Cadbury Dairy Milk with Mint Chips
Ugh, minty chocolate. This stuff can either be excellent (ala Peppermint Aero) or terrible (ala everything else), I’d like to think Cadbury’s would do it well but they’re so hit and miss with their range that this bar has the potential to really go either way.
This is another of their Dairy Milk lines, which means it’s a standard Dairy Milk bar with mint chips (similar to the orange chips bar) dotted into it.
The bar has six breakable pieces, each with ‘Cadbury’ etched into the top, biting a piece in half revealed a huge amount of green crystal granules inside, mixed well into the chocolate.
The mint is really tame, but it’s perfect in that aspect. It’s very similar in taste to the Peppermint Aero, only not nearly as strong. The chocolate is surprisingly a stronger flavour, with the mint coming through every now and then. The bar is also slightly crunchy because of the granules.
Personally I don’t think they could have done this any better, I absolutely loved it and my only gripe would be that perhaps it wasn’t minty enough, but I think they got a delicate balance just about right. If you’re a bit wary about minty chocolate then this could be a perfect introduction for you.
Each bar has 245 calories, 3.2g Protein, 30.2g Carbohydrates (27.8g of which sugars) and 12.8g Fat (7.6g of which saturates).
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September 29th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
mmm like this. i like it more than the aero which can sometimes be a bit toothpastey, and if you get the flat version, the paper foil gives it a cardboardy taste. cadbury mint crisp is just yummy. but i prefer the flat 8 square original version - why do they have two versions of all their 8square bars? is it to appeal to younger people or something?
September 29th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
How dare you insult the Aero! I’m not sure what you mean by the 8 square bars, do you mean their King Size bars which have an extra 2 blocks, or have I got that completely wrong?
September 29th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
hmmm i think this tastes more tooth pasty than aero……but i love the crunchy-ness!…….i just wish the mint was stronger
September 29th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
ps i think you ought to know i went to cadbury world today…..haha
September 30th, 2007 at 12:47 am
oh my god alice - you went to HEAVEN?! what was it like? are you on a sugar high? are there people just MADE of chocolate there? am i ill?
oh and i guess you’re right in one way - the mint in the cadburys has more toothpastey TASTING mint flavour but i meant the aero has a more toothpastey TEXTURE.
terry - by 8 square bars i mean like the classic dairymilk bar like in this pic
http://www.thebritishshoppe.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/cadburys%20dairy%20milk%20large.jpg
and don’t worry i am partial to an aero so no blasphemy has been committed but if i want mintiness i will go for the cadbury.
September 30th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
alice - Lucky you, did you get much?
ellie - I’ve never seen that bar before, or at least not in many years. If they are still around though then I guess it would appeal to kids but I’m just guessing really.
September 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
that’s weird i though they were the standard bar size. maybe it’s just here then.
September 30th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
i got several free bars…..then i bought some yummy mis-shapes (chocs gone wrong) and a bag of fudges
September 30th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
oh and ellie…..i didnt see any chocolate people……but one of the “ompa lumpas” (factory workers) was wearing a hair net over his beard
October 1st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
i went to cadbury world when i used to be at school! they give out loadsa free choc lol!!
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:10 am
a hair net over his beard! lmao.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am
We don’t have Cadburyland in the North Island of New Zealand.
We do have a factory down in the South Island (Dunedin) though…