I've tried a couple
of bits over the last few months that didn't really warrant a whole post of
their own so I've decided to lump them all together in one random post here.
E. Wedel Leśny Duet.
When I purchased
this bar in Tesco I assumed it was the strawberry bar I had seen online - I
really should learn to look properly before I buy things! It turns out this is
a milk chocolate with blueberry and wild strawberry filling. According to the
ingredients on the back the filling contains 0.6% blueberry juice and 0.3% wild
strawberry pulp.
The bar itself looks
like the E. Wedel bars I've had before and I enjoyed the filling in those bars
so I was looking forward to trying this one.
I was very surprised
to find a sort of jelly inside, I was expecting more of a cream but I am glad
it wasn't. The jelly is a great textural difference to most other filled bars
and there is a generous amount inside each square. I wouldn't say one flavour
overpowered the other but considering there is more blueberry than strawberry I
could taste the strawberry a little more - maybe that's because it is pulp
rather than juice.
I enjoyed this and
from what I can see on the packet there are two more in this range - one looks
like pear and grape (?!) and I can't work out what the other picture is for the
life of me but I'll be keeping my eyes peeled!
Rating 7/10
Toffee Crisp Sharing
Block
I'm very very late
with the review for this bar, I actually ate it in September but I didn't
bother with my review as I'm pretty sure everyone on my blog roll (>>>
have a look!) has reviewed this as soon as it was out.
I liked this as a
stand alone bar, it definitely tastes like Toffee Crisp but I do prefer the
original, it's crunchier and I think these flavours work better in a nice thick
block rather than a thin bar. That said if I'd tried this before I'd ever had
an original Toffee Crisp the rating would easily be an 8 based on flavour.
Rating another 7/10
Heinz Tuscan Beanz
I didn't get a photo
of these once they were plated up I got stuck right in! I had them for a while
but I wasn't too sure what to serve them with, the Heinz website suggests
poured over chicken or with pork chops but I didn't fancy that. Instead I had
them with a cheap bit of frying steak (I would never ruin my good steak with
beans!!).
I actually really
enjoyed these, the sauce was still a tomato sauce but there were peppers mixed
in too aswell as roasted garlic and basil. These felt like a more grown up tin
of beans to me - they wouldn't go well on toast or even a jacket potato in my opinion.
They're more of a side to a Mediterranean style dish, and go nicely with a
"proper" dinner.
Rating 8/10
Double Chocolate
Fudge Brownie Cookie Dough Bites
I hunted these down
after trying the dark chocolate cookie dough bites and finally got them in a MR
Simms Emporium shop, although Tesco have started restocking them now - typical!
Once open they
really smell of fudge brownie. That part is spot on - they smell like Ben and
Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie without the ice cream if that makes sense. Sadly
they don't really taste like they smell.
These are just as
moreish as the Dark Chocolate version, and they are pretty tasty but they taste
of chocolate bites. I can't even compare them to anything, imagine a ball of
maybe chocolate button but with a bit of crunch inside? They're basically the same
as the first version I tried but milk chocolate instead of dark and kind of
missing the cookie dough - replaced instead with a nice smelling but non
existent tasting fudge brownie filling. I've confused myself so I'm probably
confusing anyone reading this but after the lovely smell the lack of taste in
the filling was dissapointing. I would rename these solid chocolate crunchie
bites.
Rating 6/10
The Collective Dairy
Russian Fudge
I've tried this
yogurt before, it's not new or a limited edition but it's too good not to make
a post on it. This flavour is Russian fudge and according to The Collective
Dairy this is a New Zealand sweet (otherwise known to us as Scottish Tablet? I
just always assumed that was fudge).
It’s a live gourmet plan yogurt with fudge swirled throughout, though
it's not really a swirl more like a giant splattering.
The keep fresh seal
made me smile.
In this photo it
looks quite watery, I probably should have given it a stir but I wanted to show
how much fudge is dumped in this! The flavour is just pure fudge, just like
real fudge not the cheap stuff you get in a pick and mix or the sweet shop.
Good buttery creamy fudge. Mixed with the plain yogurt this is delicious.
And it's not just a
layer at the top or bottom like other yogurts, this fudge is all the way
through. I absolutely love it.
Rating 9/10
A special mention to
the Banoffi flavour too, it's only available in 150g tubs and I'm afraid I ate
that before I even thought of reviewing it.
