Kcal 515 Fat 27.0g Fat(sats) 16.0g Carbs 62.0gWell this was pretty inevitable wasnt it....on Monday I 'rounded off' my reviews of the Toblerone range with my review of the 'Fruit & Nut' variant....well just to make me look silly Kraft have managed to release another variant of Toblerone that not even the internet seems to have heard of!!! Yes a google search and even the Toblerone site dosent show any knowledge of the existance of todays bar....Toblerone 'Honeycomb Crisp'.
Now heres where things get a little complicated....the name and on pack description mentions 'Honeycomb Crisp'...the description says "milk chocolate with almond, honey, nougat and added honeycomb pieces".....ok...but one look at the ingredients and this dosent transpire...milk chocolate...yes, almond...yes, honey...yes, nougat...yes but honeycomb pieces...nope! Instead included is 'rice'. So it turns out this isnt actually honeycomb but infact rice diguised as honeycomb...so how did it fare?
Appearance - brilliant as ever! Not quite the high standard of the 'Dark' or 'Fruit & Nut' variants but still pretty damn nice looking. The aroma was also very nice - as with the other variants a nice cocoa smell but with this bar it was complimented with an added sweet edge..not a synthetic smelling one though - a nice fresh one.
On to the big one then....the taste!! Well initially I wasnt overly impressed. The bar had a near overpowering initial taste - it is one that I can describe as tasting flowery...an elderflower like flavour infact! Its initially very strong and overly sweet for my tastebuds. Luckily this primary flavour was quickly diluted by the creamy chocolate and it soon transformed to a strong honey like flavour that was far more bearable and overly nice. As you can imagine with the added rice cereal the bar had more of a 'snap, crackle and pop' texture. It made for an intresting texture and none the less it complimented the smooth chocolate and small chewy nougat flakes nicely.
Overall this isnt the best of the Toblerone range....infact its scored the lowest of the lot lol...but thats not to say it isnt a nice bar...it is. I was a tad disappointed with the fact that the on pack description was a bit misleading...its not actually honeycomb, its a bar with an excentuated honey flavour and a rice crispy texture. Not really the same thing is it!?...but it is what it is and despite it having a pretty overpowering initial flowery noted taste it transformed into a nice strong honey rooted flavour with a great tasting base of great quality milk chocolate. Definately worth giving a try if your fans of the Toblerone range - to be honest Im genuinely intrested in hearing peoples opinions on this bar...that all depends on you being able to find it first though.
7.8 out of 10
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You think woolies is the best shot at finding this? I've never seen that before ever!
Alex Indeed I do think so Alex...thats where I found it yeterday anyway. It was right by the tills in special boxs. Let me know if you have any luck finding it!
Jim
I saw these in Sainsbury's this morning (where it is also bargainilicious at £1.50 for any two 100g bars!).
I can't help thinking it is a bit misnamed though . . . I was disappointed that there is no actual honeycomb in it.
Amanda So Woolies isnt the only place to have it after all.
I know what you mean about the name...just a bit misleading isnt it. Personally I think they should have named it the Toblerone 'Honey Crisp' ... maybe this is just me being pedantic though.
Thanks for reading :D
Jim
It's quite misleading to say that it is honeycomb, when there isn't actually any in it, but it still looks like something I would enjoy. I like the Toblerone chocolate.
Gemma Thats pretty much the point I tried to stress in my review lol ... its not honeycomb but its damn good anyway. I am slightly wondering what it would be like with small honeycomb pieces in it now! Like small pieces of crunchie....mmm sounds good to me :) defo still recommend people give this bar a chance though.
Thanks
jim
The honey flavor sounds like in interesting compliment. Hmmm, now I'm wondering what a honey filled Toblerone would taste like.
Had this bar been more appropriately named, I wonder if it would have scored higher. Not delivering on promises is definitely worth a couple negative points. As always, thanks for the review amigo!
Justin - you right in saying that if a bar dosent deliver what it promises it does effect its score to some degree...
my reasoning behind that is that if you 'buy into' a flavour its really what you want it to taste like...for instance if you buy a mint chocolate bar ... but it turns out to be raspberry flavoured no matter how good it tastes its not delivering the flavour the consumer wants so therefore a high score cant really be justified :)
Food for thought thats for sure.
Honey filled Toblerone..now theres an idea! Even a caramel filled Toblerone would be awesome to try.
Thanks for reading - always great to hear from you!
Jim
When I read the post title I thought to myself "now THERE is a Toblerone I can't wait to try!" but then reading that there is no actual honeycomb practically made me want to cry (ok, that is just a tad over dramatic)
Have you ever had the chance to try See's Honeycomb candy?
GiGi I must admit I was very disappointed myself when I found there was no honeycomb; to be honest I thought it was going to give me the chance to wrte a glowing review as it coulnt possibly have been worse than Nestle's attempt at honeycomb in the review I did the day before (Violet crumble)..it just wasnt to be I guess :(
Just had a look at that See's cany site! I havent tried any of their range before but some of their stuff looks absolutely superb! Gonna have a look to see if they ship abroad etc and will let you know if I get some!
Thanks for reading as always :D
Jim
If they don't ship let me know and I will gladly send you some. They're entire line is fabulous. I can't think of a single bad piece I have ever had.
GiGi Wow thanks that sounds most kind of you. im e-mailing them today regarding whether they will ship me some so I will keep you informed. Their range looks absolutely fantastic! Looks like you could have unearthed a real gem here!
Thanks
Jim
I enjoyed this bar, I love Toblerone chocolate and the crispy rice/nougat gives it unusual poppy/crackly texture when you eat it. The chocolate itself is great.
I like original Toblerone better though and its misleading to call this Honeycomb Crisp when there isnt actually ant Honeycomb in it.
Anon You sum it up nicely the rice does provide a nice texture but its questionable whether it should be there in the first place with a name like honeycomb crisp.
I tried this bar again last night and the word that strikes me initially when I try and describe this bar is 'Floral'...it just has a very flowery type smell and taste which gets more honey based the more you eat...its a bit weired.
Jim :D
" Yes a google search and even the Toblerone site dosent show any knowledge of the existance of todays bar....Toblerone 'Honeycomb Crisp'. "
ohh, but it does :)
http://www.toblerone.co.uk/toblerone1/page?siteid=toblerone1-prd&locale=uken1&PagecRef=671
Anon At the time of the review there was no information around regarding the bar.
Check out the date next time
I ate this bar in a sitting last night and I must say that I found it a really nice product.
The only thing with this bar is that I must say that the 'honeycomb', almond and nougat were overly portioned. I would have liked to taste the delicious milk chocolate a bit more, but the crispy texture was quite overwhelming.
Saying this though; it was still a bloody delicious bar! I recommend it highly.
Nice one Jim.
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