G Mochi Ice Cream - Pistachio version [@NLi10]

 I’d seen luxury versions of these in the Asian shops, and then Aldi had a suspiciously similar version for much cheaper - win!

These are pre-packaged little rice balls with ice-cream in the middle and not much else 

And you get 6 in a box, but each portion really is one unless you are having a big pudding.

They look quite mumified when frozen

But soon perk up at room temperature and in the heatwave didn’t melt until required.

And biting causes them to squish!

The outside is standard rice ball, and the inside is luxury pistachio ice cream and it works surprisingly well if you like slimy things.

Green luxury puddings for all, hurray!

Kopparberg Cider with Strawberry & Lime (Tesco Express) By @SpectreUK

The weather is a little cooler and damper. It feels a bit like summer is coming to an end. I feel like I should drink something that reminds me of summer just to keep it going a while longer.

I’m not much of a cider drinker. I do like a sweet cider at times, especially with a roast pork dinner. I have my favourite sandwich for tea tonight, a roast pork sandwich. I like it with some Colman’s English Mustard, and a sprinkle of black pepper.

I have a comic con tomorrow, so I suppose this could be considered as a school night for me. So, this Kopparberg with Strawberry & Lime should be okay to drink due to it being zero in alcohol.

On opening the can there was a strong aroma of strawberries, with a touch of lime and cider to this fizzy pink drink. There was a sweet strawberry flavour to begin with, then an almost face twisting sourness from the lime mixed with slightly dry cider. It was a battling combination. It wasn’t bad, but I’m not sure I’d have another.

You’re Paw Some [Chocolates] (M&S) by @cinabar

These You’re Paw Some chocolates caught my eye in M&S. From the box, I would guess these are meant as a gift, either for thanking someone or as a birthday treat, but you should know I bought these for myself to snack on. In my defence, there are only four in the box. They were just too cute to walk away from.

When I opened the pack, I found the chocolates beautifully moulded into the shape of sausage dogs, with lots of detail and looking fab. They actually look slightly better in real life than they do on the box, which never normally happens.

The chocolates are pure milk chocolate and are solid. The chocolate is decent, sweet with plenty of cocoa, and generally quite nice. I thought they could have used Belgian chocolate to make them a bit more special, or perhaps a caramel filling, as the chocolate doesn’t quite do all the work on its own.

The super-cute design is doing the heavy lifting here. I just wish they had backed it up with a little something extra in the taste.

Toy Story Honey Malted Wheats - suspiciously Shreddies [@NLi10]

 Toy Story is still a big thing, and it shows up of all kinds of products. Here we see it on imitation Shreddies.

Sensibly Weetabix have added honey but no heat.  I wonder why these aren’t just Shreddies, I guess nabisco and Weetabix are still separate companies.

At least you get two games on the back to play while you eat. I’m behind on my Toy Story films so don’t recognise all the shadows. 

And they look like frosted Shreddies 

And have a more rounded flavour than the super sugary version so are a little more palatable.they don’t quite have the same crunch maybe, but you’d struggle to tell these apart from the real brand.

Overall a hit, but as a movie tie in they will likely vanish.

Seabrook Disney Winnie the Pooh Honey Flavour Lentil Puffs (Ocado) By @SpectreUK

To celebrate Disney Winnie the Pooh‘s 100th birthday, Seabrook have brought out these Honey Flavour Lentil Puffs. Written by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin’s toys adventures, Winnie the Pooh has been popular with people of all ages ever since.

Seabrook’s origin story is also quite interesting. Mr Charles Brook phoned the shop to arrange pick up of his photos, whilst leaving the name Mr. C. Brook in 1939. When he went to pick them up, they had written down Seabrook, as his name. War happened, Charles was in the navy, and afterwards he decided to buy an old chip shop in Bradford, and call it Seabrook. He also made snack food with the fryer, and delivered it to the locals.

Anyway, on opening these Disney Winnie the Pooh Honey Flavour Lentil Puffs had a very sweet honey aroma. In fact they made me think of a sweet breakfast cereal. On taste though, there was an initial sweet honey flavour, followed by lentil.

For me, I’d say they needed a bit more salt to balance the sweetness and detract from the lentils. Eating two of these Disney Winnie the Pooh Honey Flavour Lentil Puffs at a time seems better, as the honey flavour lasts longer. I think they will go well with a cheese meal, so that’s what I’ll do with my next packet.

Happy birthday Winnie the Pooh!

Information on the packet: Per 18g bag is 74 calories, with 2.4g of fat, 0.7g of sugar, 0.07g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.