Kev's Snack Reviews

Today's review is for some lovely truffles I was kindly sent by Monty Bojangles recently. I've already reviewed their Scofflets Truffles which were delicious, so how does this Choccy Scoffy boxed variety compare? The box is delightful and very well presented, and even gives you an indulgent recipe to try at home that includes butter. Naughty! The truffles may look plain, but they taste delightful. They melt in the mouth like butter, with a creamy and smooth melt. They're very rich so you only need a few for a chocolatey hit, but they're oh so satisfying. Overall, these truffles from Monty Bojangles taste great and would make the perfect birthday or Christmas gift, or more likely a cheeky treat all to yourself (I certainly didn't share them!) 8.5 out of 10. 

Recently, the lovely Monty from Monty Bojangles sent me a fantastic truffle hamper to review. I felt like Christmas had come early! There were truffles of every kind, but the ones I'm going to review first are the Scofflets, which are bitesize truffles available in 100g sharing bags from Waitrose stores. There's three varieties which include a Caramel & Cookie version, but today I'm only reviewing the Sea Salt and Maple & Hazelnut due to my gluten allergy (boo!). Hint of Sea Salt: So lets start with the Sea Salt variety. I wasn't expecting much, because these aren't salted caramel just salt. Salt can either enhance or spoil a chocolate, so how does it blend with Monty's truffley delights? Quite well as it turns out! They're creamy, chocolatey, smooth, melt in the mouth, with the lick of salt adding a moreish edge that enhances the flavour further. They're certainly nicer than your average chocolate truffle, and quite easy to scoff a lo...

Whilst in Morrisons recently I spotted this Monty Bojangles Mince Pie flavour Fudge reduced to £1.50 so thought I'd give it a try...but only in the name of research of course!  I've never tried a christmas "spiced" fudge before so was curious how this would work in practice. It's described on the box as "Butter fudge with added mixed fruit and spices made with no artificial colours or flavours". It contains raisins as well as orange and lemon peel.  Whilst it's described as fudge it might have been more accurate to call it "tablet", as it had that hard, crumbly consistency that traditional Scottish tablet has, which personally I'm not a big fan of. I find it to be overly sweet and it usually dominates all other flavours that stand in its way! That was definitely the case here - the fudge was very, very sweet indeed, which is a shame because it it was actually rather nice. The mixed fruit added a realistic mince pie flav...

I recently found these Monty Bojangles "Exquisitely English Ravishing White Chocolate Raspberries" (blimey, what a mouth full!) in Tk Maxx. I'm a big fan of fruit and chocolate combinations so couldn't really resist buying them. They consist of freeze-dried raspberries coated in white chocolate raspberry flavour shells. I really liked the speckled, marbled colour on them: They tasted absolutely delicious. The white chocolate was very smooth and creamy and the raspberries tasted fresh, crunchy and zingy. They were very moreish and I soon scoffed the whole pack! I've only seen these in Tk Maxx before so I'm not sure if they're exclusive to them or not. They also sell other Monty Bojangles products, such as chocolate coated nuts, boiled sweets, truffles etc. Price : £1.50 at Tk Maxx. Allergy Advice : Contains milk & soya.