Kev's Snack Reviews

It's only January but Easter treats are now appearing in shops in abunadance...everything from Hot Cross Buns, Crème Egg Ice Creams and a variety of new Mini eggs. One that I just had to try (a few days after Christmas Day no less!) were these Hershey Cookies & Crème Eggs. They're a new addition to Tesco Express stores for Easter alongside the popular Reese's Crème Eggs , and perhaps one of the best new addition in recent years in my opinion. The white chocolate shell is studded with pieces of bourbon cookie (a bit like Oreo cookie) and the filling is a cream that also contains cookie pieces. It's a bit like that found in Cadbury Egg N Spoons , but creamier and a lot nicer. These are 50p per egg or you can get 3 for £1.20 mix and match with the Reese's eggs. They taste sublime! Now I've always enjoyed Hershey's Cookies & Crème , despite not liking Hershey chocolate in general, but they're taken to the next level in this egg form. The cream...

Recently, a lot of Tesco and Tesco Express stores have started stocking these Hershey's Cookies 'N Creme Drops, I've never seen them before but I've seen the regular Hershey's Cookies N Cream bar around plenty of times. Sadly I can't eat it as the cookies are made with wheat flour and contain gluten, but bizarrely, the cookies in these Drops are made with corn flour so they're gluten free! I was a bit puzzled by this but very pleased - straight into my basket these went! They're basically Smarties shaped drops of Hershey's white chocolate with pieces of bourbon style cookie added in. It's been a while since I had Hershey's chocolate, but I do remember liking the white more than the milk chocolate variety. This was just as I remembered...sweet, milky, creamy and kind of greasy...not as great as Milkybar or even Cadbury Dream, but it's a good carrier for the crunchy cookie bits. This is the perfect combination of flavours, the...