To this reviewer outstanding and affordable chocies are produced in countries such as Britain, the USA and Switzerland with names like Cadburys, Hersheys and Tobler at the forefront. What about Belgium you might ask ? Belgium, I agree produces some heavenly, hand made, gourmet chocolates but this review is focussed on affordable, widely available, chocies of which Toblerone is a fine example. Toblerone Swiss Chocolates are produced in the company’s Bern factory which the manufacturers claim is among the most modern chocolate factories anywhere on the planet. These gorgeous Swiss offerings, of course, come in a unique triangular shaped carton with the company’s logo and a picture of the Matterhorn embossed on the cover. The company was founded in 1867 by one Jean Tobler and he and his sons established their own chocolate factory in 1899. It was called ...’’ Fabrique de Chocolat Berne, Tobler and Cie..’’ Historical information about Toblerone can be found at their web site https://toblerone.com
Actually Toblerone produce three main types. There is the original milk chocolate Toblerone in its distinctive beige carton; the dark chocolate Toblerone packaged in black - my favourite- and white chocolate Toblerone which is wrapped in white. All are widely available in sweet shops, supermarkets and in duty free emporiums in airports around the world. In the UK you can expect to pay around Stg 0.95 for the 100 gr carton, perhaps Stg 1.80 for the 200 gr version and they even have a 4.5 kg version. Taste wise Toblerone are so, so, yummy. The chocolate melts in the mouth and your palate enlivened by the taste of honey and almond nougat. As I indicated previously my favourites are the dark chocolate and milk chocolate options. For some inexplicable reason I have never been attracted to white chocolate. All in all these are mighty fine chocolates and certainly help cement Switzerland’s reputation as a producer of outstanding chocolates. It just has to be five stars out of five from me ! Happy eating ! Thanks for reading this review !