Shoppers looking for ideas for a Christmas stocking filler may want to consider Amazon’s latest chocolate deals. The retail giant is offering a range of multi-packs and hampers from the likes of After Eight, Cadbury and Kinder, many of which are cheaper than buying from the supermarket.
The After Eight Winter Fondants Chocolate Bag 12-pack of 57g bags is now available for £14.34. This is £3.66 cheaper than buying from Tesco, which offers a single bag of After Eights for £1.50 – or £18 for 12.
Amazon stocks a range of other chocolate stocking fillers and gift ideas, like the Yorkie Milk Chocolate Bars 24-pack for £14.80 – down from £20.40 – and the Cadbury Dairy Milk Deluxe Chocolate Hamper for £14.29 – down from £16.39. There’s also the Kinder Bueno Hamper Box for £17.99 and the Nestlé Kitkat and Friends Big Biscuit Box – packed with 69 bars – for £13.99.
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The After Eight Winter Fondants box includes 12 bags of mint chocolate figures, with Amazon’s deal equal to less than £1.12 per bag. They each contain up to eight different dark chocolate figures with a London or Christmas theme, making them an ideal festive gift.
The sweet treats are made with a peppermint flavoured filling, blending a perfect balance of soft, refreshing peppermint filling covered in smooth dark chocolate. They also come in a London Design Christmas Edition Chocolate Pouch.
The After Eights are made with natural peppermint oil and ‘sustainably sourced’ cocoa, perfect for festive snacking. The bite-sized chocolate figures are said to contain no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and are even suitable for vegetarians.
It’s worth noting they do contain milk which makes them unsuitable for vegans. The After Eight Winter Fondants Chocolate Bag 12-pack has earned a 4.7-star rating and no negative reviews, with buyers hailing them as ‘delicious’.
One happy customer said: “These winter fondants are delicious. Coming in a box with 12 individual bags included. Each bag also contains several individually wrapped fondants which makes sharing even easier. The fondants themselves come in a variety of London/Christmas themed shapes. They taste amazing, just like a traditional after eight. Although the chocolate on these are thicker than a traditional one and as such are more chocolatey, less mint fondanty.”
Another said: “Cute and delicious. These taste just like the square mints I used to have as a child. The design of each of these individually wrapped chocolates is really clever and detailed, with a quintessentially British theme. Would make a nice little gift.”
A third thrilled shopper added: “One thing I love about Christmas is my After Eights. This product is different to the usual thin chocolates that everyone is used to, this one contains 12 individually wrapped bags of Christmassy chocolates. I couldn’t resist opening one single bag to eat last night and yum, they were delicious. The typical After Eight flavours of dark chocolate and mint fondant. I love the fact these are all Christmas shapes too.”
However, despite saying they ‘taste really lovely’ one buyer said: “[I] think the shapes are wasted by each chocolate being wrapped separately.”
For other Christmas gift ideas, Hotel Chocolat offers its Everything Sleekster chocolate box – which includes the brand’s 27 ‘most iconic’ chocolates – for £29.95. Shoppers can also add a free gift sleeve to make the box more personal.