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May 12, 2021 Michael

Kit Kat White – It’s Missing Something

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Regular Kit Kat might just be the greatest candy bar on the planet. Kit Kat White & Milk? Also delicious. No, it’s not as good as the original, but what is? So I sort of assumed that Kit Kat White, which forgoes the milk chocolate altogether, would still be delicious.

It is not.

I like white chocolate, but in the context of a Kit Kat, it’s hard not to feel like something is missing. It’s sweet and milky and tasty in its own way, but the added punch of flavour you get from actual chocolate is sorely missed. It feels a bit one-note.

It probably doesn’t help that, like with so many white chocolate confections, it’s not actually white chocolate — if you look at the wrapper, the word “chocolate” is conspicuously absent. That’s because there are various oils in the ingredients (along with cocoa butter), which means that legally, this ain’t chocolate.

Still, it’s not bad (bottom-of-the-barrel mockolate doesn’t bother with cocoa butter at all); it’s fairly creamy and not particularly waxy. The biggest issue is the flavour, or lack thereof. It’s just sweet and crispy — and hey, there’s nothing wrong with that, but I can’t imagine that I’d ever buy this again. Especially when regular Kit Kat is right there, and is like a billion times better.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (1 bar, 41 grams): 210 calories, 11 grams of fat (6 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 55 mg sodium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 21 grams of sugar, 0 grams of fibre, 3 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar, modified milk ingredients, cocoa butter, wheat flour, palm, palm kernel, coconut and vegetable oils, cocoa mass, soy and sunflower lecithins, yeast, sodium bicarbonate, calcium sulphate, salt, protease, xylanase, natural flavours.

March 31, 2021 Michael

Kit Kat Chunky: Popcorn – Surprisingly Strong Popcorn Flavour

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I wasn’t sure what to expect with the popcorn version of Kit Kat Chunky. Considering that Kit Kat Chunky’s cookie dough variety basically doesn’t taste like cookie dough at all, I sort of figured that this would be more of the same.

I was extremely wrong. Popcorn Kit Kat Chunky pretty much hits you in the face with popcorn flavour.

My assumption was that the white stuff on top of the wafer would be some kind of popcorn-flavoured paste, but there are actual bits of popcorn in there, and their flavour is surprisingly strong. It’s mildly buttery, slightly salty, and actually compliments the toasty wafers and the sweet chocolate surprisingly well. The chunks are also large enough to add a bit of their own texture on top of the crispiness of the wafers.

It’s more of a fun novelty than anything else, but if you’re intrigued by the combination of Kit Kat + popcorn, you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (1 bar, 48 grams): 250 calories, 14 grams of fat (7 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 75 mg sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 22 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fibre, 3 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar, milk ingredients, wheat flour, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, modified palm oil, palm kernel, palm and vegetable oils, popcorn, cocoa powder, sunflower lecithin, salt, natural flavour, baking soda, protease, xylanase.

March 21, 2021 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.

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

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).

March 3, 2021March 6, 2021 Michael

Kit Kat Gold – Almost as Delicious as the Original

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Though I had initially assumed that Kit Kat Gold was a spin-off of Hershey’s Gold, they’re actually not affiliated. Remember, while Hershey makes Kit Kat in America, it’s made by Nestle in the rest of the world — and Kit Kat Gold is a Nestle product. I guess the word “gold” is too generic to copyright.

Like the Hershey version, the main draw here is the presence of caramelized white “chocolate,” and like the Hershey version, the chocolate isn’t real. The label simply calls it “caramelized white gold,” and Nestle’s website calls it “caramelized-white chocolatey coating.”

However, as I’ve noticed with other Kit Kat varieties made with mockolate, the presence of the fake stuff doesn’t have much of an impact on the tastiness of the bar. There’s almost no waxiness here, and the presence of the crispy wafers covers up any of the mockolate’s textural shortcomings.

It’s really, really good. This might actually be one of my favourite Kit Kat varieties — the toastiness of the wafers and the mild caramel flavour from the coating is a boffo combination. As usual with Kit Kat varieties, the wafers do a great job of balancing out the overall sweetness of the bar. It’s surprisingly delicious.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (1 bar, 45 grams): 240 calories, 13 grams of fat (7 grams of saturated fat, 0.2 grams of trans fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 22 grams of sugar, 0 grams of fibre, 3 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugars (sugar, glucose), milk ingredients, modified palm and modified vegetable oils, wheat flour, vegetable oil, soy and sunflower lecithin, cocoa powder, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, natural and artificial flavours, yeast, baking soda, salt, calcium sulphate, protease, xylanase.

February 3, 2021 Michael

Kit Kat Chunky: Caramel – Way too Sweet

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I don’t think there’s any other candy bar with as many varieties as Kit Kat. It’s not even close. According to Wikipedia, over 300 flavours of Kit Kat have been made for the Japanese market alone, and Japan definitely isn’t the only country in the weird Kit Kat game.

They’re able to do this with Kit Kat because the wafer/chocolate combo is basic enough to lend itself to any number of flavour varieties, and delicious enough that basically anything you throw at it is going to taste good.

Kit Kat Chunky, on the other hand, seems to be a different story. I think the biggest problem is that, instead of merely adding a flavour to the chocolate, they actually cram something into the bar itself, on top of the wafer (caramel, in this case). This means that they have to use a smaller wafer (about half the size, as far as I can tell), which throws off the balance of the bar.

Kit Kat Chunky: Cookie Dough had the same issue. The crispy wafer normally does a great job of balancing out the bar’s sweetness, but the smaller version here isn’t particularly able to perform that function. This is especially an issue with the gooey caramel, which is intensely sweet. It’s overwhelming.

It’s too bad, because this seems like a great idea in theory, but in practice it’s a bit sickening in its unrelenting sweetness.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (1 bar, 55 grams): 280 calories, 15 grams of fat (9 grams of saturated fat, 0.2 grams of trans fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 55 mg sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 30 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fibre, 4 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugars (sugar, glucose), milk ingredients, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, modified palm and modified vegetable oils, wheat flour, coconut oil, soy lecithin, cocoa powder, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, salt, baking soda, yeast, calcium sulphate, natural flavour, protease, xylanase.