E bought us a block of Cadbury's new 'Bar Of Plenty' the other day.Allow me to give you a review. I eat, so you may benefit from my findings. I'm nice that way.
Positives: I like the packaging, and the font they've used. It's got a cool retro Willy Wonka kinda vibe.
Negatives: Strange choice of ingredients. "Roast Hazelnut & Honey Roast Cashew"? Nuh, that doesn't work. The cashew is obviously the far superior nut in this duo, but with its gentle, subtle flavour, it is totally over-powered by the nowhere-near-as-nice, but strong flavoured, hazelnut. It's like Neil Young singing with Pavarotti. I spent each mouthful straining to taste any passing trace of cashew.
Also, the squares are too big. Three squares to a row doesn't work for me.
Conclusion: A new variety for the sake of new variety. Nice to look at, underwhelming to eat.
4 comments:
Cadbury has made the squares bigger on all their chocolates.
It makes you eat more chocolate, and therefore have to buy it more frequently.
It's really annoying.
I like small squares too. Easier with braces. I choose Cadbury Old Gold cos smaller squares than Nestle Club. Nestle is worse than Cadbury.
Thanks for the review, I was tempted by the packaging but wasn't convinced by the nuts. Now I know.
Ben, my main response to this is a cross feeling that someone with your artistic talent should also be able to craft a metaphor as totally apt as 'like Neil Young singing with Pavarotti' to describe the flavours in this chocolate bar. If you ever decide to do a graphic novel, I will buy it!
The other 'bars of plenty' are bad too - really bizarre fruits in them.
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