The Mighty Mars Bar

Advantages: Classic chocolate bar
Disadvantages: They changed the nougat filling

...This is perhaps the most classic chocolate bar from my childhood. It has long been my favourite as a kid and I sort of have to say it still is so as not to feel as if I have disowned it (sorry Mars Bar but I have found other favourites - I still love you though!). 'A Mars a day helps you work rest and play' - this was the little catchphrase that was associated with Mars Bar. Funny really; it's like saying a chocolate bar a day is good for you. The slogan has now changed to 'Pleasure you can't measure' which definitely seems more appropriate. A standard Mars bar comes at 58g, about 11cm long and 1.8cm high. You'll pay about 32p for this bar in supermarkets which is well below the norm of 50p. They used to be more expensive but in recent years, the classic nougat and caramel filling has obviously lost its appeal as new and more...

LaceyR26 07.06.2009 · Read review
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Energy drink at a great price

Advantages: Cost, Taste
Disadvantages: Not available in pubs's and club's

...This review is on ?Emerge Energy Drink? As I sit here and write this review I wonder how this drink can be sold for 24p which is a saving of over £1.00 if compared to its nearest rival. Now is that because it?s poor taste, nasty ingredients or something else! Well I hope to explain that to you during this review. I am not someone who often reviews food and drink products, so sorry for the layout. I am just reviewing it in the order I like to read. About Emerge Emerge is sold in the UK in most supermarkets, coming in single cans or as part of a multipack you can expect to notice this drink in its bright orange can. Emerge is manufactured and distributed from Derby in England. The company responsible for the production of this drink are Cott, on their website they claim to be one of the largest non alcohol drinks. Cott...

marcellep2 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Cookie bars????

Advantages: got 8 free
Disadvantages: not quite there

...I bought a pack of these as it was 100% extra - 16 bars for the price of 8 and the fact that I thought they would be a treat for my daughter in her lunch box. She sometimes moans that she has too much fruit! I can't remember how much I paid for them, I could guess but I won't bother as I could be way out. I was feeling a little bit peckish one afternoon so I though I would try one, they are all individually wrapped when you open the main packet . 'Cookie bars' what does that mean to you?? Or what do you expect?? To me it means moist crumbly biscuit with lots of chocolate chips in. I opened the wrapper and inside was quite a thick rectangular biscuit I don't know why, but it didn't quite look like I expected it to. Upon tasting it I thought it was a bit dry. Then I realised it's an oaty cookie which was probably why I thought...

rojm 24.02.2009 · Read review
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Daim Bar Education

Advantages: Sweet and crunchy chocolate covered bar
Disadvantages: Cost and calories

...Welcome to the school of Daim bars! School days appear to be getting shorter and much more fun than when I was a girl, so I hope you enjoy my review. Art and Design 6/10 ***************** The brightly coloured wrapper uses recyclable plastic type of paper in 2 primary colours red and blue, with white highlighting behind the name ?DAIM?. On my packets a bold yellow ?35P? is shown as the RRP. A few rays of sunshine are behind the name and a few pieces of broken chocolate bar complete the packet. Teachers comment ? design could be improved. English 7/10 ********* On the back is a list of ingredients, informing us that the bar contains 42% milk chocolate with a Crunchy Almond Caramel Centre. Teachers comment ? good use of descriptive words, but could write more! Geography 7/10 ************* This product is...

jo145 24.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Dime Bar

This could "EMERGE " as the best energy drink!

Advantages: Ok tasting and seems to give a little energy boost.
Disadvantages: Full of sugar and calories.

...I am not nor have I ever been very big into energy drinks but as I get older in years and heavier in weight I seem to rely on them more and more to get me through my hour of five aside football every week. I loathe paying the price for things like red bull and the other leading brands so I often resort to Asda`s own and things like that but the new kid on the block for me is one called Emerge. Emerge is a typical energy drink both in appearance as well as taste, it comes in a long thin can like most other energy drinks and if it were served ice cold in a glass to me I would swear blind it was red bull as there is little or no difference when cold, but if it is not ice cold then there is a bit of a bitterness about the taste in my opinion and I have never noticed this with red bull. Energy drinks are basically soft drinks with added...

thebigc1690 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Drink you, oh yes!

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Me and my mum are huge fans of tea and coffee , and we both have cupboards bulging with different varieties . So, when we spotted Drink Me Chai on sale in Tesco , we snapped up a pack to try . This is a Chai Latte - according the the packet a mixture of sweetened tea, skimmed milk, and exotic spices. There is also a vanilla variety, which naturally has vanilla as well as the spices . Chai as a drink originates in india , and unlike many of the trendy coffee varieties, it just doesn't seem to have hit the big time in the UK coffee bar and restaurant scene yet . Essentially, its milky tea with the addition of exotic spices, such as cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger . To make it, its pretty much like making instant hot chocolate - simply bung the desired amount in a mug, and pour over hot water . There are also alternative...

Thehonesttruth 16.03.2009 · Read review
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Disappointed By A Dime Bar!

Advantages: Some People Seem To Like Them
Disadvantages: High In Calories, Poor Value For Money

...It's been a long time since I last had a Dime Bar but today I found myself buying one on my way home from work when I picked up the evening paper. Since I haven't actually eaten it yet I have decided to be kind to you all and share the experience of its demise with you. THE BACKGROUND Dime Bars are made by Kraft Foods Ltd and are particularly popular in Scandinavia where they are known as Daim Bars. They are also popular elsewhere in Europe with the major markets being in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK and Ireland. THE PRODUCT Dime Bars are described as a Milk Chocolate Bar with a crunchy Almond and Caramel centre. Some of you will probably remember the bizarre TV adverts with Harry Enfield from a few years ago where they were compared with Armadillo's and described as being " Smooth...

micksheff 01.11.2005 · Read review
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SPECIAL KARIMKHA GUIDE TO BARS!

Advantages: No need for preparation, fast and great taste,
Disadvantages: Some odd after taste and a little sweet.

...Even though I wake up very early in the morning, around 5 am daily (even at the weekends!), I hardly find time to have a decent breakfast for many reasons . . . I rarely feel hungry in the morning after drinking my coffee in a gigantic mug; I find most food dull and boring. In addition to these reasons is the most important reason: my obsession with Ciao and dooyoo! Unlike the majority of girls who (in my experience) spend hours of their time applying make up and styling their hair . . . I spend my few hours in the morning checking the net (this is very true); then I discover that it's nearly 9am so I run to work without any breakfast (and I've got Ciao, or dooyoo, to blame)! Some people do miss out this meal or just pay no attention to it, because either they don't have time (like me) or they want to lose weight, which is very...

karimkha 27.12.2008 (29.12.2008) · Read review
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Review of Kellogg's Special K Bars

A useful replacement for the Wii sensor bar

Advantages: A relatively cheap spare sensor bar. Good for a second TV or a quick replacement.
Disadvantages: The cable is still flimsy. Other sensor bars are even cheaper.

...The Wii might have been the best thing to happen to console gaming since, well, at least the Xbox 360, but the need to install the sensor bar rather ties you to a particular television. It works via two infra-red LEDs which send out signals that are picked up by the Wii-mote which calculates its position via triangulation; accelerometers in the Wii-mote allow it to recalculate its position when out of sight. Since all the complicated electronics are in the Wii-mote and the console, the sensor bar is a relatively simple bit of kit; it is, however, crucial to the operation of the console as a whole. Wii-motes will just about work without it for a while, but will regularly cut-out and drift off-target. If you're the sort of person with multiple TVs in the household and want to move your Wii around you've got to remove and re...

Phantom_Wombat 04.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of GAME GAMEware Wii Sensor Bar

So what, I drink rockstar, but I`m not hyper...tralala

Advantages: Tastes nice and comes in a good looking tin.
Disadvantages: Does not do much for energy levels in my opinion.

...Energy drinks come in so many fashions these days, probably the most popular or at least the most well known is Red Bull, then you have all the others that are looking for a piece of the energy drink market with everyone from the Lucozade brand down to asda and Tesco themselves offering drinks that will supposedly fill you with energy. I have yet to see any positive proof that these really do give you any more energy than that, that you would get from any other fizzy drink and it is basically all down to the glucose and sugar contents these drinks have, which is also why they all taste so sickeningly sweet. So then is there an energy drink out there that I do like then? Well yes actually there is and it goes by the name ?Rockstar?. The Rockstar energy drink has a much less sweet taste to it, it is still sweet of course but nowhere...

thebigc1690 20.02.2009 · Read review
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