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Hi All,
I hope you all enjoyed the posts this week. If you missed out on them then you can view them here:
'Bits n Bobs' - Hotel Chocolat - See HERE
Ritter Sport Interview 2011 - See HERE
Next week will follow a similar pattern to last with a Hotel Chocolat post Monday and then a special feature coming up Wednesday which will take you up until the end of the week. Apologies for the brief update this week, it has all got rather busy on the day job and thus there has been limited time for site maintenance. I will update the news page later today so make sure you pay it a visit HERE.
JIM
SNACK OF THE WEEK ..... a new part of '7Days of Chocolate Reviews' which will feature any manner of snacking product I have been products munching on in the week
Corny Big Chocolate-Banana
Kcal 212 Fat 7.6g Carbs 32.8g
I'm always saying ChocolateMission readers are the best on the net and further evidence of this was supplied to me once again by JCM friend and frequent contributor Thea. Indeed, Thea has recently been most kind to send me over a package containing a selection of Hungarian chocolates for me to review. In the midst of all those chocolates, Thea also included this German cereal bar made by a company called Hero, the Corny Big Chocolate Banana.
Now I've reviewed and eaten many a cereal bar in my lifetime but this one proved to be a real delight. Out it's packet the cereal bar didn't appear all that special, though it had a pungent sweet, artifical banana smell that reminded me of the banana foam sweets I used to buy as a kid. At first I didn't find this bar all that spectacular, but the more I ate, the more I enjoyed it, and the dried banana pieces which had congregated mostly near the centre of the bar provided a delicious, real tasting banana fruityness to the museli cereal base. Whatsmore the chocolate fusing underside actually provided a sufficent chocolate hit for each mouthful - how often can you say that about cereal bars that have chocolate involved. Cereal bars can often be ... well ... boring, this one wasn't, and I would buy it often if I could.
8.3 out of 10
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49 comments:
The ritter interview was awesome this week Jim. Like i said on the day it would be awesome if you could get any other chocolate makers to sign up to such a thing. Hearing similar questions put to the likes of thorntons, milka or someone from nestle would be just as interesting I expect.
There's only one news story people need know about and thats this one
http://www.talkingretail.com/products/product-news/wispa-gold-makes-a-return-to-our-shelves
The Wispa Gold is back in town baby! WOOP WOOOP!!!!
I hope these special posts include some sort of bits and bobs post. We want the pics man.
When does the winner of the latest twitter comp get announced?
I used to be mad keen on cereal bars but I quickly got bored of them. I might conteplate buying them again if there was a new brand of them coming in and mixing it up with some new flavours or something.
People dont realise that a lot of cereal bars they are eating aren't as healthy as they first think. With a lot of them you will probs find that eating a two finger kit kat will have less calories and fat in it.
Hey J
Its the big game later today :-) you looking forward to it man? They don't get bigger than Man u vs Pool at Anfield IMO. Despite us being rubbish recently we do seem to find an extra level when we play your losers ;) i just hope we haven't had too many people coming back from those annoying intl friendlies injured. It would be a crying shame if one of the teams couldnt go full strength because they had loads of players out. For the record im going 2-1 Liverpool ;)
Great feature on the cereal bar btw. I dont eat them very often but when I do I just stick to the standard fruseli ones. This banana one sounds like it could be interesting.
Cheers and I wish you all the bad luck in the world lol.
N
More of these 'special' posts to come hey!??? I can handle that :) Looking forward to them already Jim.
What ever happened to snack of the week featuring lucky charms? You promised it ages ago now.
Are you not going to wish us welshies luck in the rugby Jim? I didn't imagine you as a bitter Englishman ;) Are you jealous of our boyos.
Phew its good to see you back posting a least. I got worried when there was no review put up yesterday. I thought something awful had happened.
Dx
I still don't get why there is such a deluge of banana flavoured confectionery about. I saw an article not long ago that said that bananas had just been voted as Britains favourite fruit :S
I cant name a single chocolate bar or cereal bar we have currently on sale that incorporates it. Its a weird one that.
Is that the highest score you have given a cereal bar? I cant recall one ever getting as high as that one has before. What a shame thye dont do these in the UK.
No offnce to thea but I think you should keep your snacks of the week to just british things. You do enough foriegn items during the week, save the weekends for just the more eccentric uk stuff I say.
Boooooo we want more halloween or christmas themed reviews. Give us what the people demand.
They would have to change the brand name of this if it got launched here. I can't see that many people buying in to a brand named corny lol.
People might have bad feelings to a brand called that I would of thought.
I couldn't think of anything worse to flavour a cereal bar with than banana lol. Its like the only fruit I dont like.
I need say only 3 words for SOTW next week Jim CADBURY FABULOUS FINGERS
Im addicted to them so much lol. Im on my 2nd box already this week.
Too busy to write about choc? Come on jim get your priorities sorted fella.
What was with the constricted number of posts this week Jimbo? It was chocolate week I thought you would do something extra special for us all?
Hey Hun, thank you for the interesting posts again this week. Are you going to answer the comments on the ritter interview one? Im fascinated to know how you got them to do that for you, I jus hope you didn't have to pay them. I look forward to this next special post you are talking about for this week. If its anything like the one we just had it should be amaze.
Rxxx
I think the company that make corny are the same ones that make these bars called Balisto Jim. They have recently gone on sale in Tesco you should check them out if you liked this.
Jim whats in the plan for your halloween reviews this year? Its not like you to not have anything to show us from Hotel Chocolat etc. Don't tell me they haven't sent you anything, I will believe that when I see it lol.
Im not to sure if they count as cereal bars exactly but what does everythink of the nature valley bars?
I remember Jim saying they launched a chocolate one but I havent managed to try that one yet. The normal mayple syrup ones are nice though I recommed them.
@Nigel never mind that meaningless derby m8. We all know its about the gooners playing sunderland on Sunday.
Thanks for the reviews Jim. I appreciate this is only a hobby of yours so I wont join the idiots complaining aboiut you not posting enough three reviews this week. They are just being ungrateful. On the flip side you could just take it as a compliment that they wish to see your reviews so much they bother complaining.
What other flavours of corny do they make? Are they all as cool as banana or do they also have boring ones like every other cereal bar maker lol.
Busy at the day job? Thats no excuse to be ignoring your loyal fanbase Jim ol boy :)
Lmao im jus kiddin with ya. Dont worry about it m8 you are still doing a fine job. TBh with you I didn't even notice anything had changed :-)
Why do I get the feeling we are going to get a bumper halloween post next week :-)
If it is then its about time to matey. These things aren't going to be around forever you know. Its about time you told us whats good to go and whats just rubbish.
I find it extremelly difficult to get excited about cereal bars but that one does sound nice I will give you that.
Do you not get enough chocolates already or something? You are one lucky dude to have your readers sending you chocolates aswell. Thanks Thea for sending Jim stuff for us all to see the reviews.
Are we getting any hotel chocolat soon J? Its getting late in the day to get our halloween chocs off them you know.
Thea you are always giving away your chocolates to Jim I hope it is a appriciative of this. Im sure he probably is, he comes across a polite guy.
Cool content this week J. I loved the interview you did on Weds. Repeat that again if you can find someone else to do one.
Gawd I recall the time when cereal bars first came about and everyone went made for them. I swear for every cereal imagineable there used to be a bar version of it made to. I remember cherrio, chocolate corn flakes, sugar puffs, there really were all sorts of them weren't there.
Cereal bars arent usually my thing but there is something about the one in that picture there that does look a bit tasty. I think its because the chocolate bit looks like its been coated on thick and not as thin and wispy as these things normally come.
Thanks for the sum up post Jim but I never miss a post so these aren't ever something I need to be updated by lol.
When are you updating your news page. I got loads of stories to send on but I dont want to send anything you have already?
All our cereal bars suck man. We haven't had any new or interesting ones come out for ages now. Its just the same old - same old. You get frosties, coco pops and then anything made by boring alpen. Apart from those the choice is so limited.
For the record im not a fan of you posting less =P The reviews were excellent but why were there not as many as normal. I logged on friday all excited and it was still the interview one :( Boooooo.
Oh, I love those bars! Would be great to see the reviews of other flavours as well.
Thanks, Jim for the review :) I wasn't sure when I sent it if it was going to be good or awful, glad you liked it, this was the low end one of the range. lol that bar actually looks better in the photo than it did in real life!
@Warren there was also a plain one & a yogurt. I found this in Hungary but some of their bars are imports I think.
Whoever suggested those Balisto bars needs a rain check. Please don't bother wasting your time on them Jim. They aren't worth the review space trust me.
Stop apologising Jim its not like people are paying you to do this. Just write when you can. We appreciate the joy your site brings us so much we are grateful for any reviews you do. Stop worrying about it love.
Dx
Thanks for the posts this week Jim they were awesome mate. I didn't like that we didn't get a reviews yersterday but I survived without it ;) Just dont go making a habit of it please.
I see corny bars on sale in home bargains all the time but they never have flavoured ones. Its always just plain museli so I haven't been tempted to buy any yet.
Hi All,
I hope we have all had grand weekends - the busyness is dieing down this side of the fence so you im hoping to be able to dedicate some more time to the the site in the coming days gearing up for Halloween and then of course Christmas :D
Thanks for sticking with me in the short term and continuing to add your comments and feedback etc. They are all ever so welcome and appreciated.
Thank you for all the feedback on the interview for Ritter. That looks to have been well recieved so I will try and do some similar ones with other manufacturers. Watch this space I guess :D
NIGEL - Liverpool were unlucky I admit that. A draw was probably the fair result though I think you could make a strong case for a Liverpool win given your dominance at the end.
PAUL - Highest cereal bar ever? I don't know!? The Kelloggs fibre ones may have scored a little better I think.
MICHAEL - Just British foods? No way! This site is exciting because I mix it up. A sole Brit focus would be very boring trust me on that one.
UMER - Halloween reviews are inbound.
MARTI - I will see what I can do but they don't make them in this country so it could be a little tricky.
THEA - No thank you for sending it to me.
Thanks for the feedback everyone - sorry this is so short but im due off for a roast and to watch the football :D
JIM
I had a Wispa Gold today. I think I got a faulty one. The chocolate wasn't aerated and the caramel had leaked out. I should have sent in to Cadbury's for a refund but it still tasted good so I ate it anyway!
Some interesting news articles this week (P.S. you marked them as September instead of October ; ) ).
Did you do anything special for Chocolate Week? I went to a chocolate event called 'Chocolate Unwrapped'. Lots free of chocolate tasting - to the point you want to explode - and some great deals with Lindtt (3 bars for £4).
I saw one product there which I'd love to see reviewed for Halloween. Blood Bags by Artisan du Chocolat - http://www.artisanduchocolat.com/halloween/blood-bags.html
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