‘Snow is falling, all around… simply having a wonderful
Christmas time’. Except it isn’t snowing and let’s face it, it definitely won’t
be on the twenty fifth. I think the nearest I’ve ever got to a white Christmas was
the year I knocked over a bottle of talcum powder. Anyway why would we want
snow on Christmas day?
I’m not a kid anymore and snow doesn’t hold endless
possibilities for me. No I know what will happen, I’ve seen it before. I could
attempt to build a snowman, but I’ll probably give up have way through and that’s
not fair on either of us. I could have a snowball fight, and then I end up
cold, damp and probably having a stone lodged in my eye. Then there’s sledding which is always rather short-sighted
really. Yes, it is fun to slide down the hill, but remember you then must walk
back up it, in the snow, when it’s cold… and possibly icy.
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| What exactly is a Nonparcil? |
Nope, if it snows this year I’m going to hunker down, make
some soup and wait for it to blow over. Worse still is it doesn’t even just
send the kids crazier than a blue Smarties. Adults suddenly have the urge to go
out and purchase half of Sainsbury’s or Tesco. Then I’m stuck not being able to
buy my essentials for hunkering. Essentials of the food variety, specifically sweetened
ones. Luckily I have a solution to this as my cupboard is a Dragons horde of
confectionary.
Why all this talk of snow before even a fleck passes my
nose? Well it’s a good way to start my post containing two snow type items. We
have Cadbury Milk chocolate snowballs to try and some Nestle Snow caps. Starting
with the Dairy Milks I must say the white dusting on these whilst a nice touch
does rather get everywhere. When I opened the bag a ploom of the stuff erupted
out and coated my room. Still as I say
it’s quite nice and I have fond memories of these from last year.
They are essentially Christmas themed mini eggs, with Dairy
Milk chocolate being encased in a sugar shell. Except as I pointed out they are
dusted too, which in product logic makes them completely unique. You can fool
my but you can’t fool my tongue. I pop one in my mouth and allow the outside
coating to melt to the point of brittleness that makes it fall apart. Leaving
the chocolate exposed and slightly warmed. It tastes, well rather disappointing,
as I say I had these last year and got through many a bag I can tell you. This
year they taste a bit stale if I’m honest, I don’t know if they’ve changed or
if I have a bad bag, but something’s different.
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| Look how proud he looks of his skills! |
Well with that disappointment I moved onto the Snowcaps,
something I truly haven’t seen before (brand wise). They are small chocolate
chip drops sprinkled with tiny white candy balls. A bit like very small
jazzles. This should worry me, after even a single jazzle my stomach usually
feels like I’m punishing it. These though are different, for a start they are
dark chocolate, so the bitterness alone should in theory off set the sweet
sugar pieces. Which it does each drop is actually quite bitter but in a rich
way that’s not unpleasant. They don’t melt very well, which is a shame, but
they are still rather moreish.
Overall I much prefer both of these to the real cold thing
itself, much more useful. Wait. I know this year I’ll make a snow angel!
Probably won’t snow at all now.
Score
Snow Bites - 5 out of 11
Snowcaps - 7 out of 11
Found
Snowbites are in most stores like Tesco, the Snowcaps I found in an American candy store in Southampton.
Final Thoughts
I may put a bet on it being a white Christmas after all!
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