Giveaway:
Win Thorntons Chocolates
– Continental Tasting Heart Collection –
RRP: £19:99

Giveaway: Win Thorntons Chocolates – Continental Tasting Heart Collection RRP: £19:99
With thanks to Thorntons Chocolates who very kindly offered all Lavender and Lovage readers a chance to win one of these LOVELY boxes of chocolates, not just for Valentines’ Day but for Mother’s Day too! I was lucky enough to be able to review one of these boxes of Continental chocolates and you can read my review here:
A Romantic Continental Breakfast with Thorntons Chocolates!

A Romantic Continental Breakfast with Thorntons Chocolates!
Prize details:
Continental Tasting Heart Collection (570g)
£19:99
What’s the fastest way to a chocoholic’s heart? These 48 fabulously tasty milk, white and dark chocolates, hand-picked and lovingly presented in a pretty heart-shaped box.
Our Continental Tasting Heart Collection is inspired by our favourite experiences in Europe, whether that’s sipping on a cappuccino in a delightful Italian cafe or taking in the light and fruity smell of a sunny lemon grove in Sicily. Take a bite into the alpini and re-live the crisp beauty of the snow-capped mountains of the Alps: this is no ordinary box of chocolates!
It is simply brimming with creamy pralines, melt-in-the-mouth mousses and temptingly tasty truffles, which means plenty of scrummy flavours to help you savour each moment…
Allergy, Intolerance & Recipe Info:
Suitable for vegetarians
No gluten-containing ingredients
Contains added nuts
Contains added milk
May contain egg
Contains added soya
Free from artificial colour
Free from artificial flavouring

Continental Tasting Heart Collection (570g)
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A Romantic Continental Breakfast with Thorntons Chocolates!
nutty…well its self explanatory really…lol
Mint – cool and fresh 🙂
Coffee. For no real reason except that coffee is awesome. 🙂
I think it depends on what mood I’m in but right now, my instinctive answer is coffee. Might be because I have an iced coffee to hand!
Bubbly because that is what I am usually!
I would be a Strawberry because it’s sweet
Caramel. Because I’m smooooooooooth…haha 🙂
anything without nuts!
Nut centred cos that is what I am – nutty inside!
Definitely marzipan – I’m addicted to it! x
this is super there look so sweet ha ha
Praline because I’m sweet and nutty!
mint so I would be fresh all the time
strawberry centre because I’m sweet and fruity
something nutty, just about sums me up!
I adore coffee flavour
Lemon coz I’m a sour old cow!!! Lol not really!!!
Champagne….. Well I can pretend I am classy.x
Id be nutty marmite, im definitely a bit nuts and im like marmite love me or hate me
Will have to be Turkish delight because this is how sweet I can be.
Definitely nutty! Encased in caramel because I’m also sweet 😉
Anything with nuts, I love them x
I would be a vanilla truffle, rich and smooth, well not rich really and I’m not that smooth, oh well back to the drawing board lol
Coffee – an acquired taste!
Milk Chocolate caramel soft centre as I show I don’t care but really I do
bubbly – it suits my personality! 🙂
gooey caramel with a nut in the middle – because we’re all made up of opposites!
Salty caramel – sharp but sweet
probably fudge as i’m abig softy!
Praline is my favourite
I would be dark chocolate because I am a mysterious dark horse!
I would be praline as i’m a little nutty
I’d be a caramel – soft and squidgy but occasionally hard and chewy 🙂
Chocolate covered turkish delight 🙂 Yum x
Caramel – because I’m squigie
caramel i’m a sucker for it and am soft on the inside
A soft centre because I’m a pushover for a sob story.
I would be a fruit and nut chocolate – because I am fruity and a bit nutty (in a good way) 🙂
Dark chocolate with orange because I’m smooth, rich and a bit fruity!
rum truffle – rum to show my spirit and truffle to show I can be soft and smooth!
Rum to show my fiery spirit and the truffle to show me smooth and delicious inside!
Hazelnut Caramel – soft centred with a small but steely hard core
My hubby says coffee – at first seems sweet but surprisingly bitter!
Milk chocolate 🙂 Im a really softy and a bit of a soft touch 🙂
full of nuts like me
mint because I’m fresh!
Hazelnut whirl – well with my name what else could I be?
A caramel chocolate, hard on the outside, soft and sweet on the inside.
Coffee because its dark, hot and exotic like me x
Well, Cilla, I’d be a raspberry cream, because I am soft and gooey, and a little bit fruity 😉
Coffee because I am full of beans
One with a strawberry centre because I’m fruity.
Smooth and dreamy caramel……
I don’t supposed I DARE enter this since I was sent a box to review too;)
I’d be a soft and squishy strawberry cream 🙂
mint because im cool
mint….cos I’m soooo cool 🙂
rhubarb – as I`m tall, slim and a little red-faced a lot of the time……..
Caramel – sweet in small doses, sickly in large 😉
A nutty praline.
Salted caramel as you just want to keep on going back for more.
Orange – because I can be sweet, but also surprisingly bitter!
I’d like to try the Valencia chocolate.
Milk chocolate x
Strawberry creme. Sweet but oddly moreish.
strawberry sweet and sensual
definitely something nutty!
Caramel – smooth and dreamy. ;O)
Nutty like my personality or Smooth Strawberry!
I’d be a fruit and nut bar because I’m a bit fruity and a bit nutty too 🙂
toffee and cream as i am a little chubby and like to stick to other people 😀
An orange cream because my fake tan went wrong 🙂
Caramel
Love them all – hard to decide 🙂
Milk chocolate – maybe boring to some but still a firm favourite
Strawberry. Sweet and squishy
Dark chocolate. Strong and luscious!
would be caramel as i love chewy chocolate
Champagne as I am bubbly, sparkly and sweet
Caramel with nuts because I’m sweet and slightly nutty 🙂
Praline – lovely, but a bit nutty too.
Probably a hard caramel, lol, I’m certainly no soft centre 😀
Praline chocolate – a bit hard but softened by chocolate. 🙂
White chocolate, truffle centre.
Smooth, dreamy milk chocolate with a hint of nutiness
I’d be a Strawberry Creme cos I’m a bit soft
I’d be milk chocolate with a hint of chilli, because I have got a bit of an edge to me!
Jane x
coffee, because i’ll keep you up all night 🙂
milk chocolate with a very soft centre – as I am a total softie!
Coffee. Because I am full of beans!
Lovely review, Karen. I don’t want to win them though, too much chocolate recently. Good luck to everyone who enters.
Chilli – cos I have a bit of a bite!
I would be an Orange Cream because I am (well go on then was!) a redhead, I might have a hard shell but I am such a softie inside xx
Baileys because I’m sweet
plain, smooth and nutty. because i am a nutty brunette.
A bar of white chocolate – people can think im a bit of a square but really im pale and interesting
Chilli chocolate, because I’m always getting too hot!
Espresso – cos I wake most people up with my mad personality
Plain milk chocolate because I’m straight forward
Something nutty – but with a soft centre 😉
Fruit & Nut! I am abit of both!
I’d have to be a 75% chunk of dairy free dark chocolate, with a big mug of tea nearby to dunk myself into!
Janie x
Caramel all soft and gooey like me
Ginger…for hair related reasons
Strawberry cream. Not everyone likes it, its really nice though, and I love strawberries
strawberry – sweet and fruity.
Turkish Delight, I would be full of eastern promise
Praline as delicious
I would be a lemon cream, soft on the inside but not too sweet
nutty
mint chocolates
I would be strawberry – fruity but with a soft heart
Caramel with Nuts! Sweet but crazy
Truffle – lots of personality all whipped up!
I’d be Chilli, cos I always feel the cold
If I were chocolate I wouldn’t exist because I would have eaten myself.
Toffee caramel – tough exterior, gooey in the middle!
Pure high cocoa content dark chocolate – what you see is as good as it gets
STRAWBERRY AND CHAMPAGNE
Milk chocolate with an orange fondant filling – deliciously tangy
i would be an orange cream, people aren`t always keen on me to begin with but after a while they find i am actually rather nice x
I think I’d be Dark, add me to Deserts and I’d be good for you! Right?
I’d be milk chocolate because everyone loves milk chocolate!!
caramel because i’m smooth and squidy 🙂 with love, faye xx
Ginger and chilli because I’m hot! 😉
Praline for me!
Strawberry cream, as I’m fruity
Strawberry haha because I love strawberry anything…and EVERYTHING!
I would be a praline, i am a bit tough on the outside but a big softy on the inside (not to mention tasty ) LOL, thanks for the chance xxxx
Cherry the pick of the bunch
Chilli! A bit unusual….maybe an acquired taste?!
Nutty because I am lol
Chocolate Praline
Rumraisin with white chocolate. Because I have small dark eyes but a really white skin.
Coffee because I am a bit tasty
Coffee truffle; smooth, rich and satisfying
Coffee because I would give you more adrenaline 🙂
strawberry cream – sweet,smooth and traditional !
Salted caramel flavour milk chocolate – a bit different, bit love-or-hate, once loved it becomes a favourite!
chocolate caramel because I love them
It would have to be praline, bit of a nut case
I’d be a caramel with a nut inside because im sweet and a little nutty
Viennese Truffle smooth and sweet on the outside and creamy and soft on the inside.
Chocolate with nuts as it sums me up
Strawberry cream, soft, sweet, and squidgy!!!
I would be a orange cream, because I love them & they are sweet & just a bit zingy, like me
Fudge as I’m soft and sweet
i would be strawberries and cream as i am sweet and love summer
Milk chocolate with nuts. I’m abit nutty 🙂
Nuts im hard to crack!
I would be whiskey truffle, got to keep those Scottish roots intact!!
fudge as im soft and sweet
smooth, silky, chocolate truffle
Definitely something with nuts in – as people think I am a little bit crackers!
Turkish Delight. No im not Turkish but I am a delight
Marzipan! Just because I love it!
I would be a truffle because its smooth and indulgent
Caramel always 🙂
coffee because i am alwayson the go
chilli and tarragon
mint chocolate
strawberry because it’s my favourite!
Rum and Raisin because I’m high spirited and fruity
A soft caramel covered in chocolate. Smooth and sweet.
id be the coconut the one no one wants 🙁
Soft caramel.
Strawberry, sweet and likeable lol enough said 🙂
Rose-flavoured ganache in dark chocolate, sophisticated and scrumptious
dark- because its my favorite
Dark and bitter because I’m a bit of a cynic!!
Fudge, because i’m soft
choc orange- cause im sweet and sharp
I would definitely be orange,a bit fruity
Runny Caramael, because I’m so smoooooth!
Coffee, always good for a wake up kick.
Something nutty – just like me 😉
milk chocolate heart with a soft centre cause i love chocolate i love hearts and i have a very soft centre <3
I’d probably be Marmite chocolate, as generally people either love me or hate me.
anythng with chilli spice- as im hot hot hot
Mint because I’m so fresh.
A strawberry creme, because I’m very sweet!
coffee as I drink so much of it think i would taste of it
Chocolate orange – smooth & fruity!
Strawberry Cream – Its unique, yummy, and moreish….much like me. Although I think my hubby would disagree
Praline because I’m a little bit nutty
strawberry creme 🙂 i’m soft and sweet on the inside
I’d be a mint chocolate truffle!
Defo nutty…. Self explanatory 🙂
anything nutty and milk choc
pineapple chocolate – a bit sweet but surprising
Chocolate ginger – tasty and with ‘bite’ x
Has to be nut because my daughter says I am nutty!!
I’d be Milk Chocolate as I’m a pretty standard girl but have lots of people who love me 🙂
Id be a chilli chocolate with a little caramel in there and nuts. because I am a little nutty sometimes smooth yet can bite but always leave a good memory lol. That sounds so cheesy feel like I am on Blind Date … Well Cilla… hahaha
Salted caramel, beacause I’m a mixture of sweet and not-so-sweet, lol
strawberry, nice & sweet 🙂
Expressi coffe – it’s dark, rich and nysterious -(how I like my men) 🙂
Strawberry – as its my favourite flavour.
Praline – my favourites chocolates are Guylian seashells.
has to be something nutty
Caramel – hard on the outside and soft on the middle
Strawberry, fruity and sweet
champagne truffle as I’m expensive LOL
i would be a strawberry cream
soft centred with a heart of gold
A nutty caramel…sweet with a hidden surprise
Milk chocolate filled with red berries soft centre; seductive & delicious, the taste of passion, the more you have, the more you want. But only available to my boyfriend!
Dark Orange cos I’m smooth, sweet and a little bit bitter.
Strawberry, because I am the one that is always left on the shelf. (Cue violins…….)
Salted carmel – a bit of savory and sweet at the same time
praline – smooth but nutty XD
Luxurious caramel
I’d be a sherry truffle – No choice with my name
I’d be a dark chocolate salted caramel, coz that’s the way I roll.
strawberry- sweet and juicy
I’d be something nutty cos I am a little bit crazy (but in a nice way).
nutty because everyone says that i am nutty
chocolate orange, they are the antithesis of eachother yet go perfectly together.
Mint chocolate – because I’m a little bit fresh!
Caramel because I’m so soft!
plain chocolate- with me there’s no surprises
Coffee cream because I live on coffee!
Strawberry creme – I am very sweet inside!
Strawberry crème – I’m sweet with a soft centre!
Chilli chocolate because I’m fiery and not to everyone’s taste!
Dark chocolate with a twist of orange, as I am surprising when you get to know me
strewberry cream awesome
Hazelnut – im hard to crack and very nutty!
I’d be an orange cream in milk chocolate – mouth-wateringly soft, sweet and leaving you wanting more 🙂
hazelnut and truffle as I am a bit nutty but smooth
Bananas – that’s self-explanatory
Orange cream, with unexpected little crunchy orange bits – I’m sweet, but full of surprises!
nutty
Fruit and nut, because I am rather nutty but also full of sweetness 🙂
Coconut, because I’m sweet and would love to be more tropical!
Caramel – because I’m soft and gooey on the inside 🙂
Caramel because i’m sickly sweet and sometimes just a little bit too much 😀
A soft centre, because I’m soft inside.
Coffee because it’s strong and leaves an aftertaste!
truffle – smooth and creamy
fudge:- because i am smooth, sweet and tasty!
Cherry, because they’re juicy and sweet like me!
strawberry – because I’m sweet
Creamy milk chocolate with a huge hazelnut inside as im nutty
I’d be a bar of dairy milk, what you see is what you get, no hidden surprises
Fudge because I’m too soft.
Marshmallow because I have lots of soft bits
Caramel….cos I’m soft underneath! 🙂
Mint its just nice like me
Orange cream – mild with a zesty zing.
I’d be rum, because I’m intoxicating and warming.
Nuts, because it describes me perfectly. 😀
Lemon mousse – sharp and soft!
Love caramel because im all gooie inside lol .x
Caramel – because I have a soft centre and I am “smooth” (ie. easy to get along with!)
I would be a choc covered nougat – a bit nutty but very tasty 😉
Caramel because I’m soft and gooey in the centre 🙂
Marmite chocolate cause you will either love me or hate me
Nutty – cos, well Im slightly mad 🙂
strawberry – everyone loves strawberry
Lemon mousse because I’ve got a strong bite.
I would be caramel as I’m sweet 🙂
Orange – sweet but a bit tangy!
a coffee cream – you will either love me or hate me
Praline because I’m a little bit nutty as well.
mint cool and fresh and memorable!
Milk chocolate with lemon fondant centre. Full of flavour.
milk chocolate——I’m simple. lol
I would be a pumpkin spice truffle because I’m sweet, a little savory, and some people are weary of giving me a try
Caramel because I’m sweet
@CompyVix
love the champagne.
Caramel – cos I’m smooth and sweet!
I would be dark chocolate with chilli and nuts because I can be a bit nutty and nippy if the occasion arises. Marzipan and dark chocolate – brilliant combination.
Something hard on the outside, but soft and sweet in the middle. Chocolate caramel?
chocolate caramel just because I love em
Milk – So i’d be liked by everyone!
Strawberry creme, because I am sickly sweet!
I’d be nutty and sweet!!!!!
I would be praline – smooth, yummy and a little nutty!
A chocolate orange because I love the milky ness of the chocolate and hint of Orange which gives it a bit of kick as well.
Strawberry – Sweet and never sour
A soft centre because I’m too soft – probably caramel, nice and gooey
A CAPPUCCINO TRUFFLE… ITS THE BEST FLAVOUR IN THE BOX, I DONT KNOW HOW THAT RELATES TO ME BUT YOU HAVE TO AIM HIGH IN LIFE 😉 X
salted caramel, a sophisticated taste
strawberry x as im soft at the heart x
Strawberry Cream because it is my absolute all time favourite!
Mocha decadent with an edge.
i would be a caramel filling – easy going and relaxing!
Praline – slightly nutty but still sweet!
mmm… chocolate 🙂
I would be chocolate orange because I’m sweet, zesty and a little bit unusual.
I’d be praline cos you are what you eat – lol
milk chocolate with honeycomb!
Definitely a soft centre.
I’d be milk chocolate – Straight to the point!
dark choc and chilli- not to everyone’s taste
I’d be rocky road as you never know what you’re going to get!
Cherry Cream. Smooth but fruity!
Toffee soft and sweet (ahem)
Chilli – a little spicy but not plain to see
Raspberries because I can be a bit cheeky.
Turkish Delight……because I am soft and delightful!!!!!
Chocolate orange because most people love me!
Caramel hard on the outside but soft in the middle!
Salted caramel because although I do have a softer centre than some people realise, I’m a bit edgy and not too sweet.
A truffle because I love them! 🙂
Caramel – soft, sweet, creamy and dreamy just like me!
coffee – wired
hazlwnut – I’m nutty
Orange because it’s sweet and fruity like me 😀
Choc orange , simply wonderful taste.
orange – as I bring so much a’peel’ to my family.
A coffee cream because like marmite you either love me or not. although I dont get many not’s.
Orange cream
Scottish Raspberry … because I am the sweetest and juicy!!
White chocolate, because I’m light and rich! (haha, not really!)
Strawberry 🙂
Coffee, because like me it usually wakes everyone up on a morning!!
Fruit and nut because I’m a bit of a fruit and nut case.
Orange – bitter sweet
A white chocolate coconut truffle – pale and interesting!
orange chocolate- tasty!
I would be strawberry, one of your five a day
A turkish delight because I’m sweet, soft & squishy.
Praline – I’m smooth and delicious!!
strawberry cream, sweet and soft
definitely a soft and sweet centre-orange perhaps
dark and nutty… says it all really 🙂
Honeycomb because I can be very sweet but sometimes I can be crunchy too 🙂
Sweet as caramel :}
strawberry cream.soft and gooey
A soft centred raspberry because I can be so soft at times
Coffee – because it is creamy and full of energy!
a soft centre like myself
I’d be a salted caramel covered in really dark chocolate, the type that makes a really cool crack when you bite into it because it’s that good!! hehe
honey because I’m gooey and natural
a soft strawberry center one cause im soft and a bit fruity 🙂
Caramel coffee as its my too favourite flavours together! Heaven!
A praline as I am soft and sweet inside
I’d be a toffee chocolate cos I’m quite hard at first 🙂
Orange chocolate becuase i’m abit tangy, ha
Milk Chocolate…. plain but taste so yummie
A Truffle….. ordinary on the outside but a lovely soft secret inside.
Caramel because I can be a big softy sometimes, asking my partner the same question about me..he said nutty…meanie lol x
Caramel velvet, cos im soft and sweet 🙂
praline as i’m a little bit nutty
Coffee, as I would like to be rich and smooth
Champagne Truffle, because I am bubbly.
nutty – just as I am
Nutty – for obvious reasons!
I would be cherry liscious with cream, so that you can lick your lips in excitement lmao
i would be filled with coffee fondant, because im a big coffee drinker
mint because I am so fresh 🙂
Bubbly cos that’s me 🙂
Caramel,because its the sweet version of a cuddle and i’m very cuddly :o)
A champagne Truffle 🙂
because I’m classy and soft centred 🙂
Chocolate orange – reminds me of the sunshine.
Coffee in dark chocolate – complex with deep tones!
Old Spice
Probably a vanilla ganache as I can be predictable and boring!
turkish delight
just smooth and edible
Turkish delight pretty and pink
chilli and cinammon…spicy
cheese, i have smelly feet
Coconut sweet butbsometimes crunchy
I would be nutty because I’m… nutty
a cherry truffle wrapped in dark chocolate, with my bright red hair and warm smile sweet on the outside but sometimes a little bitter on the outside but together makes a lovely combination 😉
Praline because I’m sweet and a little nutty
chilli chocolate simply spicy but with an unexpected sweetness ;-p
nutty chocolate x
Raspberry fruity but subtle
chilli, because because I’m hot….. – I’ll get my coat.
walnut whip..because its a bit old and nutty!
I’d be a chocolate strawberry because i can be a little bit unexpected but a pleasant surprise!
Mint as im cool!
Chocolate orange, because everyone loves me
coffee you either love me or hate me
Praline as I’m a bit soft and a bit nutty!!
mazipan – looks lovely but after one bite you love me or hate me
White Chocolate and Chili – you think you know what your getting but i have hidden suprises
Strawberry because i’m sweet.
Aero – because I’m bubbly!
I’d be Orange just because it’s my favourite!
A milky bar chocolate as it’s lovely and creamy and goes well in all occasions.
I’d have to be a hazelnut praline … well I am a little nutty 😉 x
salted caramel – sweet but salty 🙂
Mint… I’m an acquired taste, cool and full of variety 😉
It would depend on my mood but would generally be something nutty… i am slightly nutty in real life lol
Minty Fresh
lemon, cos Im a bit sour and zesty
A truffle like me its round and sweet
Strawberry soft centered – sweet !
I’d be a chocolate covered ant because I love to bug people!
Chilli chocolate because it’s amazing – like me!
I would be a chocolate orange. Sweet and full of zest.
milky bar white chocolate because its my fiances favourite 🙂
I’d have an liquor center as after last night i’m pretty sure if you cut me open thats what you would find inside anyway.
A strawberry soft centre – well everyone likes a softie don’t they?
It must be a lovely caramel flavour inside the thortons chocolates
Praline – chilled but a bit nuts!!
A coffee creme. Then I’d never get eaten 😀
I’d be plain, dark chocolate. No fuss and straight to the point 🙂 x
Oreo – I’m soft in the centre!
Caramel – my favourite
Strawberry because it’s sweet
Chilli – I like a bit of spice 😀
soot caramel – just georgeous
Salted caramel… sweet but with an edge 😉
Coffee I believe. Just the first thing which came to my mind
Pistachio, tastes lovely but is also a little odd
i would be a creamy strawberry cream
Turkish delight,, I dream of faraway places
Violet or rose cream – because I’m a little old fashioned, but still sweet!
I would be strawberry, because I’m sweet, or at least I like to think I am x
I was the lucky winner, but I never did receive them, i have sent several emails, and left a Facebook message to no avail. I would really have liked to receive these, can only think that something has gone wrong as several months have passed. Can you follow look into, any help much appreciated. many thanks Anthony Harrington.