Maltesers Mint Biscuits (Asda) By @Cinabar

When the new Maltesers Mint Buttons were released earlier in the year, pre-Covid lockdowns if anyone can remember those days, I discovered a new love of mint and malt. Frankly the flavours shouldn’t go together but they hit a magical formula that just worked. Clearly it has been a successful combination because they have extended the flavour into these new Maltesers Mint Biscuits. I was looking forward to trying them.

The biscuits are shaped like three flattened circles and look nice in the packet, they are spaced out in pastic though and there isn’t that many in there. I gave one a try and found the biscuit to have a decent amount of chocolate and nice solid biscuit texture that snapped when broken. The mint flavour is the most dominant taste and in this format the malt was a bit more hidden, with the biscuit taking some of the room. The malt was still present it was just not as strong as could be. As a fan of mint I still enjoyed these biscuits with my afternoon coffee but I would have liked a shade more malt in the taste.

Rustlers BBQ Rib - No Mc, but essentially the same (@NLi10)

Continuing the series of things to eat for lunch in lockdown we have the Rustlers imitation McRib

I went through a phase of these as a child, before the good chicken things were released, but it wears thin fast.

Same deal as before - nuke the meat, toast the bun, squirt the sauce.

cold rib

Hot and toasty - lovely sauce!

Doesn't look amazing, but it's tasty enough.  The chicken one is nice enough that I had it again, but this is not as exciting.  I'd rather have the other lunch option that I've got at the moment (but am yet to write up).

So - maybe the secret to this one is in the magical rib sauce.

Brave Roasted Chickpeas – Sweet Chilli flavour (Amazon) By @SpectreUK

I'm always on the lookout for alternative snacks to crisps and nuts. If I wasn't on a constant diet I'd eat crisp packets by the dozen, but I try to stick to one packet a day with my lunch or an alternative equivalent. I can't eat nuts due to dietary reasons, but flavoured roasted chickpeas can be quite a treat and fill that snacking gap I miss terribly. I do really miss chilli favoured nuts, but sadly there doesn't seem to be a replacement for my favourite coated salted peanuts!

I tried Brave Roasted Peas Paprika & Chilli before and rather enjoyed them, which was a relief due to the fact that when we bought them from Amazon they arrived in a box of twelve. These new Sweet Chilli flavoured Brave roasted chickpeas sound right up my street. Since I ran out of the previous box of twelve Brave flavoured peas, I couldn't help but dive straight into the box. There was a sweet chilli smell with a touch of paprika on opening the first packet. That spicy smell carried through to the taste. There was a sweet chilli and paprika flavour to these deep red chickpeas, with quite a strong aftertaste of parsley. These Brave Roasted Chickpeas have a medium to light chilli heat. They made my nose run just a little whilst eating them. I noticed that I liked the seasoning so much that I found myself dunking the end of my sandwich into the dustings left on my plate towards the end of my meal. I'm very glad I have another eleven packets!

Muller Light – Bakery Inspired Cinnamon Bun Yoghurt (Asda) By @Cinabar

Working from home has increased my consumption of yoghurt. Mainly because being at home I’m next to my fridge rather than risking the shared fridge in the office, where things disappear, admittedly mainly milk. I do buy a lot of the Muller Light yoghurts anyway but discovering the Bakery Inspired range excited me, there is this Cinnamon Bun flavour. I love cinnamon, it is my favourite spice and, as you probably guessed, Cinnamon Bun is my favourite pastry. There is also a lemon drizzle yoghurt in the pack, which sounds nice too, but has no cinnamon! So I think you can guess we started first.

 

This yoghurt is a pale cream in colour and has a decent creamy thickness. The flavour is divine! The yoghurt is sweet, there is cinnamon and the flavour of pastry, it was so good. The flavour is creamy too and it tastes bad for you. However it is 0% fat and has no added sugar so is a proper guilt free cinnamon treat. I realise this is a winter flavour but honestly cinnamon isn’t just for Christmas. The spice is warming and works so well with a little sweetness, I was scraping the yoghurt pot out by the end.

The British Snack Co Sweet and Salty Popcorn (@britishsnackco) #gifted By @Cinabar

We were very kindly sent a bag of this Sweet and Salty Popcorn from The British Snack Co, but they are available from Amazon if you want to try them yourselves. I cracked open this packet for our film night and as it is Halloween month we were watching the classic The Lost Boys. The original cool vampire movie!

I may have ripped the bag to open it and turn it into a make shift sharing bowl, but it had rather smart and mad decorations. I was loving the funky cat, British shirt and the postbox, it was very bright and cool and very British. I think in the current Brexit / Covid climate it is good to support British firms. Inside the bag there was plenty of popcorn and no unpopped kernels which was a bonus.

The popcorn was fluffy but with a light crunch, so it had a really good texture. There was a decent amount of salt and sugar, and the mix worked well. It makes it more interesting to eat as each bite had a slightly different balance of flavours. I enjoyed the popcorn and I enjoyed the movie too, I’m pleased to say The Lost Boys is still a fantastic film if you are looking forward to what to watch this Halloween.