ASDA: Christmas In Store Round-UP!

I was walking round ASDA today doing the usual weekly shop and spontaneously decided to do a bit of a 'round up' of the new Christmas products ASDA have already started displaying on it's shelves!

Festive Flying Saucers:

'Festive Flying Sauces £3'

Firstly, ASDA have introduced for this year these tubs of your typical pick 'n' mix sweets for the very affordable price of £3! I think these are a fantastic idea for Christmas, as many children (and adults!) have intolerances to chocolate......so these tubs serve as a fantastic alternative to the classic tubs of Celebrations or Heroes! There is a wide variety of choice with these tubs ranging from jelly sweets to marshmallows and these flying saucers!

Munchies Roll:

'Munchies £3'

Next on the list is this HUGE roll of Munchies! Now i'm a huge fan of Munchies so I can see this being added to the shopping trolley in the near future for Christmas! These rolls contain 3x100mg bags of munchies.....which is more than enough to satisfy any chocolate/caramel cravings you have this Christmas! Currently £3.

Quality Street Large Tin:

'Quality Street 1.28kg tin £8'

Next we have the 'large'(or should I say previously normal!) sized tins from Quality Street! These tins weigh in at a hefty 1.28 kg and cost £8, which is considerably different from the 'tubs' that ASDA are selling for £5 which weigh in at 780 kg. I personally have to say every year I get so disappointed at how much smaller, and smaller our tins are becoming! These tins do solve that problem, however be prepared to pay practically double the price for them!

Toblerone Triangle:

'Toblerone Triangle £2'

Toblerone have also revamped their style for Christmas with this fab looking stocking filler that anyone would be pleased to find on Christmas morning! Set in a triangle shape, with a little 'Merry Christmas' note on the packaging, I myself will be paying the very reasonable £2 price for a couple of these as little 'add on' presents for friends and family!

Quality Street Large Strawberry Delight:

Now this Christmas product is one of the ones that i'm most excited about! It's no secret that I love the 'creme' sweets from the Quality Street tins.....so when Quality Street brought out the large versions of 'The Purple One', Fudge and Toffee ones I was eagerly awaiting,with my fingers crossed, for the day that they finally brought out the Strawberry Dream ones. This is something that will definitely be making at least one appearance in my household this Christmas! Currently priced at £5.


Frozen Christmas Chocolates:

'Chocolate Snowies £1'

'Milk & White Chocolate Pieces £1'

I couldn't resist adding these to the list! These are completely adorable and would surely brighten up any little girls Christmas day if she's a Frozen fan! These two are just a small variety of the 'Frozen' chocolate options that ASDA have in for Christmas, but for the price of £1 you can't really go wrong!

Quality Street/Guylian/Heroes etc... Pouches:

For those that have no desire for the tub version of these chocolates or would just rather a smaller amount, then these pouches are ideal for you! These bags do contain around 200 kg less than the normal size tubs, but they are cheaper at £4!

Extra Special Father Christmas:

I couldn't resist adding this beauty to the round up either! Made from extra special Chocolate with a higher than average cocoa content this giant Father Christmas would be the creme de la creme of the Christmas table! Currently £15.

ASDA Christmas Baking:

I LOVE baking at Christmas time....so when I passed the baking aisle and saw that ASDA had a new 'Christmas' range of products, I had to restrain myself from doing a little jig in store!!
First up we have the 'Cake-Pop Kit'. Priced at £2....I've never made any Cake Pops before, so I may have to give these a try closer to Christmas! They look like a fun activity for the family to partake in at Christmas time!

'Cake Decorations £1-2'

ASDA have also introduced a wide range of new cake decoration products for Christmas! These are right up my street! I love baking during Christmas time....when it's freezing cold outside, but the house is filled with the warmth and the homely smell of baking! ....And what makes things even better is the exceptional price of these products! All coming in at under £3! There are a variety of products that would look and taste perfect atop a cake or a lovely yule log! These include Shimmer Snowballs (£1) Milk & White Chocolate decorations (£2), Sugar Sparkle Dust (£2) and many more!

......And it's only October! I'm pretty sure there will be another follow up post closer to Christmas with an even wider range of Christmas products! If you happen to spot anything new and exciting for Christmas then feel free to let me know!

xo

Mega Review! Brain Blasterz Sour Sweets

I thought I'd start my review today with the amazing tagline for these 'Brain Blasterz' sweets above!

'Warning! Not for Babies, Wimps, Adults' 

Suffice to say, after trying this range of sweets I have decided that I may be a wimp!
 However, the concept of these super sour sweets is a great one, and absolutely amazing for children! I can definitely vouch for my little cousins when I say that they absolutely adored them!

"Brain Blasterz is the mega sour confectionery brand from Europes leading licensed confectionery manufacturer Bon Bon Buddies Ltd.

Following the successful launch of Brain Blasterz mega sour confectionery range in 2011 the brand has gone from strength to strength, sending taste buds tingling across key markets including Europe, UK and the Middle East as the growth in demand for sour confectionery continues!

With the majority of products ranging from RRP £0.25p to £0.99p, this range of pocket-money priced mega sour novelty confectionery has proved to be very popular with the kids, who love the mega sour nature of the brand, and the fact that the brand is not for Babies, Wimps or Adults". 

-Taken from; www.brainblasterz.com 

Now onto the review! I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted by the lovely people at Brain Blasterz and asked if I would like to review some of they're products! Of course I said yes and not even 48 hours later the postman was knocking at my door with a big parcel filled with deliciously sour goodies!
Upon opening my parcel, I was delightfully surprised with the bright, bold and fun packaging of these sweets! Now if there are any other wimpy people out there similar to me, don't worry these sweets aren't all super sour, they have a 'sourness' rating, which means some of these sweets are insanely sour and some are really sweet! So i'll do my reviews today like a sliding scale of sourness starting with the nice and sweet ones for us wimps...leading up to the insanely sour for the unruly children!

So first up we have the Brain Blasterz 'Candy Blitz' (RRP £0.69)

Apple & Strawberry Flavour Candy Blitz

'Apple and Strawberry Flavour Candy Blitz'

I really enjoyed these 'Candy Blitz' sweets! They are very similar to the Wonka Nerds, but I found myself enjoying these flavours much more as they tasted much more defined than the Wonka alternative!
I found myself hesitant at first tasting the apple flavour, and spent most of my time emptying out the strawberry flavoured compartment, but as soon as I tasted the apple I was pleasantly surprised at how sweet it was! I was expecting it to have a really sour apple taste, but it was surprisingly sweet!

Lemon & Raspberry Flavour Candy Blitz

'Lemon and Raspberry Flavour Candy Blitz'

I much preferred the Apple and Strawberry flavour to this Lemon and Raspberry flavour, but I still did enjoy them! I found the raspberry flavour very similar to the strawberry flavour but with a slight more sourness to it, and the lemon flavour tasted a bit too sweet and sickly for my liking!

Strawberry Sour Straps

Next we have these Brain Blasterz 'Sour Straps' (RRP £1.49)
These are definitely my favourite sweets of the bunch! The strawberry flavour is sweet and tangy, and the little sour crystals coating each strap give it that extra sugary sweet taste! They also come in apple flavour, but I'm so glad I was sent the Strawberry version! They are fab!

 Apple Sour Straws

These Apple sour straws are definitely some of the best sweets Brain Blasterz do! (RRP £1.49).
Once again, looking at these apple sour straws I was hesitant about tasting them, I thought they were going to be extremely sour, especially since they were apple flavoured, and apple is renowned for being particularly sour in sweets!
However, once again I was proved wrong and I found that I loved them! The apple flavour helped give these sweets a little 'tang' but didn't make them taste too sour....which is exactly how I like my sweets! So this is a definite thumbs up for us wimps! These 'sour straws' also come in a strawberry flavour which I look forward to tasting!

Brain Blasterz 'Oozing Brain Gum'

 Now this is where we start moving up the sourness scale of the Brain Blasterz range of sweets....so be warned!

Each pack contains around 13 individually sealed chewing gums!

RRP (£0.99)

 Before we start on the taste I just need to point out how amazing the packaging for these sweets are! I love how all the chewing gum is packed into a massive brain shaped box! It really symbolises they're name 'oozing brain gum'.
 Onto the taste! These chewing gums definitely live up to their 'oozing' name! The chewing gums are very sticky once taken out of their little packets, and the gooey filling is extremely sour! Sour enough to make you cringe! However, after a few moments the sour taste gives way to the sweetness of the surrounding chewing gum. And for the fantastic price of £0.99p you can't go wrong!

Brain Blasterz 'Candy Sprays'

'Raspberry, Apple & Strawberry flavour sprays'

These candy sprays are extremely fun.....and sour! They come in three different flavours; apple, strawberry and raspberry. On a sourness scale I would definitely say the raspberry flavour is the worst! I was shocked as I thought the apple or strawberry would have the strongest taste....so silly me snapped up the raspberry flavour and sprayed a few squirts in my mouth.....then nearly keeled over at the overload of tastes on my tongue!

My little cousins however were amazed over this product! They loved the sour tastes and came up with a competition over who could last the most number of sprays without pulling a face....safe to say I barely lasted three! These sprays are tongue tingly brilliant and an amazing little treat for children, all for a fantastic RRP £0.69p  per spray!

Now we reach the finale of these sour sweets....and these next sweets are definitely right at the top of the sourness scale!

Brain Blasterz 'Mega Sour Container'

Behold the sourness sweets of all sourness! These deadly sweets are Brain Blasterz best sellers and it's not hard to figure out why!
These deadly tubs contain approximately 13 individually wrapped hard candies in 4 different flavours -Raspberry, Watermelon, Apple and Lemon.
Now these sweets definitely surpass my tolerance for sour sweets, but for the sake of this review (and the constant begging from my little cousins) I gave in, manned up and tried the worst flavour of all: Lemon!

As soon as this little hard candy hit my tongue my taste buds were on fire with the sour coating and after popping it in and out of my mouth for a few minutes (because i am a giant wimp and can't handle it for the full time in my mouth) I was rewarded with a nice sweet, fruity lemon flavour. However, I wasn't completely out of the woods, as my little cousins failed to tell me in the middle of each sweet is a further sour filling! So after having my mouth set alight with sourness! I can safely say that although these sweets taste good, and are fun... I will not be trying them again! Which was a bonus for my cousins as they had cleaned out the container by the end of the day, and thoroughly enjoyed them!

So although these sweets are extremely sour, and not for wimps like me, my little cousins loved them and for a RRP £0.99 I will definitely be stocking up on some of these as stocking fillers for the family!
You can also check out the 'Straight Face Challenge' on Brain Blasterz YouTube channel, where fans send in clips of themselves attempting to keep a straight face whilst sucking one one (or more) of these mega sour candies! You can check that out here. 

Overall, I am a huge fan of these sweets! They are definitely the type of fun sweets you can enjoy and play games with all the family, and for my fellow wimps out there not all of them are sour! I will definitely be investing in some more of the strawberry sour straps in the near future!

If you guys want more information on these sweets and other sweets Brain Blasterz have to offer and where they are currently stocked, you can check out their awesome website here.

And follow them on Facebook here and Twitter here, for more information, games, quizzes and exciting competitions where the prizes are extremely sour!


I recieved this product in order to produce an honest review, and all views/opinions expressed are completely my own.


Would I buy these again? YES...the Brain Blasterz Brain Gunk looks particularly tempting!

New! Nanobytes -Strawberry, Bubblegum & Cola Sweets

"Some time ago, far far away in space....The sky was filled with edible planets drifting dangerously close to the stars. Planet Nano was made up of 3 earth-shattering flavours.

Strawberry, Bubblegum and Cola.

When Planet Nano collided with a star it exploded, Filling the sky with lots and lots of little sweets.

Project Nano astronauts were sent out to collect these rare and delicious chewy sweets, and now they've brought them back home to Earth, for you to enjoy the delicious flavours too.

Available in 25g treat-size packs and larger 65g space-age resealable bags.

Nanobytes are the tastiest things we've discovered in the Universe so far".

-www.lotsoflittlesweets.com 

Recently I was sent these new 'Nanobytes' sweets, that are being introduced into stores this month to review! This exciting new, space themed product is available in two separate sizes 25g and 65g packets and come in three different flavours; Bubblegum, Cola and Strawberry.

What I find very appealing with this product, is that the larger 65g packets are resealable which is incredibly helpful nowadays! I can't count how many times I've ripped open a bag of sweets and then had them spill out in the cupboard once I've put them back because I can't seal them up properly....so this concept is definitely a godsend for me!
And the 'resealable' concept isn't that silly, fussy 'fold the packet down and place the sticker on top'....these resealable packets are the real deal! They have the proper zip-lock style seal on the brim so are well worth the money paid as you could probably re-use them if you liked!

65g Resealable packet

The packaging for these sweets is bright and colourful, and I love the metallic look to them and I can't say that any other sweets on the market right now have this kind of design, so they are very aesthetically appealing!
The 'Nanobytes' are essentially; small round sweets, that have a slightly crunchy shell on the outside but are soft and chewy on the inside.
These new sweets do remind me of a revamped version of the 'Millions' that we used to have when we were younger, except these 'Nanobytes' taste chewier and have a much more defined flavour!

Bubblegum Flavour:
Upon opening the bag, I found this particular flavour to have the strongest aroma of all three, and almost immediately after opening the packet I got the strong whiff of bubblegum that had my taste buds tingling. The taste I found matched the smell perfectly. I found you definitely needed a handful of these little shells to get a nice full flavour in your mouth! But these sweets definitely taste of bubblegum as it says on the packet and they taste gorgeous as a nice little snack!

Cola Flavour:
Out of all three flavours I think I liked this flavour the least. The Cola flavour of these shells I believe tastes a little too sweet for my liking, but I still found myself reaching over and grabbing another handful until the packet was empty! So although this flavour was my least favourite, they are incredibly moreish and do taste nice. So I would still buy this cola version in stores if the Bubblegum and Strawberry weren't in stock!

Strawberry Flavour:
Finally, we come onto the strawberry flavour...my favourite of them all! Whilst on first appearance they may look slightly like the bubblegum flavour however, the colour of these sweets are a slightly darker, dustier pink. The taste of these strawberry sweets was sweet and left that lingering fruity taste in my mouth long after I had finished the packet which I quite enjoyed!

Overall, I think this is a fantastic new product that has an awesome and easily relatable story behind it that is sure to attract the children to this brand! The fact that the sweets taste amazing and are also; gluten free, GMO free and suitable for vegetarians should be a huge plus for the parents too! PLUS these Nanobytes aren't expensive! For just 25p for the small 25g packets and 69p for the larger 65g resealable packets...I don't think you'll find a better deal than that in the sweet market today!

For more information on this product about when it'll be available in stores etc... you can visit the website here. On the website you can also find free games for the children, competitions and a free unique downloadable activity pack! For even more information you can also contact them via facebook here or via Twitter here.

I definitely recommend buying and tasting all three of these products as the price for them are absolutely amazing...and they do taste 'out of this world' (sorry for the pun....couldn't resist!).



I recieved this product in order to produce an honest review, and all views/opinions expressed are completely my own.


Would I buy this product? YES