Tony's Chocolonely UK Reviews 

Great chocolate

I tried Tony's Chocolonely because Cadbury's Dairy Milk has now deteriorated too much. I am looking for something with the taste that CDM used to have, and Tony's has it in spades; smooth, creamy and delicious. However, there is an unusual mouthfeel that may not be to everyone's taste. I can only liken to a gritty Toblerone sensation. But even with this reservation I like it better than Cadbury's and will buy again

Caramel Sea Salt was amazing. But of late there seems to be hardly any salt in it. That was the best part. Disappointed in the change of recipe.

★★★★★ An Epic in Several Chapters, Concerning One (1) Chocolate Bar

Chapter One: The Encounter

I want to begin by saying I am not an emotional man. I did not cry at the end of any film. I did not cry when my football team were relegated. I did not cry when the self-checkout told me there was an “unexpected item in the bagging area” for the fourth time in one transaction.

I cried at a Tony’s Chocolonely bar.

It was a Tuesday. An unremarkable Tuesday. Grey sky, grey mood, grey sandwich. I went into the shop for milk and came out with milk and a bright red wrapper that I can only describe as “visible from space.” Some say the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from orbit. They are wrong. It is this wrapper.

Chapter Two: The Unwrapping

Most chocolate bars open like a polite handshake. Tony’s opens like the doors of a cathedral. There’s writing inside the wrapper. I hadn’t even eaten anything yet and I was already reading. I was being educated. I was being emotionally prepared. I had to sit down.

Chapter Three: The Shape (A Scandal)

Then I saw the bar itself, and I’ll be honest, my first thought was that something had gone terribly wrong at the factory. The pieces are all different sizes. Uneven. Chaotic. Like a map of Europe drawn by a toddler during an earthquake.

My second thought, after reading the wrapper, was that this is on purpose, to represent how unequally the chocolate industry is divided. My third thought was: “Brilliant. Now I get to take the big piece and call it activism.”

This bar has caused the greatest diplomatic incidents in my household since the Great Remote Control War of 2019. My partner and I now split it using a system of rotating draft picks, like a sports league. We have a commissioner. It is the cat.

Chapter Four: The First Bite

Words fail me. Fortunately, I have many words in reserve, so I shall continue.

The first bite was smooth. Creamy. Rich. It was the chocolate equivalent of finding a tenner in a coat you haven’t worn since last winter. My taste buds, which had spent decades living on supermarket own-brand, sat up, put on their good shoes and phoned their mothers.

I closed my eyes. I heard violins. I’m fairly sure there weren’t any violins. I don’t care.

Chapter Five: The Flavours, An Incomplete Odyssey

Since that fateful day I have become, by my own estimation, the nation’s foremost Tony’s scholar. I have stood in the confectionery aisle so long that a staff member asked if I needed help, and I said “Yes, but not the kind you can give.”

The milk chocolate is the reliable best friend who always picks up the phone. The caramel sea salt is the friend who turns up unannounced with a cake and somehow makes your whole week better. The dark ones are sophisticated, mysterious, and probably own a turtleneck. Every bar is a different character in a sitcom I would watch for twelve seasons.

Chapter Six: The Ethics

Here is the bit that really got me. This company is genuinely trying to make chocolate fairer for the people who grow the cocoa. So not only did I eat an entire bar in one sitting, I can now describe doing so as “supporting a cause.” I have never felt so morally superior while covered in crumbs.

Chapter Seven: Side Effects

In the interest of balance, I must report some negatives:

I now judge other chocolate bars. Silently. Harshly.
I have started saying “Chocolonely” in a Dutch accent despite having no idea what that sounds like.
My Tuesday sandwich is still grey, but now I don’t care.

Chapter Eight: Conclusion

Five stars. I would give six, but the website won’t let me. I tried. I tried really hard.

If this chocolate were a person, I would invite it to my wedding. If it were a film, it would win every award and then give the trophies away fairly. If it were a country, I would apply for citizenship and bring snacks (it would be the snacks).

Buy it. Share it unevenly. Argue about the big piece. Live your best life.

Would recommend to friends, family, strangers, and anyone who has ever had a Tuesday.

First time trying Tony’s and in the style of Arnie ‘I’ll be back’ 😁loved it really pleased I gave it a try, not expensive if all involved are getting a fair share and I’m enjoying the end result 👍

I was having a bad day and went to the supermarket. I had seen Tony's online before and decided to pick up a smaller bar of their milk chocolate.

Not only was I really impressed by the values of the company, I was delighted by the chocolate. Absolutely creamy and delicious 😋 cheered me right up

THEY SAY POSITIVES WHISPER BUT NEGATIVES SHOUT - WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS THE CASE FOR TONYS CHOCOLONELY
MY HEART ALMOST BROKE WHEN I SAW THE REVIEW RATING ON THIS CHOCOLATE - IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT - I PREFER TO CALL IT HEAVEN
THIS CHOCOLATE IS BEYOND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR STANDARD SHELVES - TO GET CHOCOLATE THIS GOOD YOU NORMALLY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND!!
I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE TONY'S GREATEST SUPPORTER

This is the only chocolate that uses cocoa beans all other chocolate is mostly fake, beggars belief that people can't tell the difference, if you want real chocolate then buy Tony's.

I had a problem with an order and Rio fixed my problem promptly and efficiently. Great customer service and amazing tasty chocolate

I used to buy Cadbury's and enjoy it, due to illness I didn't eat any for about three months and on return I found it awful and started casting around for something better.
I tried most of what I could find in my local supermarket with generally poor results for both flavour and mouthfeel, I had seen Tony's, but with it's garish packaging I took it to be some horrible American stuff like Hershey's and avoided it.
Eventually I gave in and tried it, once through that wrapper I found the uneven presentation confusing. BUT, the chocolate is really good! It has real chocolate flavour, I can't determine the cocoa content, but it must be higher than most, it isn't too sweet and melts slowly in the mouth without being grainy.
In sum up, I really like the chocolate, and I applaud the ethics behind it's sourcing etc. But why the garish packaging, why "Chocolonely" why the uneven pieces of the bar? It's a very good product hamstrung by it's presentation.
If it had been on the shelf marketed as a premium product I would have tried it sooner.

We are massive Tony fans in our house, so I designed some chocolate for my husband's 50th using the online tool. But when it came to delivery, Tony's don't currently deliver to my area. Because it was such a special occasion, I contacted customer support and I was lucky enough to have the lovely employee China look after my query. They arranged the chocolate to prepared and delivered to their office, and they then personally sent me the chocolate in time for my husband's 50th.
What a service, what delicious chocolate and what wonderful moral standing they have as a brand.

10/10 all round

Love Tony’s and their mission/ethics. The only chocolate I eat especially now Cadburys has gone down hill and put a load of crap in their chocolate. My fave at the moment is the bites one in the orange pouch. Still a few more I have yet to try.

Very lovely chocolate but would be perfect if there wasn't GMO soya added unnecessarily to the ingredients which is very bad for the human body. It is a bit pricey too.

Really disappointed the chocolate tasted cheap and hardly any hazelnuts in fact I had to check which one I had bought.

Tried Tony's chocolate for first time. Bought dark creamy hazelnut crunch. Heavy and cloying and hazelnut mix was not that generous. Tasted quite oily. Chocolate content was good and paper wrapping good quality but not very easy to rewrap. Not very impressed tbh

Thought it may be better to buy and try this chocolate, considering that Cadburys is now poisonous. Sadly, it has no taste. Yet another load of cr*p 🙄😏😏😏 but anyway, what do you expect in the West????

Wow. I was not expecting to be so immediately impressed. I'm not a fan of Belgian style chocolate, being a previous lifetime Cadbury lover, but the flavours are so much nicer than my expectations. There is an initial Belgian chocolate taste with a hint of sweetness, which becomes more defined and tasty as the chocolate melts. This is exactly what I was looking for, being more creamy, smooth and everything that I used to love about Cadbury before they sold their souls. I ate half of the 185 gram bar in one go, something I haven't done for many years having almost totally given up on anything other than German plain chocolate or Green and Blacks. If this is legitimately fair trade approved, so much the better (I'm not interested in political debates when I'm rating confectionery) - ****See update below....****

A good quality product that I would definitely buy again and I would certainly try other favours in this range.

Thank you Tony's!

***Updated afterthought***

I have now eaten the whole thing and loved every bit of it. Having done some research into this Dutch company I am extremely impressed with the care, thought and effort that Teun has put into this entire process, literally putting his money where his mouth is and standing up for the children in these poorer countries. I cannot recommend this chocolate producer highly enough. Please give them a try.

I had a selection pack bought for me for my birthday....oh wow I'm a big fan. Who cares if you're chocolonely if you're curled up with Tony's.

I absolutely love Tony's and cannot understand how anyone can give it anything except a straight 5* for taste, texture, quality of ingredients, company ethos and yes, even value (considering what a terrific product it is). Their classic milk chocolate is to die for and reminds me of when milk chocolate tasted like a real treat instead of a compromise. The salted caramel is my wife's fave and though I love this too, it's milk for me every time. Yes yes, if you crave super high cocoa dark chocolate then this is no Lindt, but Tony's satisfies a different craving. This is a pure, delicious sweet treat. Just try it, you'll never ever go back to Cadburys or Galaxy which are both vile in comparison.

My only complaint is that I can't have Tony's milk chocolate more frequently, else I'll end up the size of a whale 🤣

Please please Tony's guys, don't be disheartened by the moaning Minnie's on here. You're brilliant and your products are amazing!!

Over priced cooking chocolate in colourful modern packaging.