Crush Dubai Chocolate Bar Pistachio - Elegant Knafeh Pistachio Chocolate Bar Dubai - Luxury Chocolate Dessert Gift - Toasted Kunafa Chocolate Bar (210g) (1, 210, Pecan)

OMG, This thing tastes like absolute heaven. I've never been a huge fan of chocolate but this thing has so much flavour and different tastes inside that it's genuinely the best chocolate bar I've ever tasted. I have had similarly prices luxury chocolate bars and quite frankly, this tastes much better than any of them.The quality of the chocolate & ingredients are amazing. I decided to pop it in the fridge overnight and when you do this, you end up with a thin crisp outer layer of chocolate and a softer mix of different ingredients inside. For instance, there's like a caramel type ingredient that isn't noticeable when you have it at room temperature but straight from the fridge, you can feel that its there.In terms of value for money, I think its great. Sure it's a higher price item but when you consider the size of the bar and how thick it is, it's effectively like ordering a really nice desert. One piece is satisfying so you don't need to eat the entire thing in one go. The wrapper could do with being a little bit fancier, it doesn't look anywhere near as fancy as the actual bar inside.

Firstly, this chocolate bar doesn't actually have any pistachio, I want to make that clear, this is pecan and kunafa. They are clearly trying to follow the hype of the Dubai chocolate craze (which in itself is silly since pistachio cream has been in chocolate before from Turkish chocolates etc). I think to be clear also... This isn't made in Dubai at all, it's actually made in Saudi Arabia and even has their seal on it. Which does make it authentic but the title of the product is thus quite misleading.The taste however, putting all of that aside, is amazing. The chocolate is deep and indulgent, the kunafa and slight cinnamon taste pairs so well and the salt really elevates it. You get the thick texture of chunky chocolate on top, but with a soft I diligent bottom and a salty slightly crispy filling. Honestly amazing.However the price is just ridiculous. And with the misleading title and advertising I can't really endorse this? If this was say around £10-£15 I would say it's pricey but might be worthit for special occasions like you would get a luxury big chocolate box. (This is a thicker candybar with 8 squares). However right now at around £28 it is far too much, and not good value.Despite the taste being awesome, it does taste essentially like baclava (but with chocolate) and you can get chocolate filled baclava for less.It's a shame because if this was marketed correctly, and the price was made accessible, this would be an easy recommendation, but can't recommend this at the moment unless money is no issue and you're not actually looking for Dubai pistachio chocolate.

It’s always a treat to get to review chocolate and other confectionery, particularly when it’s something you’ve never had before. This comes as a big chunky bar of ten squares, wrapped in a paper sleeve and foiled paper. Breaking off a square reveals the filling, covered in a fairly thin chocolate coating. I found that this benefited from being left in the fridge for a while, as it has been quite warm and the whole thing was fairly soft.I didn’t properly read the ingredients before trying the chocolate and tried to enjoy it without preconceptions. The texture is soft with crunchy bits throughout, it’s almost like there’s crushed halva and pieces of nut in there. I would say that it does taste very nice; I tried it with my girlfriend and we both really enjoyed it. It is very sweet, so only one or two squares is enough - perhaps something to share or enjoy over time with yourself. We both noticed a warm spice flavour, which we thought was like gingerbread, but turns out to be cinnamon, it is quite subtle though.Looking at the ingredients, I saw that the second listed is something called ‘kunafa’, I had to look this up and it’s a kind of traditional Arab desert made with spun pastry dough, layered with cheese and soaked in sugar syrup. Unfortunately the ingredient listing doesn’t comply with UK regulations as the individual ingredients of the kufaya do contain wheat and this isn’t mentioned at all, where they should be listed in bold text. Neither are the dairy or nut ingredients listed in bold. If you have any allergy to any of the notifiable ingredients, it’s going to very difficult to tell if you can eat this or not.What really surprised me was the price on the product page; this 230g bar has a price tag just shy of £28, which is a huge amount for a chocolate bar, no matter how much it is trending on social media. It’s nice, but not £2.80 a square nice! This strikes me as opportunism, trying to make a quick buck on a current trend for an alright but nothing special confectionery.Like most social media trends, there’s a lot of hype over not very much.

Unique flavour palette. Sounds great but not as pleasant to eat. Inside stays formed while outside gets soft. Great cold

I was incredibly disappointed to receive this chocolate. Although the packaging looked fine, it was clear from the feel of the bar of chocolate that something had happened to it. Upon opening it, I discovered that the chocolate had somehow melted and then perhaps re-solidified.What this meant is that the chocolate itself looked fairly unappealing, as you can see from the photograph I have attached to this review, and, unfortunately, it left the chocolate with an unappetising look and smell. As you can tell from the photograph, this chocolate looks nothing like advertised, and something about the fact that it had clearly melted and solidified again had changed the chocolate itself so we didn't feel we could test it at all. It really did smell as if it had gone bad.It may well be that this was a fluke and that other chocolate from the same maker will reach its purchasers in perfect condition, but do be aware if you receive a bar of this and it feels in any way strange, that it may not be palatable. A real shame!