Comments on Jim's Chocolate Mission: January 17th: Boots Shapers Chocolate Caramel Bar

GiGi Craptacular ... love that word .. but yeh ...

2010-01-18T22:30:38.353Z

GiGi

Craptacular ... love that word .. but yeh this bar sucked ASS!!

Ana

There is a new word for you :D

Diet chocolate is a bit of an odd concept eh!? I guess it is going to be harder to find than I think. It is safe to say that if you don't like the Curly-Wurly / Chomp you will hate this.

Thanks both

JIM

Craptacular? =)) But yes, it sounds like somethi...

2010-01-18T09:32:49.668Z

Craptacular? =))

But yes, it sounds like something else I wouldn't think of trying, even though the packaging looks nice.

First of all, it's a diet chocolate. That doesn't sound good to me. Then, I cannot stand chewy caramel (I don't like things I have to chew at, I like things that melt nicely in my mouth) and I hated both the Curly-Wurly and the Chomp. If it's caramel, it has to be gooey caramel for me.

You are a brave, brave man Jim. That bar sounded c...

2010-01-18T06:23:10.651Z

You are a brave, brave man Jim. That bar sounded craptacular.

David Nope I think one of the slim fast bars sc...

2010-01-17T22:35:29.024Z

David

Nope I think one of the slim fast bars scored lower.

Daisy

This seems to be a common response to these reviews thus far ... and I couldn't agree more!

Rachel

Unfortunately not but I did buy another two of their nougat bars! more on that on Thursday!

Alan

You would have thought so! Maybe they had to take out the good tasting parts of the caramel to keep the calories in check! Whatever in any case it sucked!

Rachel

These Cadbury highlights!? What are they!? I know I did the Cadbury Highlights chocolate bar once but I think that is now out of distribution .. as far as I know anyway.

Francesca

The only good sugar free product I have tried before was the Hershey York Peppermint Patties (sugar free version!) They were awesome. Apart from that they have all disappointed.

Helen

I will take that as a compliment :)

Anon #2

I can't give up just yet. I said I would find my readers a good option so I will see out my promise.

Claudia

As I said above a lot of readers are coming to this conclusion that smaller full effect chocolates are the best things to go for.

Susan

I thought it was slightly mischievous myself.

Phil

I think you could be right there. I have never gone for Boots sandwiches myself ... always gone for the M&S ones! They are the kings of the high-street sarnies IMO :D

Chris

It looks like the whole 'finding a good diet chocolate for my readers' isn't going to come from Boots then :(

Thanks everyone

JIM

@Phil I like some of the shapers butties but most ...

2010-01-17T19:48:03.089Z

@Phil I like some of the shapers butties but most the chocolates they do are rubbish. I can't suggest a better on than this one.

Years ago I used to buy products from Boots Shaper...

2010-01-17T17:12:39.536Z

Years ago I used to buy products from Boots Shapers range, I can't remember which though. The crisps and sandwiches were ok as far as I can remember. I'm sure they did some sort of low-fat version of Mars bar. Surely 'diet chocolate' is a kind of oxymoron?

I think the packaging looks good but I see what yo...

2010-01-17T16:33:44.528Z

I think the packaging looks good but I see what you mean about the picture on the wrapper looking nothing like the bar. How odd.

When I want a small chocolate treat that's not too...

2010-01-17T14:27:05.755Z

When I want a small chocolate treat that's not too bad calorie-wise I tend do go for Freddos.
It's the proper stuff, just not enough of it! :(

Give up already and face it that diet chocs are cr...

2010-01-17T13:24:23.392Z

Give up already and face it that diet chocs are crap. Full fat FTW.

This site has to be one of the worst things to loo...

2010-01-17T12:49:59.340Z

This site has to be one of the worst things to look at if you are on a diet :)

For every one chocolate that is reviewed for diet reasons there has to be about 1000 that are just way too tempting to look at.

Have you tried any sugar free chocolate before jim...

2010-01-17T12:28:52.916Z

Have you tried any sugar free chocolate before jim? It is absolutely fowl stay well clear seriosuly.

Mannn, so dissapointing! I am constantly buying Bo...

2010-01-17T11:59:29.873Z

Mannn, so dissapointing! I am constantly buying Boot's meal deals so I was hoping it would be a nice treat... There has to be SOME good diet chocolate products out there, surely?
I find that Cadbury Highlights (fudge flavour!) is quite nice but I'm not sure whether sweetener and fat-reduced cocoa powder really constitutes as chocolate. ^^

Oh dear lol I'm sure they could've managed a more...

2010-01-17T10:21:57.648Z

Oh dear lol I'm sure they could've managed a more flavoursome caramel centre really, couldn't they?

Did you buy the mint nougat bar jim? I have tried ...

2010-01-17T10:14:31.823Z

Did you buy the mint nougat bar jim? I have tried quite a few of them from this range and it is the only one that I would say is any good.

Rxxx

Jim for just over 100 calories you can have a Fred...

2010-01-17T10:06:21.023Z

Jim for just over 100 calories you can have a Freddo. I would much rather have one of them if I was on a diet. This sounds horrid.

Dx

It looks like a Dime bar but obviously doesn't tas...

2010-01-17T10:04:31.550Z

It looks like a Dime bar but obviously doesn't taste half as good.

This is the lowest scoring bar of the year is it not?