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BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT / WORST PRODUCTS OF 2009
What do you all this is worse? A product that you think is going to be great but turns out to be rubbish or a product that is simply just pants? To be honest I think they are as bad as each other, hence my reasoning for combining both awards. Personally I don't think the following are worthy of much more of attention so lets make this a quick one ...
*drumroll* ... and in 3rd place we have ...
Kit Kat Chunky Caramel (UK)
After reviewing the Australian version of this bar to great success (9.2 out of 10 - See HERE) you can imagine I was damn excited to see when it was announced here in the UK trade that this bar would be coming to our market. Without doubt this was disappointment of the year - was it inedible? Don't be silly ... nowhere near! Was it Caramel? ... NO - it has a dodgy layer of sugary paste! Was it half as good as the Aussie version? ... Not even close :( Boo!! This isn't even mentioning the fact that it pushed the Peanut Butter variant out of the range! Dismal scenes! See the review ... HERE
*drumroll* and in 2nd place we have .....
Hannah's White Mice:
'Awesome I remember having these in my pick-a-mix as a little nipper' ... was my first line of thought when I saw these. I wish I had just left it like that as these did not bring the nostalgic memories like I hoped. Some may love them for their comforting taste of their childhood but if you look beyond that you will see them for what they are ... sugary lumps of disgusting vegetable fat! Never again! See the review ... HERE
'Awesome I remember having these in my pick-a-mix as a little nipper' ... was my first line of thought when I saw these. I wish I had just left it like that as these did not bring the nostalgic memories like I hoped. Some may love them for their comforting taste of their childhood but if you look beyond that you will see them for what they are ... sugary lumps of disgusting vegetable fat! Never again! See the review ... HEREand the winner ...
Taking 1st place ....
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Of course it has to be Otsuka's Calorie Mate Chocolate Block - which beyond a shadow of a doubt was THE WORST product I reviewed in 2009. Sitting in the most uninspiring packaging ever, this dried lumps of disgusting tasting biscuits were frankly horrible in every sense. Devoid of flavour, charm and a point of actually existing, I for one will never be eating one of these again. According to the packaging the concept of the product is for people 'who need an easy source of energy and nutrition' ... seriously if you have no time to even eat I think you need to have a check on your work-life balance. Avoid like the plague!!! See the review ... HERE
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The Calorie Mate thing makes me want to weep! Agreed, there is something a little bit wrong with people that would choose a product like that over actual food. Furthermore if you read the packaging the nutrition is pretty appalling anyway >_<
Hmm, someone needs to bring out a brand of white mice actually made of chocolate. Same goes for jazzies. Maybe Hotel Chocolat should do a retro range...?
I hate the lack of love for the white mice :) I know what you mean in that they are made out of disgusting stuff but they are tasty in my opinion.
Calorie mate sounds one of the most appalling products in history. How utterly disugting.
Rxxx
I think your being a bit harsh on the Kit Kat myself.
Lol yep, these three would certainly get my vote! KitKat Caramel wasn't the best, but as for the other two.. Calorie Mate, oh dear, I rememeber LOL
Shudder at the caloriemate. Reminds me of when I was little and too scrawny, my mum used to make me eat these alarmingly dry shortbread biscuits that look exactly the same as the caloriemate. They tasted like sandy crap, with notes of dust. Now why would you choose to eat dust? If there is no time to eat that is why jesus invented coffee and redbull. And bananas! Never underestimate the power of the banana.
I'm ashamed to admit this, but I actually tried my first ever caramel kitkat yesterday and rather enjoyed it. Maybe because I was expecting it to be really bad, or maybe because I have had time to come to terms with the lack of actual caramel, either way I found it to be not half bad. It's no peanut butter kitkat though, that's for sure! (I still have one stowed in the cupboard for emergency purposes, all sad and lonely it is)
LOVING the awards Jim!
The Kit Kat was terrbile but the Calorie Mate thing is in a league of its own.
I still think Nestle should be sued for false advertising re the Kitkat Caramel.
I expected some of the cake bars to make an appearance here but I think you chose wisely with the calorie mate. YUCK
I thought Thorntons would have been a dead cert to make an appearance in the awards today. It looks like they had a lucky escape.
Number one and two aren't something I would try :))
The Kit-Kat...
[start rant]
We only have the normal, the white and the peanut butter Kit-Kats here... in various shapes and sizes. Somebody told me that dark Kit-Kats have appeared as well. I haven't spotted them yet. I'm not crazy about white chocolate, I hate peanut butter, so I'd really like to try something new from Kit-Kat!!! I went from link to link, and, yes, the Australian version seems the Kit-Kat caramel I would like, not this one. But for the moment, I cannot find any Kit-Kat caramel around here. Hopefully I'll be able to find the dark one soon.
[/end rant]
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