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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Snicker's White Review
Not sure what is with the trend of taking the classic chocolate bars and making a "white" version s well as a dark, maple or whatever other version they can come up with. I gave Snickers White a try, you can check out the video below and then pick up the bar and see what you think.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
M&M's white chocolate review
Once again I find myself with another M&Ms review, how many types of this candy can they possibly make?? This is my review of the M&M's white chocolate. This might not be for everyone but take a look and see what you think!
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
Kit Kat White & Milk review
We've got a fun Kit Kat sku up for review today, the Kit Kat White & Milk.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Kit Kat White & Milk - 4 / 5
This is a Nestle product. For more on Kit Kat please visit them online at - http://kitkat.com/labs/
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Kit Kat White & Milk - 4 / 5
This is a Nestle product. For more on Kit Kat please visit them online at - http://kitkat.com/labs/
Monday, October 28, 2013
M&Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn review
Here we've got a fun review to kick off a few very special Halloween pieces, this is M&Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates M&Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn - 2 / 5
M&Ms is of course a Mars product, and for more on them please visit their official internet site here http://www.mms.com/
Walking the Candy Aisle rates M&Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn - 2 / 5
M&Ms is of course a Mars product, and for more on them please visit their official internet site here http://www.mms.com/
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Lindt Lindor White Chocolate review
We've got a delicious one for you today. Its time to look at Lindt's Lindor White Chocolate.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Lindt's Lindor White Chocolate - 5 / 5
Awesome! I know! For more on Lindt & Sprüngli please check out http://www.lindtusa.com/
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Lindt's Lindor White Chocolate - 5 / 5
Awesome! I know! For more on Lindt & Sprüngli please check out http://www.lindtusa.com/
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme review
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY to all my American readers. Today I've got a classic US chocolate bar up for review its time to look at Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme - 2 / 5
For more on this candy and all things Hershey's please check out their site http://www.hersheys.com/ And for more reviews don't forget to stop by our Reviews Page.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme - 2 / 5
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Big Bar Line Up - Ritter Sport
Today we continue looking at the so called Big Bars in the candy aisle with a step into the interesting world of Ritter Sport.
This is a bit of a weird one. Firstly, Ritter Sport is a German, in fact it may be the most widely spread commercially available pure German chocolate. Despite their reputation alongside the Swiss and French for some of the best chocolate in the world the Germans don't export too much prepackaged chocolate, and other than Kinder (which is actually the German arm of Italian chocolatier Fererro) I believe Ritter is the German chocolate seen here in Canada most often.
The word "Ritter" mean nobility in German, and the "Sport" comes from the fact that the creator apparently wanted a bar that could fit easily into the breast pocket of a sports coat. So all of the Ritter Sports feature the same form factor, small and square. In fact they've really run with the 'square' angle in their marketing. Small is a bit of a misnomer too because despite being square Ritters are thick and on a whole s good, so rich, and so creamy that a bar is more than enough. Really I couldn't imagine eating a whole bar of Ritter at once anyhow, they are just such a delicacy.
While Ritter Sport bars are found in Canada the States and lots of other countries they are often not found precisely in the Big Bar section of the store. They are more commonly seen in their own display pop up.
This may seem excessive, and I'm sure it costs an arm and a leg to send these out to the stores, but what great marketing. You may see pop ups for other chocolates at certain seasonal times of year but Ritter Sports are in these all the time, and it makes them stand out like no other. That said, maybe because of the investment in floor space, you might not find a Ritter pop up in your local 7-11. If you can find them, you should find a lot of them, and a lot of different varieties, but sometimes finding that pop up at all can be tricky.
I've only reviewed one Ritter Sport before here on the Candy Aisle, the Ritter Sport Espresso, which now that I look for it I can't seem to find in real life again. Please check out my review of that right here. But now lets have a look at the line up for Ritter Sport, here in the Great White North.
Starting with a few simple flavors Ritter is known for rich and creamy chocolate.
And then they've got the specialty Dark Chocolate.
And the specialty Milk Chocolate.
They've got a few nut mixes too. It seems like Ritter specializes in really good basic mixes, and I think that serves them well.
They all seem like sort of simple ideas, but these next ones are unique, especially on any mass scale.
Definitely interesting stuff here. Finally here are two flavors I think might be unique to Ritter. Not that they're so revolutionary, in fact I think they're great ideas that maybe should be obvious, but I can't think of anyone else to really feature these flavors in this kind fo form factor. Like I said, its very interesting.
Although I know there are more out there. In fact the Ritter Sport website lists something like 30 different flavors available, these are all the ones I see commonly here in Canada. Let me know if you've got a favorite Ritter Sport flavor or have anything totally off the wall from them in your neck of the woods. I'm hoping to review a few more of these soon on the Candy Aisle.
Thanks for joining me, and I hope you'll stay tuned for another look at the candy aisle big bars soon.
This is a bit of a weird one. Firstly, Ritter Sport is a German, in fact it may be the most widely spread commercially available pure German chocolate. Despite their reputation alongside the Swiss and French for some of the best chocolate in the world the Germans don't export too much prepackaged chocolate, and other than Kinder (which is actually the German arm of Italian chocolatier Fererro) I believe Ritter is the German chocolate seen here in Canada most often.
The word "Ritter" mean nobility in German, and the "Sport" comes from the fact that the creator apparently wanted a bar that could fit easily into the breast pocket of a sports coat. So all of the Ritter Sports feature the same form factor, small and square. In fact they've really run with the 'square' angle in their marketing. Small is a bit of a misnomer too because despite being square Ritters are thick and on a whole s good, so rich, and so creamy that a bar is more than enough. Really I couldn't imagine eating a whole bar of Ritter at once anyhow, they are just such a delicacy.
While Ritter Sport bars are found in Canada the States and lots of other countries they are often not found precisely in the Big Bar section of the store. They are more commonly seen in their own display pop up.
This may seem excessive, and I'm sure it costs an arm and a leg to send these out to the stores, but what great marketing. You may see pop ups for other chocolates at certain seasonal times of year but Ritter Sports are in these all the time, and it makes them stand out like no other. That said, maybe because of the investment in floor space, you might not find a Ritter pop up in your local 7-11. If you can find them, you should find a lot of them, and a lot of different varieties, but sometimes finding that pop up at all can be tricky.
I've only reviewed one Ritter Sport before here on the Candy Aisle, the Ritter Sport Espresso, which now that I look for it I can't seem to find in real life again. Please check out my review of that right here. But now lets have a look at the line up for Ritter Sport, here in the Great White North.
Starting with a few simple flavors Ritter is known for rich and creamy chocolate.
And then they've got the specialty Dark Chocolate.
And the specialty Milk Chocolate.
They've got a few nut mixes too. It seems like Ritter specializes in really good basic mixes, and I think that serves them well.
They all seem like sort of simple ideas, but these next ones are unique, especially on any mass scale.
Definitely interesting stuff here. Finally here are two flavors I think might be unique to Ritter. Not that they're so revolutionary, in fact I think they're great ideas that maybe should be obvious, but I can't think of anyone else to really feature these flavors in this kind fo form factor. Like I said, its very interesting.
Although I know there are more out there. In fact the Ritter Sport website lists something like 30 different flavors available, these are all the ones I see commonly here in Canada. Let me know if you've got a favorite Ritter Sport flavor or have anything totally off the wall from them in your neck of the woods. I'm hoping to review a few more of these soon on the Candy Aisle.
Thanks for joining me, and I hope you'll stay tuned for another look at the candy aisle big bars soon.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Ferrero Garden coconut review
And again we come back with another entry into the Ferrero pantheon. Today we're having a look at the Ferrero Garden coconut.
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Ferrero Garden coconut - 4 / 5
For more on Ferrero please visit them online at , http://www.ferrero.com/ and as always for more from us here please check out our Reviews Page.
And don't forget to check out our reviews for the Ferrero Rocher, and the Ferrero Rond Noir specifically!
Walking the Candy Aisle rates Ferrero Garden coconut - 4 / 5
For more on Ferrero please visit them online at , http://www.ferrero.com/ and as always for more from us here please check out our Reviews Page.
And don't forget to check out our reviews for the Ferrero Rocher, and the Ferrero Rond Noir specifically!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Big Bar Line Up - Lindt
Today we're continuing our look at some of the Big Bars you'll find in your local supermarket. These are the "premium" chocolate bars that you'll see beside the everyday chocolate bars. Here in Canada Lindt is undoubtedly the best represented company in the Big Bar section. There are A LOT of Lindt chocolates here, and that is probably because they really don't have any standard size chocolate bars. Besides their copious entries into the seasonal chocolate realm if you want to eat some Lindt chocolate going into the Big Bar area of your store will be the only way to do it.
So with that said let's have a look at what Lindt has to offer. And we'l start with the standard straightforward Swiss Classic line.
These three bars under the Classic branding form what I'd say is the core for Lindt's line up. Milk chocolate, milk chocolate with hazelnuts, and white chocolate. Its simple direct packaging and I like it, but there is one fun alternative available as well.
Here we have the Lindt standard dark chocolate packaging, and this is my absolute favorite package in their line. It looks like something I might find a golden ticket inside. Just elegant, and sophisticated. Almost like a bank note, or some prestigious certificate. Nice job on this al around.
The milk chocolate, and milk chocolate with hazelnuts also both come in a 300 gram size. Another good idea. I like the fact that this also makes no bones about the nuts. These are whole roasted hazelnuts; this is serious business.
Next we'll move onto the Lindt main flavor line. These bard fall under the Excellence brand and will certainly have some of most people favorites. I'll say there are so many here that at the least you can't look at them and not be fascinated to try some of them. I mean we've probably all tried Mint chocolate, but how many of us have delved into chili chocolates?
So here we start with the simplest of bars. Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate, as well as Milk and Dark Almond, and Crunchy Caramel. Note the packaging, including color and font differences between the Milk and Dark Roasted Almond varieties. And I have to say I love the way the splash the crunchy caramel behind the bar on the label. Very appealing. Very eye-catching.
Now we've got the "Intense" flavors...
Now here's a case where I should have read the back of the packaging. I haven't confirmed it but I have to assume that these chocolate are actually from Ecuador and Madagascar. What that means specifically to the taste.. well I don't know. They both have rich soil and are known for Coffee and other delicious treats Although I didn't think there was too much industry on Madagascar I would suppose they've got good crops of cocoa. I'm not sure... do you think people out there, I mean the connoisseurs would have a particular favorite country? I'm certainly not educated enough on this stuf to know.
Moving down the Excellence line we finally come to the selection of Dark Chocolate. Well the stand alone dark chocolate at least.
Doesn't 90% seem like overkill on the Dark Chocolate? I know my mom eats a square of dark chocolate everyday for her... is it heart or blood pressure... anyhow there are people out there who must want this or they wouldn't make 4 different skus for it. Still, I feel so out of the loop on the Dark Chocolate train that I'll have to just say this seems like an awful lot, but I suppose they wouldn't keep it around if it didn't sell.
Lindt's next biggest line up is their Creation brand.
Everyone loves Chocolate Mousse right? I have actually had the milk chocolate version of this bar, and I have to say, it is absolutely fantastic! Interestingly the Milk Chocolate Mousse also comes in an alternate packaging under the Petit Desserts brand. My guess is that this was an old brand name since it was the only iteration in the line up.
Two more entries into the Creation line round out the selection.
I like that these two exist. Creme Brule is a great dessert that doesn't get enough press. People even know Flan more than Creme Brule and I'd put it up against that garbage anyday. Even most Dulce Leche or Tiramisu cakes really.
Moving on to the last few imprints from Lindt we come to the 150 gram Les Grandes line.
Here we find Almond as well has Hazelnut Milk, and Hazelnut Dark. These are Grandes not only because of their size, but also the amount of nuts. So this is where you go if you find your Swiss Classic is a little too light on the nuts for your tastes. These bars seem like they're for serious chocolate and nut fanatics.
Onto the Passion line up.
Now these two have me a little baffled. They are complicated blends, especially the Nougat Latte Macchiato and to me at least the packaging suggests that this is for a different audience than the other bars, but why exactly? I mean did Lindt want something more... Starbucks friendly? more earthy? More refined? We all know they've got great chocolate, it seems to me this branding is all about marketing. That said, I wonder if the look might throw some people off. Actually seeing the bar is a bit weird for Lindt, and the colors are sure to rub the average supermarket consumer wrong. Maybe it really is designed for the coffee shop... that's all I can think of here.
Finally we come to the last entry into Lindt's extensive line up of big bars, and it is of course the bar form of Lindt's most popular confection the Lindor.
I'd be interested in seeing some of the other Lindors transformed into bars as well, but for now this will have to suffice.
So this is pretty good stuff.all around. As you can see Lindt is VERY busy in the aisle with their big bar line up. Looking on the Lindt USA website I see that there are a few selections listed there that I did not see in the aisle, including: Sweet Dark Chocolate, A Touch of Vanilla, Toffee Crunch, a Dark Coconut bar, a Dark Strawberry, an actual Cocoa Nut bar, a 99% Dark Chocolate bar and more...
Could this be a case of over-saturation? It seems like a lot to me, but hey I suppose they wouldn't keep it up if they didn't keep selling.
I'll be back soon with another look at the Big Bar Line Ups.
So with that said let's have a look at what Lindt has to offer. And we'l start with the standard straightforward Swiss Classic line.
These three bars under the Classic branding form what I'd say is the core for Lindt's line up. Milk chocolate, milk chocolate with hazelnuts, and white chocolate. Its simple direct packaging and I like it, but there is one fun alternative available as well.
Here we have the Lindt standard dark chocolate packaging, and this is my absolute favorite package in their line. It looks like something I might find a golden ticket inside. Just elegant, and sophisticated. Almost like a bank note, or some prestigious certificate. Nice job on this al around.
The milk chocolate, and milk chocolate with hazelnuts also both come in a 300 gram size. Another good idea. I like the fact that this also makes no bones about the nuts. These are whole roasted hazelnuts; this is serious business.
Next we'll move onto the Lindt main flavor line. These bard fall under the Excellence brand and will certainly have some of most people favorites. I'll say there are so many here that at the least you can't look at them and not be fascinated to try some of them. I mean we've probably all tried Mint chocolate, but how many of us have delved into chili chocolates?
So here we start with the simplest of bars. Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate, as well as Milk and Dark Almond, and Crunchy Caramel. Note the packaging, including color and font differences between the Milk and Dark Roasted Almond varieties. And I have to say I love the way the splash the crunchy caramel behind the bar on the label. Very appealing. Very eye-catching.
Now we've got the "Intense" flavors...
Other than the mint these flavors all heavily feature a sour or tart element. And Mint is intense in its own way.I'm interested that they don't have a Lemon or Lime in here, I bet they would do well among the Cranberry and Orange.
Here are a few other very interesting flavors. I'm definitely a fan of the Sea Salt. No I haven't tried it before, but its one of those things that I bet would be great. Like remember when there wasn't such a thing as Sea Salt (or Salt and Pepper) flavored chips? When they were first introduced I know I thought it was crazy... but then once I tried it, everything came crashing into focus. Of course its a great idea. And I suspect balancing the sweet chocolate with a salt would work too.White chocolate with Strawberry is also a great idea. Strawberry goes great with chocolate and is hardly ever featured in bars.
Now here's a case where I should have read the back of the packaging. I haven't confirmed it but I have to assume that these chocolate are actually from Ecuador and Madagascar. What that means specifically to the taste.. well I don't know. They both have rich soil and are known for Coffee and other delicious treats Although I didn't think there was too much industry on Madagascar I would suppose they've got good crops of cocoa. I'm not sure... do you think people out there, I mean the connoisseurs would have a particular favorite country? I'm certainly not educated enough on this stuf to know.
Moving down the Excellence line we finally come to the selection of Dark Chocolate. Well the stand alone dark chocolate at least.
Doesn't 90% seem like overkill on the Dark Chocolate? I know my mom eats a square of dark chocolate everyday for her... is it heart or blood pressure... anyhow there are people out there who must want this or they wouldn't make 4 different skus for it. Still, I feel so out of the loop on the Dark Chocolate train that I'll have to just say this seems like an awful lot, but I suppose they wouldn't keep it around if it didn't sell.
Lindt's next biggest line up is their Creation brand.
Everyone loves Chocolate Mousse right? I have actually had the milk chocolate version of this bar, and I have to say, it is absolutely fantastic! Interestingly the Milk Chocolate Mousse also comes in an alternate packaging under the Petit Desserts brand. My guess is that this was an old brand name since it was the only iteration in the line up.
Two more entries into the Creation line round out the selection.
I like that these two exist. Creme Brule is a great dessert that doesn't get enough press. People even know Flan more than Creme Brule and I'd put it up against that garbage anyday. Even most Dulce Leche or Tiramisu cakes really.
Moving on to the last few imprints from Lindt we come to the 150 gram Les Grandes line.
Here we find Almond as well has Hazelnut Milk, and Hazelnut Dark. These are Grandes not only because of their size, but also the amount of nuts. So this is where you go if you find your Swiss Classic is a little too light on the nuts for your tastes. These bars seem like they're for serious chocolate and nut fanatics.
Onto the Passion line up.
Now these two have me a little baffled. They are complicated blends, especially the Nougat Latte Macchiato and to me at least the packaging suggests that this is for a different audience than the other bars, but why exactly? I mean did Lindt want something more... Starbucks friendly? more earthy? More refined? We all know they've got great chocolate, it seems to me this branding is all about marketing. That said, I wonder if the look might throw some people off. Actually seeing the bar is a bit weird for Lindt, and the colors are sure to rub the average supermarket consumer wrong. Maybe it really is designed for the coffee shop... that's all I can think of here.
Finally we come to the last entry into Lindt's extensive line up of big bars, and it is of course the bar form of Lindt's most popular confection the Lindor.
I'd be interested in seeing some of the other Lindors transformed into bars as well, but for now this will have to suffice.
So this is pretty good stuff.all around. As you can see Lindt is VERY busy in the aisle with their big bar line up. Looking on the Lindt USA website I see that there are a few selections listed there that I did not see in the aisle, including: Sweet Dark Chocolate, A Touch of Vanilla, Toffee Crunch, a Dark Coconut bar, a Dark Strawberry, an actual Cocoa Nut bar, a 99% Dark Chocolate bar and more...
Could this be a case of over-saturation? It seems like a lot to me, but hey I suppose they wouldn't keep it up if they didn't keep selling.
I'll be back soon with another look at the Big Bar Line Ups.
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