Walkers Grilled Cheese & Chilli Jam flavoured crisps (Ocado) By @SpectreUK

If there’s one thing in life that I have discovered, it’s that I have a lot of favourite sandwiches. One of my favourites is the all time classic; ham and tomato sandwich. Add a bit of salad cream or mayonnaise, a lot of Colman’s English Mustard, and a little pepper and I am well away. Even if it always gets really messy.

I generally have some sort of bacon flavoured crisps to accompany my ham and tomato sandwich. Today, I found these limited edition Walkers Grilled Cheese & Chilli Jam flavoured crisps to review. I like a bit of grilled cheese on an sandwich, and chilli jam can have quite a kick to it. So, I wonder what these taste like.

On opening the bag there was an aroma of sweet chilli and a cheesiness to the red chilli flecked crisps inside. On first taste these Walkers Grilled Cheese & Chilli Jam flavoured crisps had a strong grilled cheese flavour to begin with, and then a mild sweet chilli tang followed. I could feel that sweet chilli heat building the more crisps I ate, and they were very moreish indeed. Yum.

Information on the packet; The 25g bag contained 128 calories, with 7.3g of fat, 0.8g of sugar, 0.16g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Baileys Chocolate Caramel Whirls (Tesco) By @Cinabar

I spotted these at the supermarket and thought they looked nice. There have been a few Baileys-flavoured products come out over the last year or so, but it is always nice to see a new one. Here we have three Baileys Chocolate Caramel Whirls, all individually wrapped and in a box, so they would be perfect as a stocking filler. Apologies for hinting at Christmas this early!

The box is light, so I wasn’t expecting the chocolates to be too big, but they are still surprisingly small, they only weigh 24g each. The individual packaging is useful for keeping them fresh, but it does mean there is more plastic, and unfortunately it isn’t easy to recycle.

I cut one in half because I was curious to see how they looked inside. It isn’t the best photo, but you can see the nice layers inside.

I gave it a try and it reminded me a little of a Walnut Whip (minus the walnut, obviously), with a nice hint of Baileys. The chocolates look pretty too, as they are nicely moulded. The chocolate and Irish cream flavour work well together, and the Baileys isn’t too strong, but gives it just enough extra flavour to make it interesting.

The chocolate is a reasonable thickness and is sweet and tasty. They are a nice little treat, and I think they would make a lovely stocking filler.

Reese’s Strawberry PB&J Big Cup (Home Bargains) By @Cinabar

There has been an increase over the years in products that combine peanut butter and chocolate in the UK, and we’ve even had a mainstream Kit Kat in the flavour. I would say, though, that we haven’t really taken on PB&J over here (for those wondering, that’s peanut butter and jelly). Apparently, it is a popular sandwich filling across the pond. However, I found this Reese’s Strawberry PB&J Big Cup in the shop and couldn’t wait to give it a try.

There are two of the larger cups inside the packet, but they are still in the usual paper cases. They are a decent size, and when I bit into one, I found they packed in a good amount of filling too. The flavour was very sweet, and the strawberry jelly (jam) gave a lovely hit of sweet fruitiness. The chocolate was also lovely and sweet, while the peanut butter added that more savoury, nutty taste with just a touch of salt. It worked really well, and I particularly liked the strawberry addition to the combination.

This may be more in the American taste palette than the UK, but I loved the fruity twist with chocolate and peanut butter. It’s definitely a combination I’d be happy to see more of over here.

Crusties & Bugles - Denmark Snacks [@NLi10]

 We recently went to Denmark for the week - but surprisingly didn't pick up many branded snacks.  I gravitated towards the pastries and cafes - and it wasn't quite hot enough for the icecreams.

I did spot these Crusties

Like a store-brand version of the Knopper this comes as a multi pack.

Very affordable, not quite as creamy or rich as the originals, but still a nice snack.  Really not that filling though

My partner opted for a single bag of Bugles for a similar price.  These have crept into the UK but never seem as good as the Lay's version - guess it's like Takis not being as good as the Spanish ones.

These look and taste fantastic.

They don't photograph well - this is a tiny crisp, not a samosa.

They lasted ages, and worked out as much better value than the tasty wafer squares (I think we still have one of those left!) -  we did a lot of walking so big meals, sugary drinks and bags of bugles should be the way forwards.

Peroni Nastro Azzuro Arancia Rossa (Ocado) By @SpectreUK

I have a comic con on Saturday and Sunday to sell toys at. Whilst I like a beer with my dinner, I rarely feel like drinking on a ‘school night’, so to speak. A non-alcoholic drink is most welcome on those nights. I usually like the taste, and hopefully the flavour will go well with whatever sandwich I choose.

This Peroni Nastro Azzuro Arancia Rossa is flavoured with blood orange. So, I may have a tuna sandwich. It is 0% in volume, which is ideal for a school night. There is the wonder of the taste ratio with this type of flavoured beer. Generally it’s a little fruit and a lot of beer, but I’ll see…

On opening the can there was a strong aroma of blood orange to the murky red beer inside the can. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be that colour. There was a lot of blood orange added during the brewing. The beer flavour definitely took a second stage here in the tasting. I have to admit, this was a flavoursome drink. I missed the stronger beer element though.