I was absolutely thrilled to be asked if I would like to review some seasonal chocolates from Hotel Chocolat, I have reviewed a few of their chocolates since starting this blog and they never fail to impress me. Hotel Chocolat very kindly sent me this box which is called Squirrel's Stash Collection and the nutty collection of chocolate is just perfect for Autumn.
The box contains 18 chocolates, in 3 trays of 6. As always Hotel Chocolat have created another beautifully presented product, I loved the pale blue box with the brightly coloured autumn leaves and I think it's really cute that the chocolates are shaped as nuts, just like you have actually raided the stash of some unsuspecting squirrel!
The box weighs 215g and 4 chocolates is around 256 calories. Chocolates included are: caramel truffles, whole hazelnut in praline, simple hazelnut praline, gianduja and salted caramel, praline topped with whole roasted hazelnuts and walnut studded hazelnut pralines.
It was very hard to pick my favourites from the box but I really enjoyed the white chocolate acorn shaped caramel truffles, the caramel was just so sweet and delicious and it had a slight boozy taste to it. The milk chocolate version was pretty tasty too!
My other favorite was the whole hazelnut in praline. The praline was thick and creamy and I just loved the texture against the hazelnuts hidden under the milk chocolate coating. These are definitely the sort of chocolates to eat in 2 bites, they are huge!
Verdict
I loved every single chocolate from the Squirrel's Stash collection. The quality was fantastic as is always the case with Hotel Chocolat and as a big fan of nuts and pralines this box was perfect for me! Squirrel's Stash is available from Hotel Chocolat for £16...I might have to treat myself to another one!