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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 14, 2021February 20, 2021 Michael

Coffee Crisp Stix: Salted Caramel – Sweet Wafery Goodness

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What is that thick layer in the middle of a Coffee Crisp? Flavoured white chocolate? I honestly have no idea.

Whatever it is, it’s missing from Coffee Crisp Stix. I would have thought that this would make this thing taste less like Coffee Crisp and more like a generic wafer bar, but its identity is relatively intact; it definitely has the distinctive flavour of its namesake.

I basically tastes like a lighter, more wafery version of Coffee Crisp. It’s tasty in most of the same ways, so suffice it to say, if you like Coffee Crisp you’re probably going to like this (and if you’re not Canadian and have no idea what Coffee Crisp is — don’t worry, you’re not missing out on anything too mind-blowing).

I’m pretty sure the exterior is actually mockolate and not chocolate (it’s pretty waxy), but it’s thin enough that it’s not really a big deal.

As for the salted caramel, I didn’t notice much of a caramel flavour, but there’s definitely a mild saltiness that does a nice job of complimenting the bar’s sweetness.

Manufactured by: Nestle
Nutritional info (2 bars, 32 grams): 160 calories, 8 grams of fat (4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 65 mg of sodium, 22 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fibre, 14 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugar, modified palm and vegetable oils, wheat flour, modified milk ingredients, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, coffee, cocoa, baking soda, yeast, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, protease, xylanase, natural flavours.

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.

January 31, 2021 Michael

Duplo – Like a Hazelnutty Kit Kat

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Confusingly, Ferrero actually makes two different European candy bars called Duplo; one features three segments, each with a whole hazelnut surrounded by chocolate cream, and the other is a Kit-Kat-esque wafer bar infused with hazelnut. This particular one is the wafer variety, and it’s made in Poland, with nothing but Polish on the wrapper.

It’s quite good. It has so much resemblance to a Kit Kat that it would be hard for it not to be tasty. The wafer is nice and crispy, the chocolate is creamy, and the pronounced hazelnut flavour compliments it perfectly.

I wish the quality of the chocolate were better (it’s a bit one-note sweet), and the crispiness of the wafer could be more pronounced. But mostly, this is an above average chocolate bar that really capitalizes on the inherent tastiness of the hazelnut/chocolate combo.

Manufactured by: Ferrero
Nutritional info (100 grams): 555 calories, 33.5 grams of fat (19.1 grams of saturated fat, unknown grams of trans fat), unknown mg of cholesterol, 191 mg of sodium, 56.09 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fibre, 50.49 grams of sugar, 6.19 grams of protein.
Ingredients (Google translated from Polish): Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, full-milk powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithin (soya), vanillin), sugar, palm oil, shea vegetable oil, wheat flour, hazelnut, wheat powder, cocoa powder with reduced fat content, emulsifier: lecithin (soya), wheat starch, salt, raising agents (ammonium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate), vanillin.

January 3, 2021January 10, 2021 Michael

Reese Sticks – Familiar Reese Flavour with Bonus Crispiness

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Reese Sticks is one of those things that’s so obviously appealing, you pretty much don’t even need to eat it to know that it’s going to be good. It’s crispy wafers, creamy peanut butter, and milk chocolate. You’d have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

And hey, what do you know, it’s really good. Shocker.

Like with most Reese stuff, it’s a bit too sweet, and I wish the chocolate coating were more generous (the chocolate flavour is somewhat lost among the PB and the wafers). But other than that, this is exactly what you want it to be, with the saltiness of the peanut butter doing a great job of at least partially smoothing out the intense sweetness. It’s crispy, peanut buttery, chocolatey, and delicious.

Manufactured by: Hershey
Nutritional info (2 sticks, 42 grams): 210 calories, 13 grams of fat (5 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 5 mg of cholesterol, 135 mg of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of fibre, 18 grams of sugar, 4 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk ingredients, unsweetened chocolate, lactose, lecithin (soy), salt, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), peanuts, sugar, wheat flour, dextrose, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, hydrogenated palm oil, palm kernel oil, modified palm oil and modified vegetable oil (shea, sunflower and/or safflower), modified palm kernel oil, cocoa butter, salt, modified milk ingredients, unsweetened chocolate, corn starch, lecithin (soy), baking soda, TBHQ, artificial flavour, citric acid.