Wizz Fizz cones!

Hi, it's always fun to eat things that are usually reserved for children, usually because they are ridiculously artificial. This is a pretty good example.

These were around when I was young lol and they haven't changed much. Vanilla marshmallow covered in 100s and 1000s caps the cute little wafer cones, it goes down a fair way, then you hit the sherbet which is always a surprise no matter how many you've had. The sherbet tastes tangy and slightly fruity and it's very fine so be careful not to breathe in when you hit that layer.

Eating these is quite fun, the marshmallow is fresh and soft and the wafer cone adds a nice texture. Then of course you hit the sherbet which is fun and a little messy, the cone contains it pretty well and allows you to get a good bite of sherbet as well as balancing the flavour of the sherbet, I will buy these again.

 In conclusion, delicious!

Strawberry pop tarts (faith restored)

After trying the S'mores flavour, I was hoping Strawberry might have some answers and it did.

Delicious! The strawberry filling is good as you would expect, but I think the secret is in the pastry, it's not as heavy as S'mores. The pastry also tastes lighter and allows the flavour of the filling to take the lead, a nice strawberry hit, tastes like jam, very good, strawberry is always good.

Frosting. Again, I'm really not sold on it but at least in this case it's pretty lol. In this case the little multi-coloured bits are fun to eat when they stray, the flavour of the icing is lost with the filling so I guess it's just for fun. In conclusion, this is what pop tarts are about, good times. Here's a bonus shot from the first time I tried them.

Lindt chocolate

Hi, I'm a big fan of chocolate. I eat mostly milk chocolate, occasionally dark, but I also like white chocolate as well.

Today I am looking at two Lindt chocolate products, Milk Hazelnut and White with Almonds. Lindt is made in Switzerland so you know it's going to be good before you even start.

First we shall discuss Milk Hazelnut.

This is some high quality stuff, nice rich chocolate flavour, quality hazelnuts very nice. The block is more delicate than a usual block making eating the pieces a more enjoyable experience especially if the chocolate is cool (not cold) which is how I like it. While it's more expensive than other brands, it's nice to have a change, and sometimes you can find it on special. I always have my eye out for this chocolate, very nice!

And now for my favourite of the two, White with Almonds, but there's also bits of toffee strewn in there as well, delicious!

You may notice when you're eating white chocolate it tastes a bit bland or like eating a sweet lard or something lol. That is not the case here, with a nicely balanced, sweet, milky, very smooth white chocolate, great flavour. The toffee pieces add bursts of flavour to the mix and as with the Milk Hazelnut, the nuts are high quality and add the perfect crunch. The design of the block also enhances the experience.

I would recommend Lindt chocolate for flavour and quality, even though it's more expensive the niceness is worth it.

pop tarts S'mores flavour

Hi there. I've never had an actual s'more, after researching them they sound quite nice and ridiculously messy. They are basically a block of chocolate and a layer of marshmallow sandwiched between buscuits called Graham Crackers which are a sweetned version of a traditional biscuit. Cooked over campfires somehow.

In researching what flavours of pop tarts I should buy, S'mores flavour kept coming up, they sounded nice too and they are nice but...

This is an example of trying to do too much I think, there's too much going on to get any distinct flavour. I'm not sold on the frosting either, it doesn't really make too much of a difference. Let's look a bit closer.

I tried them straight out of the packet and it was then that I realized you really do need to heat pop tarts up to enjoy them the most. So the next time I toasted them. I could tell straight away that it was better because I could smell them.

So, the flavour. You can see where they're coming from but you can only get a hint of the marshmallow, any flavour is overidden by the pastry really and as I've said before the frosting doesn't really add any flavour at all. The chocolate tastes more like a fudge than pure chocolate, I don't know, but I do know there wasn't enough of it. I think if it was divided 50/50 rather than stripes, you could get a better appreciation for the flavours.

I just think to is a step too far, it's been a while since I've had pop tarts so maybe they have changed and get less filling now. I have two more flavours to try, Chocolate Fudge and Strawberry, hopefully they will be more satisfying in that the flavour will be straight forward.

Jelly Belly flavour review #1

Hi, as you may know, I received an order of various items. Some of them were 100g bags of Jelly Belly jelly beans that I had chosen. I chose 9 flavours in all, my ultimate mix consists of 20 but more on that later...

One flavour we have already looked at, the Ice Cream Parlour mix, very nice. I will discuss the other eight now. Are you ready?

First one is...

Toasted Marshmallow. Very very nice, one of my favourites from this selection actually, tastes just like it says, quite a mellow flavour, I eat two beans at a time to get the full flavour impact. These make it into my ultimate custom mix for sure!

Cream Soda. The word I would use to describe this flavour is subtle. I was expecting a stronger flavour from this type, it tastes more sweet than anything, a bit of vanilla possibly. They're nice but don't quite make it into my ultimate custom mix.

 
Caramel Corn. Hmm this flavour doesn't quite mix with the other flavours very well. I'm not sure if it was the batch or the recipe but it was a little off the flavour you would expect. It's like they took the buttered popcorn flavour with sweetness added, it doesn't work till you've started to get your head around the flavour. You can taste where they're coming from eventually. They don't play nice with the other flavours so wouldn't be in my ultimate custom mix.

Bubblegum. Delicious! The flavour is similar to the original style bubblegum but a bit sweeter. A very nice flavour and very refreshing to the palate, nice strong hit of bubblegum too. These make it into my ultimate custom mix because of the strength of the flavour.

Strawberry Cheesecake. Very nice, a mellow strawberry hit, but they don't stand up to the flavour of Strawberry Sundae from the Ice Cream Parlour mix. I enjoy eating these, but they are better two at a time. These don't quite have the flavour to make it into my ultimate custom mix.

Very Cherry. Oh yeah, I love cherry flavour, and these beans have got it just right. This is one of the first flavours ever made by Jelly Belly and still popular, it is with me. It's hard to explain what the cherry flavour tastes like, slightly medicinal totally artificial just awesome. These naturally make it into my ultimate custom mix.

Candy Floss. Another one of those subtle flavours, nice but you need two to get the flavour going. I guess I shouldn't have put too much hope about these ones having a strong flavour because fairy floss doesn't really have much flavour to begin with. Like a very subtle but super sweet bubblegum flavour. Not bad but they don't make it into my ultimate custom mix.

Tutti Fruitti. When I was growing up Mum used to buy toothpaste that tasted exactly like these beans. I just so happen to like the flavour alot, so it doesn't bother me every time I eat these ones I think of toothpaste. Very fruity, very artificial flavour, just how I like it. Plus they are one of the most attractive beans in the Jelly Belly collection. They mix very well with the others and the flavour is very strong. These make it into my ultimate custom mix with bells on.

So, that's eight of the 50 plus flavours of Jelly Belly beans you can find. Hope you enjoyed it, I'll be back with more flavours in the future.

pop tarts Ice Cream Shoppe

Oh yeah, pop tarts, always good. I remember I used to eat them fairly often in the 90's, but they haven't sold here for ages. I ordered these in.

The ones I used to get were pretty plain. just the filling and the covering pastry and that was enough. It seems the pop tart has evolved slightly and now has some sort of topping like 'frosting'. I'll get back to you on this subject later as I have a different one to discuss.

What I would like to discuss is the debate on whether you need to need to heat them up at all, and after my experience with this type and another type I have learnt something. If you were to ask me before this I would have said 100% heat them up all the time, (the pastry and filling need to heat up to improve the flavour of the pastry and the performance of the filling) but this flavour breaks that rule with delicious results! (And after experimenting with another flavour not heated up, I would say that Ice Cream Shoppe is the only flavour that's nice straight out of the packet.)

This type is not quite your common pop tart. For a start the pastry isn't as thick as a normal pop tart meaning it's already quite pliable when you pull it out of packet. The filling is the key to why you can eat these straight up though, it tastes like white chocolate or vanilla and it's consistency is like warm nutella. Delicious!

Putting these in the toaster makes them harder to handle and doesn't add anything to the experience. As I've said the filling is already soft and the pastry is really more like a cookie as the name would suggest so it really is like eating a thin cream filled cookie. There's a swirl of chocolate 'frosting' on top which gives a slight flavour boost but is more for show I think. I'm going to get some more of these.

In conclusion, yummy, rule-breaking pastries!

Jelly Belly Ice Cream Parlour

 Hi there, it's been a while, but I have a lot to share with you. I ordered some stuff that you can't really get in the stores in Australia and I was very exited when it came.

In this one I will be talking about a product from Jelly Belly called Ice Cream Parlour. There are five flavours to be found including Chocolate Chunk, Strawberry Sundae, Birthday Cake, Apple Pie and Chocolate Mint.

I have to say, every flavour is delicious!

As you would expect, the chocolate chunk flavour tastes great, like a chocolate brownie.

The strawberry sundae has a really nice strong strawberry flavour nicely mellowed by an ice cream undertone.

Birthday cake is a strange one, very nice, the flavour is sort of like a vanilla sponge cake as far as I can tell. I would need to eat a whole handful of just these at once to work out the flavour exactly lol.

Apple pie is delish. A nice mellow apple flavour, pastry flavours with a cinnamon overtone. This has to be one the most accurate flavour representations Jelly Belly make.

Last but not least is the chocolate mint, very nice, the mint isn't strong like chewing gum. As far as ice cream flavours go, this would be the one most similar to an ice cream flavour.

In conclusion, I would recommend these for trying if you want to get into Jelly Belly or have had enough of the 50 other flavours lol.