Starburst Strawberry Milkshake [Mars] (BaeGo)

Before I write about the taste of this milkshake, I wanted to spend a minute discussing portion sizes. I bought this drink and had the whole thing with a sandwich at lunchtime. I would like to think that this doesn’t make me crazy greedy, one bottle with 440ml of shake and one sandwich. However the bottle has the calorie content for one portion on the side, and the portion is actually LESS than half the bottle. Not only that, but it even states 2.2 (that's two, with a decimal, point two) portions in the bottle - madness. If I was to split it up, one of the days I'd only get 40ml which is a bit rough. So what I’m saying is, given that most people would drink the whole contents probably within the day I would rather have the calories per bottle as I think this would be a lot clearer. Yes, it sounds scarier as it works out as 316.8 calories per bottle, but that is just the facts. The concept of 2.2 portions per bottle just seems so strange to me! How long before we see calories per teaspoon, or some other strange but factually correct awkward way of calculating calories. It wound me up.
Anyway the milkshake itself is labelled as thick shake, and does have a good creamy consistency. The flavour is rather sweet, which makes the whole thing taste a little artificial, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing with strawberries. I enjoyed the sweet fruity shake, and found it perfectly pleasant. It is marketed as being a Starburst drink, but I think it would need to be a little bit zingier to live up to that reputation, still a good shake though.

Bonne Maman Le Petit Chocolat (Waitrose)

I initially thought that this was a bag of mini cakes for sharing, but was surprised to see that each mini cake is also individually wrapped. This is really useful as it means they keep fresh longer, and that I could save some for taking to work too.
The cakes consist of a dark brown chocolate ring of sponge, with a portion of cream coloured vanilla sponge in the middle (like a filled in doughnut).
The cakes are very moist, sweet, and soft and have lovely cocoa tones. The chocolate sponge is mild, so that the vanilla flavour is still noticeable, but it was chocolaty enough to still come through at a good level. Theses mini sponges almost melt in the mouth, and make for a rather lovely treat. I was rather impressed by these; I’m looking forward to trying all the other lovely items in the Bonne Maman that keep appearing in Waitrose!

[New] Brelvita Breakfast – Fruit & Fibre (Waitrose)

This item is really more of a biscuit that a cereal bar, but it is enriched with fibre and designed as a breakfast food. Inside the box there are portion sized wrapped packs of four biscuits. They have a lovely fresh aroma of wheat, and do smell quite appealing.
I had these biscuits for breakfast at work with a morning coffee. The biscuits are quite thin, and I made the mistake of dunking, and sadly they are a little bit fragile, and part of my biscuit broke off, so I don’t recommend dunking!
The biscuits themselves have a good level of sweetness to them, with the fruit bits adding texture and flavour. The underlying taste is a bit like that of a digestive biscuit as there is a good baked wheat flavour mixed in. They made a nice alternative to my usual cereal bar at work, and I’d certainly buy them again.

Bonne Maman Crème Caramel (Waitrose)

I have to say I really do like Crème Caramels as a dessert, I guess you could say it is one of my staples as a pudding choice, and I have sampled a great many varieties too. This particular version smelt of rich caramel, and was rather appetising. Inside the pot I could see that it had a very thin skin on top, which you don’t see very often. I found that the main creamy section of this dessert was spot on. The flavour included a hint of egg and was really creamy, and it had a lovely thick velvety texture too.
The part I thought that I thought let it down was the actual brown caramel liquid. Despite being flavoursome, I didn’t think it was sweet enough to give that caramel kick that these puddings usually have. It wasn’t bad as such, it was just lacking an extra special taste.
Overall these were nice puddings, I just would have preferred a bit more or a rich sauce to complement the rather nice Crème Caramel.

Grabits Nice & Spicy Chicken on a Stick (Morrison’s)

Well I have tried a few of the Fridge Raiders products, but fancied trying something a little bit different. I have to say ‘chicken on a stick’ doesn’t sound as appetising as you may have imagined to me, but I was tempted in by the promise of spicy flavours.
I unpackaged the item, and I have to say, it didn’t look all that appetising to me either. I thought the product was ever so slightly unattractive to look at.
It markets itself as being less than 3% fat and marinated chicken. I was pleased to discover that the flavour was quite pleasing, I could taste chicken, and it was quite succulent. There was also a good hint of paprika and a bit of heat, that developed as I munched my way through the product and ended up being quite a reasonable burn. It was much tastier than I expected, and would be nice as a snack to keep in the fridge.