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Kcal 495 Fat 25.5g Fat(sats) 15.0g Carbs 61.0g (per 100g) This review of the Toblerone Fruit and Nut caps off my reviews of the Toblerone range. 'Save the best till last'....has always been a philsophy I have lived by, but its been more just conincedence that the last bar I have sampled in the range has turned out to be my favourite.
The fruit and nut bar dosent actually contain any variation of nut type from the original - it simply just has the same almond ingredient. However, the nut pieces are noticeably larger and more generous in proportion. The fruit element of the bar is comprised of raisins that encompass 12% of the total bar...these again are very generously disperesed with each chunk containg 2-3.
We have long established now that I really like the design of Toblerone...asthetically it looks unique and intresting but what most impressed me with this bar was the way it avoided breaking up unevenly. Despite their chunky contents of the nuts and fruit - each chunk broke off with relative ease and same size. The bar had a pleasant cocoa smell that had a slight nutty hint to it.
So the bar looked good, smelt good and its ingredients proportioned well...so how did it taste?....well it tasted pretty damn awesome aswell. The chocolate was the pleasant milk chocolate that you get the with the original...it had a creamy taste with a hint of honey, only made better with the small but sweet little nougat pieces. The nougat also added a nice little chewyness to the texture once the chocolate had melted in the mouth - great stuff.
If I have had one gripe with the Toblerone range its been the lack of nutty almond flavour. This thankfully is put right here with the almond pieces being larger in size and more generous in proportion. Its always a worry with raisins in chocolate that they get lost in the taste but this wasnt the case - they had a nice sugary fruity flavour and had a distinct slightly chewy texture.
As aforementioned I was extremely impressed with the dispersion of the fruit and nut elements in the bar..each block seem to have an equal share of both which is far better than having one block crammed full of one or the other.
Overall the crunchy nuts and soft raisins agaisnt the creamy chocolate and chewy nougat makes for an outstanding combination of textures and taste. Fruit and nut can be quite hard to pull off, and with other bars I have reviewed before they have struggled with ill proportioned and bland ingredients...this isnt the case here and its definately the best fruit and nut bar I have had to date. Another thing that suprised me was that this had the lowest Kcal per 100g of the whole Toblerone range...thats just another excuse for you to go out and try this one :) . Toblerone fans this is a must....for everyone else...its still a must - this storms into the top 5!
8.8 out of 10
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Glad you enjoyed it! I don't eat Toblerone very often but wanted to try this last week and really enjoyed it. I generally like raisins in chocolate so wanted to see how this worked with the traditional toblerone ingredients. It's definitely one I'll sample again, I hope it sticks around
I'm sure I've had this once. I like fruit and nut chocolate a lot. :)
I was a bit upset to find that my local Woolworths doesn't do the 100g Toblerone, much less at £1 each :(
I've never got on with raisins in chocolate - maybe I should give this one a shot.
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I enjoyed this a lot too, it was a great bar. I love raisans in chocolate.
I liked the texture the raisans had although they didnt have much flavour of their own IMO but they still made a very nice bar.
This sounds really good. Tobelrone White is my current standing favorite in their line.
This sounds kind of like a Nestle Chunky with almonds instead of peanuts. Thanks for the review.
Saz I hadnt eaten Toblerone for years until about two weeks ago...now ive tried them all and as you would have gathered this one was my fave. It should well be sticking around for a god while yet.
Gemma Im also a big fruit and nut fan...when its done properly though ;) If you like this bar I would suggest you try the Montezumas "Jungle Fever" bar I reviewed a few days ago. That was pretty awesome aswell!
Amanda Shame about your woolies that must be so annoying. I hate having to buy anything over 100g..I only generally eat about 50-60g when I review so anyting else just gets wasted.
One thing that might cheer you up is that Kraft in the next few weeks are releasing a 35g bar of the Fruit and Nut Toblerone so that would save you having to buy anything over 200g :D hope that helps.
Anon - you should leave your name next time...its always nice knowing who im talking to lol :P Raisins in chocolate are indeed a fine balance..sometimes they can be flavourless and mushy whilst others give a nice fruity taste...this Toblerone was thankfully more the later!
Justin - it certainly is like that Neslte 'chunky' bar you have...though I must say I think this looks asthetically mightly superior :)
Thanks for all the comments guys
Jim
This one looks really tasty. I am a huge fan of Toblerone and really like the white version and the normal version. I think I should try this one soon.
I really enjoyed this Toblerone!
I love heating up a milkshake and just dipping the toblerone in so that the choc melts in your mouth as you chew and get the lovely chewy texture of the raisins and the crunch of the nuts.
The raisins were very well distributed as well and made for a high standard fruit and nut bar.
I will definitely be trying this again; but first I must remind myself of their original bar; as I haven't had it in years!
Nice one Jim!
James V In my opinion its one of the best fruit and nut bars our there! Affordable aswell which makes it all that better!
Jim
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