Galaxy Caramel Chocolate Eggs (Waitrose)

This isn’t very clear on the photograph, but I feel this needs mentioning. On the foil on this product it says Galaxy Caramel Chocolate Eggs. If I was to have purchased a Cadbury’s Creme Egg, it would be one egg, and the packaging refers to it as an ‘Egg’.
I only purchased one Galaxy Caramel Chocolate Egg, so I call for them to remove the extra ‘s’. I don’t know why the ‘s’ bothers me so, but I feel better having shared the fact that it does, so now onto the product itself.
The chocolate shell, is the usual creamy, silky, sweet galaxy chocolate. It has a generous shell, but still breaks easily enough when bitten in to. The caramel inside is dark and rich, and has a good sweetness. The flavour isn’t as well defined as Cadbury’s Caramel, but it is certainly still of a good quality. This item provides a decent chocolate hit, and the caramel filling is thick and flavoursome, so it was a very enjoyable egg(s).

Spiced Chai Light [Drink Me Chai] (Waitrose)

I think I have mentioned on here before about how in recent months I have become much more open to different varieties of teas. I have particularly grown to like spiced teas and Chai is a favourite.
This product caught my eye because unlike my usual tea bags, this is a sachet of contents that you simply mix with hot water. The milk powder within the pack means that it would have a more authentic milky Indian Tea consistency.
I found the product quite hard to mix up. It didn’t seem at all convinced about dissolving in water, and I have to give the contents a bit of a whisk with a fork.
Once made, I really liked the flavour. The drink was milky, sweet and wonderfully aromatic. It made a lovely warming drink that had a good depth of flavour with the spices, and was very enjoyable. The last sip wasn’t so pleasant though. The very last mouthful of this fine drink consisted of all the sediment that had failed to dissolve and I ended up with a gritty texture in my mouth. It was a shame to finish on such a note, as the tea itself had been very pleasant until that point.

Miscellaneous Forgotten Foodstuffs {via @Nli10} - Multiple Shops

As the weeks go by I've picked up some less exciting food to review that never made it onto the site. Instead of looking back over the things I did review here are a few that just didn't inspire me to write at the time.


Favourina Chocolate Coins - Part of the Lidl Christmas range

Bought these in November, hadn't seen note based chocolate money at a reasonable price (99p I think for these). Turned out to be fairly average chocolate but in the shape of money. No real shock there. Wouldn't buy again.


Miscellaneous Udon Noodles - Spar @ Birmingham Uni

I loved all of the four varieties of Udon noodles. Unfortunately my English palate could not tell the difference between them, and the only real difference was the way that I cooked them at the time. All were an improvement on the dry version I did review before I found these. Will buy regularly.


Lipton Ice Tea Drink Range - Tesco [I think]

Following on from the really nice brewed bottled Tea I found these three drinks. Essentially they are water that tastes of tea and either green tea, lemon or peach respectively. All three were nice drinks but none were tea in a bottle. Probably wouldn't buy again.


Deli range Bratwurst – Aldi
These were fantastic sausages - really thick, meaty and full of flavour. Why didn't I review them? Two words - German Market. Christmas in Britain is now known for large German markets selling all kinds of sausages similar to this. And theirs tasted nicer, probably due to the method of cooking on the hanging grill. I'd buy these again, but not when the real deal is in town and so readily available.

Have a great 2010 and please feel free to leave comments - we do read them even if we don't always reply.

Cracker Drinks – Pineapple, Guava and Lime (Morrisons)

I have to say that the brand Cracker is new to me, and not one I’ve seen in my usual supermarket haunts. According to the website they are also stocked by Asda, but not my local branch.
The flavours within the drink seemed like such a nice combination and I thought it would make a refreshing treat in the New Year. I have to say it was actually sharper than I thought it would be, and it seemed to have an apple edge, despite not containing any. The lime shone through, and there was a gentle sweetness, but the slightly tart flavour would make it a perfect refreshing drink for a nice hot summer’s day. Sadly it is sleeting here, but roll on the sunshine.

Dairy Milk Cadbury’s Bunnies (WH Smiths)

First things first... Happy New Year!!! I hope 2010 brings everything you wish for, and ideally one or two new interesting products for me to write about!

What’s the best way to start this fine new year, how about with an Easter product! This is a similar product to the Kit Kat Bunny in that it is an Easter related mini chocolate treat.
This Caramel Bunny is made with a thick helping of finest Dairy Milk, and a generous filling of gooey caramel. Scrummy, and rather sweet to look at too!

PS Cadbury’s Creme Eggs are officially back in the shops!