Lindt Truffle Taste Test: Blood Orange vs. Orange Milk

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Dec 31

Written By Louise

Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with Lindt in any way; I just like talking about food. I am a member of the Amazon Affiliate program and earn on qualifying purchases.

Orange and chocolate can be a bit of a divisive combination. For all the die-hard fans whose favorite part of Christmas is getting a chocolate orange in their stocking, there are also quite a few people who are 100% certain Baby Jesus expressly forbade putting chocolate and orange together and are prepared to die for their beliefs. Slight exaggeration. I hope.

I’m not the biggest fan of fruit and chocolate together, but I do like chocolate and orange together every once in a while. I suppose it’s probably because I was one of those kids who got a Terry’s Chocolate Orange in their stocking, and while I maybe didn’t look forward to it all year or anything, it was certainly a treat.

Another treat that could sometimes be found around the house/stocking during the holidays were Lindt’s Lindor Truffles. I still remember the first time I had one: I was probably around 8 or 9 years old and Costco was giving out samples of a huge mixed package of Milk, Dark, and White that they carry. It was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten, which, to be fair, when you’re 8 or 9 probably isn’t saying much.

Still, I love those little guys. For those of you who are somehow uninitiated into the world of Lindor Truffles: they’re chocolate balls with a harder shell on the outside and creamy filling on the inside. The Orange Milk is their classic orange flavor, and tastes like a chocolate orange in Lindor Truffle form. It’s not my favorite flavor, but it does what it does well.

When I saw that there’s a new Blood Orange flavor when I was at the Lindt store loading up on truffs (as one does), I was skeptical, and not just because it kind of seems like they’re redundant when Orange Milk already exists. I generally don’t really “get” the whole Blood Orange thing. It seems like it became a trendy flavor for a while because of the novelty of being a red orange. Buuut…actual blood oranges are kind of…underwhelming? They taste worse than a regular orange and I’ve never gotten one that wasn’t dry as a dog turd on the sidewalk that no one in the neighborhood will take responsibility for so it’s just been sitting out in a heat wave for two weeks mocking everyone.

Anyway. The blood orange flavor fad is clearly due to novelty and not any special quality of blood oranges themselves, which is why I was skeptical. Also, blood orange hit its peak in popularity like 8 years ago, so Lindt is late to the train.

What is the Blood Orange truffle like?

The best way I can describe it is that it tastes like those orange slice jelly candies in chocolate form. It’s like Lindt is trying out a brazen, candy-esque orange truffle to see if people like it more than Orange Milk. While the initial strong hit of orange might be appealing, the subtlety of Orange Milk is much better for repeated tastings, aka eating one after another while you watch TV. The candy taste of Blood Orange leaves your mouth feeling kind of gross and gritty with sugar.

The Verdict

While the strong taste of Blood Orange will have orange chocolate fans intrigued at first, Orange Milk is the far superior option for its subtlety and nostalgic similarity to Terry’s Chocolate Orange.

Blood Orange Lindt Lindor Truffles are a limited edition flavor available in Europe.