Expectations are a funny thing aren’t they? Build them up
and quite often they knock you down. Take today’s blog post for example if you
go into reading this with the low expectations you’ve come to it with you may
just enjoy it. Then again no matter how you approach my blog you’re going to
love it, after all its awesomeness is a reflection of my own and I just can’t
help that.
It’s a true point, however, that often when we build ideas
up in our mind they can never truly live up to all the hype. It’s why I try to
live as spontaneously as I can, if we don’t think too much not only will we be
surprised more but you can never really be disappointed when something doesn’t
live up to your standards. Take today’s item, a Nestle Millionaires Shortbread
Wonka bar. When I heard that Nestle were re-launching the Wonka brand over here
after a seven or so year hiatus I was excited like a small puppy. I remembered
the amazing tasting bars that were released to coincide with the Tim Burton
film and thought of the possibilities for crazy combinations.
Then they came out with the new flavours and immediately I
was less jubilant, they weren’t the same and part of me knew that the flavours
were variants of other Nestle products. This bar for instance is very similar
in taste to a limited edition product that snuck out the back, as these jumped
through the door. On the outside these do meet my hopes with the same crazy
Wonka feeling design as the Nice Cream I tried Here. The colour and design are
brilliantly chaotic that I’m sure Dahl would approve of. Once unwrapped, I
found the shape to be rather a let-down. The last bar had a nice print of an
ice cream sundae on it; this one is plain except for a monogram W in the
corner.
Undeterred too much as usual by aesthetics alone I try a
chunk, immediately I notice the chocolate yet again isn’t the usual quality
Nestle taste. It’s clearly less cocoa more sweeteners, possibly with all the
flavours being thrown around Nestle thought they be sneaky well I got you. It
doesn't taste bad with a caramel paste inside with tiny chunks of crumbly
biscuit for bite. I would have thought however if they were aiming to emulate
millionaire’s shortbread that a solid layer of biscuit topped with caramel and
then layered in chocolate would have been closer.
Then it hit me what I was really eating and my hopes for the
future of innovation fell ever more! This is essentially just a re-packaged
Kit-Kat caramel, the limited edition bar that always seems to be around. Except
unlike them the chocolate coating isn't as thick or even as nice. Whilst the
Nice Cream was good and a great idea this one was disappointing. It just feels
a bit cheap, the caramel paste itself shows this, and surely a nice coating of
normal Mars like caramel would have felt less manufactured.
Overall I was disappointed by round two of the Wonka bar
saga; I do blame my expectations in part. I’m looking forward to the final
assault when I buy a bar of the Crème Brule although I will try to be neutral…
TRY!
Score
4 out of 11
Found
Sainsburys
Final Thoughts
Todays review is rather serious clearly disappointment has aged me.
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