Daim Cheesecakes (Tesco) By @Cinabar

I have been on annual leave today, extending my weekend, so it felt like it was time for a treat. We fancied a dessert so I had a little browse in the supermarket to see if I could find any slices of cheesecake. Although these aren’t slices, I was intrigued to find Daim Cheesecakes. They are in glass jars and there are two in the box. Once I opened the box, I could see the layers of the cheesecake nicely, a biscuit crumb base, a cheesecake layer and a topping of milk chocolate with Daim pieces. They looked seriously good.

The first thing to note is that the top layer is milk chocolate. Why am I pointing this out? Well, you store these Daim Cheesecakes in the fridge and that makes milk chocolate very solid, so I felt like I had to dig in to get the first mouthful. It was worth the effort though. They are a tasty treat. The biscuit layer was a chocolate biscuit crumb with a good flavour, the creamy cheesecake layer was spot on the Daim topping was lovely and had that fab nut brittle flavour. I found myself scraping every last bit out of the jar, a proper indulgent treat.

Limited Edition Daim Lemon (B&M) By @Cinabar

There is a new branch of B&M open in my city centre, which is nice to see. These days new shops are a rare commodity, and this one that brings the potential of interesting Foodstuff Finds so I couldn’t resist having a look around. It is an epic store, full of goodies and I managed to fill a large shopping bag of items I didn’t know I needed. First on my list is this Limited Edition Daim Lemon.
So Daim bar is usually filled with nutty caramel tones, and the addition of lemon sounds like it should work. I unwrapped the bar and couldn’t pick up on any scent of lemon at all which was weird. All I could smell was chocolate and regular Daim. This was still true even when I broke the bar in half for the photo.

My favourite thing about Daim bars is the texture, crunchy but with soft chocolate, it is always interesting to eat and this bar is no different on that front. Flavour wise there is a touch of lemon, but it is not very strong at all. The lemon and the caramel flavours do work, but oh my this could have been an amazing combination. Unfortunately all I could think when eating the bar was how much I would have preferred a stronger dose of lemon. A proper blast of zingy citrus could really have worked and would have made this Limited Edition Daim Lemon superb, but they went mild with what is traditionally a strong taste. It is similar to a regular Daim, which meant it was still tasty. The Orange Daim from last year hit the spot far better, wonder if I can still find those in B&M?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim Little Robins (Co-Op) By @Cinabar

Hmmm, I’m not sure I can do anything to deny that these are a Christmas review, in October. I can’t really claim that Robins aren’t seasonal, they have quite a strong association with Christmas. I can however say that I do like Daim bars any time of the year, and that these new Cadbury Daim Little Robins sound like a good tasty treat.

I have to start by saying that the design on the foil on the wrappers is really quite cute, and I thought they looked nice in the bag. The next part is the simple removing of the wrapper and the realisation that many of them are rapped multiple times. I’m not sure if I got a dodgy bag, or whether there is a cost saving when an item which isn’t wrapped fully in the foil is just put back through the wrapping machine for another layer rather than sell it as ‘misshapes’.

After the foil has been foiled these Cadbury Daim Little Robins do look a lot like all the other Cadbury small ‘egg’ products inside. The chocolate egg (which isn’t easter related) split fairly easily in half revealing a solid filling in both sides. The main flavour of these Cadbury Daim Little Robins is Dairy Milk, there was a slight crunch in the texture and hint of the Daim toffee flavour, but mostly they were chocolate flavoured. I was hoping for more of a kick from the Daim and more crunch, but it felt to me like chocolate with a hint of Daim more than anything else. They were tasty enough, but not something I will be missing when the season ends.

Daim Snax (Pound Shop) By @Cinabar

We used to have a Pound World near us but this closed and then reopened as a independent shop selling items for, you guessed it, one pound. I couldn’t resist having a look and was impressed by some of the foodie snacks on offer, amongst them was this bag of Daim Snax. When I popped it in my basket I wasn’t 100% sure what they were exactly but the mention of the Daim brand was enough to get me curious.
So I originally I thought this was chocolate with bits of Daim bar mixed into cluster, and I was nearly right but this also includes cornflakes as an added ingredient. The chocolates look quite rough and haphazard, but most have a roundish base and they are approximately similar sizes.

I gave one a try and they reminded me of the chocolate cornflake “cakes” I used to enjoy as a kid, only with an added Daim bar flavour that was nutty and sweet. They just worked, the flavours complimented each other perfectly, the wholesomeness of the cornflakes and the sweet Daim, I found them very moreish. I have always been a big fan of texture and these hit the spot there too, they were interesting to eat and crunchy to munch on. My only worry now is whether I will be able to get more of these. The back of the bag states they were made in Poland, but the bag is mostly in English so I’m hoping these are a proper release and not just a random import I won’t see again. Note to self, time to stock up!

Limited Edition Daim Mint (Poundland) By @Cinabar

I can’t resist having a look around Poundland when I’m in the town centre as there are often new and interesting items. This week I spotted a multi pack of these new Limited Edition Daim Mint bars. As it happens mint is one of my favourite flavours so I was quite keen to try these.
I liked the pale blue of the packet of the Limited Edition Daim Mint bars and realised that there wasn’t any other chocolate bars using that or a similar colour in its packaging. ,Inside the pack where three wrapped Mint Daim bars. Daim bars consist of a a layer of nut cracknel covered in a thick layer of milk chocolate. The minute the wrapper was opened the mint aroma was noticeable, and it blended pleasingly with the chocolate tones. The bar itself is predominantly minty, and the peppermint is at decent strength, it does cover over the nut element a bit, but the chocolate and caramel are still very much present. I love the texture of Daim bars, with the soft chocolate and brittle centre which crunches and snaps. As a mint fan I thought this bar was a success with lashing son cool mint washing over my senses. Think solid After Eight, mmm. I can imagine that some may think it defers from usual the nutty base flavours of the caramel, but I guess that just means more bars for me.

New Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim Dessert (@Morrisons) By @Cinabar

I quite often pick up these chocolatey desserts from Cadbury as a treat. One half of the pudding has a thick chocolate sauce, and then there is another Cadbury ingredient that can be mixed in with it. There are quite often limited edition flavours, and this Daim edition is the latest.

We had these as a pudding after tea. When I pulled back the lid I found the Daim bits in one section of the pot, they looked quite small, and were coated in chocolate. I tried a combination of both the dessert section and the Daim bits and found it to be mainly chocolate in flavour. There was a slight crunchy from the Daim, but the overwhelming taste was chocolate. The tones were sweet and creamy, and I do like Cadbury chocolate but the Daim flavour was so subtle, it was over powered by the chocolate coating. I could pick up the Daim flavour at the end of each mouthful, but apart from a little bit of texture the pieces didn’t add much. What it needed was for the Daim pieces to be pure Daim, without the chocolate coating. I guess they would have stuck to each other though, which is why they went for this option. This is a nice dessert because of all the wonderful Cadbury chocolate flavour, but I felt there wasn’t enough Daim flavour for my tastebuds.

Limited Edition Orange Daim Bar (PoundLand) By @Cinabar

Although Daim bars are fairly easy to get hold of in the UK, the Limited Edition flavours rarely make it onto UK shelves. You can sometimes find them in Ikea, but they can be quite pricey in there. This Foodstuff Find came from the wonderfully well priced £1 in Poundland for a multipack of three, awesome!

The bars are in a bright orange pack, and do state Limited Edition, without giving much of a clue as to how long they are available, hence I bought two multipacks! Inside each pack are three individually wrapped bars. The chocolate bar is fairly flat and consists of a crunchy almond cracknel coated in a fairly thick milk chocolate, flavoured with orange. The minute I opened up the wrapper I could smell the sweet orange essence and new this was going to be a good version of the chocolate bar. I had forgotten how lovely the texture is on a Daim bar, the centre is brittle, crunchy and the it turns slightly chewy as you eat it, and all of this is wrapped in creamy milk chocolate. The flavour is a lovely mix of chocolate and orange, it is sweet and full of citrus. You can still taste the almond and caramel cracknel and the flavours mingle together perfectly. I loved the playful textures too and am rather pleased with myself that I’d stocked up.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim Eggs (WH Smiths) [By @cinabar]

I spent some time yesterday taking down the Christmas tree and it seems as soon as they are supposed to be packed away the local shops are preparing for Easter. In the WH Smiths near my work the Christmas chocs were all in the reduced section and the Crème Eggs and Cadbury Bunnies are now proudly sitting on the shelves. In amongst the goodies for the new season these Daim eggs were brought to my attention by the lovely lady that runs the shop and understands my Foodstuff Finds obsession!
I opened the bag and found eight small foil wrapped eggs. Under the wrapper there is a familiar Cadbury egg with the same logo and design as your find on its bigger brother the Creme Egg.
I gave one a taste and have to say I was a bit disappointed. It is quite a solid egg, with thick chocolate, but the filling inside is still quite heavy too. The flavour is almost exclusively that of Dairy Milk chocolate. There is a slight crunch, presumably the Daim pieces, but the flavour is all but lost. In terms of positively identifying actual Daim bits I found two, that was during me eating four of the eggs... and those pieces were quite small. So yes it is there if you look for it, but I think you could quite happily munch these without noticing much of any addition to the flavour. According to the packet they contain 9% Daim, or to put it another way they are 91% not Daim. These are more eggs with a hint of Daim than proper Daim eggs. I'll be getting my Daim fix from the regular uber sweet and crunchy Daim bars and hoping this Easter brings a few more stronger goodies than this.
This does remind that the new Dairy Milk with Daim bar also had a very mild Daim flavour. I'm starting to think whoever is in charge of Daim at Cadbury actually isn't a fan of their own bar!

By Cinabar

New Dairy Milk with Daim (Cadbury Factory Shop) [By @cinabar]

We’ve recently had a few days away in Portsmouth. We knew there was a good shopping centre there – but right near the entrance to it the big bold Cadbury logo caught my eye, and I had a look around the Cadbury Factory Shop situated there. They had a few new goodies, that I’ll be writing about over the next week or so, but first up is the new Daim Dairy Milk variant. Well, I say new, and to be fair it is, it’s just its here because Kraft seem to be reducing the Milka chocolate bars available, and switching them to Dairy Milk. Goodbye Daim Milka, hello the Cadbury version. I know that makes sense for the British market, but as a Milka fan it’s not the best news for me.
Like the Milka bar, this one contains fragment of almond cracknel, mixed into the base chocolate. There does seem to be a fair amount of Daim bits in the bar, but weirdly the flavour is almost lost.
When you bite in the crunch is quite something, it feels like there is loads of Daim packed it. It breaks, and cracks and crunches as you eat. I thoroughly enjoyed the texture, but it was still missing that distinct Daim taste. It was there, but not in the quantity you’d expect from the feel of the bar, it’s more Dairy Milk with a hint of Daim than anything else.
Now as the most significant flavour is the usual creamy sweet Dairy Milk I did still enjoy the bar. Even as a Milka fan, I can’t deny that I do like Dairy Milk chocolate, it’s a really soothing flavour. It’s just that if you are looking for the taste of Daim, it’s probably now best just to pick up a Daim bar, as this one feels like a bit of a watered down version.

By Cinabar

Mikado – Daim (Asda) [@Mikado_UK @asda] [By @Cinabar]

I made specific trips to two branches of Asda to find these biscuits as they are exclusive to that supermarket. The first visit was okay, but the shop didn’t stock them (that was Asda Telford). The experience in the second branch of Asda was so dreadful I almost left my entire trolley of purchases and walked out of the shop because of these biscuits. It was Asda Wolverhampton, and having picked up all our groceries we made our way to the ‘interesting’ stuff, i.e. the chocolate, crisps and biscuit aisles.
As it is a branch of Asda I’m not familiar with I couldn’t find the Mikado biscuits on the shelves. Lucky for me there was a lady stacking shelves in that section. I asked her if she could tell me where the Mikado biscuits were. She snapped at me and said “If they aren’t out we don’t have them in stock”. This was a surprisingly short and rude reply and it didn’t answer my question. I explained to her that I wasn’t telling her that there weren’t any out on the shelves, just that I didn’t know where to look. Again she snapped at me, and said “well neither do I”. Then she just ignored me and carried on stacking the shelves (in the biscuit section I might add).
It was late in the day on Good Friday and we had a full trolley but Spectre and I still discussed walking out, because no member of staff should speak to a customer in such a discourteous way. I was trying to spend money there after all. However the Mikado biscuits were the last thing on the list, and as we stood there steaming from our treatment the biscuits caught my eye tucked away fairly low on one of the shelves. The Mikado Daim edition was there too, so I picked up a couple of boxes and we left. Sadly unless one of the other supermarkets start stocking these it is going to be my only purchase, as I have no intentions to go back. Sorry for the rant, but it was related to the Mikado biscuits!
Anyway back to the goodies in hand. We are big Mikado/Pocky fans here at Foodstuff Finds, and I have loved this style of biscuits ever since NLi10 introduced me to them, a few years back. Mikado are still fairly new in the UK, but I am really pleased to see the range is expanding, and as I love Daim bars I was keen to give these ones a try. The biscuit sticks are all coated in milk chocolate, with a gap for fingers to pick them up, and these particular ones then had little pieces of Daim caramel also stuck to them. Visually there didn’t seem to be that much of the caramel, but there must have been more than I thought as the flavour shone through. The taste was really sweet and had such a rich brown sugar and caramel brittle taste it made them very moreish and tasty. You could certainly feel the crunchy bits when you ate, but they thankfully weren’t big enough to get stuck in your teeth. The chocolate was lovely and creamy too and helped to recreate the whole Daim bar feel and add that lovely hit of cocoa.
I thoroughly enjoyed these Daim biscuits and would totally recommend them. Here is hoping some of the other supermarkets start stocking them, because I certainly would buy them again, just not from that branch of Asda.

By Cinabar

Daim [Dime Pieces, Sweden] (IKEA)

It strikes me that Daim (Dime) are far more popular abroad than they are here in the UK. I put this realisation down to the fact that Daim seems to come in all different formats in foreign countries, from being a guest filling in Milka bars in Germany, through to Daim cake and these Daim pieces being available in Sweden, and therefore of course IKEA here in the UK!
Well this is yet another review of a product in a sharing bag, which seems to be the ‘2009’ way of producing products. I do have to say I was a little disappointed that the bag wasn’t re-sealable though. The pieces of Daim were far smaller than I first imagined, and compared to the way they look on the packaging. They actually ranged in size from 5mm to over 1cm and as such were tiny compared to what I was expecting. However this made for a good proportion of the combination of flavours, as you get quite a bit of chocolate in the surface area. These are the kind of choccies which you have a few of at once, and they crunch rather pleasingly as you munch! The Daim flavour (i.e. nut brittle / cracknel) is all present and correct with its nice nutty, toffee, honey flavour and they chocolate is spot on too. A lovely snack, it just needs a nicer bag that lets you seal them after you have eaten a portion. Otherwise (oh no) you’d feel obliged to finish the pack in one sitting, as they are quite dangerous when left in the bag, as it doesn’t even stand upright!

Milka & Daim [Dime] (Germany)

Dime is a chocolate bar in its own right, and so technically this is a chocolate bar with its special filling being another chocolate bar. A chocolate bar inside another chocolate bar, now that doesn’t happen every day!
Both Milka and Dime are made by Kraft foods, which goes some way to explaining it. If you haven’t tried a Dime it is a mix of almond, caramel and butter. In fact it is like an almond version of Peanut Brittle and it is a very crunchy bar.
Obviously a regular bar of Dime consists of two main ingredients; chocolate and almond brittle, which is exactly the same ingredients on the Milka & Daim bar. This makes it even more of a curiosity. A regular Dime bar though consists of a big piece of brittle covered in chocolate, where as this bar is mainly Milka and has small bits of almond brittle within it.
The smaller pieces add a gentle caramel crunch and just a little extra sweetness allowing you to enjoy the Milka flavour with a hint of Dime. It's a great flavour and I preferred it to regular Dime bars (but then I am a self confessed Milka fan girl)!