Kcal 270 Fat 13.0g Fat(sats) 4.5gThe Reese's Fast Break comes described as 'a thickish layer of peanut butter placed on top of peanut butter flavoured nougat, with a coating of milk chocolate'. Due to it not being one of the few Reese's products distributed in the UK, I bought one of these at pretty high expense from an online American importer (it cost me a little over £1.00 I believe).
In regards to the packaging and presentation the product set reasonable expectations, though I thought the wrapper was a little dull. The secondary Fast Break branding was the thing that was lacking sparkle for me - in my opinion the pastel colours chosen were pretty passive, and didn't have great standout amongst the orange background. Inside the bar had more appeal than the outer wrapper - the layers of peanut butter, chocolate and nougat were nicely defined even though my bar did get a little squished in the post. In regards to aromas the product was pretty nice smelling, but the nutty aromas weren't as strong as I have experienced from other Reese's products.
As with most Reese's bars I have tried in the past, when it came to the taste test the chocolate proved to be pretty unspectacular. The melt of the chocolate was pretty laboured and waxy, whilst the milky cocoa flavours didn't taste all that fresh and were a little weak in comparison to other mass produced chocolates. The peanut butter layer was as expected pretty tasty bringing to the party the usual distinct Reese's cream and nut flavours. The nougat however was much less to my liking, as it was relatively tasteless and it's stodgy texture dominated the softer peanut butter. Although the nougat did make this a more fulfilling bar than your average market offering, the inbalance it caused to the taste was disappointing.
Overall this was a pretty disappointing offering from Reese's and I expected far more. The main gripe for me with this bar was the dominance of the nougat, which fundamentally hampered the delivery of the peanut butter in the taste. The best thing about Reese's product is always the peanut butter, so to have it limited in such a manner was never going to be a positive thing. in the grand scheme of Reese's other offerings I wouldn't overly recommend the Fast Break - they make far better bars.
6.2 out of 10
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3 comments:
I can't beleive you don't rate this bar it's one of my favourites, but then again I'm pretty much guaranteed to like anything with Reese's stamped on it! I quite like the fact that the nougat is so dense and chewy because it makes it last so long in the mouth when you eat it, I also found that the nougat was really sweet which balanced out the roasted, salty PB really well! As for the choc - I just love hersheys/reese's chocolate, its really sweet which I love against the PB so overall this is a good bar for me! There was another element to this bar that you didn't describe though, there's a caramelly/ fudgey layer surrounding the PB log, can't quite make out what it is (not sure that's such a good thing!) but it adds an interesting taste and texture to the bar, it sort of melts down like a toffee when you roll it around on your tongue but tastes slighlty chocolatey! Sorry I've waffled on a bit but I just love these! :P
Nina
Oh dear oh dear you have found your way all the way back to one of my first ever reviews :)
I was learning the ropes back then but I stand by my review of this bar.
As Reese's products go I just thought it was lacking flavour a little - especially the nougat.
I am glad you really enjoy it though :D It is always grand hearing what my readers think about the products I review :D
Thanks
JIM
speak for you're self!reece's fast break is delicious,and for the reviewing everyone has diffrent taste buds..
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