I am a big chocolate spread fan and the most common brands I get are Nutella, Crumpy and Hazella but mostly I just get the large Nutella jar. I tried the Galaxy chocolate spread but I just found it tooo sweet. So the other week I was at Sultan Center in Salmiya and I found a new brand of chocolate spread, the famous Neuhaus from Belgium. I was like gourmet chocolate spread? I have to try it! So, I went and purchased a jar of Neuhaus Chocolate Spread with Nuts and went back home to try it.
Was it any good? No question about it, the Neuhaus chocolate spread was the most flavored chocolate spread I have ever tried. Its thick and smells nutty plus the presentation of it is very minimal and elegant. Its really delicious. I never doubted the fact that it would taste really good, the only question is… is it worth it?
The 750-grams Nutella jar costs 915fils. The 200-grams Neuhaus jar costs KD2,780. That means the Neuhaus chocolate spread costs more then 11 times the price of Nutella, but is it 11 times better?
Simply no, it isn’t.
I can’t even imagine what Nutella times 11 would taste like but I am pretty sure it must be close to orgasmic and although the Neuhaus spread is really fucking good its no where near orgasmic. So would I recommend it? Yes I would, at-least to try it once. But I wouldn’t recommend it as a replacement to Nutella, its just not feasible, what you get is something better then Nutella but not something that deserves to be eleven times as expensive. This is why for the final rating it gets a 3.5 out of 5.
12 replies on “Review: Neuhaus Chocolate Spread with Nuts”
Try the chocolate spreads at Le Pain Quotidien in Salwa or Marina Crescent. They have dark, white and hazelnut.
Freshly baked persian bread from the co-op 20 fils. Freshly baked bread from Paul 700 fils. Paul has to be 35 times better tasting or is wrapped in gold leaf.
Another gourmet chocolate spread that, I think, is as equally good to Neuhaus is Jeff De Burges…They have an amazing chocolate hazelnut spread!! After having one spoon of that you will literally think that you have died and gone to heaven.
Unfortunately, they don’t sell it in Kuwait..The closest store is in Dubai Emirates Mall 🙁
Anyone up for going to Dubai 🙂
hmm chocolate spread for the sheikhs, not average workers like us :
it’s ok Mo Hat… just stick a Cadbury’s Flake in the microwave and wait for it to melt a bit 😉
swiss marks and spencer milk chocolate > ALL I SAY!
OMG i never met or will meet someone who is so0o chocolate spread conscious!! =P I would have just say “yumm…but to expensive 4 a jar of chocolate spread!” hehe
Mark ,
i dont the price difference if because Sultan center , when they bring a product that is not available in kuwait its useually alot alot more expensive , and when a Product has a dealer and widely available in kuwait . they would price it normal .
Financy I checked online and the price outside is actually more expensive, KD3.300
https://www.neuhaus-chocolates.com/index.asp-Q-Item-E-chocolate-spread-w~-hazelnuts-200g–78164309–1
So Sultan actually has it priced “cheaply”.
I’m becoming an addict to these posts of urs.. thanks Mark
So hey, when are you planning on beating the drum to the tune of Pierre Marcolini- the Chocolatier who’s opened downtown? A lil’ birdie tells me the check is already in the mail. 🙂
Also, are you any good at doing a sales pitch for Graff Diamonds( not that they needed one) or is that not your forte?
i have no clue what you just said.