Cadbury Roses with New Almond Caramel Bite

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A few years back now, when Cadbury introduced a "Coffee Escape" chocolate to Roses I did a scathing review of them...I was shocked at how much the quality had deteriorated since I last ate Cadbury Roses. So it may come as a surprise to readers that I'm reviewing them yet again...to be honest, I only bothered buying them as they were on special offer and I needed a fix of cheap chocolate! I was also curious to see what the new addition of "Almond Caramel Bite" tasted like. I presumed it would be a bit rubbish...but actually it turned out to not be as bad as expected!


The boxes have been redesigned again, with a slightly different shape and logo. I like them, they're eye catching, in fact the new shape means they look somewhat taller than boxes of Celebrations and Quality Street. They've also started using sealed packaging for the chocolates, before it was plastic twist wraps but they're now completely sealed. I have to say I think it's a good idea, they seemed a tad fresher tasting, although maybe I'm imagining it...I probably am!


All the classics are here, the Strawberry Dream, Orange Creme, Brazillian Darkness, Country Fudge, Golden Barrell, the Coffee Escape and Signature Truffles, as well as the new Almond Caramel Bite. I thought this would just a regular hard caramel with a few chopped almonds thrown in, but turns out it actually contains some bits of wafer too! This was a nice surprise, the wafer is the soft chewy type rather than crunchy, and added a nice differing texture to the harder chewy almond caramel. Colour me pleasantly surprised! A new chocolate that tastes nice and is a bit different, well done Cadbury!


Most of the chocolates were of course rather sickly and certainly not up to the standards Cadbury used to have, but when compared to the state of Quality (!) Street and Celebrations they're the best of a bad bunch. I still think it's a shame they have so many bland chocolates, they could do with taking out the chocolate truffle and replacing it with Turkish delight or even another fruit cream, just something a bit more exciting! As it stands though the Almond Caramel Bite is a nice addition, although I'm not sure most people will even notice that it's new.

Comments

  1. Unknown8 November 2015 at 05:47

    Yeah, I tried this the other day and would go as far as to say it might be the best Roses chocolate.

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  2. Unknown20 January 2016 at 08:16

    The new olmond Carmel tastes odd like Chemical taste.When first tasted I spit it out suspecting them to be laced ,other people also tasted the chemical taste.

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    1. Lewibooi9 December 2016 at 12:42

      Ahaha that literally what i just did, i didnt remember seeing the almond label and just picked it up. My first thought was 'cyanide tastes like almonds' so thats why im here, to check my taste buds are not
      right

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    2. GokusTooth28 December 2016 at 15:11

      I assumed I would love the Caramel Bite as it sounds right up my alley but I found it quite foul. It's why I found myself here as I googled it right after eating to see what other people said. There was a definite pungent after taste that was overpowering and seemed to fill my nostrils. I had to literally shine in 3 orange cremes to get rid of the taste!

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  3. Anonymous20 September 2016 at 11:08

    I just had an almond bite and thought it tasted alcoholic. That's why I had to google whether anyone else thought the same. It appears that they do!! Didn't like it.

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  4. Anonymous27 October 2016 at 11:55

    Mistook this Almond Caramel Bite for the Country Fudge, nasty surprise! Leaves a very strange after taste, and the texture is very odd. Definitely a wrong un, on a par with the Coffee Escape.

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  5. Unknown7 January 2017 at 15:19

    I just had an Almond Caramel Bite and was so weirded out by it!! Thought it was a new liquor flavour chocolate, but I was obviously mistaken. Glad to have found out the cause.

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  6. Anonymous9 January 2017 at 01:43

    The Almond Caramel Bite was disgusting. How can they call it "delicious new flavour"!? The first one I got half way through and had to spit it out. The second time I wasn't sure which flavour sweet I had picked up and took a nibble and binned the rest.

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  7. Anonymous12 May 2017 at 14:00

    These are just called Caramel Bite now and almonds not listed at all - have they been changed or withdrawn

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  8. Unknown29 December 2017 at 19:11

    I just tasted my first Caramel Bite as I thought it was maybe a rum and raisin. spat it out needless to say it was disgusting.

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