Kcal 225 Fat 11.5g Fat(sats) 6.5g Carbs 22.9 This has always been one of my long term favourite chocolate bars, and I have loved it ever since I can remember. This bar always brings back many a nostalgic feeling and I feel it has changed very little in both appearance and taste over the years.
For the purpose of this review I bought this bar in the morning and gave it a good few hours in the fridge for the caramel to firm up, thus making it less messy when dividing it up. (Great tip - trust me on this!!). In regards to packaging the wrapper has changed many times over the last few years but Iam glad that Cadbury made the decision mid 2009 to return to the Cadbury Caramel branding.
When it came to that taste test this the bar ticked two major boxes....it tasted great and was satisfying. The sweet caramel tasted delicious with its sweet, buttery flavours immensely forthcoming. The caramel was just the right density... not too hard not too soft and when slightly chilled had a longing smooth truffle like texture. The chocolate of course chocolate being Dairy Milk was glorious and its creamy taste complimented the sticky filling ever so well.
When it came to that taste test this the bar ticked two major boxes....it tasted great and was satisfying. The sweet caramel tasted delicious with its sweet, buttery flavours immensely forthcoming. The caramel was just the right density... not too hard not too soft and when slightly chilled had a longing smooth truffle like texture. The chocolate of course chocolate being Dairy Milk was glorious and its creamy taste complimented the sticky filling ever so well.
Overall I can't quite describe how much I love this chocolate bar. It is in a word...Awesome and the is one of the all time British classics. If you love chocolate caramel combinations you seriosuly have to look no further.
9.4 out of 10
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I love this chocolate bar, it's really very nice. Though it seems to me that it has less Caramel in it since Caramel became a Dairy Milk variant? Still love it though.
I love this bar too, though I think it tastes better in the form of the big squares from the 250g bars.
Saz - I definately agree with you there. This is one of few bars I do have quite regularly and its always the 55g bar...Ive done quite extensive research (haha look how I tried to make that seem all serious) on each regions version of this bar...just have a look at the US/SA & NZ regions..anyway the UK's does seem to be the best.
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Jim
I think I'm the only person in the whole of the UK who doesn't like cadbury's! I especially find this bar VERY sickening, the same with Galaxy Caramel (although I do like it.)
They have these bars in the 250g size 2 for £2 in Tescos (and the other flavours too) yum. I love this flavour and can easily eat a 250g bar!!
Roisin Thanks for the bargain sharing!! That sounds like an awesome deal :) Im on my way too Tesco's later as well
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Jim
does anyone remember the centre being a bit denser years ago? ,more chewy and paler in colour? i prefer thsi centre!
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alan
Alan It was like that when it was just branded in the Cadbury Caramel yellow packaging wasn't it ... the blocks were also bigger wern't they!! Like you I prefer the way it is nowadays .... the blocks just seem to be the optimum size and packed with the just right amount of caramel!!
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Jim
yes thats exactly right, the blocks were wider and i think had more caramel in them, i prefer them now but i liked the old style wrapper better, more classy in that thick yellow paper! i liked teh fact you could easily wrap them up if you'd had enough but you cant with all the one wrap foil these days!
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alan
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alan
Alan Bring back the yellow wrapper lol!! And whilst there at it the 'Nuts about Caramel' would be a welcome return!!
Jim
I liked the nuts about caramel too - it was a better quality than the one in quality street definately!
Anon I can't really remember what it tasted like now...but I certainly like the sound of it... unfortunately I think its day has been and gone. fingers crossed eh!?
Jim
it tasted much like the caramel but with a hazelnut in it, very nice but obviously too big to fit in the Dairy Milk mould lol
it was bad idea all this 'dairy milk with...' stuff! maybe cadbury have learnt something over the Wispa lol we can but hope! it is possible, after all they brought out the 'dairy milk with creme egg' then brought out the Twisted bar lol
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alan
Alan I hope someone doing the consumer insight work will have picked this up at Cadbury .. if they haven't they wont be doing their job properly as its pretty generally felt amongst most Cadbury consumers that the move into the 'dairy milk with ...' branding hasn't been met with a positive...lol consumer insight is my field maybe I should apply for a job at Cadbury after graduation and help them out!
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Jim
you should jim :) i can see you'd be advisng the return of all the great chocolate bars that have long vanished :D
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alan
Alan that and a combination of driving the idea of bringing the Cadbury Dairy Milk with Peanut Butter to the UK!! THey do it in Canada but not here :(
do they really? ive never ever heard of that one - id be interested to know what that tastes like - i havent really had enough peanut butter and chocolate together to know what is good or not (except reeses which i didnt like lol) but cadbury dairy milk n peanut butter sounds interesting. i guess the closest to it here is a star bar as that has peanut butter in it. lol
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alan
alan they certainly do...unfortunately they only do it in Canada and the only way I have seen purchasing it is in a box of 36....lol I only need the one!
They have some awesome bars in Canada its so unfair they don't share them around!
Jim
I am just about to treat myself to one of these! Had a real busy day and am looking forward to the delicious goodness in a Dairy Milk.
I must agree these are one of my favourite chocolate bars and should be celebrated as magical.
Awesome reviews, can't wait to hear the latest on the Peepster Box from Hotel Chocolat. Keep 'em coming!
James
P.S. In my earlier comment, when I said Dream Bar I did in fact mean Milky Bar, I find Dream Bar's rather disappointing to be honest...
James
As much as I love trying new bars pretty much everyday (lol sometimes mutiple!), I enjoy very few bars more than this Cadbury DM with Caramel - it is an absolutely outstanding bar, one of my all time faves. As for the Milky Bar, now we are talking! Its very sweet, but it is one of few very cheap good quality white chocs!! Hope you enjoy your Caramel - its been a long week!
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Jim
hey jim
have you seen the new caramel wrapper? i love it, despite it still havinga newlook Dairy Milk included!
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/promotions/214885/FREE-BAR-OF-CADBURYrsquoS-CARAMEL-AT-THE-CO-OPERATIVE.html
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alan
Alan
Thanks for sharing that link! Much appreciated a I hadn't seen the wrapper yet!
Looks good to me - though I would like to have seen them go fully back to the yellow style!
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Jim
oh me too definitely lol
but it does look like it may go that way eventually, since with thsi new design they are obviously putting far more emphasis back on the bars name rather than the 'dairy milk' bit. But yeah, i'll be interested to see all the other bars designs when they finally appear! Id say its definitely an improvement :) lol
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alan
I'm starting to think I've gone about my UK chocolate sampling all wrong, and that I should just start with the CM leaderboard and work my way down. Someone brought in one of those giant bars of these to share yesterday, and I couldn't remember ever having tried it, in fact I confess I've been avoiding caramel chocolates after being discouraged by those from Wispa Gold (yes..too burnt) to KitKat Senses (just wrong). Well, the only thing wrong with this was that someone else had already eaten half of it. It is now on my rare won't-get-tired-of list.
THEA - This has forever been one of my favorite chocolate bars. Its one of the few bars I work in around eating all the things I have to eat for the site. Have a go with the Galaxy and let me know which you prefer.
I think this one is a winner. I don't like chewy caramel, but the soft liquidy kind is wonderful if done correctly. Sometimes te consistency can be too watery, or not thick enough, which I think is the case with the Galaxy version, but this denser caramel ticks all the boxes.
I've never had it as an individual bar, only as one of their giant slab kinds. I think they generally taste better, but unfortunately, you just keep eating until the entire 250g is gone! The smaller bars are probably safer.
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