McVitie's Mini Jaffa Cakes

THE PRODUCT ITSELF Jaffa Cakes are really quite unique. They are different from other biscuits and are more like cakes than biscuits. I think of biscuits as being 'hard' and 'crunchy'. Jaffa Cakes, however, are light, soft and spongey. The base consists of a light sponge cake and the top is an orangey jelly covered in a thin layer of plain chocolate. Jaffa Cakes are made by McVities. In standard packs there are 12 individual 'cakes', and in smaller ...
...Cakes are bright and appealing. The lettering of 'Jaffa Cakes' is like orange peel and stands out against a dark blue background. The box is very easy to open thanks to a tear away strip at one end of the box. Inside, the biscuits are wrapped to ensure lasting freshness. SMELL AND TASTE On opening the wrapper, you are greeted by the smell of dark chocolate. As you take a bite, you can taste the chocolate and the sponge immediately. The sponge melts ...

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My youngest daughter is 3 years old and whenever I take her food shopping she always asks for McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes. The ones I buy her are the mini variety. These come in packs of 6 lunch pods and cost around £1.35. Mini Jaffa Cakes are ideal for my daughter as each pod contains 6 mini Jaffa cakes. These plastic orange pods are joined together and folded into an oblong shape and held together by a outer cover of cardboard. When the cardboard ...
...they are easy to separate along the serrated edges. Once one pod has been pulled off there is a thin plastic lid which can be lifted up at one end and easily pulled off revealing 6 small dark chocolate, sponge cakes that are more like biscuits than cakes. The packaging has the McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes logo in orange writing on it with a blue background, but it also clearly states that these are the mini variety. Each Jaffa cake has a thin layer ...

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We love Jaffa Cakes in our family. All of us. My hubby and I enjoyed them but then my little girl tried them somewhere when she was about 2 years old and we all ended up addicted. Having recently visited my sister who adores her niece she of course stocked up on her fav's. And she bought the little mini ones because she knows I like the idea of portion control. ***Packaging*** McVities Jaffa Cakes are all the same colour and this one is no exception. ...
...lid and orange writing. Six pods are sold together and wrapped in similar coloured cardboard. The little pods are sturdy and i feel this is important so that the lovely little cakes inside are not damaged. One problem for little ones though is that they can be difficult to open. But then again this can also be an advantage. ***The Smell and Taste Test*** When you pop open the little pod there is a nice smell of dark chocolate, not too strong though. ...

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Recently I started giving my daughter packed lunches for school, mainly as a way of keeping tabs on what she was eating. Normally she has a biscuit of some sort in her lunchbox so when I came across McVities Mini Jaffa cakes last week, I had to buy them. Found alongside the biscuit display in most supermarkets and not among cakes as it's name would suggest, Mini Jaffa Cakes come in a pack of 6 orange pod containers. The outer layer is blue with McVities ...
...are jopined by an easy-tear serrated edge. There is a thin cellophane layer which you peel back to find 6 mini jaffas. Like the original Jaffa Cakes the mini variety have a soft sponge bottom wtth a delicious orange jelly filling topped with dark chocolate. The sweet, tangy orange and bitter dark chocolate compliment each other making these cakes very moreish indeed. Widely available in most supermarkets, Mini Jaffa Cakes are quite reasonably priced. ...

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Made by McVities Jaffa cakes have always been a firm favourite in our house. Since the standard boxes of jaffas which we always used to have McVities have progressed to make the wonderful Mini Jaffa Cakes. They are exactly the same as standard jaffas but are wrapped in little individual orange cartons, individually sealed meaning they are ideal for lunch boxes, snacks and picnics. These are easily recognisable and are located with other jaffa cakes ...
...find that most smaller shops only stock normal boxes of jaffas rather than the mini packs. If you don't know what the packaging is like, it is mainly orange with a blue lid with 'mini jaffa cakes' written in big orange letters across the front. Each little carton has a blue peel back lid and contains six mini jaffas. On opening the carton the smell is there and smells of delicious orange. This really is the main smell, you can't really smell the ...

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Its 11 o clock im bored sat at work, and im starving, lucky i put a jaffa cake bar in my bag this morning!! The bars are foil wrapped, and dark blue with bright orange writing, very attractive, and the character on the front. The wrappers have different jaffa cake characters on the front, mine is Za Za. A spiky bright orange thing with high heals on and big flutery eye lashes. I dont know what the other characters are (sorry) this is my first bar. ...
...supermarket for 97p. Quite cheap actualy! The back has the nutrional information in white: Per cake. Calories 129(not bad) Protein 1.2g Carbohydrates 18.6g Fat 5.5g(not bad). Its also suitable for vegetarians, as it says so on the back!! It also has the ingredients on the back. The bar is the bottom bit of the normal jaffa cake (you know the spongey bit) then a thick layer of gooey orangey jam and covered in a thin layer of dark chocolate. ...

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Jaffa Cakes, are they a biscuit, are they a cake? Who cares because they taste so great! For those of you who aren’t sure what a mini Jaffa Cake is, it’s about the size of a 50p piece and is made up of three layers. At the bottom a light almost cloud like fluffy sponge. The middle is a refreshing tangy orange jelly. The top consists of a sheet of milk chocolate that just melts in your mouth. Before I go any further I would lie to point out that ...
...crisis. Sometimes they are put with the biscuits, and in other supermarkets and corner shops put them with the cakes! I have been known to throw a wobbly in supermarket if I can’t find them! So how does it line up? Typical values per cake Energy = 21kcal Protein = 0.2g Carbohydrate = 3.4g (of which sugars) = 2.6g Fat = 0.7g Fibre = 0.2g Sodium =Trace As you can see from the table above Jaffa Cakes are a low fat snack. The are often ...

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The Jaffa cake by McVities is in a league of its own. It can't really be compared to any cake or biscuit and has a standard above all. The Jaffa Cake is possibly one of my favourite snacks. it can be eaten day or night at home or in the office. Costing around 89p, which was the price I paid from Tesco, a packet containing twelve is a total bargain. (Unless like me you can eat a whole pack in the time it takes for the kettle to boil). Each Jaffa ...
...which compared to most biscuits, is exceptionally good. So eating the whole box is 528 calories and 12 grams of fat (compared to a bourbon biscuit at 4grams of fat per biscuit, this is pretty good even for the whole packet!). I love Jaffa cakes because they have everything you want in a snack. They have chocolate, just enough to get the taste and to fulfil the cravings, they have orange jelly which is quite a distinct and strong taste bringing refreshment ...

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You are on a diet but you need a cake or biscuit or something equally sweet… what do you do? Simply, just have a pack of Mini Jaffa Cakes. Each pack contains 6 cakes and adds up to 156 calories for all 6. Not only that but they are also low in fat. They have a nice tangy orange centre of which has a jelly type texture, this lays on a sponge-type base which is very light and the cakes is then topped off with a thin layer of dark chocolate over ...
...different texture and taste they are equally as good, if not better than the normal sized Jaffa’s. The best thing about the Mini’s are that you can eat a whole pack and not feel guilty. The problem I used to have with the normal sized Jaffa cakes was once I open the pack I had to eat them all…. And was riddle with guilt afterwards for being so greedy. You can find the Mini Jaffa Cakes in most supermarkets and cost around £0.98p. ...

CatK 08.01.2003 (10.01.2003) · Read full review
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these mini jaffa cakes have featured when i go away in my packed lunches for many years now and are well and truly delicious, i often find my self shoving more than one in at a time then thinking that i want more, or eating the sponge first then orangy bit then chocoalte to make it all last that little bit longer. The actual packing is very eye catching and appealing with its bright orance tub like container and messages on the front, each box you ...

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Don’t get me wrong, I do like this product. I mean… its tasty, aesthetically pleasing on the package front and a nice price. All that bothers me is the size of the package, its too flippin’ small. There isn’t really much I can say on this product. The look of the package is average, but small, the product itself if really quite nice and good value for money, and jaffa cakes have always been around. Comparing this product to other products mcvistie’s ...

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