Shaken Udder - Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake [Shake the Cake] (Waitrose)

Many milkshakes I have tried and purchased in the past are made with skimmed milk and then thickened. I found it unusual to find a company that went straight for the full fat milk. When I tried this drink though, I could immediately see why they did. It isn’t too thick in texture, but the taste is wonderfully creamy, and easy to drink. It is refreshingly different to some of the big brand shakes, and feels more like a milkshake should, light and clean.
I choose this flavour as it seemed the most interesting of those in the range (there is also a chocolate, a banana, and a regular strawberry available). In flavour there are too distinct layers, a lovely natural strawberry taste and a creamy biscuit flavour too. It isn’t overly sweet and is well balanced. The flavour could have just as easily been ‘Jammy dodger’ though as I couldn’t pick up much on the cheese flavour. Having said that I did thoroughly enjoy this shake, and hope they release a few more interesting flavour to the range!

KitKat Caramel Chunky (WH Smiths)

Well I’ve finally found myself a KitKat Caramel Chunky, which I've been searching for a week or so for. This product should not be confused with KitKat Caramel (the flat version) which I wrote about a little while ago, which has caramel flavoured chocolate rather than any substantive caramel.
I have to be open, and explain that before I take my first bite, I have mixed emotions about this bar. I have the usual excitement that I always have when finding a new product, but I have disappointment too as this is the bar that will be replacing KitKat Peanut Butter Chunky (my current favourite bar).
Opening the pack I was surprised by the lack of caramel smell. On tucking in I was also expecting to find a lovely layer of gooey caramel, but there was none present. Instead there is a caramel paste, of a similar colour and texture to that of peanut butter - oddly enough. The paste had a nice caramel flavour, but it wasn't very strong. It did go well with the rest of the chocolate and wafer flavours though. In fact the bar was perfectly nice. That's it though, not exciting, not anything amazingly different - but nice. A pleasant bar, but it doesn't live up to the magic of the peanut butter variety which it is replacing.

KOKO by Cadbury (Sainsbury’s)

Can I just say that I think these are beautifully packaged. With their sweet pink and brown packet and ribbon handle they really would make a lovely gift. I bought them just for me though, and so that I could write about them here of course!
They are a box of Cadbury’s truffles, all milk chocolate flavoured. They are individually wrapped firstly in a plain metallic paper then coated in a shiny branded brown ‘Koko’ wrapper. This does give them an expensive fell like they are something a bit special. The chocolates do have a distinctly Cadbury’s flavour, the coating taste like Dairy Milk as it is creamy sweet milk chocolate, and it has a decent thickness to. The truffle inside is also a sweet milk chocolate flavour, and is very smooth and silky in texture. Each bite provides a lovely sensation of sweet delicious chocolate truffle that it would be hard to dislike. Admittedly they are not the most adventurous new product on the market, but they are the sort of item that is tasty but safe and as such they make an excellent addition to Cadbury’s gifts range.

CoFresh Mint Chutney Potato Crinkles (Lidl)

These crisps are a potato snack, presented in a crinkle cut format. They are quite light, thicker than a regular crisp and have a really good crunch. They also have a fantastic taste too. There is nothing subtle about the flavour, they are quite intense crisps and they just fill your mouth with an amazing taste. It is actually quite difficult to describe the flavour and I think it has three layers. Firstly there is a sweet and spicy taste, secondly following on from the spices is heat from chilli that leaves a decent burn and finally there is a refreshing cucumber taste. As the texture is so light, it makes them easy to eat and rather moreish.
I thought the taste sensation was fantastic, and absolutely loved these crisps. They are the sort of thing that would be perfect served with a dip too. Very different and very nice, a surprisingly sophisticated snack!

Hazelnut Snickers (Poundland)

Having made quite a few good discoveries like the Mars Midnight and the Twix Cappuccino, I now feel obliged to sneak a peek whenever I pass a pound store to see what I find. Yet again this paid off for me when I discovered Hazelnut Snickers on the shelf!
When I tried this bar I was a little surprised to taste peanuts. Don’t get me wrong, I love peanuts, but as the bar is a hazelnut edition I just thought it mean a straight swap with those and the peanuts. As it turns out this bars seems to be a mix of peanuts and hazelnuts which actually worked really well, I just wasn’t expecting it. The hazelnut pieces are cut into decent sized pieces and this flavour mixes with the saltier peanut taste. The bar seemed really substantial and filling and I did grow to love the nut combination. Nut fans definitely needs to seek this one out!