Tag: Kit Kat Duos

Michael

Kit Kat Duos: Mocha + Chocolate – An Intense Kick of Coffee Flavour

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I’m not a big coffee drinker.  And by “not a big coffee drinker,” I mean that I don’t drink coffee at all, so I’m probably not in the target audience for this particular Kit Kat variety.  I do, however, enjoy the chocolate/coffee combo.

Kit Kat Duos: Mocha + Chocolate

The wrapper describes this as “Crisp Wafers in mocha creme with coffee bits + chocolate.”

Kit Kat Duos: Mocha + Chocolate

It’s a tasty bar, though I’ll admit that the coffee flavour was a bit too strong for me.  I normally enjoy chocolate with a coffee flavour — and it’s not that I didn’t enjoy this (it’s still Kit Kat, which is inherently delicious) — but the balance of flavours is definitely weighted more towards the coffee than the chocolate.  It has an admirably restrained sweetness and a mild but distinctive bitterness.  I liked it, but if you’re a coffee drinker, I think you might love it.

3 out of 4

Manufactured by: Hershey
Nutritional info (1 package, 42 grams): 210 calories, 12 grams of fat (7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 20 mg sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 19 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fibre, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sunflower oil, palm kernel oil, and/or safflower oil), wheat flour, chocolate, skim milk, corn syrup solids, cocoa butter, lactose (milk), cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of: milk fat, coffee, lecithin (soy), natural & artificial flavor, PGPR, salt, yeast, baking soda, artificial color (yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake).

Michael

Kit Kat Duos: Mint + Dark Chocolate – Minty and Tasty

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The wrapper of this American import puzzled me; it says Hershey, but isn’t Kit Kat a Nestle product?  Well here’s something I just learned: due to a decades-old agreement between the two companies, Kit Kat is made by Hershey in the States, and by Nestle in the rest of the world.

I guess I’m going to have to buy a plain American Kit Kat and see how it stacks up with the Nestle version, but for now, there’s this.

Kit Kat Duos: Mint + Dark Chocolate

There definitely seems to be a dip in quality compared to the recent Nestle Kit Kats I’ve been trying, but that might be more down to the flavour than anything else.

And it’s definitely not bad — it’s actually pretty good.  But the mint flavour is intense.  I like the mint/chocolate combo, so I enjoyed it, but if you don’t you might find it a bit toothpasty.

Kit Kat Duos: Mint + Dark Chocolate

Other than that, the chocolate is slightly grainy, and the wafer seems to be a bit bland compared to the Nestle version (though that could be my imagination), but it’s generally tasty enough.

3 out of 4

Manufactured by: Hershey
Nutritional info (1 package, 42 grams): 210 calories, 12 grams of fat (8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 25 mg sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 19 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fibre, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sunflower oil, palm kernel oil, and/or safflower oil), wheat flour, chocolate, skim milk, corn syrup solids, cocoa butter; lactose (milk), contains 2% or less of: cocoa processed with alkali, milk fat, lecithin (soy), oil of peppermint, PGPR, artificial color (yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake), salt, yeast, vanillin, artificial flavor, baking soda.