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July 20, 2021 Michael

Kinder Happy Hippo – Kinder Meets Ferrero Rocher

Candy Bars

Kinder Happy Hippo is kind of like a Kinder Surprise and a Ferrero Rocher had a baby. A delicious, delicious baby. It’s got the crispy wafer exterior and creamy interior of a Ferrero Rocher, and the white/milk chocolate combo of a Kinder Surprise.

This is a European import (the one I bought seems to be German) and I’m going to have to insist that they bring this to North America ASAP, because it’s surprisingly delicious.

It’s everything you like about Kinder Surprise and Ferrero Rocher crammed into one delicious package. The interior is delightfully soft and creamy, featuring a nice balance between the chocolatey layer and the milky layer, and the wafer exterior features a nice crispiness and a subtle wheaty flavour that helps to balance out the sweet creamy filling. I wasn’t expecting much from this thing and it kind of blew me away.

Manufactured by: Ferrero
Nutritional info (100 grams): 593 calories, 38.6 grams of fat (17.69 grams of saturated fat, unknown grams of trans fat), unknown mg of cholesterol, 26.4 mg of sodium, 53.6 grams of carbohydrates, unknown grams of fibre, 45.1 grams of sugar, 6.7 grams of protein.
Ingredients (Google translated from German): Sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), wheat flour (8.5%), whole milk powder (7.5%), low-fat cocoa (5%), skim milk powder (4.5%), hazelnuts, sweet whey powder, semi-dark chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), vanillin), wheat starch, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), sunflower oil, milk protein, raising agent: ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate: salt, vanillin.

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael

Trumpf Aero – Germany’s Version of a Familiar Treat

Candy Bars, Chocolate

Aero is produced by Nestle throughout the world — except for Germany, where it’s made by Trumpf. My attempts to google this have been fruitless, so I have no idea how or why this arrangement happened, but it’s not the only time Nestle has made a deal like this. I’m thinking of Kit Kat, which is produced by Hershey in the US and by Nestle in the rest of the world.

Whatever the reasoning may be, the two Aeros are surprisingly different.

They’re both essentially the same thing — they’re aerated milk chocolate bars, which means that they have hundreds of tiny holes that gives the chocolate an interesting texture.

Aside from that, they’re pretty different; the Trumpf version is aerated all the way through, and lacks Nestle’s solid chocolate coating. This makes a bigger difference than you’d think; it has a very pronounced lightness that makes it melt away almost instantly.

The flavour is also quite different from standard Aero, with an in-your-face milkiness that gives it a fairly unique personality. The chocolate flavour is muted, but not in an unpleasant way. It’s a bit too sweet (the Nestle version has the same issue), but is otherwise pretty tasty.

Manufactured by: Trumpf
Nutritional info (100 grams): 543 calories, 32 grams of fat (19 grams of saturated fat, unknown grams of trans fat), unknown mg of cholesterol, 170 mg of sodium, 56 grams of carbohydrates, unknown grams of fibre, 56 grams of sugar, 6.4 grams of protein.
Ingredients (Google translated from German): Sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, milk sugar, cream powder (milk), emulsifiers (soy lecithin, E476), vanilla extract. Cocoa: 30% minimum.

September 30, 2020January 10, 2021 Michael

Ritter Sport Cacao Selection: 61% Cacao Dark Chocolate – Tasty Dark Chocolate

Chocolate

I’ve found Ritter Sport to be a bit hit or miss of late, but this one — part of their “Cacao Selection” line — contains a scant three ingredients, so I figured that would be pretty hard to mess up.

And yeah, it’s quite tasty. They did not mess it up.

The chocolate has a satisfying snap, a nice creamy melt, and a good amount of sweetness. The taste is a bit more muted than you might expect, however, with absolutely no bitterness and a surprisingly subtle flavour that takes a couple of squares to really appreciate. I enjoy the punchy flavour you get from more intense varieties of dark chocolate, so I missed that here, but it’s certainly tasty enough. It reminded me a lot of Lindt dark chocolate, so if you’ve ever had that, then you have a good idea of what to expect here.

Other than that… It’s good, I don’t know. It’s hard to review plain dark chocolate unless you’re one of those “notes of tobacco, dried figs, and cherries” guys (yes, those people exist for chocolate; they’re not just insufferable about wine), and I’m not one of those guys. So I’ll just say that this was good but not great and leave it at that.

Manufactured by: Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Nutritional info (10 pieces, 40 grams): 240 calories, 18 grams of fat (1 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 1 mg of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 2 gram of fibre, 15 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter.