chocolate and mint – a must at Christmas.

  97. Katie Kingsbury says:

    White chocolate and raspberry

  98. Isabel O'Brien says:

    Chocolate and mint or chocolate and orange. I can almost taste the brownies just looking at them!

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    chocolate and hazelnuts

  100. I love chocolate mint

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    Chocolate and mint

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    Chocolate and orange

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    Chocolate and caramel

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    Chocolate and caramel

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    I love half milk chocolate with half white chocolate ^_^

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    Chocolate with chilli

  111. milk chocolate with caramel

  112. chocolate, fruit and nut

  113. olivia kirby says:

    chcocolate and peanut butter

    1. olivia kirby says:

      *Chocolate* even!!

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