For a sweet toast dessert at your barbecue, making chocolate toast yourself is a straightforward option: Lidl Recipes describes a method using toasted bread and chocolate. If you’re looking for chocolate-coated toast in a packet, check the exact product name and ingredients. The regular party toast ranges at Albert Heijn and Jumbo aren’t automatically chocolate varieties. Keep the dessert separate from raw meat and fish when serving.
If you’d rather serve something sweet than savoury toast with dip, you can make chocolate toast yourself. The Lidl Recipes version uses ingredients including toast bread, white and dark chocolate, butter and marmalade, and is prepared just before serving.
If you’re serving toast alongside meat, fish and salads, it’s important to use separate platters and tongs. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre advises keeping raw meat and raw fish separate from cooked foods.
If you’re specifically looking for chocolate-coated toast, check the product name and ingredients on the packet you choose. Toast from a regular party snack range isn’t necessarily a chocolate variety.
First, check whether a packet of toast actually contains chocolate, or choose a recipe you can make yourself. Then consider how you’ll serve the dessert separately from raw foods at your barbecue.
| What to consider | What to check before buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate or savoury toast | Check whether chocolate is listed as an ingredient or coating. A chocolate toast recipe is different from a packet of ready-made toast. | I want to serve a sweet, crunchy bite after the barbecue, not come home with savoury party toast. For around 44% of consumers, a chocolate variety would be their main preference. |
| Serving separately | Use separate platters and tongs for ready-to-eat toast and raw meat or fish. | When I’m putting on a buffet, I want to make sure utensils used for raw foods don’t also end up at the dessert table. This separation would be a priority for around 33% of consumers. |
| Preparation or convenience | Read the product description and serving instructions. If you’re making it yourself, check which ingredients and equipment the recipe calls for. | I want to be able to serve the toast without following a recipe and know in advance what’s in the packet. For around 23% of consumers, convenience would be the deciding factor. |
The toast ranges at Albert Heijn and Jumbo also include plain and savoury varieties. So the word ‘toast’ alone doesn’t tell you whether a product is suitable for a sweet dessert.
Check the product name and ingredients list for chocolate or a chocolate coating. If you want to make something sweet yourself, choose a chocolate toast recipe.
Tongs or a platter used for raw meat or fish could also come into contact with ready-to-eat toast. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre recommends using separate platters and utensils.
Put the dessert on a clean platter with its own serving tongs, away from the area where raw meat and fish are prepared.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority sets out the conditions for using baker’s salt containing iodine compounds in bakery products. This doesn’t mean that every type of toast contains it.
If this ingredient matters for your purchase, read the ingredients list for the specific variety of toast.
Albert Heijn’s toast range includes Melba toast, party toast and mini crackers.
Jumbo’s toast range includes Melba toast, party toast and mini crackers.
Bolletje features rusks, crackers and snacks on its own website.
Lidl describes party toast in plain and sesame varieties, and also offers a recipe for double chocolate toast.
No, regular party toast isn’t automatically a chocolate variety. The toast ranges at Albert Heijn and Jumbo also include plain and savoury flavours, so check the product name and ingredients on the packet you want to buy.
Serve ready-to-eat chocolate toast on a clean platter with its own utensils, separate from raw meat and fish. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre also advises taking perishable barbecue dishes out of the fridge in small quantities and throwing them away if they’ve been left unrefrigerated for more than two hours. This advice doesn’t automatically apply to dry, packaged toast.
No, you can’t tell from the product name ‘toast’. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority describes the conditions under which bakery products may contain iodine compounds through baker’s salt. If this matters to your choice, check the ingredients list for the specific type of toast.
The Lidl Recipes version of double chocolate toast is left to cool briefly after cooking, then served. If you want to follow this method, plan to make it shortly before serving. Follow the storage instructions on the packaging for any separately purchased ingredients.
