Twix Peanut Butter
I said a few months ago when I reviewed the Twix that I wished they would do a Peanut Butter version, as it seemed like it would work. It seems the boys at Mars listened to me and made a peanut butter Twix, and here’s my review of it.
The pack looks pretty snazzy. Big splashes of red and dark brown on it, what that has to do with peanut butter I don’t know, but I like how hip it is. As far as I know Americans also call what we in England call biscuits: cookies, and biscuits there are a completely different thing. So whilst we in England call the base of the Twix biscuit, here it is called cookie.
Moving swiftly on from that odd situation, the first thing that hits you when you open the pack is a powerful peanut butter smell, and it’s a pretty nice smell. My bar was half melted and broken up which was a bit annoying, but I didn’t pay anything for it so I can’t complain. You’ll also see in the picture that the biscuit base of the bar is…black. Yeah, I don’t know if that’s normal in America but I found that pretty weird. It’s a very crunchy base, a bit more so than the English one I think.
The peanut butter is on top of it where the caramel would normally be. It’s quite thick and very soft, and I really liked it. The chocolate was melted all over it and it made the whole thing go together really well. I was left with a greasy reisdue on my fingers from the chocolate which was a bit odd, but I can put up with it.
The bar is a bit dry due to the biscuit and the peanut butter, but the taste is excellent. Crunchy and soft, with a strong peanut butter flavour that most readers here will be familiar with. Better than Reese’s? I don’t think so, but still very good.
The bar has 280 calories (160 from fat), 5g Protein, 28g Carbohydrates (19g of which sugars) and 17g Fat (8g of which saturates). If you like peanut butter and chocolate, you’ll like this, it’s as simple as that.
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July 26th, 2007 at 7:46 am
wow! i would love to try one of these..you can send me one if you like
looks absoluty delicious! 
:P
July 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Yeah I would if I could, but this was sent to me by a friend, and I haven’t seen it in any online stores or anything. I have seen it on eBay though, it just depends how desperate you are to try it.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
It’s melted?? Awwwhhh, I’m sorry!
July 27th, 2007 at 7:45 am
i’d love to try it,it looks scrumtious! ah such its such a shame they dont sell it in the uk!
was it similar to reeses or peanut kitkat? long live the day when they bring these to the uk! 
i cant ever work out ebay huh 
July 27th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Similar to Reese’s I think, the peanut butter tasted a bit more natural than the stuff in the Kit Kat, though I haven’t had one of them in months since I reviewed it, so my memory of it may be a bit off. And yeah, can’t wait until more things like this are released here.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
ahh i want one! i think i should start a choco blogging website then people can send me these nice choccies
i must say you look very happeee with it in the pic anyhow 
July 27th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I’ll be honest and say I could do without the competition, but go for it.
And I’ve been happier, I tried not to smile too much as it would look silly, and my hair got crappy in the rain. Ah the excuses…
July 28th, 2007 at 7:44 am
nah im only joking
it wouldnt look silly it would just show you were very pleased with your chocolate *laughs out loud* Rain!! its ment to be summer boohoo 
July 29th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Yeah tell me about it. I’d be annoyed by it if I ever went out, or lived in Hull.
And whilst it may mean I look pleased, I look like a fool when I smile too much, so you have to make do with that.
July 29th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
ah theres nothing wrong with the pic
me too to be honest i’d even rather live in bath 
*shocked* hehe 
i just be it will be sunny over christmas 
which is bad because thats pig out time isnt it..and you dont feel bad cause you have to wrap up 
do any of your friends from uni know you do this site 
?
July 29th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Thanks, and I wouldn’t hold out for sunny weather over Christmas if I were you. I don’t pig out even at Christmas but I can see your point. And I haven’t exclusively told anyone, no. It’s hardly a secret but it wouldn’t interest anyone I know, and they may even think I’m a bit weird…so best left alone unless they stumble upon it.
July 30th, 2007 at 7:46 am
thats what i was thinking it would be funny if all your mates just stumbled across and your pic was up..how would you explain that one away
i dont usually pig out at christmas just…eat a little extra 
:)
July 30th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
I don’t think I’d have to explain anything to them, just say it’s something I do in my spare time, they’d understand, in fact it’d probably explain to them why I buy strangely large quantities of chocolate whenever we go shopping together.
July 30th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
yeah thats true..it must look kind of odd
:) 
ah well it is a bit of fun eh! do you know the trophy biscuit bars?..or does anyone b-cause i was wondering what they were like?
July 31st, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I think I’ve heard of them, but haven’t had them. Have you had the Cappuccino Kit Kats? I saw them in Asda yesterday and meant to pick them up but forgot.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:07 pm
yep ive tried them i bought some the other day *laughs* great minds think alike eh! they taste like a regular kit kat but the chocolate is really really strong coffee me thinks..obviously!
not a very good review but them im not the expert reviewer 
im looking for a really tasty chocolate caramel wafer finger bar any ideas? 
July 31st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Sounds like I’ll have to get some then, and give them an expert review.
Still after caramel stuff? I recommended the Twix before, I guess there are also…Taxi bars? They have caramel and wafer, not sure about anything else…
August 1st, 2007 at 7:45 am
well i have seen loads in the shop..like tunnocks,taxi and a ainsley harriott one :O but i dont know which one to get *laughs* i have som many hard choices in my life dont i
yeah they are tasty they should bring them out in the chunky variety mmm 
i cant believe it 4 weeks and the summers over i dont know whether to smile or cry *laughs* 
:D
February 7th, 2008 at 12:11 am
I had one of these tonight - pretty damn tasty but man look at the nutritional stuff….lucky i only had a small dinner.
I just bought loads of imported candy woohoo!
February 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
More like “man look at the pictures”! I look totally different now and it’s only been half a year. Thanks for commenting and reminding me of this, James!