M&M Peppermint

Tonight is the night. Santa is finally coming.
Me and Mr Red M&M is ready for him.
We have trimmed the tree, hung the Holly and put out some milk and cookies.
I think Santa will feel right at home.
And I hope he brings many gifts to me, my family and friends.



Like last Christmas eve, I have some M&M's to write about.
This year they are peppermint flavoured.
And, peppermint are candy canes so, why not!
I enjoy the packaging very much.
It has an abundans of red and white.
And I love how Reds eyebrows are incoroprated in his Santa hat.



These are, like i wrote above, peppermint flavoured.
And are based on white chocolate.
The M&M's themseleves also follow the same Christmas colour scheme, red & white.
Let me tell you, the smell a lot of peppermint.
I love that peppermint smell (and not just at Christmas).
The white chocolate is lovely and the amount of peppermint flavour is perfect.
You can tell I liked these and they put me in a blissful Christmas spirit.

To all my readers, I would like to wish a...

Boas Festas!
Buon Natale!
Cestitamo Bozic!
Chuc Mung Giang Sinh!
Een Plesierige Kerfees!
Felices Fiestas!
Felices Pascuas!
Feliz Ano Novo!
Feliz Natal!
Feliz Navidad!
Frohe Weihnachten!
Fröhliche Weihnachten!
Gajan Kristnaskon!
Gesëende Kresfees!
Gezur Krislinjden!
Gladelig Jul!
Gledileg Jol!
God Jul!
Glædelig Jul!
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun!
Hristos se rodi!
Hyvää Joulua!
I'd Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida!
Joyeux Noël!
Kala Christouyenna!
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket!
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan!
Linksmu Kaledu!
Mele Kalikimaka!
Merri kurisumasu!
Merry Christmas!
Mo'adim Lesimkha!
Nadolig Llawen!
Natale hilare!
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun!
Priecigus Ziemassvetkus!
Sarbatori Vesele!
Pozdravljaju s prazdnikom Rozjdestva!
Selamat Hari Natal!
Shub Naya Baras!
Sreken Bozhik!
Sretan Bozic!
Srozhdestvom Kristovym!
Vesele vianoce!
Sung Tan Chuk Ha!
Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo!
Vrolijk kerstfeest!
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia!

Gnaw Snowberry Drift

I am sitting here waiting for snow.
We usually do not get that much snow where I am.
But one can hope.
I want to get out there sledging in the slopes.
But I guess I am stuck here, eating some chocolate from Gnaw.



The lovely santas at Gnorfolk, have made us this Christmas chocolate bar.
This is a snow (white) chocolate bar filled with strawberry and honeycomb.
Gnaws packages are always minimalistic but always nice.
So is also the case in this instance.
A lovely red with a packaged A and a sledging squirrel?



The snow (chocolate) has a lovely smell of strawberrys.
Strawberrys are not really Christmasy to me, but they are red.
So I will let this one pass.
There is a thick strawberry flavour that melts well with the snow (white) chocolate.
And the honeycomb is sweet and crunchy.
All in all, a lovely Christmas treat.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Egg 'n' Spoon

There has not been much happening on this blog for a while.
But that is because I have been out hunting.
Hunting for eggs... Easter eggs to be precise.
And I finally found some worthy of this blog.



You see, they have to be special.
And these are pretty special.
Egg 'n' Spoon from Cadbury is on the menu today.
They come in, what at first, looks like a regular egg carton.
But this is a special easter egg carton, containing golden chocolate eggs.



The idea is that you peel the golden layer of.
Then bite the top of and eat the mousse content with a spoon.
How do you get a spoon that small you ask?
Well, a neat little plastic spoon is provided in the carton.
Actually, there are two of them.
Something I did not discover at first.
That means the eggs are great for sharing, if you are into that.



There are two flavours available:
Milk chocolate mousse and white chocolate mousse.
I chose the latter, because it was the most tempting.
There are four eggs in the carton.
The milk chocolate egg shell smells and tastes regular milk chocolate.
It is when you start eating the mousse with the small spoon that the magic happens.
The mousse is very fluffy and sweet and I enjoyed it very much.

I hope all of my readers have a happy easter and a pleasant weekend.

Gnaw - The Love Bar

Today is Valentine's day.
A day historically remembered for the Christian martyrs sacrificing themselves for their beliefs.
Many of them had the name Valentine and that is why we turned it into an epic love fest.



As you can tell, I am not that fond of Valentine's day.
But nevertheless... Traditions are traditions.
From the chocolate factory in Gnorfolk, we have The Love Bar.
Basically an white chocolate bar with chevy candy hearts.



I think the packaging is pretty nice.
It is a bit subtle because not all people connect Venice with romance and love.
The chocolate has a smell of white chocolate but there the hearts does not smell like anything.
It tastes like regular white chocolate and the hearts does not taste that much.
Pretty bland if you ask me.

Have a nice Valentine's day.

Hershey's Candy Cane Bar

Here we have the latest Christmas chocolate bar from Hershey's.
This is a white mint chocolate bar with bits of candy cane.
And it is very holly and jolly.
The packaging is very nice.
A plain snow white color with candy cane trimmings.
Simple, but yet, so elegant.



Upon opening the package, you are greeted with a very nice scent.
It is like the scent you get from an actual candy cane.
But in turbo mode. It is very lovely.
I think you could almost use it as a scented candle.



The flavor is very minty and the white chocolate is rich.
While the bits of candy cane are crunchy and makes the whole thing so much better.
Forget about putting out some milk and cookies for Santa.
This chocolate bar is the thing this year.
Santa will thank you with bigger and better presents.

KitKat Crème Caramel

Another Thursday, another KitKat to try.
And you thought I had run out of KitKat flavors?
Not even close...

This one is crème caramel flavored.
Crème caramel is not my favorite desert, but it is not bad.
If I had to choose, I would rather eat crema catalana or crème brûlée.
But we are here to try this one so, let us get to it.



The packaging is a standard KitKat packaging (yes the pictures are bad).
A logo and a picture representing the flavor.
I like the color coordination of the package.

Anyway, it is a white chocolate based KitKat.
And it has a caramely smell.
It is actually kind of close to what you would smell if it was a real crème caramel.
Unfortunately, the flavor is not as close.
It taste of caramel but it is kind of tame.
All-in-all an ok KitKat.

Cinnamon Bun Bites

You have waited a while for this.
The end of our cookie dought marathon.
Do not worry, I am sure there will be more cookie dough bites in the future.
Since this is the end, why not go out with a bang?
Why not end with Cinnabon Bun Bites?



Everyone loves cinnamon buns?
Or, at least, they should...
I have a good feeling about these bites.
Just look at the box!
It makes me want to eat it, as well as its content.
It has a nice light brown background colour.
A picture of some real cinnamon buns.
And also some of the bites in the package.

Let us find out if they taste like they are fresh from the oven.
Opening the box, you are greated with a nice smell of freshly baked cinnamon buns.
It does really smell like you have something baking in your oven.
I just sat there for a while, taking in the smell. Lovely.



The taste is, unfortunately, not as close to "freshly baked" as the smell.
But, that does not mean they are not really awesome.
They taste just like cinnamon buns.
Of all the cookie dough bites if tried during these weeks, this is by far my favourite.
The smell alone, makes me love them.

Cookies 'N Cream Bites

Now, we are getting somewhere.
Cookies 'N Cream is what I call, the non-licensed version of Oreos.
They often taste like Oreos, but are not Oreos.
These are Oreo... Cookies 'N Cream Bites.
White chocolate balls with crumbled pieces of cookies.



The box is a lot better than most of the other boxes.
They have gone with the Oreo-blue with milk swishing away cookies and bites alike.
I do not know why, but I like this box.
At least there is something happening.

They smell a lot like cream, but not that much of cookies.
I do not know, I kind of want the cookie smell to, but you can not have everything.



The taste is also more cream than cookies.
Which is also a bummer.
They are not bad, not bad at all.
But I kind of hade Oreos pictured in my head when I tried them.

M&M's White Chocolate Carrot Cake [Limited Edition]

I never thought I would see the day, when there would be M&M's with carrot cake filling.
But alas, it is Easter, and here they are.
I see what they did here.
At Easter, there are Easter bunnies.
And bunnies eat carrots.
And in human terms, that makes carrot cake?
It seems like a weird combination.
But I like carrot cake, so why not?



The packaging is sexy, in a way an M&M packaging could be considered sexy.
And features the green female M&M with bunny ears.
It also has a nice yellow Easter color.
And of course, lots of text proclaiming the artificial flavors.
Like we would believe they crammed carrot cakes into those tiny M&M's.

The M&M's are based on white chocolate and comes in yellow, green and red pastel colors.
Upon opening the bag, you are treated to a deep smell of carrot cake.
Yes, it actually smells like carrot cake.
But, I do not know if the inside of the bag has gotten a scent boost.
Because each individual M&M does not smell that much.
Still, it is a nice smell.



The taste, well... They taste kind of like carrot cake.
I am not used to carrot cake with this much cinnamon in it.
It still is av very cake like taste and I like it.
Sadly, after a few pieces, the white chocolate starts to take over.

Happy Easter to all of you!

Halloween Muffins

Halloween is the time for candy. Candy and pastries.
Now, these are some haunted muffins.
Many ghosts died to bring us these muffins.



They are regular muffins filled with scary chocolate chips.
And drenched in bloody icing.
Each one of them has a white chocolate ghost guarding them.



Can you hear them calling out? Eeeeaaat uuuus! Eeeeaaat uuuus!
At first we were to scared to eat them.
Bu we knew we had to. We had to overcome our fears.
After all, they are only pastries... Aaaargh! One of them bit me!
Heh, only kidding. I was the only one doing the biting.



The muffins are nice, very moist.
And the chocolate chip is the right amount of cocoa.
Both the bloody icing and the white chocolate ghost tastes sweet and complete the muffins.

Our stomachs feel haunted now...
It tickles.

KitKat Cinnamon [Limited Edition]

Cinnamon is hardly used in Japanese cooking.
So it's a surprise to see a KitKat with cinnamon flavouring.
But hey, in Japan, all flavours are fair game.

Personally i like cinnamon flavoured candy.
Not necessarily the spicy version, but also regular cinnamon flavour.
Anyway, this is a white chocolate based KitKat with small sprinkles of cinnamon.
It smells alot like cinnamon, a rich nice scent.
Kind of makes me want to use it as a room freshener.
It's that strong.



The sprinkles are crunchy and tastes alot of cinnamon.
I think the the KitKat is perfectly balanced, between the sweetness of the chocolate and the spiciness of the cinnamon.
In other words, this is a great treat and I would like to try it again.

KitKat Citrus

This KitKat is a regional limited edition from Shikoku, Japan.
It's flavoured not only with orange, but also with lemon and lime.
Upon opening the package, there's an incredible scent of citrus fruits.
Almost like the scent you get from cleaning products.
It sounds weird, I know. But it's more pleasant than it soundas.



It's based on white chocolate coloured orange (yey!).
The taste is very pleasant, lots of citrus flavour.
Both fresh orange, sour lemon and sweet lime at the same time.
I like it. It's kinda refreshing and you almost forget that you're eating a choco bar.

KitKat Blueberry Cheesecake

More KitKat blueberry goodness! Or?
I liked the previos blueberry KitKat, but this one... Not so much.
It doesn't really smell like more than regular white chocolate.
Which is a bummer, because the blueberry one smelled a lot better.
The taste is also kind of strange, more white chocolate than cheesecake,
but more cheesecake than blueberry.
Still, it's not disgusting.

KitKat Matcha Green Tea

Green tea Kitkats are popular in Japan.
I'm not sure what region this one comes from.
A white chocolate Kitkat coloured green (obviously).
It smells a lot like bar soap? Weird indeed.
This was sure to be an experience?
But, it doesn't really taste like green tea, at least I can't detect the flavour.
It still tastes ok though!

Oreo White Chocolate WaferSticks

This particular item is only found in Thailand.
I don't really know why they have choosen to make a wafer out of the classic Oreo,
but I'll go with it.
Smells like regular white chocolate.
They don't really taste like Oreos, more lika regular wafers dipped in white chocolate.
For some reason the flavours don't really mix and the taste is kind of bland.
I don't think I'll trace these down again.

KitKat Miso

Miso is a soy bean paste. This is a white chocolate KitKat with chocolate miso flavoured waffers.
It's very rare and I'm lucky to get a hold of one.
But unfortunatlly I was a bit dissapointed.
I just smells and tastes like white chocolate.
Nothing special. But the wrapper is what I was after anyways :)

KitKat Annin Dofu

Annin Dofu is a kind of Chinese almond pudding made with tofu. A popular desert in Japan.
This is KitKats version of this desert and it's kind of weird.
It's a KitKat based on white chocolate.
There's a really sweet and sour smell coming from the KitKat, I can't really place it.
It smells almost like Swedish rice porridge, very weird.
The taste is also a lot similar to Swedish rice porridge, but a lot sweeter.
All in all, it was a weird but pleasant experience.

KitKat Pumpkin Cheesecake

Halloween har kommit och gått och jag testade detta för ett tag sedan.
Det är Japanska KitKats halloweenvariant, nämligen Pumpkin cheesecake.
Japanerna är helt galna i KitKat och det finns i massvis med smaker (som kanske dyker upp här).

Denna KitKat är baserad på vit choklad, vilket gör den ganska söt.
Det syns inte på de gryniga bilderna, men innehållet är lite mörkare än själva chokladen.

Det luktar inte så mycket pumpa måste jag säga, det luktar inget direkt alls faktiskt.
De smakar mest vit choklad, nästan inte ett uns av pumpsmak.
Hade höga förhoppningar om denna. En liten besvikelse faktiskt :(