"Dubai Pistachio Chocolate"

[liuzhou]

Despite all my efforts, it seems I’ve been ‘influenced’. Not directly. According to this article in the Observer last month, a Tik-Tok craze has caused a global shortage of pistachios, (not that I’ve noticed any such shortage here). They have all been used to make a type of chocolate bar which originated in Dubai in the UAE.

 

For the record, I’ve never watched anything on Tik-Tok or been tempted so to do.

 

Today, going through my delivery app looking for something else, I noticed these and although I don’t eat much chocolate, I do like pistachios a lot, so I succumbed.

 

 

This is a Chinese made version.

 

Not at all bad, but not great quality chocolate and over-priced at the equivalent of $2 USD for a 50 gram bar.

 

How close it is to the original from Dubai it is, I don't know.

 

 

[Shel_B]

One of the You Tube sites I frequent made a Dubai Pistachio Chocolate bar a while back. Maybe you'll enjoy the video.

 

https://youtu.be/sZoh97hXdm8

 

 

Edited May 9 by Shel_B (log)

[pastrygirl]

22 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Not at all bad, but not great quality chocolate and over-priced at the equivalent of $2 USD for a 50 gram bar.

 

Is that a relatively high price for chocolate in China, or not that high just also not that worth it?  In my world, a 50 gram bar from a small/artisan/bean-to-bar maker can easily be $10 or more so I'd have very low expectations for a $2 bar. 

Edited May 10 by pastrygirl (log)

[liuzhou]

52 minutes ago, pastrygirl said:

 

Is that a relatively high price for chocolate in China, or not that high just also not that worth it?  In my world, a 50 gram bar from a small/artisan/bean-to-bar maker can easily be $10 or more so I'd have very low expectations for a $2 bar. 

 

It is relatively high, yes. For comparison a regular Snickers bar of the same weight is less than $1.

 

Edited May 10 by liuzhou (log)