Candy Review: Chocolate Covered Blueberries by Chocolate Moon

Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - by Brian

UPDATE (7/23/2006): it looks like this company has gone out of business. The website is gone and I can’t find it anywhere online. So sad.

While out shopping recently, my wife picked up a two 10-ounce bags of chocolates made by a company called Chocolate Moon. One bag was the chocolate-covered espresso beans called Ciccolata Espresso and the other was their chocolate-covered blueberries called Blue Devil Berries.

We decided to try the blueberries first. Now I absolutely LOVE chocolate covered raisins, so I was wondering if these would be similar. I’m not a big fan of fruit in general, but I do like the taste of blueberries (blueberry pancakes, blueberry compote, etc.), but I don’t like to eat a big honking, squishy, juicy blueberries by themselves.

I tasted a ‘Blue Devil Berry” with a bit of trepidation, hoping there wasn’t a big juicy blueberry inside. It turns out the blueberry inside the candy is dried just like like a raisin. Are they called blueberaisins? Bluebaisins? Rasinerries? Idunno.

So how was it? FABULOUS. AWESOME. INCREDIBLE. By far the best new candy I have had in ages. The chocolate/blueberry flavor ratio was prefect. I cannot say enough good things about this stuff!

The website describes them thusly:

Real dried blueberries panned in Guittard milk chocolate, blueberry puree and a naturally flavored confectionary glaze.

I asked my wife how much she paid for it and she refused to tell me on the grounds that I wouldn’t be happy with how much she spent on them. Uh-oh. That meant she spent a lot. How much did these things cost? I looked on the package and found the website: http://chocolatemoon.com – there the bags of candies are 3 for $30 which is $10 each! OUCH! Granted, they are REALLY good, but are they $10 good? Maybe. I think they would make a great gift for someone that loves chocolate and/or blueberries, but given the price, they are definitely not for casual munching (or for kids). Look for a review of the Ciccolata Espresso candy soon (once the sticker-shock wears off).

Chocolate Moon website

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