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12/23/2020

retirement of 2020 advent calendars - the final repercussion

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Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening Chocolate Obsessed People,
 
Well, well, this day has finally come. For the first time in approximately six years, I am retiring almost all of the Advent Calendars. This is truly unprecedented. Let me tell you why; it is actually quite simple, No Whey Advent Calendar, Nestle Advent Calendar, Laura Secord Advent Calendar, and Windel Advent Calendar all happen to be the foulest, most inferior chocolates I have ever tasted. I do not believe that I have ever come across anything worse. To top it off, this was like an influx of disguising Advent Calendars. I really could not decide which one tasted worse, and at the same time, I could not keep writing negativity on this blog day after day to make my point across. Nevertheless, please keep reading below to further find out. On a positive note, Loacker was truly one of the best Advent Calendars that I have devoured. What a comparison, it was difficult going day after day from the most attractive Advent Calendar in terms of appeal and taste to the most revolting ones.  
 
Thank you for being here

xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win END


NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR – THE FINAL REPERCUSSION
 
The final Repercussion of  No Whey Food’s Advent Calendar truly has the most horrendous pieces of chocolates that I have ever tasted. There is no excuse in regard to the product being vegan. No Whey should have been knowledgeable enough otherwise, why even bother making chocolates. I dreaded taking the daily corresponding chocolate out for tasting purposes, and I am normally a greedy chocolatier, he he he. Anyhow, please read below for my final rating.


Appearance of Box: Adequate
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Sustaining
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Starting to be flimsy 
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Fell apart

Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Difficult near end of tasting
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Smothering
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: You asked the right question, oh yessss 
            Grainy: Yes, hideous
            Different: Yes, and revolting
            Stale: Out-of-date
            Boring: Completely
Would I repurchase: No, I would not ever repurchase again, NEVER, NEVER
 
The nightmare ends

Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: -0.1 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)               
Calories                              64         
                                                                                          % Daily Value
Total Fat                             4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                  2 g                                             12%
   Trans Fat                         0 g
Cholesterol                      0 mg                                             0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                             0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                           2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                             1%
Vitamin D                       0 mcg                                              0%
Calcium                           0 mg                                              0%
Potassium                        0 mg                                              0%
Iron                                    2 g                                             12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR – THE FINAL REPERCUSSION
 
Another absolutely “sickened to my core” pieces of chocolates. Why, uhhhhh, wow, uncultured. Not only is this chocolate absolute rubbish, but Windel has had the nerve to include the flimsiest Advent Calendar I have come across so far. It weighs like 0.00001 lbs. Way to go Windel, a German company, that normally prides itself in quality vs quality. I guess we beg to differ here. 


Appearance of Box: Kindly
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Fidelity
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Flimsy galore
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up: Absolutely not
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy however, the boxes began to fall apart
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Shape of a man, nothing much to look at
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
            Grainy: So grainy 
            Different: Oh yes, in a muggy way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale, okay, did I mention stale, stale, stale
            Boring: Did I say boring
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not, NEVER
 
And the fright ends


Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: -0.00000008  5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                               2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                     30 g
Saturated Fats                                    19 g
Carbohydrates                                    58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                  0.22 g

 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR – Day 7
 
Okay, okay, what is the deal with Laura Secord, seriously! According to the website, these chocolates are the most widely sold throughout Canada, really, who is the judge here? I very much doubt that unless people really do not know what a good chocolate is supposed to taste like. Nevertheless, enjoy the end of the rating for this Advent Calendar, it is going into retirement as well.


Appearance of Box: Sweet
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Yes
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up still
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Interesting
            Smooth: Yes, only in appearance, nothing else to be praised about 
            Textured: No
            Salty: Yes
            Overly Sweetened: Sick to my stomach kind of sweet
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Ha ha ha, sure, if you say so
            Stale: Yesssss
            Boring: Undeniably
Would I repurchase: No, I would No, Never

 
It is over, yeahhhh
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: -0.000123 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                     11 g                                           15 %
   Saturated                         7 g                                           36 % (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                             0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                     25 g
   Fibre                                1 g                                            4 %
   Sugars                            23 g                                          23 %
Protein                                2 g                                           
Cholesterol                       5 mg
Sodium                           50 mg                                           2 %
Potassium                      125 mg                                           3 %
Cholesterol                       5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                            2 %
Potassium                     125 mg                                            3 %
Calcium                         50 mg                                            4 %
Iron                             0.75 mg                                            4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 7
 
At the very least, Nestle’s Advent Calendar gave us a different kind of chocolate for a few days. However, these same chocolates are nothing short of their original sized KitKat Bars, and Aero Bars for example. It is pretty much cheating and expecting glory. There has been no effort made to bring something inventive for Christmas. How sub-standard! 

 
Appearance of Box: Mollifying
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Thankful
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Acceptable
            Smooth: Depends on the day
            Textured: Sometimes 
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: You got it
            Grainy: No
            Different: Really, it is all the same
            Stale: No
            Boring: Of course
Would I repurchase: Why, I would instead just purchase a KitKat bar and call it a day 
 
Ingredients for KitKat minibar
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 0.9 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                        AERO minibar (7.3g)                         Amount %
 
Calories                                      40
Fat                                            2 g                                         3%
   Saturated                               1 g                                         5% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                      0 g                               
Carbohydrate                             5 g
   Fibre                                      0 g                                         0%
   Sugars                                    4 g                                        4%
Protein                                  0.4 mg                                        2%
Cholesterol                               5 mg
Sodium                                    5 mg                                       1%
Potassium                                20mg                                       1%
Calcium                                   10 mg                                      1%
Iron                                          0 mg                                       0%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 6
 
Loacker Advent Calendar is absolutely perfect, taste-wise, look-wise, idea-wise, colour scheme-wise, cuteness-wise, you get it. Let’s just end this rating, perfection does not get any better!


Appearance of Box: Impeccable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Whimsical
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Never
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Unimpeachable
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, and delicious
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and supreme
            Stale: No
            Boring: Positively not 
Would I repurchase: A hundred times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices

May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 14.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                            % of Daily Value
 
Calories                              150
Fat                                    10 g                                         15%
   Saturated                         7 g                                         35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                0 g
Cholesterol                        0 mg
Sodium                            35 mg                                        1%
Carbohydrate                      17 g                                         6%
   Fibre                                1 g                                          4%
   Sugars                            10 g                             
Protein                                2 g
Vitamin A                                                                          0%
Vitamin C                                                                          0%
Calcium                                                                             4%
Iron                                                                                   4%

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12/11/2020

race-to-win day 7 of the advent calendar edition

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Good Day Wonderful People, 
 
Day 7, here we come. Where does the time go? 2020 went by so quickly, it flew right in front of my eyes. Could something along the lines of a pandemic have anything to do with it? Hmmmmm, you bet it does. At least there is always chocolate to uplift everyone’s spirits. It certainly always makes me smile. Nevertheless, enjoy today’s post, comment, and perhaps, go out and buy yourself a chocolate, any kind you fancy. Please leave the guilt behind. You deserve it. Be kind and gentle with yourself. 

xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win Begin



NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 7
 
Day 7 of No Whey Food’s Advent Calendar is of course, no other than filth, and I am being literal about using that word. Yes, you heard right. I cannot stress enough as to how repulsing these chocolates are. Please refrain from purchasing this Advent Calendar, even if it’s façade looks cute. I do not want you to come back to me and say “I told you so.”


Appearance of Box: Syrupy
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Bolstering
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Starting to be flimsy 
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Day 7 is falling apart

Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy although the boxes are getting more difficult
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Suffocating
            Smooth: Yes, but there is an olden appearance to the bon bon
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes, diabetic sweetener, heart disease, cancer…. 
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, and yuckiness to its core
            Stale: Out-of-date
            Boring: Absolutely
Would I repurchase: No, I would not ever repurchase
 
The nightmare  continues

Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.2 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)               
Calories                              64         
 
                                                                                          % Daily Value
Total Fat                             4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                  2 g                                             12%
   Trans Fat                         0 g
Cholesterol                      0 mg                                             0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                             0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                           2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                            1%
Vitamin D                       0 mcg                                             0%
Calcium                           0 mg                                             0%
Potassium                        0 mg                                             0%
Iron                                    2 g                                            12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts”- Day 7
 
The Windel Advent Calendar is one of the worst Advent Calendars I have ever come across, okay, fine, it is probably the worse. What else can I say today that might be of some positive value. Oh, I know, the Santa on the box is cute however, the box itself is of the flimsiest nature. I cannot even deal with Windel today. This Advent Calendar is slowing giving me PTSD. I will be marked for life! Therapy anyone?


Appearance of Box: Friendly
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Devotion
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: So incredibly flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Starting to fall apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Shape of a man, nothing much to look at
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yesssssssssss, cardiovascular disease sweet
            Grainy: Yesssssssss
            Different: Oh yes, in a stifling way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale, okay, did I mention stale
            Boring: Stale, again, stale again
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not, NEVER
 
The awkwardness continues
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.4  5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                               2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                     30 g
Saturated Fats                                    19 g
Carbohydrates                                    58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                  0.22 g

 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR – Day 7
 
Day 7 of the Laura Secord Advent Calendar offers a caramel bon bon that has been sweetened like there is no tomorrow. The chocolate makers at Laura Secord just decided to dump pounds and pounds of sugar in their mixture on evening just for the fun of it. Oh, and to make matters worse, they also threw in some strange mixture thinking it would yield fantastic chocolate. Quite the contrary my friends. The taste of the bon bons in this Advent Calendar could not have been made any worse, well, actually Windel’s Advent Calendar kind of took that place so perhaps there is hope, really?

Appearance of Box: Sugar-coated
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Yes
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up still
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Alluring
            Smooth: Yes, but that does not reflect the disguising taste 
            Textured: No
            Salty: Yes
            Overly Sweetened: YESSSSSSSSSSSS, can I emphasize this enough
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: So sickly-sweet 
            Stale: Yes
            Boring: Absolutely
Would I repurchase: No, I would No, Never
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.2 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                     11 g                                           15 %
   Saturated                         7 g                                           36 % (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                             0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                     25 g
   Fibre                                1 g                                            4 %
   Sugars                            23 g                                          23 %
Protein                                2 g                                           
Cholesterol                       5 mg
Sodium                           50 mg                                           2 %
Potassium                      125 mg                                           3 %
Cholesterol                       5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                            2 %
Potassium                     125 mg                                            3 %
Calcium                         50 mg                                            4 %
Iron                             0.75 mg                                            4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 7
 
KitKat with very little wafer is what Nestle’s North Pole Advent Calendar has surprised us with today. I will admit, the size of the mini is quite large. This was pleasant to see. Nestle must have cared at some point about how their Advent Calendar would turn up. The question is when, a thousand years ago, he he he! Well, enjoy regardless!

 
Appearance of Box: Soothing
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Glad
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Mini KitKat bar, you get it
            Smooth: Yes besides the wafer
            Textured: Yes, wafer gallore
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yesssssss
            Grainy: No
            Different: Come on now, it is all the same
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes, so much
Would I repurchase: I am changing my mind, No, I would not repurchase, hmmmm
 
Ingredients for KitKat minibar: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Modified Milk Ingredients, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol, Polyricinoleate, Natural Flavour), Wheat Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin, Yeast, Natural Flavour, Protease, Xylanase
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 1.8 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                             KitKat minibar (11g)                         Amount %
 
Calories                                        60
Fat                                            3.5 g                                            5%
   Saturated                                  2 g                                           10% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                         0 g                               
Carbohydrate                               7 g
   Fibre                                        0 g                                             0%
   Sugars                                      6g                                             6%
Protein                                      1 mg                                            2%
Cholesterol                                 0mg
Sodium                                    10 mg                                            1%
Potassium                                 40mg                                            1%
Calcium                                   10 mg                                            1%
Iron                                        0.4 mg                                            2%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 7
 
Wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous, delicious, amazing, precious! Need I say more!


Appearance of Box: Memorable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Variable
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Irreprehensible
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, come on now!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and ultimate
            Stale: No
            Boring: Positively not 
Would I repurchase: Thirteen times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices

May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 15.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                            % of Daily Value
 
Calories                              150
Fat                                    10 g                                         15%
   Saturated                         7 g                                         35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                0 g
Cholesterol                        0 mg
Sodium                            35 mg                                        1%
Carbohydrate                      17 g                                         6%
   Fibre                                1 g                                          4%
   Sugars                            10 g                             
Protein                                2 g
Vitamin A                                                                          0%
Vitamin C                                                                          0%
Calcium                                                                             4%
Iron                                                                                   4%

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12/10/2020

race-to-win day 6 of the advent calendar edition

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Good Day Benevolent and Humble People,
 
Day 6, oh yeahhhhhhhhh. I am getting super excited for Christmas, it is just around the corner, okay, maybe not. Nineteen days to be exact. Regardless, I feel the Santa and Elves, the chimney keeping the house warm, the gingerbread cookies, the eggnog, the reindeers, the ciders, the firewood, the fruitcake, the poinsettia, the presents, the ribbons, the sleigh bells, the tinsel, the traditions, and last but not least, the North Pole. Let’s also not forget getting together with family, which is always so wonderful however, please pass it up this year. I realize that Zoom or Skype is not sufficient, but it will have to do. Let’s stop the spread of this virus that has taken so many beautiful souls. Please consider a virtual Christmas. I promise you that it will be great, and hilarious, and innovative, and original, and outright fun. Thank you for being here.

xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win Begin



NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 6
 
Day 6 of No Whey Food’s Advent Calendar is outright appalling, again! The stiff bite that almost broke my teeth, the stale taste of the chocolate, the colour of the bon bon that looks musty, to the cheap ingredients, it is all absolutely criminal. Need I say more!


Appearance of Box: Sugary
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Comforting
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Starting to be flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Day 6 is starting to fall apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy although the boxes are getting more difficult
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Stuffy
            Smooth: Yes, but there is an old appearance to the bon bon
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes, diabetic sweetener 
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, and refined over and over again
            Stale: Out-of-date
            Boring: Downright
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
The shocker  continues

Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.3 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)               
Calories                              64         
                                                                                          % Daily Value
Total Fat                             4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                  2 g                                             12%
   Trans Fat                         0 g
Cholesterol                      0 mg                                             0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                             0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                           2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                            1%
Vitamin D                       0 mcg                                             0%
Calcium                           0 mg                                             0%
Potassium                        0 mg                                             0%
Iron                                    2 g                                             12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts”- Day 6
 
The Windel Advent Calendar is appalling, upsetting, ghastly in taste. Windel should just quit making Advent Calendars. This is perhaps not your calling; find another “hobby” that you might be more successful in. There is plenty to choose from. As for today’s chocolate, rubbish, nauseating, revolting. I cannot say even one positive thing about Windel’s Advent Calendar besides the exterior of the box. So sad!


Appearance of Box: Agreeable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Attention
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: So Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Starting to fall apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Square
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yesssssssssss
            Grainy: Yesssssssss
            Different: Oh yes, in a muggy way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale, okay, did I mention stale
            Boring: Stale, again, stale again
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
The awkwardness continues
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.4  5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                               2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                     30 g
Saturated Fats                                    19 g
Carbohydrates                                    58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                  0.22 g

 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR – Day 6
 
Day 6 of the Laura Secord Advent Calendar tastes like food that has sat out in the sun for too long, smelly armpits, muckiness, ohhh, and I almost forgot, stinky cheese. Okay, okay, perhaps not literally but you get the point. It is bad, really bad! Please save your money; do not  consume these grainy, overly sweetened, shoddier concoction, fusty chocolates. You are missing nothing. 

Appearance of Box: Honeyed
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Hassle-free
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up still
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Inviting
            Smooth: Yes, but not the melt-in-your mouth kind of a way
            Textured: No
            Salty: Yes
            Overly Sweetened: YESSSSSSSSSSSS
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: So saccharine 
            Stale: Yes
            Boring: Absolutely
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.3 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                     11 g                                           15 %
   Saturated                         7 g                                           36 % (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                             0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                     25 g
   Fibre                                1 g                                            4 %
   Sugars                            23 g                                          23 %
Protein                                2 g                                           
Cholesterol                       5 mg
Sodium                           50 mg                                           2 %
Potassium                      125 mg                                           3 %
Cholesterol                       5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                            2 %
Potassium                     125 mg                                            3 %
Calcium                         50 mg                                            4 %
Iron                             0.75 mg                                            4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 6
 
Oh boy, Nestle, is really just commercializing their regular chocolates such as Aero, KitKat, and Smarties with this Advent Calendar. What a disappointment. I call this “cutting corners” and trying to profit at the same time. I recommend to people that if you are really in the mood for any of these Nestle products, just purchase a full-size of each one and move on to a different Advent Calendar. Try the Lindt or Ferrero Rocher Advent Calendars. They are harder to be disappointed by.

 
Appearance of Box: Comforting
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Jubilant
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Mini AERO bar
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yesssssss
            Grainy: No
            Different: Come on now
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes, so much
Would I repurchase: I am changing my mind, No, I would not repurchase
 
Ingredients for AERO minibar
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 1.9 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                             AERO minibar (7.3g)                          Amount %
 
Calories                                       40
Fat                                             2 g                                            3%
   Saturated                                1 g                                            5% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                       0 g                               
Carbohydrate                              5 g
   Fibre                                       0 g                                            0%
   Sugars                                     4g                                            4%
Protein                                  0.4 mg                                            2%
Cholesterol                               5 mg
Sodium                                    5 mg                                           1%
Potassium                                20mg                                          1%
Calcium                                   10 mg                                          1%
Iron                                          0 mg                                           0%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 6
 
I cannot believe that I am positively rating only one Advent Calendar this year. Loacker, that is all you. Way to go wafer infested chocolate, yumminess galore, deliciousness plentiful, scrumptiousness abundant. You are on top of the world now. Keep up the good work!


Appearance of Box: Sensation
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Capricious
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Irreproachable
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, come on now!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and ideal
            Stale: No
            Boring: Positively not 
Would I repurchase: Twelve times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices

May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 14.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                            % of Daily Value
 
Calories                              150
Fat                                    10 g                                         15%
   Saturated                         7 g                                         35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                0 g
Cholesterol                        0 mg
Sodium                            35 mg                                        1%
Carbohydrate                      17 g                                         6%
   Fibre                                1 g                                          4%
   Sugars                            10 g                             
Protein                                2 g
Vitamin A                                                                          0%
Vitamin C                                                                          0%
Calcium                                                                             4%
Iron                                                                                   4%

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12/9/2020

race-to-win day 5 of the advent calendar edition

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Good Day Gorgeous,
 
Phew, we made it to day 5 and yes, I am already complaining. I am an unsatisfied chocolate blogger. Reason being, the Advent Calendars are truly disappointing, except for Loacker of course as I cannot say enough good things about their concoction. Cheaper does not necessarily mean inferior however, during this experience of mine, yes that is the case. I am disguised as to the lack of effort these companies have implemented into their chocolates. How can an establishment put out something that tastes this horrific. I would not even think about feeding these chocolates to my enemy, well, actually, maybe I would, but whatever, you get the point. Nevertheless, enjoy the ratings.

xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win Begin


NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 5
 
Day 5 of No Whey Food’s Advent Calendar was a hard bite that I had to endure, literally speaking. I initially thought that this piece of bon bon was perhaps toffee. Wrong, wrong, and more wrong! This was just outright horrendous. The quality of the chocolate is of an all-time low. I get a sense of cacao that has been so processed, that in return, there might not even be much of that ingredient left. Perhaps a man-made cacao tasting bon bon of some kind. Yuck! Well, here is the rating, do not expect much, he he he! 
 
Appearance of Box: Sweet
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: So Relaxing
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Flimsy Yet
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy although the boxes are getting more difficult
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Ample
            Smooth: Yes, Aside from the Design
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes, Diabetic Overly Sweetened, did I mention diabetes
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, and refined to its core
            Stale: To be debated
            Boring: Completely
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
No Whey keeps surprising me, not in a “let’s have lunch” type of a way. 


Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.8 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)               
Calories                              64         
 
                                                                                          % Daily Value
Total Fat                             4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                  2 g                                             12%
   Trans Fat                         0 g
Cholesterol                      0 mg                                             0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                             0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                           2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                            1%
Vitamin D                       0 mcg                                             0%
Calcium                           0 mg                                             0%
Potassium                        0 mg                                             0%
Iron                                    2 g                                             12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts”- Day 5
 
The Windel Advent Calendar probably has the most revolting pieces of chocolates that I have ever tasted. If you see it in your local grocery store shelf, RUN, as fast and far as you can go. Warning: just do not! 
 
Appearance of Box: Delightful
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Interest
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: So Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: On Day 3 and Starting to Fall Apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Conventional
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, in an Awful Way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale, okay, did I mention stale
            Boring: Stale, again, stale again
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
The embarrassment continues
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.4  5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                               2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                     30 g
Saturated Fats                                    19 g
Carbohydrates                                    58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                  0.22 g

 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR – Day 5

 
Day 5 of the Laura Secord Advent Calendar tastes like chocolates that have been left in an attic for over 10 years. No, I am not trying to funny, okay, maybe a little. However, the truth will prevail. Was there stinky feet involved in the making, were the employees intoxicated, are there illegal substances that I should be aware of? What went so wrong here, this chocolate literally tastes like complete garbage. Anyhow, enjoy the rating. 

Appearance of Box: Sweet
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Relaxed
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Ultimate
            Smooth: Yes, but not the buttery kind. This was dollar store heavy
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: Yes
            Overly Sweetened: YESSSSSSS
            Grainy: No
            Different: So sweet, diabetic sweet
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes, and did I mention sweet
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.3 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                     11 g                                           15 %
   Saturated                         7 g                                           36 % (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                             0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                     25 g
   Fibre                                1 g                                            4 %
   Sugars                            23 g                                          23 %
Protein                                2 g                                           
Cholesterol                       5 mg
Sodium                           50 mg                                           2 %
Potassium                      125 mg                                           3 %
Cholesterol                       5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                            2 %
Potassium                     125 mg                                            3 %
Calcium                         50 mg                                            4 %
Iron                             0.75 mg                                            4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 5
 
Nestle, Nestle, Nestle, we are on Day 5 of the Race-To-Win and you are already giving me duplicates of a previous day with the same chocolate. How could you not have put your enormous thinking caps on and come up with something different, is that not what an Advent Calendar is all about. If I was a child for example, I would feel cheated with having duplicates and think it is my fault somehow. See where I am going with this, PTSD - the aftermath of Advent Calendars, he he he! Well, well, this topic is for another day, where discussions of heavier topics are all welcomed. In the meantime, enjoy the post.
 
Appearance of Box: Soothing
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Overjoyed
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Seamless Smarties 
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: Yes, due to smarties falling out
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes
            Grainy: No
            Different: No, but it is a classic Smarties ball
            Stale: No
            Boring: No
Would I repurchase: Yes, I would
 
Ingredients for Mini KitKat
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 2.9 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                             KitKat (18.5g)                          Amount %
 
Calories                                      100
Fat                                             5 g                                     7%
   Saturated                              3.5 g                                    18% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                       0 g                               
Carbohydrate                              7 g
   Fibre                                       11 g                                    0%
   Sugars                                     25g                                   1%
Protein                                     75 mg                                   2%
Cholesterol                                5 mg
Sodium                                    25 mg                                  1%
Potassium                                 75mg                                   2%
Calcium                                   50 mg                                   4%
Iron                                        0.3 mg                                   2%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 5
 
Ahhhhhhhh, I can breathe. Finally, something delicious and innovative to put a smile on my face. Perfection galore. The wafer is of a perfect consistency between carbohydrates and a vanilla filling. The crunch is of a firm texture, the sweet factor is balanced, there is not an overly amplified of any particular ingredient in the aftertaste.  

Appearance of Box: Wonder
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Whimsical
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Unimpeachable
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, come on now!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and ideal
            Stale: No
            Boring: Categorically not 
Would I repurchase: Eleven times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices


May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 13.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                            % of Daily Value
 
Calories                              150
Fat                                    10 g                                         15%
   Saturated                         7 g                                         35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                0 g
Cholesterol                        0 mg
Sodium                            35 mg                                        1%
Carbohydrate                      17 g                                         6%
   Fibre                                1 g                                          4%
   Sugars                            10 g                             
Protein                                2 g
Vitamin A                                                                          0%
Vitamin C                                                                          0%
Calcium                                                                             4%
Iron                                                                                   4%

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12/7/2020

race-to-win day 4 of the advent calendar edition

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Good day to my stunning, benevolent, and good-hearted chocolate lovers of mine.
 
How is your day going so far, anything new and exciting? Are you spending some time throughout the waking hours doing something that you absolutely love? If not, start now. Who knows, this little hobby could one day make you rich and famous!!! All good things start in your “backyard, garage, basement, bedroom”, okay, you get it. Do not commence tomorrow, or “when I have this” or “when I have that and make all sorts of excuses. Just do it now, not in an hour or three days, NOW. Nevertheless, here are the chocolate ratings for Day 4.

Enjoy xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win Begin


NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 4 
 
These chocolates just keep getting “better” and “better” (sarcasm, can you tell)? Why make chocolates if they taste this horrific, what is the point? I am embarrassed for No Whey.
 
Appearance of Box: Sugar-coated
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: So Tranquil
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Flimsy Yet
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy although the boxes are getting more difficult
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Adequate
            Smooth: Yes, Aside from the Design
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes, Diabetic Overly Sweetened 
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, Unrefined
            Stale: Not today
            Boring: Quite
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good continuation for No Whey Foods Advent Calendar
 
Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.0 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)               
Calories                              64         
 
                                                                                          % Daily Value
Total Fat                             4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                  2 g                                             12%
   Trans Fat                         0 g
Cholesterol                      0 mg                                             0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                             0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                           2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                            1%
Vitamin D                       0 mcg                                             0%
Calcium                           0 mg                                             0%
Potassium                        0 mg                                             0%
Iron                                    2 g                                             12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts”- Day 4
 
Disguising, gross, unpolished and unrefined, dreadful taste, shall I keep going?
 
Appearance of Box: Delightful
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Interest
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: So Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: On Day 3 and Starting to Fall Apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Acceptable
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, in a Revolting Way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale
            Boring: Yes, and Did I Mention Stale, again
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good 4th day for Windel Advent Calendar 
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.6  5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                               2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                     30 g
Saturated Fats                                    19 g
Carbohydrates                                    58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                  0.22 g

 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR – Day 4
 
Seriously, whatttttttt, why, how! I am now honestly at the point where I do not even want to try these chocolates however, in the name of choco, I will do it. Yes, it is a hard job, but I volunteered. I guess it will be another 20 days of consuming awful chocolates. Nevertheless, here comes the rating.
 
Appearance of Box: Pretty
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Gratified
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Ideal
            Smooth: Yes, and there was caramel in today’s chocolate with a salty aftertaste
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: Yes
            Overly Sweetened: YESSSSS
            Grainy: No
            Different: So sweet, diabetic sweet
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes, and did I mention sweet
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.4 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                     11 g                                           15 %
   Saturated                         7 g                                           36 % (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                             0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                     25 g
   Fibre                                1 g                                            4 %
   Sugars                            23 g                                          23 %
Protein                                2 g                                           
Cholesterol                       5 mg
Sodium                           50 mg                                           2 %
Potassium                      125 mg                                           3 %
Cholesterol                       5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                            2 %
Potassium                     125 mg                                            3 %
Calcium                         50 mg                                            4 %
Iron                             0.75 mg                                            4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 4
 
I dig the Nestle chocolates however, I would have expected a bit more from their Advent Calendar in terms of innovations. Why make mini chocolate versions instead of coming up with something special for the Christmas Advent Calendar. Nestle, seriously, get back to the thinking table and come up with something special for next year. No need to cut corners and just throw in mini bars of something that is already out there. A little bit of cheating I would say? Yikes!
 
Appearance of Box: Spellbinding
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Overjoyed
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Seamless KitKat Minibar
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: Yes, due to the wafers
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: No, but it is a classic KitKat bar
            Stale: No
            Boring: No
Would I repurchase: Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients for Mini KitKat
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 3.2 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                             KitKat (11g)                           Amount %
 
Calories                                      60
Fat                                          3.5 g                                   5%
   Saturated                                2 g                                   10% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                       0 g                               
Carbohydrate                              7 g
   Fibre                                       0 g                                    0%
   Sugars                                    6 g                                    6%
Protein                                       1 g
Cholesterol                               0 mg
Sodium                                    10 mg                                 1%
Potassium                               40 mg                                  1%
Calcium                                   10 mg                                  1%
Iron                                        0.4 mg                                  2%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR – Day 4
 
This is one of the most delightful as well as faultless Advent Calendar that I have ever tested. It really does not disappoint, not in taste nor appearance. I am grinning from ear to ear every time I look at it. As for today, another winner in the taste department. Enjoy!
 
Appearance of Box: Glory
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Fantastic
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Impeccable
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, you get it!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and faultless
            Stale: No
            Boring: Absolutely Not, not, not
Would I repurchase: Ten times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices
May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 12.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                            % of Daily Value
 
Calories                              150
Fat                                    10 g                                         15%
   Saturated                         7 g                                         35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                0 g
Cholesterol                        0 mg
Sodium                            35 mg                                        1%
Carbohydrate                      17 g                                         6%
   Fibre                                1 g                                          4%
   Sugars                            10 g                             
Protein                                2 g
Vitamin A                                                                          0%
Vitamin C                                                                          0%
Calcium                                                                             4%
Iron                                                                                   4%

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12/6/2020

race-to-win day 3 of the advent calendar edition

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Hello to my kind hearted, chocolate crazed friends of mine, 
 
I hope that you are having a wonderful day, week, month…. Nevertheless, we are now on Day 3 of the Advent Calendar Race-To-Win Edition. Time sure passes by, and ever so quickly. 2020 is almost gone, in a blink-of-an-eye. I have the perception that the current pandemic has aged everyone physically and emotionally. It has certainly aged me. Well, enough discussing heavier topics, let’s delve right into the tasting, and rating, and indulging, and…..

Let the Race-To-Win Begin
 

NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 3 of the No Whey Advent Calendar
 
Appearance of Box: Sweet
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: So Cool
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Flimsy Yet
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy although the boxes are getting more difficult
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Okay
            Smooth: Yes, Aside from the Design
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, On a Negative Note
            Stale: Not today
            Boring: Quite
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good continuation for No Whey Foods Advent Calendar
 
Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.1 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)
 
Amount per serving                
Calories                                     64
                                                                                           % Daily Value
Total Fat                                    4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                         2 g                                        12%
   Trans Fat                                0 g
Cholesterol                             0 mg                                         0%
Sodium                                   6 mg                                        0%
Total Carbohydrates   6 g                                                       2.5%
   Total Sugars                            6 g
Protein                                    0.5 g                                         1%
Vitamin D                               0 mcg                                         0%
Calcium                                   0 mg                                         0%
Potassium                                0 mg                                         0%
Iron                                            2 g                                        12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts” - Day 3
 
This Advent Calendar is quite disappointing. I will not only never re-purchase, I will have to share with friends and family as to how awful this Advent Calendar really is. Unsatisfactory at its best! 
 
Appearance of Box: Loveable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Interest
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: So Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: On Day 3 and Starting to Fall Apart
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Tolerable
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, in a Revolting Way
            Stale: Tastes Stale, and more stale
            Boring: Yes, and Did I Mention Stale, again
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good 3rd day for Windel Advent Calendar 
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                                 2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                      30 g
Saturated Fats                                     19 g
Carbohydrates                                     58 g
Sugar                                                 57 g
Protein                                               6.3 g
Salt                                                   0.22 g
 
 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR - Day 3
 
I have never heard of Laura Secord before but apparently, this brand is quite big in Canada. How can that be, chocolates that taste this bad, really? Hmmmmmm! 
 
Appearance of Box: Attractive
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Pleased
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: No, it is not
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It is holding up
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Faultless
            Smooth: Yes, and there was caramel in today’s chocolate
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: YES
            Grainy: No
            Different: So sweet, diabetic sweet
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes, and did I mention sweet
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.4 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                               200                                          % Daily Value
Fat                                      11 g                                          15%
   Saturated                           7 g                                         36% (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                               0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                       25 g
   Fibre                                  1 g                                           4%
   Sugars                             23 g                                          23%
Protein                                 2 g                                           
Cholesterol                        5 mg
Sodium                            50 mg                                           2%
Potassium                       125 mg                                           3%
Cholesterol                        5 mg                                        
Sodium                            50 mg                                           2%
Potassium                       125 mg                                           3%
Calcium                           50 mg                                           4%
Iron                               0.75 mg                                           4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 3 AERO Minibar
 
Appearance of Box: Entrancing
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Rapturous
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Perfect AERO Minibar
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: No, but it is a classic AERO bar
            Stale: No
            Boring: No
Would I repurchase: Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients for Mini AERO: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Modified Milk Ingredients, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate, Natural Flavour)
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 3.7 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                         AERO Bar 7.3 g                        Amount %
 
Calories                                    40
Fat                                           2 g                                    3%
   Saturated                              1 g                                     5% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                     0 g                               
Carbohydrate                            5 g
   Fibre                                      0 g                                    0%
   Sugars                                   4 g                                    4%
Protein                                   0.4 g
Cholesterol                             5 mg
Sodium                                  5 mg                                    1%
Potassium                             20 mg                                   1%
Calcium                                 10 mg                                   1%
Iron                                        0 mg                                    0%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 3 
 
Appearance of Box: Perfection at its Best
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Heavenly
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
 
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Spotless
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, you get it!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and faultless
            Stale: No
            Boring: Absolutely Not, not, not
Would I repurchase: Ten times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices
May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 11.0 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                               % of Daily Value
 
Calories                                    150
Fat                                          10 g                                      15%
   Saturated                               7 g                                      35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                      0 g
Cholesterol                              0 mg
Sodium                                  35 mg                                     1%
Carbohydrate                            17 g                                      6%
   Fibre                                      1 g                                       4%
   Sugars                                  10 g                             
Protein                                      2 g
Vitamin A                                                                              0%
Vitamin C                                                                              0%
Calcium                                                                                4%
Iron                                                                                      4%

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12/4/2020

RAce-To-Win Day 2 of the Advent calendar edition

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Hello, My Beautiful Friends! This is Day 2 of the Advent Calendar competition. Enjoy the battle!

Let the Race-To-Win Begin
 

NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 2 of the No Whey Advent Calendar
 
Appearance of Box: Sweet
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: It is
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Initially
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: Not Exactly and it is only Day 2
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Had Some Difficulties
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Acceptable
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, On a Negative Note
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes
Would I repurchase: Why would I? 
 
Day 2 has been a disappointment
 
Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.0 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)
 
Amount per serving                
Calories                                   64
                                                                                        % Daily Value
Total Fat                                  4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                       2 g                                        12%
   Trans Fat                              0 g
Cholesterol                           0 mg                                         0%
Sodium                                6 mg                                         0%
Total Carbohydrates                 6 g                                       2.5%
   Total Sugars                         6 g
Protein                                 0.5 g                                         1%
Vitamin D                           0 mcg                                          0%
Calcium                               0 mg                                          0%
Potassium                            0 mg                                          0%
Iron                                       2 g                                          12%
 
 
WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts” - Day 2 of Windell Advent Calendar “Your World of Sweet Gifts”
 
Appearance of Box: Cute
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Nice
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Very Very Very Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Satisfactory
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, On a Negative Note
            Stale: Tastes Like Feet
            Boring: Yes, and Did I Mention Stale
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Day 2 of Windel’s Advent Calendar is a failure
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.3 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                                2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                      30 g
Saturated Fats                                      19 g
Carbohydrates                                      58 g
Sugar                                                   57 g
Protein                                                 6.3 g
Salt                                                    0.22 g
 
 
LAURA SECORD ADENT CALENDAR - Day 2 of Laura Secord Advent Calendar
 
Appearance of Box: Charismatic
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Elated
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Unflawed
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: Yes
            Grainy: No
            Different: A Very Basic Chocolate
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.6 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                                200                                         % Daily Value
Fat                                       11 g                                         15%
   Saturated                           7 g                                         36% (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                               0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                       25 g
   Fibre                                  1 g                                         4%
   Sugars                             23 g                                         23%
Protein                                  2 g                                           
Cholesterol                         5 mg
Sodium                             50 mg                                        2%
Potassium                        125 mg                                        3%
Cholesterol                         5 mg                                        
Sodium                             50 mg                                        2%
Potassium                        125 mg                                        3%
Calcium                            50 mg                                        4%
Iron                                0.75 mg                                        4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 2 of Nestle’s North Pole Advent Calendar 
Today's theme is Smarties covered in chocolate
 
Appearance of Box: Captivating
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Blissful
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Perfect, a Chocolate Filled With Smarties, WOW
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: Yes, Due To Smarties in Chocolate
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: YESSSSS
            Grainy: No
            Different: Not Exactly, To Much Stuff, Too Busy
            Stale: No
            Boring: No
Would I repurchase: Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients for Smarties Chocolate Covered Ball: Sugar, Modified Milk Ingredients, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetned Chocolate, Wheat Flour, Sunflower Lecithin, Rice Starch, Fruit and Vegetable Extracts (Safflower, Radish, Spirulina, Black Carrot, Lemon, Hibiscus), Turmeric, Carotne, Beet Red, Barley Malt Concentrate, Carnauba Wax, Beeswax, Natural Flavour
 
May Contain Peanuts, Tree Nuts and Soy
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 3.6 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                             Smarties (18 g)                       Amount %
 
Calories                                     160
Fat                                            5 g                                        7%
   Saturated                             3.5 g                                       18% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                    0.1 g                            
Carbohydrate                            11 g
   Fibre                                       0 g                                        0%
   Sugars                                   10 g                                       10%
Protein                                       2 g
Cholesterol                               5 mg
Sodium                                   25 mg                                      1%
Potassium                                75 mg                                     2%
Calcium                                  50 mg                                      4%
Iron                                        0.3 mg                                     2%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR - Day 2 of Loacker’s 24 Days With You Advent Calendar 
 
Appearance of Box: Perfection at its Best
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Blissful
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Immaculate
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, you get it!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Not at all
            Different: Yes, and impeccable
            Stale: Absolutely Not
            Boring: Not here
Would I repurchase: Eleven times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices

May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 11.0 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                               % of Daily Value
 
Calories                                     150
Fat                                           10 g                                     15%
   Saturated                                7 g                                     35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                                       0 g
Cholesterol                               0 mg
Sodium                                   35 mg                                     1%
Carbohydrate                             17 g                                      6%
   Fibre                                        1 g                                      4%
   Sugars                                    10 g                             
Protein                                        2 g
Vitamin A                                                                              0%
Vitamin C                                                                              0%
Calcium                                                                                 4%
Iron                                                                                       4%

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12/3/2020

RACE-TO-WIN ADVENT CALENDARS

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Hello, My Wonderful and Kind-Hearted Chocolate Lovers of Mine,
 
I so appreciate you being here in 2020 for yet another Advent Calendar Edition: Race-To-Win. Where did this year go, I sit here and ponder…Oh, I know, COVID! I guess when a person is preoccupied thinking about something as serious as this virus, then the time just slips right out of your hand. I realize that it has been a stressful time for everyone, some people have had a worst experience then others however, I have the utmost optimism that we will all get through this. When we do reach that point, I know that many people’s lives will look differently than before the pandemic. People are changing the way they work, care for their family, how they shop, do outings, go to coffee shops, wait in line, bank, and the list goes on and on. This pandemic is shifting everything, and humans are adapting to a new way of life, perhaps even better. That is how we evolve, when we are thrown out of our comfort zone and into the unknown. I wish that these changes did not have to come as a result of people getting sick or passing away. This virus has taken a toll mentally and physically on most humans, but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there, it will all be okay. xoxoxo Soriah 
 
Let the Race-To-Win Begin

 
NO WHEY FOODS ADVENT CALENDAR
 
100 % Milk Free, Peanut Free, Tree Nut Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, No Artificial Colours and Flavours! Free of the common eight allergens! Vegan and Kosher!
 
I was very curious about what an Advent Calendar would look and taste like if it was vegan, and in addition, free of so many other allergens. Well I did not have to look far. Here we are with the No Whey Foods Advent Calendar. I am not particularly crazy about the name so let’s hope that the taste makes up for it. I tried to find some background information on this company however, I came up empty handed. Nothing was disclosed, not even about the person(s) who started it all. Why the secrecy No Whey Foods, what are you hiding, hmmmmm. Nevertheless, I have already forgotten about this mishap and am looking forward to the taste. The Advent Calendar looks sweet when it comes to its exterior appearance. The Christmas scene is joyful and festive, the box feels dense and heavy, and the size is acceptable. 
 
Day 1 of the No Whey Advent Calendar
 
Appearance of Box: Adorable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: So Great
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Acceptable
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, On a Negative Note
            Stale: Tastes Stale
            Boring: Yes, and Did I Mention Stale
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good start for No Whey Foods Advent Calendar
 
Ingredients: Vegan Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Syrup Powder, Sunflower Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Vanilla, Natural Flavour
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.9 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
24 servings per container        
Average Serving Size (12 g)

Calories     64
                                                                                  % Daily Value
Total Fat                              4 g                               
   Saturated Fat                   2 g                                     12%
   Trans Fat                          0 g
Cholesterol                       0 mg                                      0%
Sodium                            6 mg                                      0%
Total Carbohydrates             6 g                                    2.5%
   Total Sugars                     6 g
Protein                             0.5 g                                      1%
Vitamin D                        0 mcg                                      0%
Calcium                            0 mg                                      0%
Potassium                         0 mg                                      0%
Iron                                   2 g                                       12%
 

WINDEL ADVENT CALENDAR “Your World of Sweet Gifts”
 
A little history which directly from the Windel website itself:
 
“The company is founded in 1900 as a wholesaler for confectionary and it remains a regional confectionary and liquor wholesale up until the sixties. Alongside confectionary, fish and gourmet food is traded. Windel also produces pudding powder during the first two generations. The company stays in business during both world wars, but only later further expansion is possible.
In 1966, Alfred and Mechthild Windel, the third generation, have the idea to produce Santa’s Branches. They had seen these in only a few confectionaries and wanted to produce them efficiently and cost-effectively. The first customers are big department stores, which give the new product a chance and have great success with it. Even today, an updated version of Santa’s Branch is still part of the product range. With it the idea of combination-products made of food and non-food components is born. This was the foundation for the dynamic company development to become an industrial organisation.
Today Windel offers sweet gifts for every occasion and target group, which are further developed every year in a creative and innovative way. This also includes the chocolate-filled advent calendars, which have been part of the product range since 1986 and are now available in many variations.
In the fourth generation, Windel starts to develop into a successful group comprising five companies. Initially in 1995 the Farüchoc Schokoladenfabrik from Karlsruhe is acquired – which location is moved to Osnabrück four years later. Since 2003 Kim’s Chocolates, one of the largest Belgian chocolate manufacturers, is part of the Windel Group. In 2014, Windel adds the first non-confectionary company to the group, the start-up Coffee-Bike. In 2016 the start-up myChoco follows, which is building up a new, strong brand on the chocolates shelf.
For this development, the innovative achievements as well as the engagement in the region the Windel Group is honoured with the “Osnabrücker Wirtschaftspreis” (Osnabrücker Economy Award) in 2018”.

Wait really, what a surprise, this Advent Calendar is from Germany, where quality of product is held with utmost stringent regulations. This is why I am disappointed with the flimsiness of the exterior façade of this calendar. Upon first impression without having physically picked this up, the Windel Advent Calendar looks entertaining and elated. Santa Claus on a sleigh, riding away. Gifts galore, for children to adore! Hey, my sentences rhyme, NICE! Okay, moving on…. The theme is delightful. However, once I did pick up this calendar from the store, I realized that it looked much better situated on the shelf since the lightness and thin exterior was not obvious. Oh, and to make this even more interesting, Windel in the Deutch language means diaper. Okay, you know where I am going with this, a diaper for the s—t! He he he! As for taste, well, you will just have to read below to find out. 
 
Day 1 of Windell Advent Calendar “Your World of Sweet Gifts”
 
Appearance of Box: Loveable
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Excitement
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Very Flimsy
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Acceptable
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes
            Different: Yes, On a Negative Note
            Stale: Tastes Stale, just like No Whey Foods Advent Calendar
            Boring: Yes, and Did I Mention Stale
Would I repurchase: No, I would Not
 
Not a good start for Windel Advent Calendar 
 
Ingredients: Contents: 24 Milk Chocolate figures (Cocoa Solids: 31% Minimum, Milk Solids: 18% Minimum): Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Sweet Whey Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin
 
May Contain Traces of Tree Nuts
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 0.7 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 100 g
 
Energy                                                2224 kJ/531 kcal
Fat                                                      30 g
Saturated Fats                                      19 g
Carbohydrates                                      58 g
Sugar                                                  57 g
Protein                                                6.3 g
Salt                                                   0.22 g


LAURA SECORD ADVENT CALENDAR
 
History lesson 101 directly from Laura Secord’s website:
 
“In 1913, Frank P. O’Connor opened a small candy store in Toronto where he sold hand-made chocolates. He named his store after Laura Secord, the Canadian heroine who was a symbol of courage, devotion, and loyalty.

Laura Secord began as a single shop on Yonge Street in Toronto. O’Connor turned the flat above the shop into a kitchen and prepared his own products. Success prompted the company’s expansion across Ontario and Quebec. In the 1930s, an office was opened in Winnipeg and pharmacies began carrying Laura Secord products.

By 1950, there were as many as 96 shops in Ontario and Quebec, and Laura Secord chocolate was a well-established family tradition. Starting in the late 1960s, ownership of Laura Secord changed on several occasions. As of February 2010, Laura Secord is owned by Jean and Jacques Leclerc, two Quebec businessmen. The current owners belong to a family with over a century of experience in the food-processing industry. Together, the two businessmen possess close to 60 years of industry experience.

With over 100 stores across the country, Laura Secord is Canada’s largest and best-known chocolatier. Laura Secord shops sell a very wide variety of premium-quality chocolates, including dark chocolate, white chocolate, flavoured and pure chocolate and chocolate-covered hazelnuts. Also available are ice cream and other treats such as caramel crunch and chocolate fudge. With over 400 products, Laura Secord continues to use its time-honoured recipes and is as dedicated to quality and excellent customer service as ever”.
Our Vision: The best chocolate and ice cream experience in Canada.

Upon first impression, the outer manifestation of this box is quite amusing, so many cute characters, peeking through a “window” on each day of the Advent Calendar. What a delight. I love the Santa Claus, bear, panda, owl, snowman, a child dressed up for Christmas, gingerbread cookie, plants, ornaments, Christmas tree, let’s just say that nothing is missing. The box is of a noble size, good in weight. Day 1 of the Advent Calendar has the cutest chocolate, wrapped in beautiful foil with a Snowmen in front. I am truly impressed. There was a lot of care to the finer details that went into this Advent Calendar. As for the taste of the chocolate, read below to find out. 
 
Day 1 of Laura Secord Advent Calendar
 
Appearance of Box: Charming
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Thrilled
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Quite Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Perfect
            Smooth: No, there are tiny pieces of a crispy rice inside the chocolate
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: Yes but due to the crispy rice
            Different: A Very Basic Chocolate
            Stale: No
            Boring: Yes
Would I repurchase: No, I would No
 
Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milk Ingredients, Unsweetened Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract), Caramel (Glucose, Sugar, Water, Butter, Coconut Oil, Milk Ingredients, Salt, Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Natural Flavour), Crispy Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar), Salt
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 1.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 4 pieces (40 g)
 
Calories                            200                                             % Daily Value
Fat                                    11g                                              15%
   Saturated                       7 g                                              36% (for both Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                           0.1 g    
Carbohydrate                   25 g
   Fibre                              1 g                                                4%
   Sugars                          23 g                                              23%
Protein                              2 g                                           
Cholesterol                     5 mg
Sodium                         50 mg                                                2%
Potassium                    125 mg                                                3%
Cholesterol                      5 mg                                        
Sodium                          50 mg                                               2%
Potassium                     125 mg                                               3%
Calcium                         50 mg                                               4%
Iron                             0.75 mg                                               4%
 

NESTLE NORTH POLE ADVENT CALENDAR
 
Nestle’s history is so grand that I will let you have the luxury of going to their website and having a read on your own. There are many things that might be of great interest if you love chocolate. I gather that you do. Here is the link to Nestle’s history page: https://www.nestle.com/aboutus/history/nestle-company-history. Enjoy!
 
Upon first glance at Nestle’s Advent Calendar, I made the very quick decision to reach for the box and make the purchase without any further mindful persuasion from anyone. The Advent Calendar is playful, merry, cheerful, gleeful, need I say more? The Santa Claus with his beautiful shoes, the overly enlarged bear with a scarf that I am obsessed with, to the happy little characters skiing and sleighing, to the reindeer smiling from ear to ear, the theme cannot be any more festive. I think that this Advent Calendar is fun not only for children, but adults alike. I personally love it. The box is of a large size (my favourite) and it feels weighted. Oh Yeah! I am excited to be diving into this calendar every day for the next 24 days. As for the taste, let’s go to our rating system now, shall we!
 
Day 1 of Nestle’s North Pole Advent Calendar 
Today’s theme is the KITKAT Santa.
 
Appearance of Box: Enchanting
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Ecstatic
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Is Holding Up So Far
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Very Easy
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Impeccable, a Santa Claus Themed Kit Kat Chocolate
            Smooth: Yes
            Textured: No
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and the wafer pieces provide for a pleasant mix
            Stale: No
            Boring: No
Would I repurchase: Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients for KITKAT Santa 29 g: Sugar, Modified Milk Ingredients, Palm and Vegetable Oils, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Rice Flour, Cocoa Powder, Sunflower Lecithin, Potato and Corn Starch, Baking Soda, Salt, Natural Flavour, Bamboo Powder
May Contain Tree Nuts
 
ChocoliscioulsyDelightful Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 1 Piece                      KITKAT Santa (29 g)                              Amount %
 
Calories                                     160
Fat                                            9 g                                            12%
   Saturated                                5 g                                           26% (Saturated and Trans)
   Trans                                    0.1 g                            
Carbohydrate                            17 g
   Fibre                                       1 g                                             4%
   Sugars                                   15 g                                            15%
Protein                                       2 g
Cholesterol                               5 mg
Sodium                                   30 mg                                            1%
Potassium                              100 mg                                            2%
Calcium                                   40 mg                                            3%
Iron                                       1.25 mg                                           7%
 

LOACKER 24 DAYS WITH YOU ADVENT CALENDAR
 
History 101, directly from Loacker’s website:

“Since 1925, the name Loacker has stood for pure and wholesome natural goodness, the highest quality and love for nature - combined in our delicious wafer and chocolate specialities. 
Over the past 90 years, the name has become an internationally known brand which is popular in more than 100 countries - and which has always gone unwaveringly its own way. What has helped us with this, and still does, is our status as a family business. We can decide each step ourselves and have ensured the highest quality for generations. Our products are made in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the pristine environment of the Dolomites and prepared according to an old family tradition.
Over time, the family business founded by Alfons Loacker in 1925 has developed from a small regional confectioner to a globally known brand with products that delight people in more than 100 countries. All Loacker products are made and packaged in the heart of the Alps according to the highest quality standards. In addition to the two production sites, Loacker operates seven Loacker Cafés, consisting of the Café and Brandstore. The Heinfels site also boasts Loacker's World of Goodness with an interactive exhibition and a Pastry Workshop".
 
Well, well, well, what do we have here, an Italian product, I truly am a happy camper. I have heard of Loacker but did not know much of their history nor that it was a European product. What the company stands for is impressive itself but let’s move to the Advent Calendar for the overall rating. When I initially took off the plastic wrapper from the box, I assumed that this would be just an another “ordinary” Advent Calendar; I began to automatically look for the numbered days, specifically day 1. Wow was I ever surprised to find a box that opened up to a treasure. No, really, this is a fantastic product. Once I lifted the lid, I found a cloth reindeer folded nicely alongside with the many Loacker minis just floating around. Whattttt, Loacker just stunned me, in an “I love you” type of a way. This is probably the most ingenious Advent Calendar I have tested so far, in all of my years of testing. Genius! Simple and at the same time, this Advent Calendar brough the biggest smile on my face. I am in awe. As for the taste of the wafer chocolates, well, I am in admiration as to the how delicious they are. Absolute perfection. Let’s rate!
 
Day 1 of Loacker’s 24 Days With You Advent Calendar 
 
Appearance of Box: Perfection at its Best
Fun and Appropriate Theme of Box: Blissful
Clearly Marked Numbers for Each Day: Oh Yes
Is Advent Calendar Flimsy: Not Not Not At All
Is the Advent Calendar Holding Up in its Form and Shape: It Will Hold Up indefinitely
Ease of Opening Each Daily Box: Ease Galore
Chocolate: 
            Exterior Appearance: Flawless
            Smooth: Well, it is a wafer, you get it!
            Textured: Yes
            Salty: No
            Overly Sweetened: No
            Grainy: No
            Different: Yes, and faultless
            Stale: No
            Boring: Absolutely Not
Would I repurchase: Ten times over, Yes, I would 
 
Ingredients: Delicious Milk Chocolate (23%), Dark Chocolate (2%), and White Chocolate (2%) Specialty with Fine Hazelnut Cream, Chocolate Cream, Coconut and Vanilla Cream (55% Cream Filling) and Crispy Leaves of Wafer. Sugar, Coconut Oil, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Flakes, Whey Powder (Milk), Hazelnuts, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dextrose, Soy Flour, Fat-Reduced Cocoa, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin, Cream Powder (Milk), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Butterfat (Milk), Salt, Bourbon Vanilla Pods, Spices
May Contain Peanuts and Almonds
 
ChocolisciouslyDelightful Rating: 10.0 / 5.0
 
Nutrition Facts
 
Per 3 Pieces (30 g)                                                       % of Daily Value
 
Calories                          150
Fat                                10 g                                        15%
   Saturated                     7 g                                        35% (Saturated and Trans Fat)
   Trans                            0 g
Cholesterol                    0 mg
Sodium                        35 mg                                      1%
Carbohydrate                  17 g                                       6%
   Fibre                            1 g                                        4%
   Sugars                        10 g                             
Protein                            2 g
Vitamin A                                                                     0%
Vitamin C                                                                     0%
Calcium                                                                        4%
Iron                                                                              4%

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    My name is Soriah and I am an enormous lover of fine chocolates. I enjoy strolling through charming towns and by chance, finding a little, delightful chocolate gem hidden in the corner, offering bon bons that are ready to be just devoured. 

    TO MY CHOCOLATE CUTIES OUT THERE, PLEASE NOTE - I do not discriminate between $$$$$. No, seriously, expensive or budget-friendly, all that really matters to me is whether my taste buds are doing a little hola dance, or sitting in the corner, tearing up. Oh, I almost forgot, quality ingredients in the chocolate is a huge added bonus. That is another great importance that reflects my final rating. 

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