Terry’s Chocolate Milk... (Not Orange) (Morrisons) By @Cinabar

Nothing sounds more enticing than the slogan on the side of the box of this new product from Terry’s: “Milk Chocolate Flavoured Chocolate." Thats how I always like my milk chocolate, milk chocolate flavoured. Here we have the Terry’s Milk Chocolate... And that is where the name ends; the next most obvious word would be ‘orange’ but there is no orange, so the name sort of hangs. Terry’s Chocolate Milk Ball? 

This is like a chocolate orange, in that it is the same shape and has the same segments but significantly is just milk chocolate. We don’t know why. All the exciting editions they could have gone with, and they chose flavourless.Sorry, I meant milk chocolate flavoured milk chocolate. I opened up the pack; the Terry’s Chocolate Milk item (?) was in a blue wrapper. I tapped it and unwrapped it. The segments looked like pieces of chocolate orange (they had the same markings), but the flavour was just milk chocolate. It was nice too; the chocolate was good. It was sweet and creamy, with a nice cocoa taste. It was a good solid chocolate, but I just was left thinking I’m just not sure it is something I’d buy again. It turns out that I like my Terry’s chocolate flavoured, but I totally appreciate there will be fans for this. 

Mr. Kipling Terrifying Toffee Whirls (Tesco) By @Cinabar

Halloween items in the UK aren’t the most exciting things. We do celebrate it here in the UK, but it isn’t the big event that it is over in the States. There is some effort for confectionary and cake companies; we put pumpkins on packaging, but they don’t go wild with the flavours. Still, I saw this box of Terrifying Toffee Whirls from Mr. Kipling and thought they would be nice to try anyway. 

 

Inside the box are six fully loaded Mr. Kipling Terrifying Toffee Whirls. They consist of two pieces of soft, sweet biscuit filled with a toffee buttercream and a butterscotch sauce. The biscuit, although it has a much softer texture, tastes similar to a buttery shortbread. I didn’t think the toffee in the filling was very strong, but it was sweet and pleasant, and it was elevated by the rich butterscotch sauce also layered in there. 

These Mr. Kipling Terrifying Toffee Whirls are an indulgent treat; they taste yummy, and I would buy them again. They are not the most adventurous Halloween products you could hope to find, but the packing since, and they will make a lovely snack watching a Halloween movie. 

Nudge - Neon Raptor Brewing Company (The Wee Beer Shop) By @SpectreUK

I have steak and chips tonight. I do love a good meaty steak washed down with a good hearty stout. This Nudge Chocolate Fudge Stout is based on the old Cadbury's Fudge bar. I used to have one after school everyday before dinner when I was very young. I still have them now with ice cream after dinner. This Nudge stout could also be a good pudding stout, so I may save some for later.

This 6% in volume Nudge was created by Neon Raptor Brewing Company. There is liquid cocoa in the ingredients, as well as malted barley, oats and hops. On opening the can there was a big aroma of chocolate. Very sumptuous smelling indeed, Nudge stout poured almost black into my beer glass with a good creamy head.

There was an instant flavour of chocolate, like a good hot chocolate gone cold in its mug. Sweet gooey chocolate fudge flavour was followed closely by a herbal hop bite, and then a roasted coffee taste mixing with malty chocolate into the aftertaste. The oats giving this Nudge more body, this was a warming filling stout that went perfectly with my steak and chips. Cheers.

HoneyBird Cinna-Bun (Hickory’s Smokehouse) By @Cinabar

Let me start this by saying that Hickory’s Smokehouse is one of my favourite restaurants. It is a small chain restaurant, mostly around the Midlands, and its theme is Southern Texan food and style. We go there regularly; Spectre is addicted to the Gumbo (spicy stew), and I love the Hot Dog (classic), but I have tried quite a lot of the menu items. They have a few sweet savoury options, for example, the chicken waffle that is drizzled in maple syrup, that work really well. This dish, though, is one that takes that sweet savoury mix a step further; here we have the HoneyBird Cinna-Bun. Effectively a cinnamon bun, with chicken served in the middle. I also love cinnamon but have sort of avoided this until now. 

When it arrived, it was served with nacho chips and slaw. The HoneyBird Cinna-Bun looked super dangerous to try and eat; there was icing and honey glaze on the top. I picked at the nachos before I decided to try to eat with a knife and fork!

I gave it a try and have to say I did like the flavours. I love sweet cinnamon, and it was good with the chicken; the red onions inside were definitely there to bring balance, and that helped. 

If I’m honest, even as a cinnamon lover, I think they force this to work, and it makes it a decent meal. However, in my heart of hearts, the maple syrup chicken waffle is by far the superior sweet savoury dish on the menu. If you are going for the first time, I still heartily recommend the Hot Dog, and apparently the Gumbo is also absolutely amazing. 

Twix Chocolate Spread (Iceland) By @Cinabar

Another day and another jar of spread. This one is hopefully a liquidised chocolate bar; here we have Twix Chocolate Spread. This sounds like a perfectly indulgent breakfast or energising afternoon snack to boost me for an afternoon of work. Sadly, I had the second option running today, so I needed a bit of sugar.

I put the toast on and spread this on it. The base flavour is chocolate and caramel, but there are little bits of biscuit pieces also mixed in. I’m never really sure about bits in spreads, but they did have a nice buttery shortbread taste. The sauce itself has a good chocolate and caramel taste; it is sweet and indulgent. It was a treat on toast and a nice version of a Twix bar; the flavour was quite well recreated. 

I’m not sure what other chocolate bars are available as spreads, but I will keep an eye out for any more that I can find.