I’m starting to regret this challenge a bit if I’m honest.
Posting everyday isn’t as easy as you would think believe me. Not only do I
have to find time to write each post but there’s also the editing and
uploading. Now I’m not really complaining, after all I get to try chocolate as
I do them. The problem is that there is a growing sense of resentment.
By imposing a deadline upon myself I’ve begun to feel like
the blogs become a job rather than a hobby. I think once the twenty fifth has
passed I’ll need a bit of a break. For this reason and because of how similar
each of today’s products are this post is going to be a bit short.
He hath no eyes! |
First up we have Cadbury’s snowy delight bar, a vanilla crème
filled milk chocolate slab especially for Christmas. It tastes as you would
expect of the usual milk chocolate but the crème adds another level of
sweetness. The crème filling is very similar to the strawberries and crème bar
in texture a bit waxy but not too off putting. It gets close to becoming sickly
but isn’t unpleasant. Both melt well and combine nicely so it is a good
mixture. It’s very similar to product number two.
A Cadburys snowman is at number two, and pretty much the
same product but in a different shape… Is what I thought. Yes whilst this is
the same milk chocolate outside shell the inside crème isn’t the same. For a
start it’s a vanilla mousse and not a crème. This may not seem much change
there is as the filling is not only very waxy but also very tasteless. This
product just doesn’t work, and is rather disappointing. Even the moulding is
lazy and the snowman has no facial features or detail at all. It seems they
went for a cheerful and cheap approach with this one, the sort of product you
leave by the till for impulse buyers like me to find.
Little disappointed the white chocolate was only a topping |
MARS also had this in their sights I’m sure with these Malteasers
reindeers, but in this example I wouldn’t regret my buy. I really like these,
the chocolate on the outside has a smooth milky taste. The inside is a
beautifully crunchy malt middle that counters the sweetness of the outside
well. The mixture has little burnt bits in it too that add even more texture. I
find these teaser bars and the single Malteasers you get in Celebrations are
much nicer than the actual Malteasers. I can’t see why this is so.
Lastly we have a Cadburys winter wonderland bar, these look
rather cool. Made of tiny chocolate trees, of both milk and white chocolate. I
was a bit disappointed by the fact that the white chocolate is only the top
layer but still the taste is there. The chocolate tastes nice not too sweet,
though this could be because it’s overpowered slightly by the plain milk
chocolate.
Overall there’s not much to say really except that possibly
there is too many products released just for one holiday. Or rather too many of
the same ideas especially from Cadbury corner.
Score
Snowy Delight - 5 out of 11
Snowman - 2 out of 11
Winter Wonderland - 7 out of 11
Malteaser - 8 out of 11
Found
Any supermarket
Final Thoughts
Hopefully part of my New Years announcement will cure this dwell in my blog enthusiasm.
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