Pistachio Big Daddy Bites (M&S) By @cinabar

I spotted these Pistachio Big Daddy Bites chocolates in a service station branch of M&S, which always cheers me up during a long journey. We didn’t eat them in the car though, we saved them for when we got home. I just love browsing M&S, especially since our town centre branch closed. We also managed to find some crisps that a recent blog commenter recommended, so it was a double win.

These bites are based on the big version of the Pistachio bar, which I thought was called Big Daddy because it was released around Father’s Day. Or perhaps it was simply because it was, well, big. Either way, these are considerably smaller but have kept the Big Daddy name, so who knows!

More importantly, what are they like?

They are chunky individual chocolates, filled with a pistachio filling and topped with caramel. I gave one a try and what a chocolatey, nutty triumph it is. The pistachio element is lovely and strong, almost like eating a bag of salted pistachios. There is a sweet creaminess from the white chocolate, followed by a layer of rich caramel and sweet milk chocolate.

They have just about perfected that sweet and salty combination, with the strong pistachio flavour making these wonderfully moreish. I genuinely loved them, and now I really want to try the proper Big Daddy bar too!

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Instant (Ocado) By @cinabar

It is almost September, and this marks the occasion of my first Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, albeit in the form of an instant sachet. It still counts!

So, in honour of autumn, I opened up the box and gosh, it had a lot of air in it. There were only four sachets, so I checked to see if they had missed some, but no, that is all there is supposed to be. The Nescafé ones have seven or eight sachets, so this feels a little sad. The photo really does make the box look as empty as it felt!

I added the sachet, a quarter of the box, to my mug, and it mixed well with the hot water with no lumps. 

The flavour was gorgeous. I love these sorts of spices, so coffee with cinnamon and nutmeg is just divine. It is a proper autumnal drink: coffee, a touch of sweetness and warming spices. What could be more perfect?

Well, having more sachets in the box, I guess.

Minion Flavoured Sour Lemon Jammie Dodgers [@NLi10]

The latest minions movie - &monsters - was a love letter to cinema, it’s well worth a watch. And as expected there were tie in foods. Here we have - biscuits!

And sour lemon ones at that. But not too sour - that would break people 

Or is that the minions goal - to assume the shape of biscuits and terrorise everyone?

nah - they look harmless.

The biscuits are charmingly shaped and have a little variety too. A lovely touch,

And the jam is pretty lemony and pretty sticky. Nothing too amazing, but certainly decent,

I also had a matcha juice thing at Wagamama’s but it was basically apple juice with some tea sprinkled in. Boo.

 

Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream (M&S) By @SpectreUK

I love white chocolate and I love biscuits. So, any idea combining the two seems like a great idea to me. These Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream, does sound like a great idea too.

Apparently there is more than 50% of white chocolate in these Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream. I didn’t know how much more than 50% of each cookie is white chocolate. Part of my childlike brain was thinking 99% white chocolate, 1% cookie, until Cinabar read the packet and pointed out there was 52% white chocolate.

On opening the packet these Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream looked like white chocolate snow covered buildings. On first bite, “Holy, sh…” I was having a Hannah Waddington moment when she eats Ted Lasso’s biscuits.

These Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream really are outrageously chocolatey. They taste like white chocolate cookie creamy heaven.

Once I bite through the thick layer of white chocolate, the cookie inside melted in my mouth and the whole thing ended up tasting like you’d expect a thick white chocolate building cookie cloud would taste like. Yummy. Pass me another.

Information on the packet; Each of the 6 cookies is 171 calories, with 9.5g of fat, 15.3G of sugar, and 0.11g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Nescafe Creamy Tiramisu Latte (Ocado) By @Cinabar

Oh my, it happened. We’ve reached autumnal drinks season! I did my online grocery order, and there were FIVE new flavoured coffees, with this Nescafe Creamy Tiramisu Latte being one of them! Obviously, given the season, one of them was also a pumpkin spice, but all five got ordered. I know I have a coffee problem, but let’s be honest, there are worse things. The other reviews will follow, but let’s get started with the Tiramisu Latte.

I opened the sachet and it smelled rich and sweet, with a touch of alcohol in the aroma. Think Irish Coffee. It mixed up really well, with no lumps, and had a nice-looking froth on top.

I took a sip and the flavour was very much the Marsala wine that gives Tiramisu its kick, along with some creamy vanilla. This went very well with the coffee, and it was full of flavour while being lovely and creamy too. It was a proper delight on a wet afternoon. Soothing, sweet and great for fans of Irish Coffee flavours.