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August 31, 2021 Michael

Walnut Whip – Chocolatey, Gooey, and Tasty

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I wasn’t even sure what to expect from Walnut Whip, a British candy that I hadn’t heard of until I ordered it for this blog. It looks more like an oversized selection from a box of chocolates than like a traditional candy bar, but it’s basically like a Valomilk or a Mallo Cup in a different shape.

It’s pretty simple — it features what the packaging calls a “fondant centre” surrounded by a thick layer of milk chocolate and topped with a walnut.

The fondant is creamy and marshmallow-like (it’s extremely similar to Marshmallow Fluff, though without the vanilla flavour, which I missed), and the milk chocolate is very British; Walnut Whip is a Nestle product, but the chocolate tastes like it’s trying hard to be Dairy Milk.

The walnut, oddly enough, is a bit superfluous; it adds some crunch, but is otherwise lost among the sweet chocolate and even sweeter filling. Still, the whole thing is tasty enough — it’s probably better than Mallo Cup, but not quite as good as Valomilk.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (1 whip, 30 grams): 148 calories, 7.2 grams of fat (4.2 grams of saturated fat, unknown grams of trans fat), unknown mg of cholesterol, 50 mg of sodium, 19.9 grams of carbohydrates, 0.4 grams of fibre, 18.1 grams of sugar, 1.4 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, lactose and proteins from whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), vegetable fats (palm, shea, sal, mango kernel), skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin)), sugar, walnuts (6%), glucose syrup, glucose-fructose syrup, dried egg white, humectant (glycerol), flavouring, tartaric acid.

August 3, 2021 Michael

Kinder Country – Chocolate Crammed with Cereal

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Kinder Country is basically Kinder Chocolate, but with a whole bunch of cereal crammed in (the ingredients lists barley, rice, wheat, spelt, and buckwheat).

It’s interesting; the cereal here is incredibly abundant, and is clearly the dominant flavour, with an intense wheatiness and a mild bitterness that helps to offset the sweetness of the chocolate and the milky interior.

It reminds me a lot of Sugar Crisp, a cereal I haven’t thought about in years, but which came to mind as soon as I took a bite of this thing. The chocolate is creamy, but with a mild crispiness from all the grainy bits. The flavour isn’t as chocolatey as you’d expect, but it works.

Manufactured by: Ferrero
Nutritional info (1 bar, 23.5 grams): 132 calories, 7.9 grams of fat (5.1 grams of saturated fat, unknown grams of trans fat), unknown mg cholesterol, 65 mg sodium, 12.9 grams of carbohydrates, 11.5 grams of sugar, unknown grams of fibre, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mash, emulsifier: lecithin (soy), vanillin), sugar, skimmed milk powder, vegetable fat, whole grains expanded (barley, rice, wheat, spelt, buckwheat), dehydrated butter, emulsifier: lecithin (soy), vanillin.

July 27, 2021 Michael

Snickers – The Most Popular Candy Bar in the World

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On one hand, it’s kind of odd that I’ve gone this long without reviewing plain old Snickers. On the other hand, who needs a review of Snickers? Is it really any kind of public service to review a candy bar that literally every person on the planet has tried? If you’re unfamiliar with Snickers, I’m going to assume you’ve just emerged from an Encino Man scenario, and probably have better things to do than read a candy blog.

Snickers consists of nougat, caramel, and peanuts, all covered in a generous layer of milk chocolate. But of course, you know that already, because it’s Snickers. It’s the top-selling candy bar in the world (or at least it was a few years ago).

It’s good. There’s obviously a reason why it’s so popular: the nougat and the caramel have a satisfying chewiness, the peanuts add a nice crunch, and the creamy chocolate rounds it all out. It’s aggressively sweet, though the slightly salty peanuts do a decent job of offsetting that a bit. It’s certainly not my favourite candy bar, but it’s easy enough to see why it’s such a big deal.

Manufactured by: Mars
Nutritional info (1 bar, 52 grams): 250 calories, 12 grams of fat (4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 125 mg sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 27 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fibre, 4 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk ingredients, cocoa mass, lactose, soy lecithin), peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, modified palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, dried egg-white, artificial flavour.

July 13, 2021 Michael

Dairy Milk Toffee – Tasty Chocolate and Toffee

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If you’ve ever had something like Heath or Skor, Dairy Milk Toffee is basically that, but with the ratio of chocolate to toffee tilted very much in favour of the chocolate.

It’s clearly about the chocolate first, but there are enough toffee bits to make it decently crispy, and to give it that distinctively buttery/caramely flavour.

The combo of the above average Cadbury milk chocolate and the small chunks of crunchy toffee is clearly a winner. I mean, there’s not much more to say than that; Dairy Milk Toffee is exactly what you want it to be, and it’s delicious.

Manufactured by: Cadbury
Nutritional info (10 squares, 42 grams): 230 calories, 13 grams of fat (8 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 15 mg of cholesterol, 65 mg of sodium, 25 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fibre, 23 grams of sugar, 3 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (milk, sugar, cocoa butter, skim milk, whole milk powder, unsweetened chocolate, butter oil, soy lecithin, artificial flavour), toffee pieces (sugar, butter, glucose syrup, salt, soy lecithin).

July 6, 2021 Michael

Crunchie – Delicious Honeycomb Toffee with Chocolate

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I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat a Crunchie bar without thinking about my great grandmother, who used to dispense treats from a big bag next to her favourite chair. Her candy of choice: honeycomb toffee, the crunchy candy that you’ll find inside of a Crunchie bar.

That stuff is delicious on its own, and it’s even better when it’s coated in chocolate.

It is, as the name implies, exceptionally crunchy, though it basically melts in your mouth, so it’s not the type of thing that you have to chew on forever. It’s extremely sweet (it’s essentially just pure sugar), but is has enough of a deep caramelized flavour to balance that out. The taste almost reminds me of the crispy top of a creme brulee.

The thick layer of milk chocolate complements it very well, with a nice creaminess and chocolatey flavour that goes perfectly with the crunchy honeycomb toffee. It’s a top notch candy bar.

Manufactured by: Cadbury
Nutritional info (1 bar, 44 grams): 210 calories, 8 grams of fat (5 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 170 mg of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fibre, 29 grams of sugar, 0.5 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar glucose syrup, modified palm oil, modified milk ingredients, modified vegetable oil, cocoa, unsweetened chocolate, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin, calcium chloride, natural and artificial flavour.