So, I know I missed the last two weeks' postings, but that can be chalked up to a spectacularly successful barbecue lasting over two days, and my subsequent recovery. And my sheer laziness last weekend. Also, the material didn't exactly lend itself to inspiration.
I picked up a Time Out at the off-license, and thought that it might be nice. From the outside of the package, it looked like a Twirl in between two wafer-y bits, which didn't sound half bad. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my (admittedly mild) expectations.
I'm not sure if the Time Out is supposed to be a 'diet' candy bar, although the addition of the Olympic rings on the outside of this one as well seems to point in that direction. But in any case, the bar was completely insubstantial - the thin inner layer of chocolate melts away almost as soon as you've bitten into it, and there's absolutely no sweetness from the thin wafers surrounding it, leaving you to rely on the stingily thin outside layer of chocolate. Seriously, if you wanted to be on a diet, wouldn't you just leave the chocolate bars behind for some fruit or something? The Time Out is more like the IDEA of a candy bar - so airy the taste has disappeared from your mouth as soon as you take a bite. This left me completely unsatisfied, and if there weren't some dark chocolate Hobnobs around, who knows what could have happened? 1.5 bars.
Just when I started thinking that Germany had spoiled me for good and I'd have to center this blog solely around Niederegger Marzipan and Zetti Fetzers, my very generous manager came back from a jaunt around China with not one but THREE weird Chinese treats to try! Only one of them actually qualifies for the blog, being a chocolate bar and all, but I decided to review all three to spice up this review a little in the wake of the great Time Out disappointment of last week.
First of all was a weird creamsicle-like orange and cream hard candy. I made it for about 5 seconds before having to spit it out. First candy FAIL. No bars.
Second was a espresso-flavored hardy candy with chocolate in the inside - kinda like a coffee Nips, but smaller. This was actually DELICIOUS. The outside was not too sweet, but with the right amount of coffee bitterness, and the dark chocolate filling was tasty and smooth. I could eat a lot of these - and it wouldn't be too hard, considering they were pretty small. 4 bars!
I picked up a Time Out at the off-license, and thought that it might be nice. From the outside of the package, it looked like a Twirl in between two wafer-y bits, which didn't sound half bad. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my (admittedly mild) expectations.
I'm not sure if the Time Out is supposed to be a 'diet' candy bar, although the addition of the Olympic rings on the outside of this one as well seems to point in that direction. But in any case, the bar was completely insubstantial - the thin inner layer of chocolate melts away almost as soon as you've bitten into it, and there's absolutely no sweetness from the thin wafers surrounding it, leaving you to rely on the stingily thin outside layer of chocolate. Seriously, if you wanted to be on a diet, wouldn't you just leave the chocolate bars behind for some fruit or something? The Time Out is more like the IDEA of a candy bar - so airy the taste has disappeared from your mouth as soon as you take a bite. This left me completely unsatisfied, and if there weren't some dark chocolate Hobnobs around, who knows what could have happened? 1.5 bars.
Just when I started thinking that Germany had spoiled me for good and I'd have to center this blog solely around Niederegger Marzipan and Zetti Fetzers, my very generous manager came back from a jaunt around China with not one but THREE weird Chinese treats to try! Only one of them actually qualifies for the blog, being a chocolate bar and all, but I decided to review all three to spice up this review a little in the wake of the great Time Out disappointment of last week.
Second was a espresso-flavored hardy candy with chocolate in the inside - kinda like a coffee Nips, but smaller. This was actually DELICIOUS. The outside was not too sweet, but with the right amount of coffee bitterness, and the dark chocolate filling was tasty and smooth. I could eat a lot of these - and it wouldn't be too hard, considering they were pretty small. 4 bars!
Last of the bunch was an actual candy bar - a Kaci. This one looked very promising - wafers layered with chocolate mousse, all in a satisfyingly thick chocolate exterior studded with peanuts. Alas, the great Time Out disappoinment was to be repeated. The wafer tasted like dry nothing and the chocolate filling is barely there. The outside, oddly enough, tastes of cocoa but is not at all sweet like chocolate, and the peanuts overwhelm the whole thing, making it more of a salty, crunchy mess than a tasty candy bar. At least I got some protein out of it - half a bar.
On average, 1.5 bars. Pretty weak! However, overall, can't consider it too much of a wash, as I actually managed to EAT two out of three Chinese treats. I mean, I could have ended up with any of these.
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