Having nipped into Tesco at the weekend for some milk, a tin of Cadbury Collection biscuits forced itself upon me, accompanied me home and set about making me fatter than ever. I was easily persuaded as the 400g tin had suffered more than one price reduction and was now priced at £2.99. Still ... Read review
Advantages: Thick thick chocolate, great variety, filling, Cadbury.lond end date, lovely Disadvantages: Too moreish and fattening
...some milk, a tin of Cadbury Collection biscuits forced itself upon me, accompanied me home and set about making me fatter than ever. I was easily persuaded as the 400g tin had suffered more than one price reduction and was now priced at £2.99. Still expensive, I hear you say, but they are Cadbury's. So what did this final Christmas blow out offer.
PACKAGING
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The tin is much bigger than it really needs ... ...the nice traditional purple Cadbury colour,
with a classy silver swirl. The tin is oval shaped at the top with a flat bottom so you could stand it on end. Well whatever turns you on, although I guess this means they take up less room in your cupboard. Pull off the tape which covers the join between the lid and the base and you can easily remove the lid. Inside there are details of each of the biscuits.
THE BISCUITS
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Having nipped into Tesco at the weekend for some milk, a tin of Cadbury Collection biscuits forced itself upon me, accompanied me home and set about making me fatter than ever. I was easily persuaded as the 400g tin had suffered more than one price reduction and was now priced at £2.99. Still expensive, I hear you say, but they are Cadbury's. So what did this final Christmas blow out offer.
PACKAGING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The tin is much bigger than it really needs to be for 400g of biscuits. Still it is in the nice traditional purple Cadbury colour, with a classy silver swirl. The tin is oval shaped at the top with a flat bottom so you could stand it on end. Well whatever turns you on, although I guess this means they take up less room in your cupboard. Pull off the tape which covers the join between the lid and the base and you can easily remove the lid. Inside there are details of each of the biscuits.
THE BISCUITS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you open the tin you get that delicious smell of Cadbury's chocolate. It makes your mouth water as the biscuits scream EAT ME. There are nine spaces around the outside and three in the middle and the chocolates actually look like chocolate first and foremost and biscuits as an afterthought. There are nine varieties so here goes.
CRUNCHY RING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thick Cadbury Milk Chocolate covers a crunchy honeycombed biscuit ring.
ORANGE CRUNCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrapped in orange foil this tangy orange biscuit is so fruity that the thick chocolate which covers it tastes orangey also. My favourite.
CADBURY C ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are more of these than the others. The biscuit here is a crisp shortbread whose chocolate is so thick it is almost too much. Not quite though. There is a C emblazoned on the top.
TOFFEE FLAVOUR CREAM WAFER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An oblong wafer which has a lovely toffee flavour. is wrapped in chocolate again and then in a purple wrapper.
OAT AND RASPBERRY CRUNCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thick chocolate here covers a raspberry and oat crunch biscuit which hubby thought tasted of his favourite Raspberry Jam
CHOCOLATE CUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This round biscuit overdoses on chocolate having chocolate inside and out
GOLDEN CREAM CUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This round biscuit has a honeycomb filling and honeycombed flavoured biscuit. Oh and of course it is covered in yummy Cadbury chocolate.
PRALINE FLAVOUR CREAM CUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I had to pick a least favourite this would be it, but only if I had to. Smooth looking on the outside the biscuit under this chocolate is praline flavoured cream.
GINGER FLAVOUR CRUNCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purple foil here hides a round ginger biscuit with the thickest chocolate you have ever seen.
CADBURY CHUNK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At first I thought they had forgot to put the biscuit in this one, a rectangular digestive biscuit with thick chocolate on the outside.
OVERALL ~~~~~~~~~~~ So there you have it. A choice of ten different naughty but nice biscuits. The calories will be high and the fat content appalling but then you know that if you buy these. They look as good as they taste and would grace any table and guests. One or two have the odd swirl of dark chocolate on the outside.
RECOMMENDED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you love chocolate and biscuits you will adore these. I think the full price of between £6 and £7 is far too high but, of course in this post Christmas period, you are bound to be able to buy them on offer. However a word of warning. The tin I bought had an end date of August 2008 and so I thought it would be good to buy them and put them away for when we had visitors perhaps later in the year. However, you have guessed it, they were in the house and open within ten minutes.
Advantages: Great taste Disadvantages: bad for your diet
...as a gift. The normal Cadbury logo is present with a vey stylish font for the words "Milk Chocolate Biscuits", there are also contact details for unsatisfactory customer, and nutritional values.
DOES THE CHOCOLATE MELT EASILY?
It does not melt in your hand so easily, but it will if you put warm hands/fingers onto the chocolate for more than a minute.
JUST FOR CHILDREN?
No, children and adults will love this. There are few people who hate chocolate ... ...who like chocolate.
JUST FOR SWEET TOOTHS?
No, the chocolate is not too sweet, but it is good fro chocolate lovers. But maybe children should be cautious of how much they eat, we have to listen to the dentist sometimes!
PRICE: Not to pricey . I guess it is value for money if you are buying for the brand name, but there are cheaper brands.
AVAILABILITY: I have seen these sold everywhere, in some corner shops to leading supermarkets.
QUANTITY: ...
cheung 28.01.2003
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Advantages: Scrummy thick choclate Disadvantages: MMmm when the tin is empty
This selection of biscuits are what I call absolutely fantastic. I am a real chocolate fan ( oh and biscuit fan as well) I love the way that cadburys have put something in there for everone. On a personal note. I ma not keen on the shortcake ones, but hey you have to share don't you.
What i really love is the thickness of the chocolate on some of the biscuits from the selection. I am sure it is upto half an inch thick in some places. You can go ... ...biscuit ( which with many other brands spoild the entire biscuit)
I had them given for Christmas, but I will certainly look out for them in the fututre
they were a present so not sure on the cost. As for the biscuits there is a whole range, not sure on the names around 20% of themare wrapped biscuits, these were my least favourites. Well them and the shortcake ones. I really enjoyed the octagonal ones they were really tasty. ...
heather2209 04.04.2006
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