Kcal 500 Fat 25.7g Fat(sats) 15.5g Carbs 60.3g (per 100g)
Sampling the bar again in the 200g form, unlike the Apricot bar from yesterday it took me more than two servings to eat ... the overall taste and weighting of the ingredients made this bar the more substantial out of the two. I had much the same perception of the packaging than with the 'Apricot Crumble Crunch' - the foil wrapper had an impressive looking matted appeal, the dark rouge colour gave both a contemporary and stylish look. The bar itself also looked impressive; the large cranberry pieces provided a nice interesting look and were spread evenly throughout the chunks. The granola was also relatively well spread and gave the surface a textured quality. The smell of the bar was unsurprisingly milk based; it smelt a bit sweeter than a standard Dairy Milk bar with a minor but detectable biscuity element to its aroma.
The Dairy Milk retained its standard delicious taste, but had it's texture was spoilt somewhat but the rough sharpness of the granola pieces. By the time I had finished the bar the roof of my mouth felt quite sore; sucking on the chocolate whilst it melted meant that the granola pieces had an almost sandpaper like effect, the melt of the chocolate was smooth but the texture of the granola was not favourable in the slightest. When the granola was bitten into it did release a nice oat centred flavour, definitely more flavoursome than the added 'Crumble Crunch' of yesterdays bar - overall it was a nice addition to the taste. The dried cranberries were not quite as pronounced in their taste as the dried apricot of yesterday, they more reminded me of the raisins used in a standard 'Cadbury Fruit & Nut' - they had an obvious chewy texture but were very limited in their flavour. In this case the cranberries only added the slightest of sweet berry burts that was largely overshadowed by the more dominant chocolate. The aftertaste of the product was far longer in comparison to the 'Apricot Crumble Crunch', it had a nice creamy taste with a note of sugary wheaty oats that stayed in the mouth for a nice duration, this made for a pretty satisfying chocolate.
Overall this was another interesting and tasty bar from Cadbury, however after sampling both new variants I now can't help but feel that instead of creating two bars they should have just gone for the one. Despite the granola having a pretty ragged and rough texture, its overall taste was more substantial and meaningful than the 'crumble crunch'. On the other hand, the apricot of yesterdays bar was more flavoursome than the cranberries of this bar ... you can probably see where im going with this .... YEP .... the 'Cadbury Dairy Milk Apricot & Granola'. Well unfortunately this isn't what we have, so focusing on reality - they are both pretty good bars, far from perfect, but good nonetheless. What I did enjoy about todays bar was that like yesterdays, this 'Cranberry & Granola' was at least something a little different and pretty tasty to boot. Again Dairy Milk and 'Fruit & Nut' fans, this definitely worth you taking a gander at.
8.3 out of 10
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I had much the same reaction just from knowing the ingredients. The texture would contrast with the idea of a smooth dairy milk bar.
Hi Jim,
its interesting to read your views on these two bars as I have excactly the same views lol the apricot flavour is much more pronounced than the cranberry (i think some added natural cranberry flavour wouldve done the trick) but the crumble texture didn't add much to the apricot bar lol apricot and granola wouldve been a nice bar! I was expecting abit more from the cranberries i have to say, ive had the bar a couple of times, both from the fridge and not and they don't taste any different.
But as you say, theyre not the best bars in the world but its nice to see something abit more interesting!
cheers
Alan
Jeanna Lol me and the Granola nearly did have big time issues :) if it had lacked flavour like the 'Crumble Crunch' in yesterdays review, there would have been trouble haha :) Luckily it was a nice addition to the taste. It still left my mouth pretty sore though! Maybe Im just a delicate little thing.
Alan The 'Apricot & Granola' would have been an awesome bar wouldn't it! The cranberries were a tad disappointing I do concur! Maybe I was being a tad harsh comparing them to the raisins of the original fruit and nut (which I think are almost entirely flavourless IMO), maybe a different berry would have been more suited ... lol im not gonna say strawberry as im allergic!! Maybe a more tangy blackberry!? or maybe even a blackcurrant!? .. or as you say why not a bit of cranberry concentrate mixed in with the chocolate - cracking idea!!
Thanks for the input
Jim :D
Hi Jim,
nah i dont think you were too harsh on comparing them too the normal raisons in fruit and nut. but you could be right, a different berry might be good, or even (as ive noticed on the snack fruit shelves) dried cranberries with a different flavour. so you'd get the nice chewyness of the cranberry but a distinct flavour of the blackcurrant or even blueberry, one of my favourite berries!
im surprised they didn't add some cranberry flavour in though, eitehr to the cranberries or the chocolate, after all they used to do lovely orange flavoured chcolate until they got rid of it and replaced it with thsoe horrible ornage, mint... 'chips' which i hate personally lol
keep up the good work :D
Alan
Alan The blueberry sounds good! But im guessing they probably would have been too expensive!! Saying that now I can just see what Cadbury's next bar will be ... the Cadbury 'Superfood' Blueberry bar ...no doubt at a extremely premium price of course!! Lol ok maybe not but it's an idea!!
I never tried those orange and mint chip bars! Unfortunately they got taken out just as I was starting the blog! Shame eh!? ... well maybe not after what you say about them haha!
Thanks for your input pal! Always a pleasure!
Jim
Hiya Jim!
You've got to adjust your style - a bar with granola in was never going to be a melter! One for the crunching!
And I seem to be flying in the face of chocolate blog consensus here - I got little flavour from the apricot (not being a big apricot person), and found the cranberry to be much more prominent, much more colourful! Oh well, guess I'll just have to try them again... Darn it! (They were only the little bars, not the 200g monsters.)
Stu I concur with you fully on the munching but I simply cant bring myself to chew away at Dairy Milk ... I let the choco melt away them munched on the granola ... lol im sorry but personally I just will never chew Dairy Milk Its far to flavoursome.
As for flying in the face on consensus - that's what these comments feedback things are all about my friend don't you worry about that. Could be the different format, different taste buds, different eating method ... could be anything my friend! I just purely describe what I get from the bar I eat ... fruits is one of those things as well I guess, sometimes they can be be full of flavour and juice whilst others it can be watery and bland! Let me know what you think if you do try them again!! Im still yet to see these 55g bars btw!!
Cheers
Jim
hmmm just had one of these bars.....3 for £1 on cadbury in the coop, and I must say I am dissapointed. The chocolate is the very good Cadbury I love but the crandbury flavour is completely missing - this is the 49g version so maybe thats why?
After also eating a Cadbury Fruit and Nut, which is quite similar, I have to say that it's a far better bar for fruit and crunchiness.
Colin great to see you tacked it down....unfortunate you found it a bit of a disappointment.
I thought the cranberries lacked real flavour aswell myself - though I think it could be largely down to luck as to how many /size of the cranberries you get in your bar!!
Looks like you will be sticking to your fruit and nut then :)
Cheers for sharing your opinion! Great to hear from you!
Jim
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