Review and Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat ‘Open Your Heart To Me’ Selection
As you may have already realised by now, I am a little bit partial to a nice bit of chocolate. It is the one thing I couldn’t live without and it would certainly be something I’d request if I was stranded on a desert island. Although if I was really lucky, I’d get stranded on the island of St Lucia and would go and seek out Hotel Chocolat’s Cocoa Plantation on The Rabot Estate. I’m dreaming again…
Anyway, as you might have also noticed, it’s that time of year again when we get to think about Valentine’s Day gifts and so I’ve been busy sampling some of Hotel Chocolat’s collection, in particular the Open Your Heart To Me dreamy chocolate heart filled with a selection of milk, dark and white chocolate mini hearts. It’s priced at £25.00 RRP, which for Valentine’s Day, I think is reasonable.
Now, I admit to some tactical thinking on my part: my favourite chocolate from the entire Hotel Chocolat range is (boringly enough) their 40% milk chocolate. As much as I love flavoured and filled chocolates, there’s something quite special about the taste of their 40% milk chocolate and in its very plainest form, too. So, the great big 40% heart is all for me. The chocolates inside are for hubby. Well, they would have been if I wasn’t required to taste them all and tell you all about it!
The ‘Open Your Heart To Me’ selection reminded me of a lovely big heart-shaped Easter egg, filled with delicious goodies. The heart opens up to reveal chocolates decorated with splashes of hot pink, red yellow and purple chocolates, that are bursting with flavour too. Imagine velvety pralines and truffles laced with vanilla and ‘frisky’ raspberry, closely followed by strawberry with black pepper (couldn’t detect too much black pepper) and caramel with a little tickle of chilli.
I like the way that Hotel Chocolat ‘think’ about their flavours and match them to the occasion. Christmas was spiced with orange, chilli and notes of cinnamon and now we’ve moved onto the strawberry-scented romance and the friskiness of raspberry for Valentine’s Day! Perfect.
There’s plenty to chose from in the range, I also like the Milk Engraved Chocolate Heart (RRP £6.50) and because I like pink, I would also be very happy to receive the Bafta Pink Collection (with sparkling pink rosé, 8 pink champagne Truffles and 3 BAFTA masks) designed especially for the BAFTA’s on Sunday 13th February (close enough to Valentine’s Day!)
But don’t let me be the only judge, Hotel Chocolat have very kindly offered a second ‘Open Your Heart To Me’ gift to one of my lucky readers.
Giveaway –
Here’s how to enter:
1. Visit the Hotel Chocolat website and tell me in the comment box below which of their Valentine’s Day Chocolates are your favourite. (Whatever your selection, you will still receive the Open Your Heart To Me selection as your prize.)
2. Either “Like” the Hotel Chocolat Facebook Page and/or follow @HotelChocolat on Twitter and then come back to me to let me know that you have done so, again by leaving a comment on this blog post.
3. Copy and tweet the following “I would love to win the Hotel Chocolat Open Your Heart To Me selection on #Fabulicious Food!”
4. Follow me @RenBehan on Twitter or “like” Fabulicious Food on Facebook and again leave a comment in the box below to tell me that you have done so, including your Twitter username.
5. Follow Fabulicious Food! on Networked Blogs for a final bonus entry, just let me know you are doing so.
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You can enter this competition via any of the five ways described above but you please leave me a separate comment for each time you have entered to make it easier to count your individual entries. No details of any of the entrants will be passed onto anyone else.
The winner will be chosen by an online randomiser. I will be able to see your email and contact you if you have won, but your email will not be visible to the public and will NOT be passed on.
This giveaway is open to all UK readers.
Closing date: Tuesday 7th February 2012 at midnight. The winner will be announced the next day.
Good Luck!
This is a featured post. Thank You to Hotel Chocolat for sending me this product for review.
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Sealed with a Kiss
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Follow Hotel Chocolat on FB and Twitter as @compcake
Love the Pick Me Up Season Of Love Gift Bag
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Have liked Hotel Chocolat on facebook and on twitter (Hannah Polo)
The Passion Pop is really pretty so that’s my favourite
The love H-Box would be perfect for me as I’m H for Hannah <3
Sealed With A Kiss – is best for me…
The Beauty box looks amazing. Would love to try any of the yummy choc selections though. x
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Sealed with a Kiss chocs would be my favourite
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Love notes are my favourite – colourful, cute and not too many of them to ruin the waistline!
I’m head over heels for “Head Over Heals” 🙂
I already follow Hotel Chocolat on FB and twitter
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Sealed with a Kiss
I have liked you on FB, I will be sharing 🙂 xxx Everything looks delicious! 🙂 xxx
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The Champagne Truffle Grand looks delicious.
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Thank you
Already following Hotel Chocolat on Facebook and Twitter 🙂
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I love the The Be Mine Collection.
Sealed with a Kiss & Likey Likey!
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wow what gorgeous looking chocolates!! i like the look of the Love Selection they look and sound deelish and i bet they taste as good as they look :o)
My favourite is the Jewellery box.
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Open your heart to me would be a great Valentine prize
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i love the caramel sweethearts, yummy
I have tweeted 🙂
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I’m following on Networked Blogs (Laura Carrol facebook)
I’m already following you on twitter (@Laura_Cookies)
I already follow Hotel Chocolate on facebook (Laura Carrol) and twitter (@Laura_Cookies)
I think the Be Mine collection is my favourite, but I would love any of them!
Was already following you on Twitter but have now liked Fabulicious Food on Facebook 😀
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I really like the Be Mine collection 😀
I’m follow you on twitter and liked you on FB
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I love the Beauty box it’s so cute!
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I love Sealed With A Kiss
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Following you on Twitter & Liked on Facebook
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Already a fan of Hotel Chocolat on both Facebook & Twitter
Such a difficult decision but I plumped for the Be Mine Collection from the Hotel Chocolat website
I like The Signature Cabinet-so many chocolates!
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Sealed with a kiss.
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follow Hotel Chocolat on twitter and Facebook
@81misfit
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quite like the love notes box, its nice and simple
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I love the look of the Be Mine Collection. that solid chocolate heart looks divine! @piperanddaisy
I have liked the hotel chocolat FB page and followed on twitter from @bakingaddict
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Following Fabulicious food on facebook and twitter also
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The signature cabinet for me pure chocolate indulgence and enough to share!
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The signature cabinet looks like my ultimate chocolate dream
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I think the Caramel Sweethearts sound divine!
I like the Sealed with a Kiss
I already follow you on Twitter! @LisaAdamsMay
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I follow Hotel Chocolat on Twitter already 🙂 @LisaAdamsMay
I certainly wouldn’t mind the signature cabinet come Valentine’s day!
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I already follow you on twitter and facebook
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I like ‘be mine’, I think it’s mostly the romantic name!
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I like “The signature Cabinet” box of chocolates quite simply as there are more of all the delicious chocolates!! MMMMMMM
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Sealed with a kiss collection x
I am following Hotel Chocolat on Twitter
Sealed With A Kiss
I love the Caramel Sweethearts – just wonderful!!!
The Love H Box selection
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Already like Hotel Chocolat on Facebook (Melanie Pennie) and on twitter (@mellymoo6940)
Pink Champagne Truffles… very indulgent!!
Pink Champagne Truffles with keep sake heart !! melt in my mouth
Sealed with a kiss – just because it is in a heartshaped box.
Pink Champagne Truffles Grand for me every time. I can eat just one a day and stay on my diet while feeling totally indulgent!
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i would be happy with the Signature Collection with 26 chocolates & Tawny Port as it would warm me in every way with chocs and port mmm yum
Fabulicious Food and Hotel Chocolat on Facebook are already “liked”.
Think I’d go with the “Sealed With A Kiss” collection.
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The Signature Cabinet
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Such a difficult choice! I think I would go for the Be Mine Collection.
Head over Heels
i like the head over heels one 🙂
I’ve tweeted @shell03shell.
Have liked Fabulicious Food on Facebook.
I like Hotel Chocolat on facebook and follow on twitter.
Already Hotel Chocolat on Facebook.
I follow @RenBehan on twitter and like Fabulicious Food on facebook.
The Love Selection looks tasty.
My favourite is Sealed with a kiss.
HAve followed your blog xx
Have liked Fabulicious Food on Facebook (Julie Hoggy)
Already a fan of Hotel Chocolat on Facebook (Julie Hoggy) and already following on Twitter (@juliepaulwife) xx
The Love H-Box Selection looks gorgeous – a sample of all things nice 🙂
I love the Be Mine Collection
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I like the Be Mine collection
Already liked on facebook as this is the very best chocolate there is.
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Already liking Hotel Chocolat on FB and already following on Twitter
The Signature Cabinet’ is my favourite. I love chocolates in drawers. Would love to see what they taste like for the price £160 wow
I am following via Networked Blogs.
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I have tweeted as @claire_trevor
I already like and follow Hotel Chocolat. Twitter ID: @claire_trevor
My favourite is actually the Open Your Heart To Me Selection, I just think it looks so lovely, like the chocolates inside are a surprise.
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The signature cabinet – with that many chocs the boyf may even get one or two!!!
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Would love the Be Mine Collection
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I like the love selection. yum yum
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The Be Mine Collection it has lots of variety and just enough chocolate to share
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I adore the ‘Love Notes’ selection
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The Be Mine Collection looks cute.
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Much as I like the 40% milk chocolate AND I DO, I do like the chocolates too so would go for Sealed with a Kiss. Am particularly interested to try the chilli caramel and the black pepper strawberry.
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I am following on Networked Blogs – Kirsty Fox
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Love the The Be Mine Collection 🙂
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@maisietoo
I have tweeted.
@maisietoo
My favourite Valentine’s gift is the Head Over Heels box.
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I like the sound of the Be Mine Collection
lovely giveaway and review but I am in Canada
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The Signature Cabinet
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Ah cos it for valentines day, it has to be the open your heart to me selection.
Followed on Networked Blogs – thank you for running! xxxx
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Thanks! x
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I’ve liked Hotel Chocolat on Facebook (Kathryn MacKinnon Cook) @cheepcheepcheep
Liked the Facebook page and Twitter page
Well I’m a HUGE dark chocolate fan but I have a real weakness for Champagne Truffles, so it’d have to be the Pink Champagne Truffles Grand.
@cheepcheepcheep
I really think the Open Your Heart To Me chocolates are my favourite, as they are totally unique and like nothing I have seen before. Thanks for running x
Following you on Networked Blogs
Already like and follow you
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Already like the Hotel Chocolat FB page
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I’d love to receive the Signature Cabinet
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Mmmm Sealed with a Kiss :0)
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The Be Mine Collection looks very yummy.
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The Dark lemon Truffles keepsake heart looks lovely
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SEALED WITH A KISS!!! MMMMM!!! pralines, caramels and truffles.. yum!
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The Season Of Love Goody Bag looks very cute indeed, and I think I may start using it’s photo as wallpaper on the computer and see if that hint is strong enough!!!
The Signature Cabinet and another one for my wife!
Already “like” Hotel Chocolat on Facebook
As a real treat: The Chocolatier’s Table! A luxury bit of everything.
it has to be the love selection – just enought to be subtle
Liked you FB page – quite fancy a chees & leek toastie sounds yummie :x)
Times like this you need a love button on FB – Liked the Hotel Chocolat page for ages :x) best choccie in the world
Has to be the, Be Mine Collection :x)
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Sealed with a Kiss ♥
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Thanks FF! xx
The passion Pop is amazing! Its a huge solid block of yummyness! Heaven 😀 And at only £7.50 i think i could stretch my budget far enough for another 😀
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Sealed with a kiss
I love the Love Notes chocolates – so so beautiful.
My Fav is sealed with a kiss.
The Signature Cabinet (of course!) There is just sooooo much chocolate there!
It’s got to be Sealed With A Kiss.
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I like the Be Mine Collection
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I like Hotel Chocolat on FB and also follow on Twitter @serialcrafter
Hello, I like the Love Notes selection they are so pretty.
The signature cabinet looks phenomenal and would certainly have something for everyone! It should satisfy the cravings and have enough to ba able to share between my husband and I!!!