Advantages: Great sponge, creamy vanilla filling. Disadvantages: Packaging shows that this is cheap.
When visiting my Mothers recently for Sunday lunch it was my turn to take along some dessert and so I popped in to Asda in Harlow town and purchased a couple of these little bargains!
The packaging is very simple it is clear allowing you to see the swiss roll within and it has the basic green and white, easily recognisable, Smart Price packaging which makes it stand out on the shelf and shows me instantly that this is probably at a bargain price & at 15p I would definitely agree with my standard assumption.
The roll itself is chocolate sponge which has been rolled and filled with vanilla cream and this gives a great swirl pattern throughout the roll meaning then when cut each slice has a lovely pattern to it. The chocolate sponge is lovely and moist and the vanilla filling is very creamy and tasty and the two products compliment each ...
Advantages: High quality, deliscious chocolatety drink with added vitamins and minerals Disadvantages: Slightly more expensive than rivals
Twinings Swiss chocolate drink is a hot chocolate powder drink made by hating up milk on the hob or in the microwave and the instructions say 'pour over' 3-4 heaped teaspoons of chocolate powder, although I find it works just as well to stir in the powder. The result is a delicious hot chocolate that rivals some of the hot chocolate I have recently had in cafes. The drink is smooth and rich (particularly when you use 5 teaspoons of powder), and goes well with cake and biscuits or as an evening beverage.
I am very fussy with my hot chocolate and won't drink and of the 'instant' drinks made with water. I have tried galaxy and Green & Blacks Organic (which I found too bitter), but remained loyal to Cadbury Drinking chocolate for hot milk until I tried the Twinings. The Twinings is more expensive than the Cadburys, but at £2.99 for 350g ...
Advantages: Bargain, sweet and creamy, lovely flavours Disadvantages: Moorish;
Sometimes you just fancy a nice light sweet snack and sponge cake is usually my preference to satisfy this, in particular Swiss Roll. Now, I actually picked mine up from Asda, not Switzerland so there is still point in you reading this review.
A Swiss Roll is a flat sponge cake made without the use of any fat - just eggs, flour, and sugar and is baked in a shallow tin. It is then spread with filling and rolled up into a cylinder so that the sponge and filling is swirly. You can purchase chocolate and cream filling versions, plain jam versions, lemon, etc... I used to get confused with 'Roulade' which is sort of the same, except it's a meringue that is rolled up, not sponge.
I picked the 'Strawberry' Swiss roll with a vanilla cream flavouring. Asda have a Smart Price mini swiss roll for 13p with just jam in it so if you've never ...
