A rather odd After Eight product here, these have been around for a couple of years now, and I’ve never been tempted to buy them, I keep expecting them to disappear soon though, and so here we are.

These come in a cylindrical tub, about 15cm tall. It’s fairly plain to look at, and I’m surprised it has a grey theme, as opposed to the normal dark green/black theme After Eight has. These are billed as “Plain chocolate straws with a smooth mint centre”. Harmless enough, right?

The tub opens at the bottom for some reason, as you can see in the picture the outer container twists off, revealing a half-container inside, with the straws inside there. It seems like an odd design to me but I was just glad they didn’t fall everywhere.

Their initial appearance reminds me of pocky, except these are all chocolate, no hint of biscuit. As billed, the chocolate is filled with the typical After Eight peppermint fondant creme. They’re extremely soft and melty at room temperature, whether that’s good or bad is down to you.

Basically they’re After Eight in straw form. As an After Eight fan I quite enjoyed these, the chocolate doesn’t seem to be as dark and they’re not quite as strong, and that seems to suit them better. They’re kinda expensive and almost pointless though, and I can’t see myself being tempted enough to buy them again.

Per 100g (the entire tube is 90g) these have 526 calories, 5.1g Protein, 56.6g Carbohydrates and 31g Fat. Per straw they have 24 calories and 1.4g Fat.