Nestle Munchies
I confess. I probably did go a tad over the top with glee when I saw the multi (3) pack of Nestle Munchies in Morrisons. It’s been years since I had Munchies. 
“Yes! Oh Yes! I get to review Munchies before the others” I sang as I did the smug-a-rumba around the trolly.
“You’re chocablogging mad you are!” my son told me. He then proceeded to walk 10 yards behind me, claiming not to know me, until we were safely through the checkouts.
Once home, the afore mentioned son asked if he could have a pack, having never tried Munchies before. It’s at times like this that I realise just how easy it is to be a failure at this parenting lark. I made a mental note never to allow such an event again. Just what had I been thinking for the ten years of his life? No Munchies? Tsk.
I chose to wait for the right moment to enjoy my Munchies. A soak in an aromatic bubble bath, a candle lit room, a nice glass of wine, a good film…then open the Munchies. Yes, Munchies deserve that don’t they?
“So what did you think of the Munchies?” I asked my son sometime later. “Oh, they were okay I guess” he replied, “but I don’t think I’ll get them again.”
What!? A child of mine doesn’t like Munchies!? I immediately pulled out the family album to compare family features. Surely he must have been swapped at birth….?
Later that evening, my time had come. I opened up the Munchies, popped one in my mouth just waiting for that delicious Munchie Moment I remember from all those years ago…then…my mouth went
motionless as I quickly checked that I had actually put a chocolate in my mouth and not some cardboard packaging. I tasted another and looked closely at my old favourites. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. Heck, I hadn’t felt this gutted since the Interflora van pulled up outside my house on my last birthday and the delivery guy walked down the next door neighbour’s path.
A pack of Munchies contains 12 individual chocolates. ‘Milk chocolate with soft caramel and crisp biscuit centre’ is the description on the packet. My argument = milk chocolate? Since when has milk chocolate tasted like dried out cardboard? Soft caramel? Ok, so you don’t loose a filling with the caramel but I doubt it would slowly drip the way only a good caramel can. Crisp biscuit? Fair enough, I won’t argue with this.
Maybe I had been unlucky enough to buy from a bad batch? With this possibility in mind I went out and bought six more packs from different shops. I did this because I am committed to my chocablogging duties.
Psst – while Dom isn’t looking…between you and me; it’s because I wasn’t ready to accept that my, yes *my* Munchies had changed.
I accept the deal about Wagon Wheels and Curly Wurlies. Yeah Yeah, it’s me that has grown and not the confectionary that has shrunk (well, maybe I accept this) BUT this isn’t merely about size, although size does matter (sorry guys), this is about the whole chocolate, the whole taste, the whole choccing thing.
The result of the whole nine yards, erm, packs of Munchies is that: I hadn’t bought a dud pack in the first place. Munchies are no longer the delicious little chocolates that made you wonder why they came in tubes and not in a fancy box. They are no longer the scrummy delight that would sway you into accepting a second date should your beau present you with a pack to munch during the film. They are now nothing more than a dry, bland imitation of my dear sweet chocamemories.
Nestle? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
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Posted by Chocstress on 28 Aug 2006 at 09:08 PM
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August 28, 2006 : 10:32pm
I too was sad when I tasted them. The idea of them is so solidly good … but they were just bland, grainy and sweet.
August 29, 2006 : 12:04pm
When I saw the title for this, I thought “OOO Munchies, that cow Chocstress got their first… damn!” but having read your review I’m rather glad that it was you that got to be bitterly disappointed and not me… :(
August 29, 2006 : 12:05pm
their = there … DOH
August 29, 2006 : 9:40pm
Sometimes it is better to let childhood memories stay where they are - in childhood. s
August 30, 2006 : 1:39pm
You made me want munchies and spoiled the dream…! Oh well. I have fond memories of my Dad having them in the glove compartment in the car, and we’d be allowed one on a long trip somewhere….mmmmmm! Still tempted to buy some to confirm that they are not what I remember.
September 2, 2006 : 11:47am
Have Munchies always been called ‘Munchies’ or were they known under a different name years ago?
September 3, 2006 : 12:07pm
There are some Mint Munchies which are plain chocolates with a mint flavoured fondant cream centre. They were originally called Mintola, but the name was changed to Mint Munchies in June 1995.
I recall a TV advert where the theme was all about the name and should it be changed. Basically the advert was saying that because the chocolates are so delicious surely they deserve a more fitting name.
For me personally, product now fits the name - which is so sad.
As far as I’m aware, the name has never changed since the product was launched.
March 16, 2007 : 6:41pm
this munchies look all delicious!! UMMM! i’m already gettin’ hungry. :-) well i wish i could eat some rite now.
yours truly,
Sweetie
April 13, 2007 : 10:55am
mmm ive got the munchies they are gorge i could eat and eat them which isnt really a good thing! :)
November 26, 2007 : 9:18pm
i would like to contact nestle coz in my country they dnt get munchies and i love them so much they are my fav chocolate and i would like to ask maybe i can buy them online or they import them to malta
June 22, 2008 : 12:12am
I did a double-take when I saw Munchies for sale in a local shop about a month ago. I hadn’t had Munchies for about 30 years.
So I bought two packs: one for me, one for the Missus.
I decided I must have a defective memory: I was sure I used to like Munchies but these were not very nice at all.
My wife’s reaction: “Don’t bother buying them again”.