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Way back in the 1940's, an Italian confectioner called Pietro Ferrero, placed a whole hazelnut inside a layer of smooth chocolate paste and wrapped it in a wafer shell which was in turn smothered in milk chocolate then rolled in chopped nuts. How he got that hazelnut inside the wafer without ... Read review
Advantages: Shiny wrapper, nutty Disadvantages: They're everywhere you look
...in question are, of course, FERRERO ROCHER.
Way back in the 1940's, an Italian confectioner called Pietro Ferrero, placed a whole hazelnut inside a layer of smooth chocolate paste and wrapped it in a wafer shell which was in turn smothered in milk chocolate then rolled in chopped nuts. How he got that hazelnut inside the wafer without it breaking is anybody's guess, but he did, and the result went on to become one of the top-selling ... ...little packs of three, but FERRERO ROCHER are available in all sorts of different sized, clear plastic boxes. A box of 16 retails around three and a half quid with larger sizes varying in price suitably. The 3-pack cost me 79p. Obviously prices vary between different outlets but you will have no trouble finding them - in fact it would be harder to find a shop that didn't sell them. Just to make them appear a little more special, each individual choccie ... more
Every year, just about this time, I fantasize about Mrs P nibbling on a couple of rough balls. But in reality, it's never gonna happen. "She's not really entering into the spirit of it all, is she?" - you're thinking, and I'm of a mind to agree with you. The problem is, she just won't do it. I've pleaded, I've cajoled, I've sank to my knees and begged. She quite simply refuses to have those balls anywhere near her mouth.
So, I'm afraid that over the years I've learned to 'Do-it-myself', as it were.
It all stems back many years to a time when a friend of hers once saw her with a mouthful and deduced, wrongly as it turned out, that she had a burning passion for them. After that, whenever this friend came a-visiting, a re-enactment of this scene was always looked to for. Mrs P wasn't keen, even in private.
And so, for these past few, long, cold years, it's only been in my fervent - and sometimes just a little sticky - imagination, that Mrs P can be seen with a gubful of nuts.
Naturally, being the caring, sensitive new-man that I am, that doesn't stop me from forcing them on her.
So what I do is this: I hunt down those little packs of three, service stations are usually the best place to find them, and I cunnilingly take a single one and secrete it somewhere in her stocking, just to annoy her. This means I have two left and I greedily gobble them up.
The balls in question are, of course, FERRERO ROCHER.
Way back in the 1940's, an Italian confectioner called Pietro Ferrero, placed a whole hazelnut inside a layer of smooth chocolate paste and wrapped it in a wafer shell which was in turn smothered in milk chocolate then rolled in chopped nuts. How he got that hazelnut inside the wafer without it breaking is anybody's guess, but he did, and the result went on to become one of the top-selling brands of confectionery in the world.
As I said, I only buy the little packs of three, but FERRERO ROCHER are available in all sorts of different sized, clear plastic boxes. A box of 16 retails around three and a half quid with larger sizes varying in price suitably. The 3-pack cost me 79p. Obviously prices vary between different outlets but you will have no trouble finding them - in fact it would be harder to find a shop that didn't sell them. Just to make them appear a little more special, each individual choccie ball is wrapped in gold foil held together by a neat little sticker, and sits atop a brown paper cup thingy.
There are 70 kcals packed into every single 12.5g choc-ball so some might say they are excellent little packets of energy. Alternatively, others might say call them 'great balls of fat'. Whatever.
Anyway, enough bletherin', let's pop a ball in our mouth, shall we? Hmm, if you like the taste of chocolate-smothered nuts (and who doesn't?) then I'm sure you'd develop a liking for these. The chocolate is sweet, perhaps a little too sweet, and this isn't helped by the hazelnuts - which I think are a fairly sweet-tasting nut as well. It could be worse, there could be mountains of sugar added to them which wou...oh wait, there IS a huge pile of sugar added. One thing that can't be argued though, they are most definitely crispy and crunchy. Not surprising really with whole nuts, chopped nuts and wafer. I quite like the texture of them - a little like having a Kit-Kat, a Cadbury's whole-nut and a Toblerone in your mouth at the same time....though allegedly never having tried that, I can only surmise.
They leave a bit of residual oiliness, along with a cringing sweetness in the aftertaste which I don't find particularly pleasant and overall, the sickly-sweetness deters me from eating any more than two. Well, that and the fact that I've only got two to eat in the first place.
* THE VERDICT *
Personally, I think these are far too over-elaborate, in both their manufacture and their wrapping - which is certainly attractive, but a bit extreme. I suppose the idea is to convey a feeling of luxury, but they are so wide-spread, they're actually as common as muck - just a good deal more expensive. I don't think I'd ever buy these if it wasn't for the fact that Mrs P hates them, and the small pleasure I get from annoying her is well worth the 80p a pack of three costs.
Still, they look good and lots of people seem to like them. So, if you're looking for a gift for someone this Xmas, and they're easily impressed, and you can't be bothered looking too hard, you could do a whole lot worse. Frightening, isn't it?
Would I buy them again? - Yup. Same time next year.Thanks for reading
Advantages: They taste lovely Disadvantages: Can't just eat one
...all time favourite chocolates are Ferrero Rocher and we tend to treat ourselves of Christmas with a few, OK more than a few of our favourite chocs. According to www.ferrerochocolatesusa.com a gentleman called Piertro Ferrero had a dream of making top of the range candies and sell them to the world at a price that was affordable and in 1946 'industrial' production began, though we do not see the name Ferrero Rocher until the 1980's The box I currently ... ...gold ribbon with the name Ferrero Rocer and a picture of the chocolate.
Each chocolate is individually wrapped and sits in its own little case, a sort of miniature version of a fairy cake casing that you would use when baking and I feel that this gives the impression that something special is awaiting to be unwrapped. Unwrapping the chocolate you are greeted with a knobbly looking chocolate which is due to the bits of hazelnut that are broken up ...
Julieshobs 16.01.2008
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Advantages: Moreish,Nutty and delicious! Disadvantages: fattening.
...can quite stomach another?!
Ferrero is a family run business-what else would you expect with an itallian? And they are one of the top leading confectionary brands around..big business makes big profits and any self respecting shop supermarket and newsagents sells one of these at least,and here they are sitting next to me on the desk,itching to be opened...well alright-maybe just ONE then! For opinion writing
purposes,naturally..Lol...
PACKAGING ... ...luxurious gold paper with the Ferrero Rocher label glued on top.
The clear see through rigid plastic box that the chocolates are carried in,is a bonus,- you could then find a multitude of uses on a rainy day for it once empty,from storing envelopes,and paper,to greeting cards,flat packaged makeup,cotton buds/tissues,buttons,or even non bulky sewing kits-needles,pins,tape measures,etc.Or even packets of gardening seeds,or pens,pencils,and feltips,though ...
christina44 04.03.2003
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Advantages: Elegant, delicious, small Disadvantages: Nuts get caught in your teeth
...for your* Valentine’s Day - Ferrero Rocher.
I’m sure most of you have heard of these chocolates, but I bet you don’t know that the French noun “rocher” literally means “rock”, did you? Now, if you take a look at this word, you’ll find that it is also the root for the verb “to approach”. So what do we have here? An ‘approachable rock’ made by the Ferrero company? Or perhaps, its Ferrero’s ‘rocky approach’ to chocolate. I thought that the significance ... ...alone, one might believe that Ferrero went out of their way to make this treat as rock-like looking as possible. What we will find in front of us is a brown, lumpy looking ball. But why judge this book by its cover (or this confection by its looks)?
This lump can be broken down into no less than five different layers. These are:
§ Milk chocolate coating - this is what is on the surface of these balls. If you take a lick of this, you’ll find that ...
TheChocolateLady 12.02.2003
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Advantages: lovely taste Disadvantages: expensive, not good for those with a nut allergy
...am referring of course to Ferrero Rocher. You can tell they are trying but they haven't quite got the idea. Basically instead of naming it after something in the sky they have modelled it on something in the skies. You see the Ferrero Rocher is made up of various layers much like a planet. But I shall get on to the Ferrero Rocher's various layers later.
Anyway Ferrero Rocher have something of an upmarket image. This may be due to their French sounding ... ...upmarket image you can buy Ferrero Rocher just about anywhere. Most supermarkets stock them and so does Woolworth's. They can be bought in a wide variety of box sizes and shapes. But they are also available in a 99p pack of four. In short there is a size for every occasion.
For some reason the Ferrero Rocher seem to have an excessive amount of packaging. I had the 99p pack of four and it comprised an outer cellophane wrap, a cardboard tray, the ...
jammy_banana 20.04.2005
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...a nice big box of Ferrero Rocher premium chocolates, I was obviously pleased.
Here are my findings:
~~~~~~PACKAGING~~~~~~
Ferrero Rocher’s come in a variety of plastic boxes encased in a clear cellophane wrapping. The small, round, egg sized choccies are neatly stacked inside the box and individually wrapped in gold tin foil, which is then placed into a brown paper case.
They look classy and sophisticated chocolates but those are simply ... ...am common?
~~~~~~WHAT ARE FERRERO ROCHER’S?~~~~~~
Well, if we go back to the 1940’s, an unknown Italian confectioner named Pietro Ferrero, came up with an idea for a new kind of chocolate treat.
His brainwave consisted of putting a whole hazelnut surrounded by a smooth chocolate paste inside a wafer shell. Then, he covered the shell with milk chocolate and rolled it in chopped nuts (the edible kind).
These took off like wild fire ...
deano_76 11.07.2002
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