Dear readers, it would appear that I have finally reached the end of the (British candy bar) universe! I know, I also thought it was impossible in the early days of surveying the seemingly limitless varieties at the corner shop. But then that corner shop was emptied of its novelty, and then the next.
When I went to procure my latest candy bar, I noticed to my surprise that there appeared to be nothing available in the way of new bars. So I'm going to do the unthinkable, and go against yet another one of my ground rules (have any of these actually survived?) - I am going to try variations on bars I have tried before. Fear not! There appears to be about 10 different varieties of Kit Kats alone, so there may well be material for many a blog yet. But of course, any suggestions for bars I may have missed in my less-than-methodical trawl through two shops on the same street is always very welcome - as are international guest stars!
Onto the review. At the very bottom of the convenience store shelf, I came upon a Drifter, a bar I've never seen or heard of before. A new discovery! How exciting. From the outside, the Drifter looks like nothing special, but the promise of not one but TWO chocolate bars inside bodes well.
The Drifter turns out to be something like the love child of a Twix and a Kit Kat - a thin chocolate finger with a wafer sandwiched between two layers of caramel. There may even be chocolate cream between the wafer's layers, but I wasn't able to work that out. The wafer is actually a little dry for my taste, but the two layers of caramel (thoughtfully provided on both top and bottom) give it a nice chewiness and make it a little more substantial. Like all good things, this vaguely reminds me of a Girl Scout cookie, the ever-delicious and chewy Samoa (uh, sorry, Caramel DeLite). But then again, anything with some kind of cookie/caramel combo seems to do that. And as for the two-for-one option, I actually saved my second bar for the next day's enjoyment, so points for that.
When I went to procure my latest candy bar, I noticed to my surprise that there appeared to be nothing available in the way of new bars. So I'm going to do the unthinkable, and go against yet another one of my ground rules (have any of these actually survived?) - I am going to try variations on bars I have tried before. Fear not! There appears to be about 10 different varieties of Kit Kats alone, so there may well be material for many a blog yet. But of course, any suggestions for bars I may have missed in my less-than-methodical trawl through two shops on the same street is always very welcome - as are international guest stars!
Onto the review. At the very bottom of the convenience store shelf, I came upon a Drifter, a bar I've never seen or heard of before. A new discovery! How exciting. From the outside, the Drifter looks like nothing special, but the promise of not one but TWO chocolate bars inside bodes well.
All in all, a little dry, but a very tasty combination of flavors. I think my main complaint was that the wafer makes it feel a little too insubstantial - it was all gone before I knew it. Of course, this could have been a side effect of wolfing this down during my day of hell at work (just one exciting component of the week of hell) and not actually realizing it was gone before getting my 3pm sugar fix. Three and a half bars!
Tune in next time for the first of many variation reviews - just how many squares of Cadbury varieties can I down in one tasting session?
Bar-o-Meter
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