Chocolatier reveals 'amazing' flavour brand had to ditch as it was too weird

dailyrecord.co.uk:

The life of a flavour creator for confectionary brands is not as easy as one might think, with plenty of delicious food already out there you really have to push boundaries.

That’s exactly what the chocolatiers at Tony’s Chocolonely do, push the boundaries of flavour. Sometimes these flavours don’t quite work out and the creators must say goodbye to their weird and wonderful chocolate bars.

Chocolatier for Tony’s, Bas Klarenbeek, shared some of the crazier creations ditched by the company. He told the Daily Record: “If you start you can do a chocolate workshop so you can create your own flavour and people literally made bacon and eggs inside their chocolate bar. ” While this has not made it to market, Bas shared one of his own favourite flavour inventions. Read more: The surprisingly delicious Ben & Jerry's flavour that will never be sold “The weirdest combination I made in chocolate was with pine needles and it was, to be honest, extremely delicious,” Bas, nicknamed Count Chocula, said.

Despite the taste, Tony’s decided the flavour would not be sold as it wasn't marketable.Some combinations can surprise even their creators, Bas added: “Pine Needles is not something that people really think like oh, that will be amazing, but the flavour is amazing.” But pine needles didn’t make the cut, he explained: “On a more commercial level, I think people would buy for one time like ‘oh, this this is strange’ or ‘this is something I’ve never seen before’ and if you eat it then it's like okay, it's for one time.