Kev's Snack Reviews

It's always nice to get new white chocolate variations, especially if they involve coffee, so today's review is dedicated to none other than Aldi who brought out this Coffee & Cream Choceur white chocolate recently. They also do Coconut Crunch and White Crisp varieties, which I can't eat since they contain gluten. Boo! If you're a fan of the coffee chocolates from Merci this may be a bar you'll enjoy... The bar has a layer of coffee flavour milk chocolate on the bottom and a thicker layer of white chocolate above it. The blocks are very chunky indeed; just the way I like my chocolate! It tastes pretty good. The white chocolate is creamy and super sweet, although it somewhat overpowers the coffee milk chocolate layer. It's a nice bar but a bit too mild on the coffee front for my liking. Overall, not a bad variation from Aldi, but I'd definitely like to see a more upmarket version. Something like the coffee chocolate from Merci in bar form...

It's been a while since I bought the Choceur Salted Caramel Almonds , but when I got them I also bought a pack of these Spiced Chocolate Almonds. Ive been saving them until Christmas to review since they're more fitting for the festive season! The almonds are roasted and coated in a spiced milk chocolate, with a dusting of icing sugar. As you can see it's a bit messy and got all over The Hand...it wasn't best pleased! After all that mess you'd hope these would be worth it, right? Well unfortunately they weren't that great, at least to my tastebuds - the cardamon and cinnamon flavours just didn't go very well with milk chocolate, I feel they would have been far better suited to white chocolate. These were okay but the combination of spice and milk chocolate just doesn't mix at all. If you spot these in Aldi, I wouldn't bother with them - go for the Salted Caramel or Mascarpone White Chocolate Almonds instead, theyre far nicer! 6.5 ou...

Whilst in Aldi over the weekend I spotted a new range of festive chocolate coated almonds...there's some rather unique flavours like Mascarpone White Chocolate, Spiced Chocolate and these: Salted Caramel White Chocolate. I'll be reviewing the latter two shortly but I just had to start with these because although salted caramel is becoming too ubiquitous now, these taste amazing! They cost 99p at Aldi and are described as "Almonds covered in white chocolate blended caramel powder and salt". The fact that these are white chocolate as well as salted caramel is what really sets them apart from your average salted caramel product. The almonds were nice and chunky with a thick layer of the salted caramel white chocolate on each. Taking a bite, I was in heaven...it tastes like Caramac, or rather Salted Caramac, but much better quality! The flavour is creamy, sweet and caramelly with just the right hint of salt. It's like if Caramac bars tasted as good a...

I've decided to bring Spotted In Shops back from the grave permanently...partly because there's so much new stuff in shops right now with the change of seasons/Autumn equinox and partly to save my Instagram followers the endless stream of posts. So here it is...Spotted In Shops is back, probably on a weekly basis for the time being. Huzzah! Walkers Limited Editon Stax: Walkers have a go at being Pringles! Available in 3 flavours: original, sour cream and onion, and paprika. These are called Lays Stax in other countries. Spotted in Asda. Maynards Bassetts Wine Gums Merry Mix: I think these are just "festive" coloured wine gums. Innovative. Spotted in Morrisons. Cadbury Roses Hazel in Caramel Sharing Bags: Is there really a demand for these? Cadbury Dairy Milk Snow Balls: Now these there is a demand for! Stay tuned for my review... Fox's Viennese Double Chocolate Dipped Fingers: Fox's have brought out a few new biscuit varieties late...