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Kcal 240 Fat 8.6g Fat(sats) 8.3g Carbs 38.0g"G'day There Skip"...errr yeh... todays bar comes all the way from 'Down-Under' Australia via my good pals at Sweetstall. The Violet Crumble is Nestle's answer to the Cadbury Crunchie - a bar that I genuinely have alot of love for.
The Violet Crumble came in a very sizeable serving - and was contained in a pretty stylish purple foil pack. On pack it described itself as 'delicious shattering choc coated honeycomb'.... as you can probably gauge from this description and picture above the product proposition is entirely the same as the Crunchie.
The foil wrapper ensured the product retained a pleasant aroma - slightly chocolaty but with a nice hint of honey - an overly enticing smell.
The outside coating of the bar was comprimised of milk chocolate. Its flavour was reasonable - it was quite sweet but had a nice milky undertone. Unfortunately it wasnt quite thick enough for my liking and its flavour was quickly lost in the midst of the honeycomb centre.
The honeycomb centre....oh dear where do I start. Unfortunately unlike the aroma, a honey taste was nowhere to be seen. The honeycomb was sickeningly sweet and could be described as nothing more but tasting of sugar. Its texture was also pretty bad...I dont know if you guys have ever tasted freeze dried food? Astronuaght food?...but its texture was exactly like that...dry as a bone. It was so dry infact that it made the honeycomb congeal with the saliva in my mouth and literally just stick to my teeth...im sad to say but it was horrible.
Overall if this was a boxing match...in the red corner the Cadbury Crunchie....and in the blue corner the Nestle Violet Crumble....well I hope the blue corner brought a pillow cause its 'going to sleep'....the Cadbury Crunchie would win with a first round KO...the difference in class is that large. The chocolate of the Violet Crumble isnt bad...its passable thats for sure. The bar also looks nice in appearance and I cant fault it for its hunger fufilment credentials...its certainly a big bar. The product literally self combusts when it comes to the honeycomb filling...its tastes ever so sickley and has none of the honey tasting goodness that you get in the Crunchie. Whats even worse than the taste is the texture - it sucks any sort of moistness from the mouth and annoylingly just clings to your teeth...just horrible. I genuinely wouldnt recommend this bar to anyone...I wouldnt want to be held to that...I guess if your a massive fan of the Crunchie I could see why you could be interested in at least sampling this bar but If Im honest I would leave it well alone.
5.8 out of 10
5.8 out of 10
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I don't think any sort of honeycomb bar could beat the Crunchie!! :P
Gemma - Agreed...not that I have found yet anyway. At least the Crunchie retains some sort moistness to its centre...lol i actually woke up with dry mouth last night...im not blaming the Violet Crumble but its a bit of a coincedence lol ;) ahhh Crunchie-licious you cant beat it.
Thanks Gemma
Jim
I've tried the Violet Crumble before. I actually kind of liked it. Your comparison to freeze dried astronaut food is amusingly accurate :). I'm one of the few kids that liked the stuff so maybe my affinity for the VC is a flashback to my childhood... hmm... anyway, thanks for the reveiw!
Justin Thanksfor confirming the freeze dried astronuaght thing...its a while since I have had it...a good fewyear but it has such a unique texture its hard to forget. Unfortunately i just really thought it didnt work here...have you ever had a Cadbury Crunchie? I guess just after having that so much this really just looked poor in comparison...but each to their own I guess - as I was saying to Colin earlier it funny how some bars evoke old memories and nostalgia. Thanks for the comment man!
Jim
It was available here in the UK about 3 years ago but was called Golden Crumble. Needless to say it wasn't a success as was quickly discontinued.
Anon Wow I didnt know that :S funny not one persons mentioned that before - googled it quickly and its come up with some results..mostly people talking about how horrible it is lol! Thank for sharing your knowledge and commenting :) leave your name next time its great knowing who im talking to lol
Thanks
Jim
Oh man, you have it all wrong. The Violet Crumble is a million times better the poor cousin Crunchie. Its the great honeycomb (real honeycomb too, not the bubble filled imitation) is the absolute best part. the cruchies honeycomb is really just bubble filled toffee.
Paul ...I dont think you will find I have it wrong...my opinion may differ but that dosent mean I have it 'wrong'.
I personaly preffered the honey like taste of the Crunchie - the texture of the Violet Crumble I just didn't find the nicest...just too powdery. To be honest I think the texture of the Crunchie is more like honeycomb than the Violet Crumble.
Cheers for the contribution
Jim
Sorry, it wasn't meant to be rude. It was more being cheeky and stirring things. Of course everyones taste is different.
I would think that the violet crumble would be the more popular in Australia. I am sure it has been around a lot longer than crunchie (I don't remember Chrunchies as a kid)
cheers from Australia
Paul No worries my man! You just wouldnt believe the amount of e-mail I get saying how 'WRONG' i am all the time lol! Sorry I should have just seen you were having a laugh.
I can see how both the Crunchie and Violet crumble can have their own set of fans -lets be honest theres room enough on the market for both! Theres hardly a massive abundance of honeycomf offerings on the market!!
Cheers for sharing your views paul! Great to have some Australian views being offered!
JIm
VC wins every time.. it is the way it "shatters" that matters you know! And besides.. it is proper honeycomb.. honeycomb is supposed to be like astronaut food.. hard and crackly and then sticky when eaten.. not light, and bubbly like in the crunchie (so inferior)
I am a huge VC fan....
Anon
My opinion differs! Crunchie for me every time! Maybe it is just because I am more used to it? I would definitely give the VC another try! But I definitely was not liking the texture first time round!
Cheers
Jim
no contest. VC rules. Crunchie sucks. the VC packaging alone is superior.
-Sarong Party Girl
SPC
Love the name!! But surely you have to give the Crunchie some respect :)
Jim
I remember trying one of these a few years ago, they were pretty horrible, and as already mentioned weren't around very long- I'm not entirely sure what they were doing here lol
I thought they were just a poor nestle version of the crunchie without realising they were australian. Either way the Crunchie is far superior. I wonder if the bar has change atall over the years, with it being under different companies, I wouldnt be surprised if it tasted better before Nestle got their hands on it lol
cheers
alan
I remember trying one of these a few years ago, they were pretty horrible, and as already mentioned weren't around very long- I'm not entirely sure what they were doing here lol
I thought they were just a poor nestle version of the crunchie without realising they were australian. Either way the Crunchie is far superior. I wonder if the bar has change atall over the years, with it being under different companies, I wouldnt be surprised if it tasted better before Nestle got their hands on it lol
cheers
alan
Alan One of my friends gave me a mini version of one of these the other day ... and I still thought it was equally as bad as when I sampled it for this review ..... it is obviously a bar that you either love or hate!
Cheers
Jim
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