Nestles After Eight, or at anytime

Advantages: A rich bittersweet mint fondant cream
Disadvantages: None

...Tradition is very hard to ignore and each year there are some traditions that we all follow religiously classing it as almost irreverent to do otherwise. Without fail at the beginning of every December we all flock to the supermarkets in our droves to buy the celebratory goodies that we MUST have, in case an unexpected visitor should turn up at the front door and demand that hazelnut whirl that we inadvertently forgot to buy. So traditionally our cupboard should harbour at least one tin of Cadburys Roses or Nestle Quality Street, a family sized bag of KP Salted nuts, a box of Eat Me Dates, a box of Jacobs Cheeselets, a net of mixed nuts with shells intact and don?t ever forget to pick up the box of After Eight mints, a tradition in themselves. Never mind that we start off in January with a host of unwanted strawberry and coffee...

Sarahjh1 26.02.2009 · Read review
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Nestle After Eight Mint Thins

Advantages: Very tasy!
Disadvantages: Hard to eat just one

...I can remember After Eight Mint Chocolates from when I was a child. They were new and ever so slightly exotic, I seem to remember. They were Rowntree's After Eight Mint Chocolates. But due to International conglomerate take-overs, they are now made by the Swiss-based firm, Nestle. Or Nestles as the we politically incorrect like to call it. Anyway, Nestles themselves started the Nestles thing off. Remember the adverts for the Milkybar Kid? "The Milkybar Kid is strong and tough?" Why? Because he ate "Nestles Milkybar". They pronounced it Nestles in the advert, not Nestle, with the character over the last e. But I digress. After Eight Thin Chocolate Mints come in a long rectangular box, and each chocolate is individually placed in its own individual rather stylish open-topped black paper holder. Each After Eight Thin Chocolate Mint...

Martinscholes 04.01.2006 · Read review
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After Eights very moreish

Advantages: A British institution brilliant
Disadvantages: You wont stop eating them

...Nestle After Eights are so so good. These are a national institution and are mandatory in our house at Christmas time. For anybody that doesn't know these they are wafer thin dark chocolates with a mint sticky cream in the middle. And the combination of the two together works brilliantly. They are square about 3cm x 3cm and they come in a long box and each delicious one is in its own dark envelope. The dark chocolate seems to be very high quality and melts really quickly as they are so thin. When they melt in your mouth the mint and dark chocolate just mix in together. As the name says they are meant to be eaten after 8 o'clock at night or after dinner and they are perfect when you have had a really nice dinner and just want something small and sweet. We actually store them in the fridge before we eat them and it really...

trevn74 03.08.2009 · Read review
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After Eight? Not a hope - they will all be gone by then!

Advantages: Taste yummy, not too sickly, good price
Disadvantages: too much packaging

...I was in Co-op reccently and saw they had After Eight chocolates on offer for £2 and they also had an extra 50% free in them ( usually 300g, these had 450g), knowing my mum likes these I got 2 boxes, one for her birthday and one to put out at Christmas. Unfortunatly temptation got the better of me and I opened a box and ate them ( not all at once though! ) so I thought I had better write a review to make myself feel a little better about it - afterall it is necessary to have a fresh and reccent experience of a product to be able to write a good review right???? So, as you can see from the photo the box is a very dark green colour and the writing is white. After Eight are made by Nestle and was first established in 1962. The chocolates themselves are square shape and are lined up neatly inside the box, each has its own...

kalliemaile 14.12.2009 · Read review
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After Eight Chocs

Advantages: Super taste, quality assured
Disadvantages: One is never enough

...When I was a child, we used to have these chocolates as a special treat usually at Christmas time. I always thought they were a special and probably very expensive too. They always remind me as elegant Dinner Parties and by gone days. After Eight's have been made by Nestle since 1962. They originally were made in 300g boxes, but since then the company have expanded the range and it now includes a 150g bag, After Eight straws, blocks and bit size. Packaging This seems timeless itself. It is an elegant rectangular box, with stylish After Eight on every side but the bottom. It is on a dark green background that presumably signifies night time. It clearly shows the nutrition information on one side. There is no danger of the box opening as it is protected by a clear film that must be removed before it can be opened. And unlike...

limara111 19.10.2008 · Read review
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It's Never Too Late For An After Eight!

Advantages: Very Tasty
Disadvantages: One Is Never Enough

...If there is one thing that is as predictable as rain on a Bank Holiday weekend then it was receiving a box of After Eight Mints from my Grandma for Christmas. Nestle After Eight Mints are the subject of my latest review and for me this choice is quite poignant as my Gran sadly died a few weeks ago so not only will this be a lonely Christmas this year without her, it looks like it could be my first Christmas without a box of these wonderful chocolate mints too. The Background After Eight mints are made by Nestle and were launched back in 1963. Today they are sold in over 60 different countries worldwide and are the biggest selling mint chocolate in the UK and also the biggest selling in the world. The Product Range Following the initial success of the After Eight Dinner Mints Nestle introduced a whole range of other products...

micksheff 11.08.2005 · Read review
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It's always After Eight ...

Advantages: They're made of chocolate!
Disadvantages: None

...'t know much about them. The chocolates have been made by Nestle, one of the largest chocolate makers in the world, since 1963. They are the world's best selling mint. Nestle began life in the 1860s when Henri Nestle, a pharmacist, developed a milk for babies. In the late 1800s there was a large chocolate company called Peter, Cailler, Kohler. Daniel Peter, the founder of this company, was the first person to combine milk and cocoa powder to form chocolate, in 1875. He also happened to be a friend and neighbour of Henri Nestle. Peter, Cailler, Kohler relied on Nestle for the milk that went into their chocolate, and in 1929 the two companies merged and began producing some of the world's best chocolates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Packaging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After Eights come in a dark green box, you know the one, with the fancy writing...

Cat2005 05.07.2005 · Read review
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After Eights, Jim...but not as we know them!!

Advantages: Intense mint chocolate flavour
Disadvantages: Not as high quality as the originals

...I have to admit to having a problem with the structure and direction of this review, because whilst the Straws themselves are great and very "moreish", I have always found the idea of these Straws to be a slight "dumbing down" of the classic After Eight mints, and to being slightly concerned that this is what the future holds from Nestle. The classic square After Eight mints have been in production since the 1960's, effectively defining the idea of "after dinner mints" to the general population. Whilst the presentation of the standard mints has changed very little in that time (the crispy outer shell, slightly liquid fondant centre, the individual wrappings and the trademark green box changing very little over the years), Nestle have tried to vary the product from time to time with a range of boxed chocolates and drinks. However...

stevielad123 02.12.2006 · Read review
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Why wait til after Eight

Advantages: Less pacakging than traditional After Eight
Disadvantages: None it's chocolate

...After Eight Straws After eight Straws come in two flavours that I have found, Grand Marnier and the traditional mint. The first time I bought them was in a 4 pack for over Christmas, this was the first time I had actually seen them in the shops. In the pack of 4 were two cylinders of the Grand Marnier and tow cylinders of the Mint. I haven't seen the Grand Marnier ones since Christmas though. I have bought them since but always separately. If I bought a pack of 4 I would eat them all in about 2 days, which is not good for the waste line. So I have now restricted myself to only buying one packet at a time, when we are having guests for dinner. They are the perfect accompaniment to coffee at the end of the meal just as the traditional mints are. The Packaging: The straws come in a cylindrical cardboard tube, the mint ones are...

drow22 20.02.2007 · Read review
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Nestle Rolo, a sweet treat

Advantages: A delicious chocolate caramel
Disadvantages: High in sugar

...Would I give you my last one? No, Not on your nellie!! I always think that a packet of Rolo`s works out quite expensive at around 50p a throw. Maybe Nestles see them as being labour intensive so they can justify the price. BOGOF in the supermarkets or a multipack that are near to their sell by date in our local discount store is the only way that any Rolo`s find their way through my front door. The Other Half loves them, he opens the packet and just feeds them into his mouth one after another, using his mouth like a postbox! This is where we differ, he likes them straight out of the packet and warm, I like them well chilled (no ice ) so that they need working on. If the chocolate doesn't present any challenge in the sucking department then it can be a bit boring. I'm going to have a guess here and say that a tube of Rolo...

Sarahjh1 21.02.2009 · Read review
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