Customer Reviews

Leonidas Belgian Chocolates: 1 lb Signature Manon Café & Manon Blanc Ballotin

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Fresh butter creams are a true luxury, but none so luxurious as the coffee butter creams. One taste and you will be in a soft creamy world of buttery chocolate and creamy coffee flavor. Highly recommended as one of the best chocolates I ever tasted. This is a chocolate you will be talking about in 10-20 years. I fell in love with Leonidas chocolates the first time I tasted them in Belgium and would look the world over for a box if I couldn't find them here. If you are looking for the best chocolates in the world, you just found them!

~The Rebecca Review

My partner only eats white chocolate. It's difficult to find GOOD white chocolate to satisfy his tastes. He says this is the best he's ever had. I'll re-buy every Christmas!

I opened my first pack of Leonidas chocolate to find them completely melted. I thought for certain I was out $40. I skeptically emailed the company through the amazon provided link expecting never to hear back. Not only did I hear back by later that evening, but the next day I had a new package of chocolate in Perfect Condition with no additonal charge. The Chocolate in and of itself is great, but I believe that good customer service, especially in this day and age, should be commended. I would highly recommend both the Chocolate and the company and will be doing business with them again.

I lived in Europe for several years and Belgian chocolates are what made me a chocoholic. Of course, being young when I came back (preteen) I forgot about exactly how good Belgian chocolates are. I tasted my first Leonidas Manon Café and it all flooded back... I was in heaven. I won't eat any other chocolate now!

Hard to find in the USA, only a handful of cities have a leonidas store.

Only reason they didn't get 5 stars was that the chocolates arrived in imperfect condition after shipment.

They did have nice outer styrofoam packaging .. but some of the chocolates ended up fused together.

That's because of the old-school packaging - the style you would get from a chocolate store in belgium, like leonidas.

anyway it's delicious and i'll order again

This is by far the best white chocolate out there! Coffee-cream center is soft and melts in your mouth but is not nauseatingly sweet like some other types of fillings. Outside white chocolate is sweet and vanilla-flavored but does not overwhelm the senses as you bite down into the chocolate. I don't know how Leonidas does it - crispy white chocolate outside but soft and buttery inside! You hear a soft crunch as you bite into the white chocolate but the coffee cream just gives in without any resistance and begins to melt in your mouth! I don't know if it's the coffee in the butter cream or not but you will get a high that just makes you feel really happy! This tastes like crispy vanilla chocolate on the outside with coffee butter pudding on the inside! Very sensual and hits the taste buds just right!

Once you try these chocolates from Leonidas you will never want anything else! I first discovered these when I lived in Belgium in the 80's and have never forgotten them. The taste is simply incredible...melt in your mouth good.

Simply frabjous and brillig!!

Great treat for anyone who loves great chocolate from Belgium.

... not $54 + $12 shipping good.

I haven't tasted these in 25 years. My French boss used to bring back a box or two whenever she came back from Europe, and back then I thought they were the best thing I'd ever put in my mouth. Imagine how pleased I was when I discovered they were available through Amazon!

Well, a lot has changed since then. The filling texture seems margarine-y to me (somewhat like whipped Crisco) rather than the creamy, melt-in-your-mouth goodness I remember. Also, the flavor seems less pronounced, and the hazelnuts are definitely not as fresh and crunchy as they once were.

Maybe it's just me, or perhaps this is a shipping version of the recipe, better suited to handle temperature swings and rough handling. Whatever the reason, I wouldn't pay $66 for 1.5 lb box again; $25-30 seems about right.

When in doubt for a gift, this one is a sure-fire hit. This has become my go-to gift. These are excellent chocolates and have been a huge hit with all the recipients including me!