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With both bars registering under 100 calories these both sounded like a dieters dream ... well I guess they had to taste alright to completely fit the bill. Below are my thoughts on both ..
Boots Shapers Double Chocolate Bar:
Kcal 98 Fat 2.7g Fat(sats) 1.6g Carbs 18.0gThis bar came described as 'chocolate heaven times two' and weighed 23.0g. Looking at the on pack blurb it sounded like a decent enough product, combining an outer layer of milk chocolate with a chocolate flavoured nougat below. The wrapper itself looked relatively nice though I was a little underwhelmed by both the lacklustre aromas and boring aesthetics that were revealed once it was opened.
To say this bar tasted one dimensional would be paying way too much respect to it. Having eaten it I was dreading writing this review as I knew I was going to have a hard time describing the taste. Why you ask!? Well because it mostly tasted of absolutely nothing ... seriously zip, zero, nada ... NOTHING!! As you can see from the pictures above the outer coating of chocolate was paper thin but at least it at least still managed to bring a small hint of sweet milk chocolate to the taste. In comparison the nougat was chewy and completely devoid of flavour. With the bar tasting of pretty nothing I found it completely unsatisfying.
4.0 out of 10
Boots Shapers Chocolate Coffee Nougat Bar:
Kcal 99 Fat 2.6g Fat(sats) 1.6g Carbs 18.0g
Having eaten the Double Chocolate Bar above the day before you could say expectations were pretty damn low when it came to eating this Chocolate Coffee Nougat Bar. Billed as 'coffee and chocolate in a dreamy nougat bar' I was praying this was going to offer a little more than the previous days travesty.
The packing and presentation ... meh it looked exactly the same. The wrapper was ok, the bar was lacking personality and just boring and generic ... at least it offered a more exciting aroma with a touch of coffee thrown in the mix. This minor coffee influence to the smell was pretty indicative of the taste. Just as I experienced with the above the chocolate was only really brought to the party by the wafer thin outer coating and lacked any presence in the nougat below whatsoever. Rather than completely lacking in its contribution to the taste it must said that there was a small of hint of coffee detectable in soft, spongy centre but being totally truthful I didn't find it anymore satisfying that the above.
4.7 out of 10
Overall .... (are these even worthy of an 'Overall!???) ... these sucked pretty bad! Now when I said I was going to do my best to find some 'easy on the calories' chocolate treats for you January dieters I honestly didn't think it was going to be this hard. Indeed, both these bars lacked flavour, excitement, character ... they were just ... well ... BAD!! Like I said in my review last Sunday, when you compare these bars to say other 100 calorie options like mini Mars bars, Cadbury Chomps, Cadbury Curly Wurlys etc there just really no competition when it comes down to what is superior. Dieters do not worry I will persist trying to find you some decent diet chocolates. On todays evidence this is going to be harder than I thought though.
Having eaten the Double Chocolate Bar above the day before you could say expectations were pretty damn low when it came to eating this Chocolate Coffee Nougat Bar. Billed as 'coffee and chocolate in a dreamy nougat bar' I was praying this was going to offer a little more than the previous days travesty.
The packing and presentation ... meh it looked exactly the same. The wrapper was ok, the bar was lacking personality and just boring and generic ... at least it offered a more exciting aroma with a touch of coffee thrown in the mix. This minor coffee influence to the smell was pretty indicative of the taste. Just as I experienced with the above the chocolate was only really brought to the party by the wafer thin outer coating and lacked any presence in the nougat below whatsoever. Rather than completely lacking in its contribution to the taste it must said that there was a small of hint of coffee detectable in soft, spongy centre but being totally truthful I didn't find it anymore satisfying that the above.
4.7 out of 10
Overall .... (are these even worthy of an 'Overall!???) ... these sucked pretty bad! Now when I said I was going to do my best to find some 'easy on the calories' chocolate treats for you January dieters I honestly didn't think it was going to be this hard. Indeed, both these bars lacked flavour, excitement, character ... they were just ... well ... BAD!! Like I said in my review last Sunday, when you compare these bars to say other 100 calorie options like mini Mars bars, Cadbury Chomps, Cadbury Curly Wurlys etc there just really no competition when it comes down to what is superior. Dieters do not worry I will persist trying to find you some decent diet chocolates. On todays evidence this is going to be harder than I thought though.
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17 comments:
lol this is getting quite funny now. You are never going to find a good 'diet' one Jim.
The double chocolate bar sounds horrendus what were they thinking.
I think Phillip may well be right Jim it doesn't look like you will ever review a decent chocolate made for dieters. It could well be worth abandoning that mission. Nice review anyway.
Rxxx
Woah only four/10 talk about bombing out.
These chocolate bars looks really boring. They look identical in the pictures. You sire you didn't take pictures of one twice lol.
It's just not the proper stuff if it's not full fat, is it? :)
Hahaa, I think the overwhelming conclusion is going to be diet + chocolate bar = oxymoron :D
However I do encourage you to try the chocolate Atkins Advantage bars (you can also buy them in Boots) - my friend was on the diet once and I tried one, actually pretty amazing!
Here's to everyone getting over their new years' resolutions and back to REAL chocolate :p
xxx
This diet mission is destined for failure jim ol boy. You must fast be running out of things to review.
You should have gone for the mint nougat like I guggested Jim. These two are both far worse than that bar. I also thought they were flavourless.
You have to laugh when it says things like 'chocolate heaven times two' yet tastes so awful. I'm guessing nougat has few calories, hence why it's so tasteless. Remember those 100 calorie dairy milk bars they did some years ago? (2005 I think) Although they were thin at least they'd provide more satisfaction than these!
I think these probably taste better when you are dieting and haven't eaten real chocolate for several days/weeks!
I think Rachel could be right. Imagine if you starved yourself of chocolate for a full month and then had one of these? On the other hand imagine if you did the same and then ate something like a Snickers lol you would probably think it was better than sex.
lol at Justin. I gave up chocolate for Lent once and it is true that my first bite in to a Mars bar afterwards was verging on orgasmic.
This is a fruitless thing you're trying to do mate. No one wants reduced fat chocolate.
Lol I was gonna say, the Dairy Milk Highlights bar was probably the best bet, even though I wasn't so keen on the sweetener aftertaste that came with it but at least you felt like you were eating a proper bar of chocolate lol. Jim reviewed it last year I think it was, by far the highest scoring diet bar I think! :)
Lol well, it perhaps wasn't the highest scoring but certainly the most easily available at the time :)
Phillip
Ye of little faith eh Phillip :) I will endeavour to find one.
David
The double chocolate was indeed terrible. Stay away!
Rachel
I will try a few more options in the coming weeks but yeh you could be right :D
Anon #1
Not great huh :D
Alex
No they really did look exactly the same. Boring huh!?
Claudia
Seemingly things are looking more and more that way. Oh well who knows I might stumble across somehting worthwhile soon.
Hanna
Thanks for the suggestion, I was kinda running out of ideas haha! I will give these a try if I can pick some up this weekend.
Paul
As I said above it was sorta looking that way. These Atkins bars could be better .. lets see.
Emma
I should have bought the mint one but I think I have had enough of Boots for the mean time! Maybe next year :D
Phil
Nothing beats a good bit of marketing spiel eh!? I do remember those 100 calorie bars... it is a shame they don't do them anymore for dieters! They should bring them out for a limited period each January!
Rachel
You could well be right but I doubt even the most starved chocoholic would like the Double Chocolate Bar.
Justin
Too much info man! I see what you are getting at mind.
Nick
Ok now we definitely have too much info haha :D
Matt
You would be surprised! There is obviously some demand for it. If their wasn't products like this wouldn't exist.
Alan
Indeed the Cadbury Highlights was ok 7.7 out of 10 if I remember correctly.
If anyone is having difficulty finding it please use the search bar on the top right of your page ... or just click here ...
http://www.chocolatemission.net/2009/02/february-4th-cadbury-highlights.html
Thanks everyone - Hopefully I will find a decent diet bar for you soon.
JIM
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