Kcal 150 Fat 5.4g Carbs 23.2gLittle over a week ago I hadnt even heard of the Cadbury Snack range until I stumbled across the 'Cadbury Snack Shortcake' - today I found a further two products in the range so today im bringing you my review of the 'Raisin Cereal Bar'.
This cereal bar came in a 35g serving - I ate it around 11am and it was a more than adequete at fufilling my mid morning munchies! The bar encorporated oats, bran flakes, raisins, crispies and honey in a bed of Cadbury's milk chocolate. It look relatively nice appearancewise - the wrapper had a nice vibrant look and its foil constituants ensured a pristine, nice sweet smelling bar. The aroma was strongly honey rooted though did have a minor milky cocoa element to it.
Taking the bar out the wrapper it was quickly evident at how thin the chocolate layer was. The on pack description claims it covers half the bar...which it does...just extremely thinly! Not only did this mean its flavour was all but lost in the rest of the denser elements, but due to its thiness the chocolate melted extremely quickly when handling the bar. To be honest I think I ended up with more chocolate on my fingers than in my mouth lol! The other cereal elements in the bar were pretty fair in taste - the crispy cereal was the strongest in flavour which dosent really say much for the rest as its taste was not all that strong itself...slightly malty and sugary. The oats combined with the honey added a nice consistant chewyness to the bar though both remained pretty lifeless in flavour. The raisins implemented in this bar were largely disappointing adding very little flavorwise and a bit of an uncomfortable mushy texture.
Overall this bar was a bit hit and miss across the board. It failed to deliver on the taste front - the chocolate was the tastiest element but severely lacking in portioning...the different cereals were all pretty fair but overly lifeless with none particularly outstanding from the others apart from the rice. The bar had a nice chewyness and due to the dense nature of the ingredients did a nice job of settling my hunger...its just unfortunate that its best element (the milk chocolate) was implemented both not enough and annoyingly in the design of the bar. You could do worse for a mid morning snack but if its a real chocolate hit your after you better look elsewhere - this could be done better!
7.1 out of 10
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Ooh, it appears they have re-branded the brunch bar range as these are identical. I really like them although I most definitely put them in the (indulgent) cereal bar category. (I only say indulgent due to the chocolate, they are one of the lower calorie cereal bars around (excluding the 'diet' types).
I used to have the chocolate chip version of this all the time, which was obviously therefore more chocolatey! But I got annoyed by them in the end because the chocolate chips always flew off. I think trackers are vastly superior in the cereal bar domain
Saz Thats where I thought i had seen it before!! I thought it might have been a rebrand! Funny that It wasnt all that long ago I saw the brunch bars being sold in the Supermarket :s
As I said I found another part of the 'snack' range along with this one! I will review that soon....phew these two reviews a day are catching up with me a bit :)
Relative to other cereal bars I have tryed this one is among the best...im not normally that greater of them to be honest but this one is definately more exciting that most of the Alepn range etc! Some of those diet ones you talk about like the Special K bars are just really really awful!!
Thanks for the commment - Good to see you around again! :D
Jim
Lottie Funny you should mention the tracker bar I was actually eyeing one up this morning at my newsagent wondering if anyone would be interested in me reviewing it!? I didnt buy it but if people want to see it reviewed then im more than happy to do so! Just say the word and let me know!
Thanks
Jim
Ah yes I remember these before they were rebranded. Haven't had one in a while... probably because they just weren't all that exciting to begin with. They're good, but definitely lacking something.
Gemma What they are lacking is chocolate haha :) it really was so annoying how it was positioned on the bar it just melted so quickly aswell - i was a right mucky pup! They should just have the cerel base with a nice thickish layer of CDM ontop! Mmmmm yum that even just sounds better!
Thanks
Jim :D
I bought a pack of Brunch bars yesterday in fact so it there must be plenty of the old style around, it's good to have warning of the change so I don't panic if I can't find them!
I actually really like the special k bars, useful for when I want something sweet after a meal.
Mmm, it seems I have a cereal bar addiction as well as a chocolate one. My all time favourites are the nature's valley maple syrup granola bars but my cupboards are also stocked with brunch bars, various nutrigrains (excluding the originals), graonola and special K varieties, hehe.
Saz xxx
I'd never heard of a Cadbury granola bar. Sounds like it was pretty interesting. My favorite granola bars are Nature Valley Sweet and Salty bars. They lack chocolate though... Thanks for the review!
Saz I must admit im not the biggest fan of cereal bars in general...one brand that I do like are the 'eat natraul' bars! They do some really nice more premiuim type bars..I especially recommend the dark choc, apricot and ginger one!! Yummo
Justin Ive just looked up that bar! It looks as if its dipped in peanut butter?? That looks full of win my friend! We do have some nature valley bars in the UK but they arent as exciting as that one!
Cheer for the input guys..and girls!
Jim :D
if you would please review a tracker that would be splendid!
Lottie Pretty lucky I bought one on the way to work this morning :D :D :D I will post the review tommorow morning after I eat and write up tonight :)
Hope you enjoy todays reviews in the mean time!
Thanks
Jim :D
lol i kept lookin at this review and thinking I'm sure they were something else! lol i havent had one in a while but they're still sitting on the supermarket shelf in the old 'Brunch' boxes. I've yet to see them in the new style rebranded packets. I like them but as with most cereal/breaksfast/fruit bars etc they're too expensive which puts me off buying them more lol although these are one of the bigger bars and tastiest and yes a thicker coating of chocolate - i.e how about all over!! would be good haha! :)
cheers
alan
Alan Indeed this product is almost identical to the Cadbury Brunch bar...well im sure it is anyway! It sure looks it.
I have always been rather puzzled by this whole Cadbury 'Snack' range ... it all seems very random and from my experience only tends to be found in smaller retailers.
Im willing to bet this is just a rebranded Cadbury Brunch! As for it needing to be fully covered fully in Choc!? Im so with you on that one!
Cheers
Jim
Ive also been rather puzzled by the Snack range. I only thought they were the shortcake biscuits ( my sister really likes those) origianlly then I spotted the wafers and you have revied more aswell lol this list is endless or so it seems but rather pointless- like you say, it seems to be a bit of a mish mash of things..
did you ever try the Dairy Milk Wafer? I havent seen these for a while, they weren't too bad but recieved a revamp with a crisper wafer somewhere along the line
cheers
Alan
Alan The Snack range is completely bizzare ... I today found a 'Cadbury Dairy Milk Flapjack' I have never seen before in Sainsburys ... seemed like a perfect fit for the 'Snack' branding but obviously not! Who knows eh!?
As for CDM Wafer I never did get around to reviewing it before it disappeared!! From what I hear it wasn't all that spectacular - definitely an idea that if done well with the CDM chocolate, could really be a real winner!
Cheers
Jim
ive had a dairy milk flapjack and a dairy milk brownie before, and yeah they would be obvious candidates for the Snack range but no, cadbury obviously dont agree! lol
have you tried those, im on teh fence about them to be honest!
cheers
alan
Alan I bought flapjack yesterday but have a huge reviewing schedule I need to get through before I get round to it!! Maybe a few weeks before that one then!
As for the CDM I have never seen one of them before!!
Cheers!
Jim
The Cadbury Snack range started in Ireland and has been and still is a VERY popular brand there. there have always been the 3 main types- Snack Sandwich ("purple snack"), Snack Wafer ("Pink") & Snack shortcake ("yellow"). the Red, Snack cereal bar only came on scene in recent years. Go to Ireland, and you'll see all 4 snack bars available in EVERY supermarket,cornerstore and even in some pubs where they have their very own stands! So I agree that in The UK their availablity is limited and sporadic, making them seem odd and random, but in truth they are an old and well established brand.
Anon
Thanks for confirming all this! The only one I need left to review the is the pink wafer that I will hopefully track down soon!
Cheers for clearing that all up!
Jim
I found Snack wafer (and the other ones)in multipacks for sale in Iceland, Morrisons and Tesco in Dundee, so I have a feeling you'll get them in those stores wherever you are!
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