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Kcal 235 Fat 13.4g Carbs 26.0gI think you guys are just going to have to trust me with this review as im aware this bar was taken out of distribution by Nestle quite some time ago (boooo!!)...so how did I get hold of it you ask?...well I came across one a few weeks ago in my local shady corner shop...its best before date was stamped as 01.10.08...so I should be ok...fingers crossed eh!?...if theres no review tommorow you know why lol!
This bar split into six evenly sized chunks and weighed in at 45g. The bar constituted of milk chocolate with mini smarties dispersed nice and consistently throughout. The blocks split up evenly despite the inclusion of the Smarties...the presence of the Smarties gave the bar a nice colourful look and the enscribed 'Nestle' logo made the bar look suprisingly stylish.
Despite the bar having a slightly dodgy cheap plastic wrapper the smell of the bar wasnt too bad...just a faint cocoa smell that was nothing more and nothing less than slightly appealing.
The milk chocolate of the bar was pretty good. Looking at the ingredients the main ingredient was of course sugar..the next was Cocoa butter which is slightly suprising considering the mass nature of the bar....not suprising when considering the flavour though. The bar had a nice chocolaty taste that was very similar in taste to the chocolate that covers Kit Kats. The milk chocolate brought back memories of when I used to get all excited about finding a Kit Kat with the wafer missing...so it was just solid chocolate...I used to get so excited...just me eh!? Anyway...It melted in the mouth at a nice rate and had a milky aftertaste. The mini smarties gave a nice texture to the bar, adding a nice interspersed crunchy element to the smooth chocolate. The sugary nature of the shells also came through with each bite but not overly so to make it sickly.
Overall its a real shame this bar has been taken from the market. The bar dosent exactly have the most prestigous of ingredients for its milk chocolate but in truth its actually rather good tasting. The Smarties add a nice element to the texture of the bar giving it an interesting crunch with the crunchy shells contrasting the smooth chocolate nicely. Its suprising this bars gone but im pretty sure one day it will be back in some incarnation - if it does I would definately recomend it to anyone...especially fans of Smarties, M&M's...and of course solid chocolate Kit Kat saddos like myself :D
7.9 out of 10
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Oh my goodness. I totally forgot about this bar! I remember it was really good. I'm sure it was quite popular, so I wonder why it was taken off the market. They should bring this back immediately!
ohh these were so yummy!! lets start a campaign to bring them back!!
Gemma/Lucy its a big surprise that these have genuinely been removed (I also remember them having a white chocolate one!!) as i also thought they were quite popular.
Oh well lets just hope Nestle have got something up their sleeves with the Smarties range...we can only hope I guess.
Thanks for the comments :D
Jim
Smarties in a chocolate bar sounds really interesting. I completely know what you mean about the lower quality ingredients making a very tasty candy. Kind of like a catchy pop song you are ashamed to admit you like. Thanks for the review!
I`ve found a big bar of this one in the Czech Republic. It has been the white edition one and I loved it! Sad to hear that they don`t sell it anymore :(
Justin - haha thats some good analogy there. Sometimes I do avoid looking at the ingredients of the cheaper bars...the thought of hydrogenated oils/fats does turn my stomach a tad....though sometimes cheap stuff can taste good.
Franzi - Yeh I have seen that bar doing the rounds on ebay. We used to have a white chocolate version of this bar aswell as the milk chocolate one i have reviewed here. You should try get hold of that Czech bar and review it on your site!
Thanks for the comments everyone
Jim
I think you can still get these in Canada. Along with the white and milk chocolate, we have a peanut butter version of the Smarties Bar too. The wrapper is green.
Blush Hi there I dont think you have posted before welcome to ChocolateMission and thanks for the comment. So we have sightings of this bar in Czechoslovakia (sp? sorry!) and Canada...why oh why ar we deprived of it here in the UK eh!? You guys even get a peanut butter version too thats just not fair. Thanks for sharing this with us Blush its always nice to know about whats avalible where..I hope your keep reading ChocolateMissions thanks again for the comment.
Jim
came across this chocolate in Candy Empire in Vivo City Shopping Centre, Singapore...just in case anybody is still looking for it.
Andy-J
This is the most awesome sighting ever :D It brought a smile to my face!
You heard it here first people ... you want to try this bar nowadays all you need to do is to head to Singapore :D
Thanks for sharing this! Awesome comment!
Jim
They were my favourite when I was at school every break I'd get a white chocolate smarties bar & a packet of rib and saucy nik naks, I've often searched the web for them but had no luck.
My boyfriend made me a home made one once with milky bar and mini smarties was good but would better if you could just nip and buy one :(
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