Archive for May, 2007

Cadbury Dairy Milk Double Choc

This is the latest offering from the Cadbury Dairy Milk superbrand. We’ve already looked at Dairy Milk, Dairy Milk with Mint / Orange Chips, Dairy Milk with Caramel and Dairy Milk with Creme Egg. Whew. That’s a lot of Dairy Milk, and we’ve hardly scratched the surface yet.

I’m still not convinced by the whole Dairy [...]

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Posted by Dom on 23 May 2007 at 11:05 AM in Reviews | Comments (7)

Stainer Ginseng E Miele (Ginseng & Honey)

This is my second ever Stainer bar, and I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that Andrea Stainer’s chocolatiers have supernatural powers.

This was another purchase from the Etruscan Chocohotel’s Chocostore, and it caught my eye mainly due to the unusual (some may say bizarre) combination of flavours it purported to offer. I mean, the [...]

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Posted by Simon on 22 May 2007 at 03:05 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Terry’s 3D

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed Terry’s Caramel Bite and was pleasantly surprised just how tasty it was. Well I was just as surprised to see another offering from Terry’s in my local shop so thought I’d give it a go.

Terry’s 3D is quite simple and consists of biscuit and a creamy white filling, [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 May 2007 at 09:05 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Hershey’s Natural Flavanol Antioxidant Milk Chocolate

This is the final product in the new Hershey’s Goodness range, and frankly, it’s a good job the other two had some redeeming features, because this one is pretty much inedible.

Just like the others, the packagaing talks about how wonderfully good it is for you, and the format is exactly the same. A large bag [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 May 2007 at 01:05 PM in Reviews | Comments (4)

Mars abandons animal rennet plans

Masterfoods have scrapped plans to add animal rennet to Mars products after receiving over 6000 complaints from consumers.

According to the BBC, Mars says it became “very clear, very quickly” that they had made a mistake.

Unfortunately, it’s still not clear if any products with animal rennet are already on sale, and Mars are being very vague [...]

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Posted by Dom on 20 May 2007 at 06:05 PM in News | Comments (6)