{"id":7018,"date":"2025-06-06T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/?p=7018"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:32:37","slug":"fabbri-cuor-di-amarena-bombon-chocolate-covered-cherries-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/06\/fabbri-cuor-di-amarena-bombon-chocolate-covered-cherries-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabbri Cuor di Amarena Bombon (Chocolate Covered Cherries) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author’s Note: As per usual, this is -not- a sponsored review. These are my own wild opinions. I have no affiliation with Fabbri<\/a> or Costco<\/a> or Amazon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Temu made a Cordial Cherry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welp. These wild cherry bombons were “wildly” disappointing. Perhaps I’d hyped them up too much in my mind. I’m already a big fan of Fabbri products; I’ve previously reviewed their Ginger in Syrup<\/a> and Strawberries in Syrup<\/a>. AND I love Fabbri’s Amarena Cherries<\/a> \u2014 so flavorful! Toe-curling flavor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, these imported Italian “bombons<\/a>” were not at all<\/em> what I expected. The label says “soft chocolate filling.” But they are really just average-tasting preserved cherries in a very average-tasting dark chocolate shell. Unless you are really paying attention, they will just taste like uninspiring chocolate-covered dried cherries. This is a bummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, it is a mega-bummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am not sure what happened. It’s as though the inside is too dry and flavorless for what the product label suggested. Not the succulent, lush filling I had anticipated. I supposed I had imagined these as some sort of more sophisticated cordial cherry? But, look at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I honestly can’t find a “chocolate filling” at all<\/em>. There’s the stiff chocolate exterior. And a dry cherry inside. There’s no filling<\/em>, even though it is listed separately on the ingredients. More about that later.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Worse, my first “bombon” only had a fragment of a cherry inside, instead of a whole one. It was so small, I could hardly taste it. I sat in my car, trying not to cry. Because I had just spend $15 -and- an unnecessary Costco trip to get these. Yes, pity me, my friends! Food tragedies deserve pity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One unusual feature is the white candy coating. It’s like the thin, white, crisp shell of an M&M candy. It doesn’t have any noticeable flavor, and it’s too thin to really add much texture on its own. The only thing it contributes is a tidier, melt-free handling. It looks like a gobstopper, but less colorful. Fortunately, not as hard as a gobstopper. Oi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Looking for a chocolate treat I adored? Check out my review of this Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Crunchy Caramel Bar<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I will say this: I bought these in winter, when my Florida house was “cold” (in the 60’s). Eating them now when my house is 83 degrees is actually nicer<\/em> \u2014 the chocolate is softer, although still shockingly firm. Any other chocolate would be starting to melt in my house (I have to keep my other goodies in the refrigerator), but these bonbons are just<\/em> tender enough to bite into. Definitely the strangest chocolate I’ve encountered. Cruel, hard-hearted chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “wild cherries” taste a bit nicer at the tropical temperature, too. But still not the rich, flavorful, moist cherries I expected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients in Fabbri Amarena Bombons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is my best attempt at typing out the ingredients, from the label:<\/p>\n\n\n\n