Horlicks Banoffee Pie (Horlicks Site) By @Cinabar

Does this count as a hot chocolate? It is a hot milky malty drink, so I think it doesn’t count? There is no chocolate flavour in it, but there is Banoffee. So in terms of me not buying any more hot chocolate, I think I’ve succeeded, if only on a technicality. 

A while back I purchased Cherry Bakewell Horlicks in Home Bargains, and I was taken aback about the curious flavour. The back of the tub mentioned that there was also Banoffee available, and I then had a hunt for that variety with no luck. I checked a lot of places and did a search online where the only stockist was Horlicks themselves, so I did an order, just to give it a try. 

This Horlicks Banoffee Pie edition is made with hot water and mixed up easily, with no lumps. I gave it a try, and the malty taste works so nice with the sweet banana. It gives the drink a wholesome banana milkshake taste but is hot. I absolutely loved it; it was sweet and comforting and fun too. I may have felt a bit desperate on my search, but I’m so glad the drink is as nice as it is, especially as I bought two tubs when I did the order. Heaven help me. I do have a hot drink problem; I need to stop ordering, but it is the season. 

Taiwanese Peanut & Sesame Candy [@NLi10]

My partner does some voluntary work working in local woodlands, and a lady whose house looks out over it came out and gave this bag of sweets to reward the workers - so nice! 

Very mysterious, so tasty.

Ingredients - peanuts, sesame - stuff to stick them together

And it's whole nuts too! If you like sweet nutty seedy treats then these are great.  In English they'd be coated in chocolate too, but as it stands this was a really nice surprise and a great treat to be given.

Monster Munch BBQ Sauce flavour (Ocado) By @SpectreUK

I've loved Walkers Monster Munch crisps since I was very young. "So, that's a very long time!" I hear you say. I also usually love everything BBQ sauce related. Most nights I can be seen dipping chips or fried chicken into BBQ sauce. Ever since I had my first burger at McDonald's (other burger houses are available), I have always dipped whatever burger I eat into BBQ sauce. So, these new Monster Munch BBQ Sauce flavoured maize crisps seemed the obvious choice for me to write about them.

On opening the packet there was a spicy paprika smoky barbecue aroma from the orange coloured crunchy maize paws inside. There was definitely plenty of paprika covering the smoky sweet barbecue flavoured crunchy paws. There was also plenty of sweet red onion flavour to go with all the spices. I couldn't help but keep popping them into my mouth. Very tasty indeed they accompanied my spicy tuna sandwich for lunch a treat.

Information on the packet;
The 16g bag contained 76 calories, with 3.3g of fat, 0.7g of sugar, and 0.13g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Mr. Kipling Moreish Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake (Tesco) By @Cinabar

Recently I wrote about Mr. Kipling Delicious Chocolate and Fudge Loaf Cake, which was nice but not exciting. At the same time I bought that, I also purchased this Mr. Kipling Moreish Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake. I love sticky toffee; it is always one of my favourite desserts and flavours, so I was keen to give this a try.

I opened up the wrapper and found a card packet with sponge cake, topped a bit more easily with toffee pieces. We shared it out and gave it a taste. The cake was nice, but, like the chocolate version, was just that pleasant and nice. It was a decent cake; it was moist, and there were toffee tones. It didn’t sadly make anyone say wow. It didn’t make me want to rush out and get another. I think these new loaf cakes aren’t quite to my taste. I preferred this Mr. Kipling Moreish Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake to the chocolate version, but even so, it wasn't quite hitting the exciting mark. 

Limited Edition Gingerbread Hot Chocolate (Whittards) By @Cinabar

I think my hot chocolate problem may be getting out of hand. I am running out of space in the Foodstuff finds cupboard. I can’t stop myself from buying a new tub if I see a new flavour, and I went into Whittards and I found two new flavours. Now I’m rethinking where to put the jar of coffee in the cupboard.

The only solution is to increase the amount of hot chocolate I drink to bring back balance, and I’m up for that challenge. The first new flavour I’m going to try is this Limited Edition Gingerbread Hot Chocolate. I heated up some milk and stirred in 3 teaspoons per mug. The powder dissolved easily, and the hot chocolate was a nice dark colour. I gave it a sip, and the flavour was rich chocolate and soft ginger. It was sweet, and the spice was present but not hot; instead, it was also a treacle-like flavour with the spice. This did recreate gingerbread, and it was a lovely warming drink for the autumn. I love Whittards hot drinks and can’t wait to try my other new tub too. I do have to finish a tub before I buy a new one, but that sounds like it shouldn’t be a problem now that the evenings are drawing in.