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Harry London Chocolates

vaberry — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:26:50 GMT

I haven't ever had Harry London Chocolates and I'm not sure if to order it. The reviews seem mixed. 6 lbs of chocolate is a lot to order to have never tried them before. Ordering, sampling it and returning if I don't like just seems wrong.

If you have purchased, what did you think say compared to Whitman's?

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gidgetgh — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:29:59 GMT

I've never had this brand, but when I watched it presented last weekend, I thought 6 POUNDS of candy???? I have no idea what do do with that much.

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BigOrangeKitty — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:33:35 GMT

I ordered them last year and didn't care for them. To me, they were tasteless and waxy. If you don't like a food item, Customer Service will issue you a refund. They don't want the food back. I haven't had Whitman's in years.

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FunkyHulaGirl — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:42:09 GMT

I got some for Christmas - they're OK, not great. I'd take one pound of Godiva over six pounds of Harry London.

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CLEM — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:44:46 GMT

I tried them years ago and thought they were awful. Way too sweet for me.

And how gourmet can chocolate really be if they sell tons of it every year on QVC alone every month.

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cosmic1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:57:10 GMT

The one time I ordered that tin, I had mostly all one kind - the least popular kind and 3 of the good ones. Never again for me.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:57:53 GMT

Someone gave them to me as a gift once. They weren't even as good as Whitman's chocolates, which aren't bad at all. The Harry London's were bland and "chewy", when they weren't supposed to be chewy.

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mousiegirl — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:01:02 GMT

Some are great, others okay, but then I am not a chocoholic, but my family members are. I thought I was through ordering as I had been ordering twelve pounds every Christmas for DD's teachers and friends, and some for us, but now that she is going to college, I just ordered six pounds for her dorm floor.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:49:30 GMT

I found them to be the quality of something you'd buy at Walgreen's.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:26:00 GMT

I didn't like them one bit! Just cheap and unpleasant tasting to me. In all fairness, however, I did hear that it was a good brand back when it was on hsn. I don't know if that's true or it's just completely a matter of taste, but I didn't order them until they were on QVC. I wish I hadn't.

OTOH, the other brand that I guess is somewhat related and is now sold on SHQ is pretty good. I want to say Waggoner's or something like that. HUGE difference. I wanted more of those.

I'm surprised any of the shopping networks are selling this sort of thing at this time of year, though. Chocolates don't fare well during shipping in the summer unless you are ordering from a place that will put them in dry ice or some sort of special packing for shipping.

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Puppy Lips — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:30:34 GMT

Thank you so much for starting this thread. I saw his presentation twice and was actually thinking about ordering them. I love chocolate and all the flavors looked really good. But I am picky about my chocolate. If you all say they taste bad, then I am no longer tempted. I don't need the extra calories anyway!

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LyndaGee — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:35:20 GMT

Ordered these once years ago, but the assortment wasn't great: Too many of the coffee-flavored chocolates.

Another time, bought a small box of Harry London from kohls, and they were excellent: Tasted like expensive chocolate.

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laibish — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:39:45 GMT

Hi ....ordered these chocolates a couple of years ago and by far the worst tasting chocolates

I have ever sampled....they are flat tasting, waxy and taste very stail....although when the

man demo's them they look moist and delicious....I would not be impressed by these

chocolates and they sell volumes by the pailfull....save your money and PASS....the drug

store chocolates (Whitman's) are much better....just my opion and I am a chocolate maven..

love Godiva's.....I bought them and ended up giving them away...don't make the mistake I

made....larry

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dooBdoo — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:46:00 GMT

We ordered the Harry London chocolates just before Christmas 2012 (the 6 lb. tin). I'd tried them a couple of years ago, and they were really quite good. The large tin really isn't a bad idea, especially at the holidays, since each piece is individually wrapped.

This one was a true disappointment, however. They tasted stale, old, and waxy, like really cheap chocolates that have been around for 'way too long. I called customer service, and the rep said there were countless complaints just like mine. She said she had no idea what the Q was going to do about the problem.

I'm glad some folks were happy with their purchase. That makes me wonder if the quality is extremely inconsistent? Or perhaps they business changed hands? I rarely return anything, but this was baaaaaaad.

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wingnut — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:51:11 GMT

The Waggoner on ShopQ are so much better than Harry London. I get them every Christmas. Love their giant marshmallows, too!

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cottage blossoms — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:38:37 GMT

I had always wanted to try these chocolates but wondered what I would do with 6 lbs. of it, especially if I didn't like it. But if I did like it I didn't need that much of it laying around the house either. Last year or the year before I happened to see the brand at Kohls at Christmas, had a $10 Kohls cash certificate, and thought it wouldn't be too much of a waste of money if I didn't care for it. So glad that's how I went about trying Harry London. It is something I will not buy again. Don't waste your money. The box I bought had pictures of some of their chocolates, and I believe the name of each piece was listed by the picture, yet there was a statement about not every piece shown being in the box. What's up with that? I'm sorry I cannot compare them to Whitman's since it's been a very long time since I have had that brand. Now of course, you have me thinking of trying Whitman's again.

I don't know where you live but there is an EXCELLENT chocolate shop not far from me. They are closed starting Mothers Day and reopen in the fall. They close because there aren't any holidays in the summer, except Fathers Day, and they don't sell much chocolate in the summer. They have been in business for something like 90 years or so. I do believe they ship candy. If interested I can pass along a phone number and you can call them I September. Their chocolate covered pecans are to die for!

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IControlMyHappiness — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:42:26 GMT

I ordered the large circle box and the container is NICE, but honestly, the chocolate was OKAY at best, M&Ms taste just as good. Also, the main attraction to me was that the items were individually wrapped which is nice for my husband to take with his lunch.

Also, they claim the large container has all these flavors but mine was 80% of the white pretzel and chocolate pretzel. What I Found that was better was the individual containers of four different flavors. That way you are ASSURED...to get an equal amount of four different flavors.

What I did was keep the large xmas container and put individually wrapped store candy and my husband takes those for lunch. I probably won't purchase again.

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just4me — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:07:42 GMT

I received some as part of a gift a couple of yrs ago and didn't think they were that special. I have to agree, 6 lbs is way too much to buy, especially if you have never tried it.

Give me a Hersey or Dove chocolate bar any day.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:11:36 GMT

On 7/24/2014 wingnut09 said:
The Waggoner on ShopQ are so much better than Harry London. I get them every Christmas. Love their giant marshmallows, too!

Oh man, I love the giant marshmallow ones especially the milk chocolate ones.

With the HL ones, and particularly such a huge amount, the reason I got them that time was that I always made these nice parcels of goodies for the husband's office and several of our neighbors. Well, it got to the point that it was more and more difficult for me to make all that stuff so I thought - what if I make fewer of my things and put in some nice premium, individually-wrapped, chocolates to make it nice?

So, I ordered the HL stuff late one year with the plan to use a lot of it for that. Of course, I felt it was my responsibility to try one of each variety. It took a few days, of course, because I'm not going to pound a massive quantity of candy, but I tried one of each. It just got worse and worse, and there was no way I was going to put any of that in my goodie parcels. I just panned the whole idea and tossed the majority of it.

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kahootz — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:16:42 GMT

My local Von's store had some Harry London chocolates in a small box last year (located by the fresh flowers) so I had to try them. Now, I'm a real chocolate snob - and I thought they were pretty good. They didn't obviously compare to Ethel M's or Godiva but they were tasty. They definitely beat Whittman's which I wouldn't eat for free but maybe I just got lucky. I just have never been tempted to get the ones on QVC because I usually only eat dark chocolate and also I just don't need six pounds of sugar.