Mondon, and I am looking for a chocolate yumnut, starting at £1.80. These are Marks & Spencer‘s answer to the Cronut, which is basically puff pastry made into the shape of a doughnut and then deep fried. M&S describes it as the lovechild of a Yum Yum and a doughnut. Anyway, the point is that today’s youth are mad about it, so there wasn’t a single chocolate Yumnut in the whole of London (that I could find). Still, I did burn off a lot of calories on and off the Elizabeth Line, which I reflected is a bit of a disadvantage since so much of it involves walking through miles of tunnels.

Anyway. I found something else very exciting. M&S have recently launched three new bars (£2.25/100g each). The first is my favourite. A beautiful, delicious bar and a strong contender for the title of – dare I say it, I think I am – Christmas chocolate. It’s a dark (54%) milk from the Dominican Republic and flavoured with Italian blood orange oil. Perfect for people like me who fancy a Terry’s Chocolate Orange but just can’t handle the sweetness. If only M&S made them in segmented citrus form. I could see myself melting it into a Christmas chocolate mousse soon.

The second, light chocolate, is very sweet but is saved by the toasted Italian almond slivers (sensing a theme?). There aren’t many white chocolates with nuts and this one is a welcome novelty.

Last but not least: Not my thing, but I know a lot of people love dark chocolate with freeze-dried raspberries, so for you, a 60% Peruvian chocolate with the above berries.

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