New! Quality Street 'Mini Matchmakers' Zingy Orange

Well, technically these chocolate treats aren't 'new' to the market they are simply 'miniature' versions of the well loved Nestle Matchmaker brand....so when I saw this treat bag of mini Matchmakers in my local Asda at the introductory price of £1 I thought it only fair to try them!

'86 Kcal each 12 stick serving'

To be honest I'm quite glad Nestle have decided to bring out this 'share' bag of miniature Matchmakers as I much prefer the mini 'sticks' to the large ones in the original packs.
 The 'mini' Matchmakers seem to be approximately 1/4 of the size of the regular Matchmakers and contain 86 calories every 12 stick serving.
Described as 'Orange flavoured chocolates with skimmed milk chocolate, dark chocolate and boiled sugar pieces' .....they are incredibly tasty!

These mini Matchmakers are incredibly moreish....especially considering their small size! The chocolate sticks are covered in milk and dark chocolate which is incredibly smooth and then infused with orange sugar pieces that give each little stick a nice crunch and certainly live up to their 'zingy orange' name!
 Overall, I love that Nestle have brought out these miniature versions of their 'Matchmakers' and that even though they are mini in size they still contain the same zingy orange flavour that we expect from the regular sized version!

Would I buy this again? YES

New! Quality Street 'My Green Bar'

So recently whenever I've been popping into my local newsagents or corner shop I've been picking up whatever new little product they have on display at the tills....and today I'm reviewing Nestle's introduction of the Quality Street 'My Green Bar'.

"Hazelnut Praline in milk chocolate centre"

Last year Nestle decided to make a chocolate bar out of the popular 'Purple' sweet in the Quality Street tins and named it 'My Purple Bar'...and unfortunately for me I'm not too fond of the Purple ones in the tin so that bar didn't tempt me! However....In my family the Green Triangles are one of the sweets to be snapped up immediately! So when I saw this bar at the till of my local Tesco on offer at 2 for £1 you could definitely say I was itching to get my hands on this bar!

First appearances show this bar to be made up of four of the green triangle segments stuck upon a long chocolate base. The shape of the bar is convenient for snapping up into the individual triangles....and then seeing how long you can last without scoffing them all within five minutes!

 Described as 'Hazelnut praline in milk chocolate' this bar contains 98 calories per half of the bar....which doesn't half make me feel guilty because c'mon....who's going to be able to resist and only eat two of the four triangles?

"98 Kcal per half bar"

In terms of taste these triangular segments are gorgeous! They are each coated in a layer of milk chocolate covering the segment and contained within is a soft and smooth nutty praline centre....is your mouth watering yet? The chocolate coating is deliciously creamy and makes this bar very sweet and surprisingly filling!

  Overall, I am so thankful Nestle have decided to bring out the 'My Green Bar' alongside the 'My Purple Bar' as even though I'm not a fan of the purple version, they are both delicious sweets and rightly deserve their own bar!

.....However, I will be holding out hope that Nestle decided to bring out either the Strawberry or Orange creme (preferably both!) Quality Street sweets in bar shape form for next year as they would be extremely popular...especially in my household!

Would I buy this again? YES 

Nestle 'Rolo Potz'

Hi Guys & Gals!


Today I'm finishing off my reviews of the Nestle 'Ice cream Potz' range! These are currently on offer at 50p from ASDA which is a huge saving as they are usually priced at £1.30! So definitely a bargain if you ask me!

So to finish off I'll be reviewing the 'Rolo Potz'......

Aesthetically I love the design of these 'Potz'. I think the idea and the image of these tubs are incredibly innovative and stand out next to all the other ice cream tubs in the supermarket. Each tub contains 160ml of ice cream and has a variety of sauce and toppings relating to the variety of flavours.
I think 160ml is the perfect amount of ice cream for anyone! I can't count how many times I've scooped ice cream out of a big tub and ended up with too little and wanting more, or too much and feeling sick!

This 'Rolo' version of the Nestle tubs is described as; "Smooth vanilla ice cream fused with caramel sauce and chocolate pieces"

This 160ml Pot contains 198 Kcal.

First impressions when opening the tub....I was slightly disappointed with the so called 'chocolate pieces'. What you see in the image above is what you get. This did disappoint me as in the other 'potz', for example the Smarties Potz, which had smarties and crushed mini smarties dotted throughout the whole tub whereas this tub didn't.
 I also expected the chocolate pieces to be small thick pieces of chocolate like little chunks, but they are literally thin, circular pieces of chocolate. These chocolate pieces did fall flat of my expectations...and the type of chocolate used didn't taste or live up to the Nestle standard...maybe this is because it's frozen? I'm not sure but regardless I felt a little let down by you Nestle!

The so called 'vanilla' ice cream I have discussed in a previous post concerning the 'Smarties Potz' here. The ice cream tastes fine, nice and creamy but doesn't taste like vanilla as described on the Pot.....there's nothing wrong with the taste of the ice cream it just doesn't taste as described! The ice cream does have a McFlurry-esque taste and feel to it....but isn't soft scoop like a McFlurry....and a McFlurry does have more toppings and flavourings than this pot
Other than those few little niggles, this ice cream pot does taste very nice! The caramel sauce is my favourite part, mixed with the ice cream and a few chocolate pieces it tastes divine! The combination of flavours come together perfectly....so well done for that Nestle!

Overall, I think personally this is my least favourite of the Nestle Ice cream Potz.....the chocolate pieces and the misleading 'vanilla' ice cream does let it down....but the fusion of the chocolate pieces, caramel sauce and ice cream together does taste divine and really saves this ice cream!
There have been some other flavours in the Nestle Potz range but I have been unable to find these in my local supermarkets!
The current variety of Nestle Ice cream Potz include; Rolo Potz, Smarties Potz, Quality Street 'My Purple Potz', Munchies Potz, Aero Mint Potz, Aero Milk Chocolate Potz, Toffee Crisp Potz and Fab Potz.

So hopefully my local supermarkets decide to stock up soon....I really like the look of the Toffee Crisp and Fab flavoured potz!

Thanks for reading Guys, hope you enjoyed it!

Would I buy this again? Not my first choice of the Potz range....but yes.

Nestle 'Smarties Potz'

Hello!

As you guys may have noticed I'm currently working my way through the Nestle ice cream tub/potz flavours as they are currently on offer at 50p from ASDA (usual price 1.30).....so grab them while you can!

Today I shall be reviewing the 'Smarties Potz'.......

R&R Ice Cream have launched this innovative new idea primarily targeting the 'night in' market, by creating these Nestle ice cream tubs in a variety of flavours.
This 'Smarties' variety is described as; "Smooth vanilla ice cream fused with whole & crushed mini smarties" .....sounds delicious?

This 160ml Pot contains 188 Kcal.

First impressions on opening the tub.....I was pretty impressed! I wasn't expecting that many smarties! I thought they'd probably attempt to short me on the smarties but I was pleasantly surprised!
And even though you guys can't see it from the image above, throughout the ice cream there are small pieces and chunks of mini smarties which also taste great!
The ice cream I expected to have a smooth vanilla taste (as described on the pot) but unfortunately it tasted almost nothing like vanilla. However, the ice cream was extremely creamy so I wasn't too fussed about this....apart from the false advertising!!
You'd have thought R&R ice cream and Nestle could have forked out a bit more money for some actual vanilla tasting ice cream!

Overall, I liked the appearance of this tub and the abundance of smarties toppings! The ice cream was a slight let down....it tasted nice and creamy, but definitely a cheap version of vanilla ice cream...shame on you R&R! I think this is a great novelty product and for 50p you'll struggle to find something better! I definitely recommend it :)

Next time I'll be reviewing the Nestle 'Rolo' tubs.

Would I buy this again? YES

Nestle "Munchies Potz"

Hi Guys!

Following my recent trip to ASDA where I found the Nestle ice cream tubs/potz on offer for 50p...I couldn't resist going back today and picking up the other flavours because 50p for a tub of ice cream?!?! How can you go wrong? That's more than 50% off as the tubs are usually priced at £1.30!

So today I'll be reviewing the "Munchies" flavour....

This Munchies themed tub from Nestle is described as; "Chocolate and caramel flavoured ice creams with a caramel sauce, shortcake biscuits and milk chocolate pieces"

This 160ml tub contains 198 Kcal

My first impression was that this tub looked more appealing than the 'Quality Street: My Purple Potz' Nestle tub I reviewed earlier on in the week here. 
Unlike the 'Quality Street' version which was just chocolate ice cream, this Munchies tub is made up of both chocolate and caramel ice cream, which you can clearly identify in the image above.
The taste of the chocolate ice cream was identical to the Quality Street tub, and as said in the previous post tasted fantastic and would have been a great tasting ice cream on it's own. The caramel ice cream however, I found to be quite sickly and left a slightly bitter aftertaste that wasn't what I was expecting.
Apart from that, the Munchies pot tasted very good! The caramel sauce complimented the ice cream perfectly and the small shortcake biscuits gave it a wonderful crunch!....I would have liked more of these shortbread biscuits in the tub as I felt there wasn't enough because they tasted just too good!

Overall, I really liked this Nestle tub and think Nestle's idea in bringing these 'Potz' out is incredibly innovative and perfect for that sweet treat on a 'night in' or as a reward for little children. Personally, the caramel ice cream doesn't appeal to my taste but that doesn't mean it won't to everyone!
 I definitely recommend not only this product but the whole line of 'Ice cream Potz' that Nestle have recently brought out!

My next review will be the Nestle 'Smarties Potz' 

Would I buy this again? YES

Nestle Quality Street "My Purple Potz"

Today I'm reviewing a fantastic ice cream product I came across in ASDA yesterday, these seem to be new from Nestle and do come in a variety of flavours, but today I'll be reviewing the Quality Street 'My Purple Potz' version!

One of the main 'pulls' that attracted me and made me buy this product from ASDA was that these 'potz' are usually priced at £1.30 but are now on special offer at just 50p a tub!
As said above, these tubs from Nestle come in a variety of flavours including; Smarties, Munchies, Rolo, Areo and the above 'Quality Street' tub.....and i'm going to repeat myself by saying again that these ARE ALL 50P!! So get them whilst you can!

This Quality Street 'My Purple Potz' flavour is described as 'Chocolate flavoured ice cream with caramel sauce and chopped and chunky hazelnut pieces' This tub seems to be an ice cream version of 'The Purple One' sweet in the Quality Street Tins, theoretically the idea works and sounds good!....but how does it taste?....

This 160ml pot contains 188 Kcal 

....one word AMAZING.

These little tubs I find to be perfect! I hate opening big tubs of Ice cream and scooping some out then putting it away as I feel the ice creams texture begins to turn funny. Therefore, these little tubs are ideal for me!

First spoonful, I got the creamy taste of the chocolate ice cream (which would have been a fab tasting ice cream on it's own!) and then the crunchy addition of the Hazelnut chunks, followed by the smooth after taste of the caramel sauce....which you can see wisps of throughout the ice cream in the picture above. The other thing I like about these tubs is that they don't skimp on the Hazelnut toppings and caramel sauce which you do seem to find in some ice creams lately!

This pot had the perfect amount of ice cream to fill me up, not too much ice cream that it makes you feel sick....and not too little ice cream that it makes you want more. These tubs would be a great addition in anyone's freezer; for the little children whom you may want to control how much ice cream they eat (and saves you time scooping it out into bowels!) or for my fellow readers who want a sweet treat every now and again!

Overall, I think these 'Potz' are a great concept from Nestle and taste absolutely amazing! I look forward to trying the other flavours, and would definitely recommend these 'Potz' to anyone who likes Quality Streets....or just enjoys simple, good tasting ice cream!

Would I buy this again? 100% YES!

Rolo Chocolate Bar

For my review today I thought I'd give a review of the 'relatively new' Rolo chocolate bar as I have yet to try it!

'More to share as the Rolo turns into a bar'

This 100g chocolate bar is Nestle's new take on the original rolo's and comes described as 'a chocolate block with a caramel centre'. The price seems locked at £1 and the bar comes fashioned in a 5x2 shape, whilst containing 509 calories per bar.

Aesthetically the bar looks very tempting, with what seems to be a wider, more flattened 'original rolo' on top of each square as shown above.

It's worth mentioning that when handling the bar, and snapping of a piece, the bar seems to be really soft and melts very, very quickly so I was left with a sticky mess which isn't pleasant, nor what anyone would like from a chocolate bar.
Taste-wise, the chocolate tastes like the usual creamy Nestle milk chocolate so no issues there and the caramel inside is a lot more gooey than the original rolo's.....which I think is a nice touch inside the bar as it mixes well with the milky chocolate.

Overall, I think the chocolate bar tastes good...however, the mess that seems to come from handling the chocolate puts me off, and I rather prefer the original tube of rolo's! There are some much tastier versions of other chocolates turned into chocolate bars out there, such as the new Maltesers Teasers bar.


Would I buy this again? Maybe