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Kcal 205 Fat 10.8g Fat(sats) 4.3g Carbs 24.3gHow these have escaped a review on Chocolate Mission over the past two years I do not know!? Cadbury Fingers take me back to fond memories of birthday parties as a kid - it almost seems like these never come out the cupboard unless there was a birthday to celebrate. Back in the day these were a real favourite of mine - so I guess you can imagine my delight when I stumbled across a 'New Munch Bag' variant at my local train station. Packing all the goodness of the standard sized Cadbury Fingers these came described as 'mini biscuits covered with milk chocolate'.
The bag of Mini Fingers weighed in at 40.0g and contained around 15 pieces. The presentation was all very Cadbury like in that it adopted the usual purple colour scheme with the traditional white playful fonts. I thought the fingers themselves were nicely sized at about three times the size of the original Fingers. Another thing that impressed me with these was the freshness, that was more than evident through the strong sweet dairy smell and unbroken nature of the fingers.
So were these bad boys coated with the wonderful Dairy Milk ... nuh uh!! The milk chocolate used here was the stuff used to make the slightly cheaper Cadbury products e.g. Freddo and Fudge bars. Of course only saddos like myself would probably be able to tell, though I could personally detect the difference as the taste of the chocolate was just that little bit sweeter, less milk based and thinner in its melt. The chocolate was still pretty nice but I must admit I enjoyed the biscuit centres more. The biscuit was crunchy with a nice wheaty flavour that had a wonderful driving brown sugar note. The resulting taste was ever so moreish and I really enjoyed letting the outer chocolate melt away in my mouth before munching away on the softened biscuit that was left. The 40.0g bag was unfortunately empty not long after I opened it - still though it proved to be a sufficient snack.
Overall I wasn't expecting miracles from these nor did I get them. What I experienced was exactly what I was expecting - a simple yet pretty tasty chocolate and biscuit combination. The milk chocolate was of a good standard, whilst the biscuit element held its own and made for a pleasant addition to the chocolate. These may have only scored a high seven in the ratings but I will probably have these again the near future. I suggest that if you enjoy the standard sized variant or are in need of getting in touch withe some childhood pastimes that you treat yourselves to a pack of these.
7.8 out of 10
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These are another retro snack getting a big marketing push presently. Like with the mars roll yesterday i used to have these all the time but much less so now. It was nice to see them get a well over due review.
Hi Jim,
So the chocolate is different from the one used in the regular Fingers? Strange! Is there a dark chocolate version too?
I remember that Cadbury had another nice product called Chocolate Sandwich over 25 years ago, but I can't find them anymore in France- I think the Cadbury Snack Wafer are pretty similar, but they are not marketed here, can you still find Chocolate Sandwic in shops?
I'm the same - used to have these quite often but now only when they're on special offer. The plain choc variety is nice too. I dip them in tea.
I'm SURE the chocolate used used to be Dairy Milk...I always thought it was anyway. Maybe they've recently changed it.
Cadbury Fingers just remind me of birthday parties when I was growing up :) wonderful nostalgia food.
I'm with Phil here they are gorgeous dipped in cofee or tea.
I really fancy some right now I might have to pop to sainsbury's.
Yep these were a very typical party food in my younger years also. Those with party rings and jelly YUMMMMY.
It was a good idea of Cadburys to bring these out in a new format. It makes them far easier to take outside the house. Not exactly exciting but still very welcome.
Found your website via Twitter earlier today OMG it is so good why did I not think of doing this.
Love the review Jim I saw a box full of these in JS last week. Aren't they new with Maryland Cookie snack pouches? I am going to by some next time I am in there.
Maggs
You can still get the Cadbury Sandwhich, it's part of the Snack range. I havent seen them in ages but I know Jim reviewed them!Fry's also did a Chocolate Sandwhich but that was three layers of chocolate (2 milk layers and one dark in the middle and another vice versa lol)
Fingers were a big part of my childhood too although for some reason theyve never been a favourite of mine,though my sister really likes them. I have a Fingers Minis collectors tin from 2007 which lists the first ingredient in the milk choc as Milk which suggests it was dairy milk (or one of its variants) though it doesn't state it as DM. Some of their products list Sugar as the first ingredient in the choc. I wonder if they've now changed it on the fingers?
Aren't Fudges covered in DM jim? I know Freddo's are DM (as long as I can remember anyway lol). Your review says Fudge is although again they may have swapped it - they have with Crunchies!
I love white cadbury fingers but they don't do they anymore =< =<
David
Yep this range is recieving a but more attention from Cadbury and have had several new pouch snack sizes introduced!!
Frenchy J
Yep these don't appear to be made with Dairy Milk anymore!!
I remember a dark chocolate version though I am not sure they do them anymore!
If you look here you can see my review of the Cadbury Snack Sandwich http://www.chocolatemission.net/2008/09/september-10th-cadbury-snack-sandwich.html
Phil
Is there a dark chocolate version still out then? I don't think I have seen them for ages ... though it is not as if I have been looking out for them.
Rachel
Angel Delight makes me think of kids parties, though these were also pretty common :) good times!
George
Good luck finding them! Take a look and see if there is a dark chocolate variant out!
Anon #1
Yep party rings and iced gems! Nice memories!
JT
This format certainly makes them more accessible doesen't it! A sensible idea indeed.
Miss Bridges
Welcome to the site -I hope you become a regular reader!
Maggs
Yep these got introduced with the new Maryland pouches. You can also get single packs of Maryland cookies like these ... review coming shortly.
Alan
Since I have reviewed some products things have changed. Last time I looked Fudges and Freddos were Dairy Milk but to be honest I can't keep up with it all.
In an ideal world everything they did would be Dairy Milk, though I guess if there are cost savings to be made it is understandable in some instances.
Anon #2
Maybe they will be back at Christmas??
Thanks everyone
Jim
That's true, it's just a shame sometimes because it does impact on the taste sometimes.
I'm pretty sure I've seen the dark Fingers and the double choc ones recently, though the shops are forever changing their lines so it's hard to know if they still make something isn't lol i sometimes come across stuff I thought long gone, still going strong!
Yeah they still do the dark ones aswell and double choc as alan said. I'm sure the white choc ones are also still around, they were not so long ago. At one time they did mint dark choc and orange dark choc, aswell as honeycomb and caramel.
Yeah they certainly do still do the white ones, I saw them yesterday next to the double choc ones lol I remember they did bring out a variety of different ones like the mint and orange and caramel etc I suspect they were limited editions but they would be cool permanent editions wouldn't they!
Phil / Alan
I will check out the supermarket next time I am there and see what they have on offer. They strike me as the sort of product that will be better stocked at Xmas so I will try my luck then!
Cheers both!
Jim
These are so morish. Chocolate fingers always remind me of Alice from the Vicar of Dibley when she's sucking the chocolate off in front of Hugo. :P
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