So day three of my self-imposed challenge to only feature
Halloween goodies. So far it’s been rather well let’s be honest, rather
disappointing. We’ve had gingerbread man lacking in ginger and a round hairy
lump that contained Lupin’s green rice balls. Not a great start but perhaps
today is going to be different ad if not there’s only around eighteen more to
go (sobs).
I picked up this item at the same time as the spider as both
were on offer. That’s one good thing so far is that a lot of these items can be
found really cheap just because the shops are trying to shift them before
Halloweens gone. Shops have an odd relationship with this season I think, they
set up an aisle or so two weeks before hand and then tear it down usually the day
before. I guess unlike Christmas which pretty much runs for a whole month in
advent terms at least, Halloween is literally one day and then it’s over. We’ve
yet to welcome it like our American cousins, which is a shame as I happen to
enjoy Halloween as much as Christmas.
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| I think the table cloths the most terrifying thing here |
Today’s product is an example of a product rehash like I
described in yesterday’s review. It’s a smarties pumpkin, basically a spooky
themed Easter egg. It’s a nice idea I think really as at least you’re getting
more than just a hollow pumpkin as these contain the tiny little smarties.
Let’s not get too fooled however as I say it’s just a rehash of a previous line
rushed out for this fleeting festival.
The foil designs nice not much you can say except at least
they didn’t tack some cardboard legs on. Although I have to admit that with
these cheap seasonal lines I find the foil packaging to be rather lacking. They
don’t keep the chocolate fresh and as a result often these lines can taste
stale, however it could just be the placebo effect. Just because it looks cheap
and is cheap I expect that it should taste cheap too (what a world we live in).
After unwrapping her (I use him too much I’ve decided) I was surprised to find
that the design carried onto the chocolate itself. Better than yesterday’s
review where the design changed slightly and it ended up looking rather
scrotal.
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| She looks so cheerful shame what happens next. |
My surprise increased when I cracked her open and found that
the smaller smarties are in fact miniscule. Now I haven’t seen mini smarties in
ages and I have grown (in size not mentality I fear) but I swear these are even
smaller. Also I realise how clichéd that sounds but honestly there is barely
anything too them. After trying one I found that they are now mostly sugar
shell with not much chocolate inside. The problem with this is that because
there is less chocolate all you can really taste it the sugar coat. I try to
dissolve the coat first but again because it’s tiny I barely get a taste before
it disappears. What I did get of it however tasted really well cheap. Tasting
similar to the usual smarties chocolate, but sweeter and definitely less
chocolaty.
Next I moved onto the pumpkin shell. The layer of chocolate
here too is rather thin and stingy. Clearly Nestle are trying to save costs
everywhere. I’ll give extra points to Cadburys Spiders now as they may have
been cheap to use cardboard in the gimmick but at least they didn’t scrimp on
the chocolate. The thinness of the chocolate again makes it difficult to get
any real grasp on the taste. You kinda need to eat it all at once to build up a
big enough picture. If you do this I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed in two
ways, firstly you will have eaten all your chocolate at once never good.
Secondly you’ll discover that it’s that cheap sweetened advent calendar like
chocolate. Tasting more of sweetener than of chocolate.
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| She kept complaining of a splitting headache |
Score
4 out of 11
Found
Superdrug (chemist)
Final Thoughts
I'm beginning to think perhaps this challenge is cursed.
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