**Updated** 09.04.2010This bar is now available in a 45.0g impulse bar here in the UK - see my photo above!!
Kcal 530 Fat 30.0g Carbs 59.0g (per 100.0g)
Dean-German-Grocery recently sent me a near truckload of their latest and best selling German goodies in order for me to sample and review. Included in this package was this exciting Milka bar, a bar combining both Milka Alpine Milk chocolate and the ever popular Daim bar - two great individual products. Were they a perfect combination?
The bar came in the standard 100g Milka serving, as usual I ate this over two sittings - I felt like I could have eaten a little more each time but the servings were adequate enough. The bar came in the new plastic wrapper packaging, personally I liked the style of the wrapper, it had a nice bright glossy look, whilst also maintaining a nice freshness to the product - all in one recyclable layer ... good work Kraft! The bar had a pretty pleasant aroma; it had the typical dairy chocolaty Alpine Milk smell with just a little added sweet scent thrown into the mix.
When reviewing the Daim bar, I just couldn't quite get on with its lack of substantiality, I found the thinness of the bar very unappealing, the chocolate flaked and just wasn't impactful enough with it's flavours ... saying that I actually quite liked the caramel centre. This collaborative bar took all the problems of the Daim and threw them out the window! The Milka Alpine Milk chocolate provided a fantastic coating for the plentiful Daim pieces dispersed throughout the middle of the bar. The Alpine Milk provided a perfectly balanced smooth dairy taste that was impactful with its flavour, but not overly so that it dominated the Daim. The Daim pieces were very generously portioned and provided a fantastic contrastive crunch element against the smooth melting Alpine Milk. This was actually one of a few chocolates I enjoyed chewing, the Daim pieces literally exploded with their strong sweet caramel flavours that had a unique 'burnt' quality to their taste. The Daim element left a delicious long lasting taste in the mouth, it would have been nice for the milky chocolate flavour to have lasted longer but this has never been a strength of Milka chocolate.
Overall this is the best Milka bar I have tasted to date. This bar brought the best out of both individual elements; the Daim benefited greatily by being implemented in a bigger, more substantial milk chocolate coating, and the Milka Alpine Milk benefitted from having another dimension to it's overall flavour. It's not completely without it's faults the bar could possibly benefit with a slight refinement in it's cocoa levels ... Alpine Milk is indeed very milky and could be a little bland for some palettes. That aside, this is a bar that proves that 2 + 2 = 5 is definitely possible.
8.5 out of 10
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14 comments:
Wow, I must try this!
Btw I checked out the new Hotel Chocolat in Bristol today and spent a fortune because of your site and your reviews!
Well worth it though =)
Laura Oooh did you get anything in particular? you will have to give me your take on my reviews once you have tried them for yourself!
As for this Milka bar its available through Dean-German-Grocery!! Im just about to e-mail them asking them if I can get a discount for Chocolate Mission readers!!!
Let me know about the HC stuff
Jim
You always like the caramel center, don't you Jim?
Jeanna I am rather partial to a good caramel centre of course ;) it would be rude not to be :D
Jim
milka and daim bar sounds like an amazing pairing.I already know I'd love this without having to try it.Damn I have such a yearning now. Stop making me yearn jim!
Lottie You may be yearning more and more soon .. I got tons and tons of different flavours from DGC to try. maybe you should see how they play out and then treat yourself sometime in the near future!!
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Jim
You may have been wondering where I've been the past few days; then again, you probably haven't been.
I'll tell you anyway, I've been Disneyland! The reason I tell you this is because it also leads to my purchasing of this bar whilst in France.
I consumed the whole thing last night due to lack of a dinner! I only have one thing to say really; how did they make it work so well?!
The delicious alpine milk chocolate complimented the daim so well. I loved it and seriously would like another one; in hindsight I should have bought 2.
I love the texture contrast and the fact that no flavours were lost at all, they were all present and delicious.
One of my favourite Milka bars so far; definitely up there with the Caramel.
James V
I hope you had a nice time at Disney! Alright for some eh!?
Lack of dinner!? What is going on - have a word!
This is one of my fave Milka bars out of their whole range! One I would certainly have again!
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Jim
I must announce, with joy and exclamation asunder, that this here bar is now being stocked in tesco. Tesco I say! In our very own back yard!
Milka fans go forth, with your 95p at the ready.
Lottie
Awesome news thanks for sharing. This is a bar that I really suggest everyone tries if they like their Milka chocolate! Buy it now ... then let me know what you think :D
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Jim
Just when I thought I was in for two straight weeks of mint/orange Kit Kat (which I like but I wish they had in smaller than multipack)...a guest showed up bearing gifts :D this is now my favorite Milka bar.
PS I had the larger bar, shared (and it was hard to stick to just my third lol). That's funny, for me it was the opposite - I enjoyed letting it melt for a change, it brought the toffee/caramel flavors out more.
I just had one of these again and it tasted different to how I remember, sweeter chocolate/less burnt caramel. I'm curious if they changed the recipe, or if it was just the one bar, or just me.
What a brilliant fusion. The Alpine milk was deliciously creamy and worked very well with the burnt caramel. The 45g bar was thick and fufilling, so felt satisfied aftewards too.
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