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Kcal 367 Fat 21.2g The Easter reviews are over and its back to my normal one a day review. Todays review comes in the form of the colossal Yorkie Bar - a bar that dares to bare the slogan 'its not for girls'....personally I think its the most stupid marketing slogan currently out there...distancing your product from its target market can in no cicrcumstances been seen as a positive thing...but hey I only work in marketing so what do I know :) Luckily for me I'm a boy...this means that this bar is definitely for me...and I didn't need a second invitation.
I'm guessing the marketing slogan derives from the sheer size of the bar...it weighs in at hefty 68g - boasting a massive 367 Kcal per bar WOWWZA!! One thing is for sure - if you eat this bar your not going to need a second.
Aside from the silly slogan the bar comes in a nice foil pack, this made the bar look and smell quite fresh when opened and there was really quite a strong chocolaty aroma one removed from the packet. The bar was split into five massive sized chunks which I don't think could be described as bitesized for anyone; personally I would have much preferred smaller sized chunks as you get with other bars such as Galaxy and Dairy Milk.
Putting the first chunk into my mouth I was met with a rather familiar taste. It tasted almost identical to the chocolate from my Smarties Easter Egg that I reviewed a couple of days earlier though a little more full flavoured. This was probably due to the freshness of how the product was kept with the egg being in loose foil whilst this bar in a sealed foil wrapper. Anyhow the chocolate was pretty much the same - it wasnt the best chocolate ever nor was it the worst...just your plain run of the mill standard milk chocolate. Texture wise due to its block nature it wasnt melt in the mouth sort of chocolate and had more of a crunch and resistance to it.
By the time I was at the fifth block I was more than satisfied hunger wise and didn't particularly want to finish it off...due to it being for research purposes of course i obliged...being honest though I really doubt I could have managed anymore.
Overall the Yorkie is a no frills bar that doesn't claim to be more than it is. It iss a solid hunger fulfilling milk chocolate bar - that if your in need of a chocolate fix and in risk of starvation is going to do you wonders. If you however are more interested in the finer, good tasting chocolate end of the spectrum I cant say I overly recommend this.
7.8 out of 10
Putting the first chunk into my mouth I was met with a rather familiar taste. It tasted almost identical to the chocolate from my Smarties Easter Egg that I reviewed a couple of days earlier though a little more full flavoured. This was probably due to the freshness of how the product was kept with the egg being in loose foil whilst this bar in a sealed foil wrapper. Anyhow the chocolate was pretty much the same - it wasnt the best chocolate ever nor was it the worst...just your plain run of the mill standard milk chocolate. Texture wise due to its block nature it wasnt melt in the mouth sort of chocolate and had more of a crunch and resistance to it.
By the time I was at the fifth block I was more than satisfied hunger wise and didn't particularly want to finish it off...due to it being for research purposes of course i obliged...being honest though I really doubt I could have managed anymore.
Overall the Yorkie is a no frills bar that doesn't claim to be more than it is. It iss a solid hunger fulfilling milk chocolate bar - that if your in need of a chocolate fix and in risk of starvation is going to do you wonders. If you however are more interested in the finer, good tasting chocolate end of the spectrum I cant say I overly recommend this.
7.8 out of 10
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I love Yorkie's especially for fulfilling my hunger needs, but I always have to have a drink on standby as it makes me sooooo thirsty.
Colin - it does certainly do a job hungerwise....I think they should be eaten in moderation though too many and I could see these getting boring.
Look out for a review of the Raisin & Biscuit version tonight I have one of those lined up for later.
These bars are made to seem quite special, but if you really take it for what it is; a plain dairy milk chocolate bar a bit over proportioned; it's nothing to impressive. Sometimes all you really fancy is plain milk chocolate, but that's what we have dairy milk for. I guess I'm just not a massive fan of these and would much sooner grab a snickers if I really needed satisfying.
Good review though Jim.
These bars are made to seem quite special, but if you really take it for what it is; a plain dairy milk chocolate bar a bit over proportioned; it's nothing to impressive. Sometimes all you really fancy is plain milk chocolate, but that's what we have dairy milk for. I guess I'm just not a massive fan of these and would much sooner grab a snickers if I really needed satisfying.
Good review though Jim.
James V
The Yorkie is really a bar of chocolate that I wouldn't feel disappointed in settling for ... but at the same time would never pick it over say a Dairy Milk or Galaxy! Its not bad ... just not special!
Cheers
Jim
hey jim
i havent had a Yorkie in yonks, i do like them though, i quite like the flavour in the fact you can tell you're eating a yorkie like you can tell youre eating dairy milk.
Don't know if anyone remembers when the bar was a slightly different shape? the chunks werent so deep, so the bottom layer was thicker (more like a dairy milk chunk)which i preferred :)
cheers
alan
I had one just before Christmas and it wasn't nearly as nice as I remember. Certainly big and chunky but the taste has definitely changed for the worse. It's now really bland - not even a chocolatey flavour anymore, just a sort of grey, non-descript, slightly sweet taste. Very disappointed - it's Cadbury's Dairy Milk for me from now on!
How strange because the last time I had a Yorkie, a few weeks ago, I thought the same! It seemed to lack that 'Yorkie taste'. I hadn't had one in along time. But then, Nestle are no strangers from messing about with their recipes for the worse lol these last few years have seen quite a few of their bars change :(
Good but the boys can have it ;)
While Nestle's milk chocolate does not reach the standard of Cadburys and Mars, I still enjoyed this bar because of the sheer thickness of the chocolate. I actually liked the big brick blocks they came in, and they provided a substantial chocolate hit. Sometimes it is nice to have something that is just pure sold chocolate.
I think they have since abandoned the 'Not for Girls' slogan, as it is no longer featured on the wrapper. I can't say it bothers me one way or another. I don't feel put off buying it at all. Part of me feels more inclined to actually, as if I'm being defiant or something.
I used to eat the original Yorkie Bars when I was a kid, these new ones are smaller and they taste greasy.
I loved yorkie, but since nestle have changed the recipe, its horrible. I cant understand why they have changed it. Aeros have changed too. Only kit kats taste the same
I agree with the last comment, Nestle ruined Yorkies and Aeros - they tasted much better when Rowntree made them. Sad.
Agreed, a mint Aero used to be my favourite chocolate bar and I was also partial to a biscuit and raisin yorkie but since Nestle changed the Rowntrees recipe for these I can't eat them they taste to sickly... Dunno what they've done to them but it sucks.
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