Kev's Snack Reviews

A few months back, Nakd launched several new editions in their bar range: Carrot Cake , Peanut Delight and these; Apricot Crunch. They've proven rather difficult for me to find, in fact I've only seen them once and that was in Waitrose! Like all Nakd products, they are of course raw, vegan, dairy free, vegetarian, GM free and gluten free. As well as apricots, dates and cashews, these contain soya protein "crunchies"...something I've never tried before! Opening the wrapper, the bar certainly had a very strong apricot aroma... But the taste was...weird. Now I like apricots but this bar just tasted odd to me, it tasted almost like it had artificial flavouring which is weird since Nakd only use natural ingredients. The protein crunchies provided some nice texture but I can't say they tasted that nice, in fact they tasted somewhat stale - why didn't they use rice crispies instead? Overall, I really wasn't a fan of this at all, it just tasted ...

Marks and Spencer have brought out a lot of new interesting products recently. There's the unique Earl Grey Almonds I've reviewed previously, as well as a new range of British-inspired sweets and chocolates. They've also brought out this new Apricot and Marzipan bar. Now I'm not usually the greatest lover of marzipan but I decided I had to give it a try to see what it tasted like with the addition of apricot. The bar cost 60p, and has a thin fluted shape.The marzipan had a typical fudgy texture and pleasant almond flavour, but the apricot really stood out. It was strong and quite overpowering, almost artificial-tasting. It wasn't bad but it's not really something I would buy again.  Overall, if you like Marzipan you might want to check this out but it's nothing spectacular. I would recommend other products from the new M&S range instead; there's a lot of interesting things such as Malted Milk Chocolate, Peaches & Cream Fudge, Ear...