Milky Way Midnight Dark review

Today we are back with yet another Milky Way review! You know I just can't get enough of these things :) Here we have a look at Milky Way Midnight Dark.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Milky Way Midnight Dark - 4 / 5

This is a Mars product, and you can learn more about it on the internets right here.

For a look at the classics, please check out my review of the original Milky Way, and the Milky Way Simply Caramel. Both are stellar! Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more awesome reviews hitting the site and YouTube Channel twice a week!

Picnic review

Today we continue our look at a slew of UK candy with a review of Cadbury's Picnic.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Picnic - 4 / 5

For more on Cadbury and Picnic please visit the Cadbury UK website http://www.cadbury.co.uk/. And remember we'll be back on Friday with another reguk;r review before coming in again next Tuesday with more UK candy.

Double Decker review

Today we kick off a new series of reviews on UK Candy. And we're starting with Cadbury's Double Decker.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Double Decker - 3 / 5

For more on the Double Decker please visit Cadbury UK online at http://www.cadbury.co.uk And as I mentioned yesterday for more of this awesome British Chocolate invasion here at the Candy Asle stay tuned. I'm planning on releasing a new UK candy review every Tuesday. That's alongside the standard Friday reviews. Score!

Toblerone review

So original this one! We've got a great review for you today with the classic Toblerone.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Toblerone - 4 / 5

Toblerone is owned under the Kraft Foods brand. To find out more about it check out their website http://www.toblerone.com/. If you want more Toblerone reviews, please look up my Snow Capped Limited Edition Toblerone  review form this past Christmas and for more general reviews please check out our Reviews Page.

Milky Way review

Finally we've come to it. The oh so awesome Milky Way bar.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Milky Way - 5 / 5

Check out more reviews at the reviews page. Milky Way is a Mars product, for more on all things Milky Way check out http://www.milkywaybar.com/

Toblerone Snow-Capped Limited Edition review

Merry Christmas candy lovers. Today I've got one more present for you to unwrap. Please enjoy this review of the Snow Capped Limited Edition Toblerone!



I'd like to just take a second here to thank everyone for making Walking the Candy Aisle so fun. I hope you've been enjoying the blog and videos, and that you'll stick with me through the new year. There's a lot more candy out there and I'm looking forward to eating it all!

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Toblerone Snow-Capped Limited Edition - 4 / 5

Toblerone is a Kraft Foods brand, for more on it please check out http://www.toblerone.com/

Mars - video review

Today we've got another fun one for you, its a look at one of the worlds most beloved chocolate bars, the Mars bar.


For even more on Mars, please check out the written review, or all of the reviews over on the reviews page.

Mars review

Today we've got a real classic chocolate bar for you. Anyone from the UK, Australia, or Canada will certainly know this one. Lets have a look at the Mars bar.

This is of course the signature chocolate from the Mars company. Its simple: chocolate, caramel (at least here), and whipped nougat. The design is elegant and proven since this form has certainly been around for quite a while. I personally have very fond memories of eating Mars bars as a kid. There was definitely a time when this was my all time favorite bar, and while it may have been replaced by others over the years, I can't say I've lost any esteem for this chocolate. Mars bars are simpy put awesome. So spoiler alert: I freakin' love these things.

Looking at the package you can tell they mean business, Black, and Red. This is bold. Its a cursive font, perhaps a bit odd for such a straightforward bar, but Mars is also smooth, delicate. The nougat isn't a hard or chewy experience, its light and refreshingly delectable. To me the packaging strikes the right balance between pronounced and relaxed. Also it stands out in a crowd, very important for people walking the candy aisle.

Lets quickly deal with the confusion over this bar. According to the wiki, Mars was produced in England to be a sweeter version of the Milky Way bar (which is also made by Mars). It isnot to be confused with the European Mars bar, which is closer to an American 3 Muskateers bar. The part that gets more confusing though is the caramel. I'm not sure who said what, or what goes where, but some places seem to have caramel on their Mars bars and some do not. This review is for a Canadian Mars bar, and may not reflect the Mars bar you have in your country...

 The bar itself, smells great. Very chocolaty. Slightly smaller than your average American bar, its got a thickness that may others do not. While the US Milky Way bar has some drizzled chocolate artifacing on top that form pleasing lines, I have to say the Mars bars lines are much more... veiny. I suppose thats not a term most would like applied to their chocolate bar, but its the best I can come up with. Still I'm going to try to not hold that against it. The bar is thick, and smells great, I'm looking forward to getting into it.

Biting into the bar totally brings me back to my childhood. Man I ate a lot of fun sized Mars bars on Halloween. Anyhow, this is superb. The chocolate on the outside is seriously thick and rich. Since this is a Canadian Mars bar it has caramel, and the caramel is pretty soft, with a little pull but nothing that's going to get overly stuck in your teeth since it melts away soon enough. I'd say it might be a touch tougher than my perfect caramel, but the caramel melds so nicely with the chocolate nougat that I can't fault it. As you may know from past reviews that blending of chocolate and caramel  is one of my favorite things in the world. I wish it blended as well with the outer chocolate though.

The chocolate flavored nougat in the middle of the bar is the special kicker here. This nougat is very similar to a 3 Musketeers bar, only not quite as whipped or airy. Its got a bit of density, and a very nice chocolate flavor. Like all the best nougats it starts melting by the time its hit your tongue. What a marvelous experience.

Just look at the beautiful pull on that caramel! This is really great stuff, I highly recommend you pick up a Mars bar and enjoy a little piece of chocolate bar heaven. No wonder this is their signature chocolate.

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Mars - 5 / 5

The Mars bar is a Mars Inc product. you can find out more about it at www.mars.com, or www.marsbar.com

Snickers Peanut Butter - video review

Time to check out the peanut buttery version of an old classic, it's Snickers Peanut Butter.



Not as great as I was hoping, but still ok.

Snickers Peanut Butter review

Peanut butter, peanuts, nougat, caramel,and milk chocolate! sounds like a dream come true. it can only mean that its time for another review. Today we're looking at Snickers Peanut Butter.

 And lest we forget, this bar is "squared". Well there's alot to get into with this one so lets get cracking. Frst I should say that I am and have always been a Snickers fan. I like peanuts, I like their nougat, I like the chocolate. And although I am new to the Snickers Peanut Butter bar I AM a huge fan of Peanut Butter, so this is a mighty fine proposition. The fact that its in an odd square form factor doesn't so too much for me. Maybe its supposed to make it easier to save some for later...

In fact that must be it considering the prominent "twist to close - save one for later" nonsense on the side of the packaging. Very odd.... My guess is that some marketing person somewhere told them that the anticipation for eating the chocolate bar is more important than the actual eating of it and they just rolled with it. Even though I'm married and consequentially legally required to share my candy (at least that's what my wife says...) I'm not really a fan of the trend though.

One final note on the packaging though. I seriously have always hated the SNickers logo. Its a stupid font and their choice of colors usually makes their candy bar look like a healthly power bar or something. Ok fine those things may not have existed when they Snickers was invented but they do now, and the Mars company would do well to at least consider something less tacky.
 

Getting the bar out itself the chocolate actually looks and smells pretty good. It may be a smaller size overall, especially since they get you on the spaces between the two chocolates inside the packaging, but the square really does feel square. its got a real width to it. and that kind of proportion makes it at least feel bigger. Of course this is a slippery lope and of course the next logical step.... cubed! 

Alright, so moving into the bar. Here's how it looks bitten away.

Hmm. Definitely interesting and not what I was expecting. the peanut butter is sweeter than I am used to. Not in a terrible Russell Stover peanut butter egg kind of way, but it feels like its might have a little extra sugar added. A bit more candy-fied than I'd prefer. Frankly since this is the star if the show I'm not too impressed. When I want peanut and chocolate butter I usually go for a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and this is definitely no Reese.From top to bottom in that picture above you'll see chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, nougat, peanuts, and chocolate. A few notes here, I'm not sure why they need peanuts if they have peanut butter. Isn't this bar for someone who doesn't want to deal with the full peanuts you find in a Snickers bar? It seems redundant on one hand, and alienating on the other to put them (especially just a few of them) in there. Next the caramel is not really up to par; like everything in the bar, its not so bad, its just nothing special. It doesn't melt o mix really well into the totally adequate chocolate.

This bar is fine, not great but fine. I think if I feel like eating a Snicker though I'll probably just go and get a Snickers, and if I feel like something with peanut butter and chocolate then I'll probably go get a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. I don't see myself getting this again. I didn't hate it but its very middle of the road, and it had some real potential.


Walking the Candy Aisle Rates Snickers peanut Butter: 3 / 5

This is really a pretty weak 3 as well. Oh and in case you we're wondering. The twist and save some for later can be seen here. I was thinking it maybe like had a built in wire (a la a twist tie) in the packaging but no.... And because of that it just doesn't really work all that well. But I suppose that's pretty apt for this candy bar.Hopefully I'll get something a bit better next week.

Zero - video review

Today we've got another great review for you. Its time to look at the totally unique Zero candy bar!



Thanks for checking out the video. If you want more please have a look through the written review, or all the reviews on the Review Page.

Zero review

Today we've got a pretty unique review for you, its time to look at Hershey's Zero candy bar!

The Zero bar is pretty astounding right off the bat. I mean the wrapper makes it look like a crossbreed between a York Peppermint Pattie, and a tube of toothpaste, but what grabbed me most was the text. "Caramel, Peanut, and Almond nougat covered in White Fudge" ?!?!?!!? whoa! that's crazy talk. Is this a candy bar or some kind of exotic delicacy. I mean by all rights it shouldn't sound so peculiar, all of those ingredients are common enough, but to see them listed in a candy bar is... just totally unheard of. Seriously, there is not a single mention of chocolate here! I am more than a little excited to get into this bar.

As for the wrapper, its a bit silly, but hey it works, it's different, if a bit antiseptic. At least it plays into the "cool-ness" of a white bar. Makes me think of alpine skiing or something similarly cold.

So yes, unfortunately my particular bar got a bit crushed. I'm sure its not supposed to be all cracked and leaking caramel. That's just one of the hazards of eating a lot of candy bars... sometimes there are casualties. But looking on the bright side, I'm not going to hold it against the bar, and I'm even more fascinated to eat this thing now. Look at how much caramel is inside it!

Hopefully my bites wont be dry and drained of all the caramel...

Ok, so biting into the bar is... a very different experience. I guess my mouth is just so trained on milk chocolate bars after doing so many review that I'm not used to anything different, but even knowing what this bar is all about going in, I'm still caught off guard. The Zero bar's white fudge coating of course behaves totally differently than a chocolate coating would. Its got a bit more heft, a bit more chalkiness, and it break differently than chocolate. It'd definitely fudgy as well. A good blast of that is the first sensation when biting into the bar, followed by a complex mixture of a unique nougat texture as well. Seriously everything about this bar is just different. The nougat is totally strange as well. Its got the consistency of... homeground smooth peanut butter. Its a bit grainy. Where I was expecting chunks of peanut and almond, I'm met with whats closer to mixed nut paste, only with the stickiness you'd only find in a caramel infused nougat. This is very weird. Not bad, not great, just totally different.

I like this bar, its got real guts for trying something totally off the wall. I don't think its great, but maybe that's just my taste. Everything about it is unique, and that goes a long ways in my book. I don't think I'd seek a Zero bar out, but its definitely something I'm glad I tried.

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Zero - 4 / 5

The Zero candy bar is a product of The Hershey Company, please find out more right here.