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Kcal 134 Fat 5.2g Fat(sats) 3.8g Carbs 20.8gHaving seen Terry review these over at 'The Chocolate Review', I thought I would give the Tunnocks range a well deserved look over. Today I started with the 'Milk Chocolate Caramel Wafer Biscuit', which is exactly what it says on the tin!! I hadn't had one of these for years, though they were a huge childhood favourite of mine, I used to consume them by the truckload when I was a wee nipper.
The wrapper had a nice retro look, unsurprising really since these have been made since the 1890s!! It had a nice bright foil outer exterior, though had a paper based interior ... this may just be nostalgia but I really liked the format and use of the red and gold colours. The bar itself didn't seem to have changed one bit ... well since I can remember anyway! The chocolate layers appeared thin, though the caramel placed in between the wafer looked plentiful and appetising. The product had quite a weak sweet smell, I guess this wasn't helped by the lack of tightness of the wrapper ... the bar wasn't actually sealed, the paper wrapper was only folded to contain the bar within.
This is going to sound very silly but the bar tasted exactly how it looked. The milk chocolate coating was extremely thin, which meant that the cocoa flavours didn't have much of a say in the overall taste once the caramel and wafer elements came into play. As you all know I am no big fan of wafers, but the caramel placed in between, gave the one in this bar a far more substantial feel than the average. The wheaty flavours of the wafer were further accentuated by the sweetness of the caramel and provided a very biscuity, sweet taste. The chewiness of the caramel and crunchiness of the wafer provided some fantastic contrastive textures. Despite its relatively small size (30.0g), in comparison to some standard chocolate bars this felt like a more fulfilling snack.
Overall after eating this I remember why I used to eat these so often in my youth. There are some areas that could do with a little fine tuning - the chocolate for instance could do with being twice the thickness to give it more of a meaningful contribution to the taste. Saying this, I can see why Tunnock's wouldn't want to play with a recipe that is over 100 years old ... the mixture of the caramel and wafer is fantastic - as the saying goes ... why fix something that ain't broke!! Chances are you have consumed one of these in your lifetime ... if you haven't there are no excuses now!!
7.6 out of 10
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these little wafer bars are great for if you got the munchies. i can easily get through a pack and be like "oh they're finished". not exactly the most filling bar on their own but as a pack, it is great. also tastes really yummy and the waffer is one of the best i've ever had :)
hey jim
i havent had one of these for a while but am always left a bit dissappointed by them - they always taste stale to me and put it down to the fact theyre not wrapped very well.
the wafer seems quite soft to me but agree with the choc it is very thin! theyve never been a favourite of mine lol
have you ever had a dark one? i see them advertised but never see them in the shops!
cheers
alan
These are great! Yes, they're not the tastiest, but they also remind me so much of my childhood... perhaps that's why I keep buying them :)
Are you going to be reviewing the Tunnock's Teacake?
Colin The is indeed rather good! One of the better ones I have tasted. I know what you mean about the packed disappearing all too quikly! The day I reviewed these I munched my way through the best part of a multipack .... hey I had to be sure my review was correct huh ;)
Alan I used to have the dark ones quite a bit when I was younger! The last place I saw them on sale was in Waitrose! I will get around to buying some soon!!
Gemma ahhhh the legendary Teacake, another childhood fave!! To be honest I was going to save it until January for when ChocolateMission has a bit of a 'lighter chocolate choices' theme going on .... but if there is a big demand for it I could always get a wriggle on and get some this week! Depends on what everyone would prefer I guess!!
Thanks everyone
Jim
Oh, i used to love these back in the day.
Chewy + Crunchy = Munchy
Tilly I got more Tunnocks reviews coming very soon! Keep a look out for them!!
Jim
I still love these wafers. The look hasn't changed much but they are using plastic wrappers instead of paper now. It's only been for a few months, so most people haven't noticed. I've found that the stale taste some people complain about is helped by the new wrappers, making them even better.
Candacey
I hadn't spotted this! I thought the paper wrappers were so classical though :( what a shame!
Thanks
Jim
It's the chewy texture that makes these so good.
The taste is actually pretty ordinary, a little too sweet maybe.
But that lightness and chewyness is genius!
Chocolate London
The texture is cool isn't it. It is very unique to Tunnocks.
JIM
I have yet to see any plastic wrappers lol the last time we boughta pack not so long ago they were in the traditional paper wrapper :)
The bars are too soft now, in a drive to reduce cost. Thats why we have soft Rolo's tasteless Digestive Biscuits and so on. You are better off with the supermarket own brands now, all the others are just living off their names.
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