Kcal 180 Fat 11.0g Fat(sats) 3.0g Carbs 17.0gTodays review again comes courtesy of the team at CandyPirate who yet again provided me with another offering from the extensive Reese's range.
The Reese's Peanut Butter Fudge Egg came in a 34.0g one piece serving. Despite its thickness the egg did seem relatively small in size - I feel like it could have been made a little bigger. Despite its smaller size it still looked and smelt dreamy once cross sectioned...no second guesses what it smelt like...a deep roasted nut smell just literally left my mouth watering. The packaging was nicely presented and included a cardboard sleeve to ensure extra protection..what was lacking was the paper cup that you find with the standard Reese's range...of course this wasnt even really an issue but personally I just feel like its a nice touch.
Now anyone whos read any of my Reese's reviews before will be aware of my constant disappointment at the quality of the chocolate used in the range - in all honestly it really wasnt that much better here with the added fudge element. The chocolate as you can see above was proportioned pretty thickly, despite this though it still lacked a real standout flavour. The fudge taste wasnt all that evident apart from adding a slightly longer more sugary aftertaste, the chocolate still simply didnt do enough for me...its texture wasnt bad and it had a relatively smooth texture...its just its flavour was still little more than I can describe as milky tasting...it just lacked real flavour depth.
Overall as with every Reese's product its the same old story. The chocolate was largely disappointing - and here the fudge element was all but lost but for a slightly sugary fudge noted aftertaste...luckily the peanut butter element was as ever just delicious. It smelt divine, its texture combined both smooth and rough superbly and its taste was just absolutely sublime. Its rich, creamy , buttery, nutty goodness all round...and I just couldnt get enough of it...unfortunately I really didnt due to its rather small size lol! If you love the Reese's range this is another product you will get on with...no doubt there are better Reese's products out there but this is worth trying at least once.
8.2 out of 10
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Me want! Me want!
Even if it does look bugger all like an egg.
Jon My photo does show it split in half!! it does come originally in the shape of an egg! If you want one I suggest you head to CandyPirate these are a little expensive for what they are on ebay!
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Jim
I've seen these online before, but have never actually got round to buying one. They look so good. :)
Gemma I wasnt even aware they existed until CP sent me one through :D supposedly its avalible in both original and white chocolate form aswell..though to be honest your probably just better off getting the orginal cups if your intrested in them as they are slgihtly bigger! If its the fudge flavour you want to try then it looks like this is the only viable option at the mo!
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Jim
This particular egg actually is actually my least favorite of all the Reese's line. The fudge has a nasty smokey bite that really detracted from the experience in my opinion.
On the issue of the size, they have a king size milk chocolate egg that has double the peanut butter which is amazing. Thanks for the review, bud!
Justin The smokey aftertaste I didnt feel was too strong and personally I quite liked the fact it gave the coating a tad more flavour...lets be honest though its all about the PB :D :D that king size milk chocolate egg sounds just the ticket to me! Double the peanut butter....oh yes please :D
Cheer for sharing your thoughts again - its always great the extra tidbits you inform us all with! Keep it up :D
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Jim
Fudge is code in the US for "mockolate" - it's just a way for Hershey's to substitute sugar and alternative fats for chocolate. I tried the "sticks" version of this and was terribly disappointed.
Cybele I do love your 'mockolate' classification! You should look at getting that copyrighted its genuinely very clever.
Regarding the 'Sticks' I was just about to write I hadnt tried them yet...then I realised I actually had tried the original ones before back in May...surely that a sign I have eaten too many bars this year...when I cant even remember them anymore!
Im not too sure about the fudge aftertatse and the sweet wafer in 'sticks' they might clash a little. I genuinely didnt find the taste of this egg too bad - it seems to be a bit hit or miss with those people.
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Jim
Ah, I think I confused you.
There was a limited edition Reese's product a few years ago that were long that was called Reese's Bar (I got the name wrong.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/typetive/150965583/
It was just a different shape of the Reese's Egg.
The Sticks used to have real chocolate on them.
(Oh, I didn't invent the name mockolate, it's from an episode of Friends ... one that every chocolate fan should see where Monica is hired to create recipes with some fake chocolate product and then gives them to Rachel & Phoebe and they critique it ... hilarity ensues.)
Cybele Now you come to mention it I do remember that episode of Friends.
ahh I see what you mean now by those 'Reese's bar' which I unfortunately never got to sample....from what you say though this is Reese's egg was pretty much the same product but in the shape of an egg - it would have been nice to try them with real chocolate...it just frustrates me how Reese's products could be so much better with better quality chocolate *sigh*
Cybele im always so jealous of your photography skills! I saw the section on your site about how you do it all...you have quite the set up im very jealous.
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Jim
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