Cadbury Crispello

Place purchased: Wise Choice British Foods, Gifts & Candies, Dayton, OH

Number of reviewers: 3

Appearance - 6.7

The package contains three Crispello pieces. Each piece looks like a tall, chocolate coated pillow with a chocolate base. The Crispello is comprised of three layers. The majority of the product is the chocolate flavored filling, which is encapsulated by a thin wafer coated in milk chocolate. 

E: Cool! Like a rectangular mushroom. 
E2: Looks like a big chocolate diamond. 

Flavor and Taste - 1.7 

Despite being mostly chocolate, the Crispellos hardly taste like it. The chocolate coating is sweet, but does not taste like chocolate. The cream by itself just tastes fatty. No chocolate flavor or sweetness, just fat. The wafer does not contribute much flavor while eating the Crispello, so the flavor is just sweet and fatty. 

E: Blech! Some of the worst chocolate I have ever tasted.
E2: Sour dairy more than chocolate. 

Texture - 5.0

The outer chocolate seems too soft and ended up melting all over my fingers. The wafer is crispy and light, akin to the texture of a cake cone. The filling is thick and soft, but also coats the mouth. Together, the Crispello is initially crispy but then gives way to the soft fattiness of the filling.  

E: Crunchy wafer and creamy filling. 
E2: I like the crispy wafer - reminds me of a cake cone. Inside is chalky. 

Aftertaste - 2.3

The cake cone-like flavor of the wafer comes out in the aftertaste. The Crispellos are also unexpectedly astringent, which I assume was caused by the filling.  

E: Sour dairy. 
E2: Sour dairy, banana, oat. So strange. 

Overall - 2.7

Overall, Cadbury Crispello is a dismal product. While the front of the package reads, "Double Choc," the chocolate flavor is undetectable. Instead, the Crispellos are sweet and fatty with a strong astringency. I am shocked this was released under the Cadbury brand. 

E: Really bad. The chocolate tastes almost rancid. 

Dairy Milk Bubbly Mint

Place purchased: Canada

Number of reviewers: 7

Appearance - 7.7

The Dairy Milk Bubbly Mint bar is segmented into different sized bubble-shaped pieces. The bar has an aerated milk chocolate base below a white, mint-flavored layer and another coating of milk chocolate. The thickness of the mint layer in each piece differs due to the variation in height of each piece. 

E: Really bubbly! Intriguing, but mostly weird. 
J: Cool raised and interesting aerated appearance. 
S: I really like the bubbly chocolate bar.

Flavor and Taste - 7.1

At first, the flavor is mostly just sweet milk chocolate. The mint flavor develops as the chocolate is chewed and the milk chocolate flavor dissipates. The mint flavor is slightly cooling from the menthol in the peppermint oil.

C: Nice minty flavor, reminds me of Andes mints, but a little bit creamier. 
E: Disappointing. Way too sweet, kind of sour, and ultimately lacking in punch. 
J: Great cool mint flavor. Sweet chocolate.
L2: Minty is good, not too much. 
S: Soft mint, blends well with the chocolate.
Y: Overall yummy. A little sweet to me, though. 

Texture - 7.2

The mint layer is thick and creamy in comparison to the aerated chocolate, which is rather crumbly. While this does provide textural contrast, it is not a pleasant one. 

C: Nice and creamy, soft.
E: Crumbly and chewy simultaneously. 
J: Very smooth and creamy chocolate. The air bubbles aren't doing much for me. 
L2: Smooth mouthfeel.
S: Interesting when you let it melt on your tongue. Creamy. Top half is creamy, but thicker.
Y: Smooth and soft.

Aftertaste - 6.8

The aftertaste is pepperminty and slightly sweet. 

C: Minty chocolate. 
E: Weird, medicinal minty aftertaste.
J: Mostly mint.
S: Mint is stronger in the aftertaste. 
Y: Clean. 

Overall - 7.2

Overall, I enjoyed the flavor of the Dairy Milk Bubbly Mint bar and how it transitions from milk chocolate to mint. I do not think the aerated chocolate works well in this application, however, as it gives a crumbly texture when chewing. 

E: Really not a fan. 
J: Great candy!

Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel Popcorn

Place purchased: Food Basics, Windsor, Canada

Number of reviewers: 4

Appearance - 7.4 

The chocolate bar is comprised of milk chocolate with a layer of whole caramel corn pieces lining the bottom of the bar. 

C: I like that you can see there is a lot of popcorn in the candy.

S: I really like the caramel corn pieces in it. 

Flavor and Taste - 7.4 

The milk chocolate is sweet and creamy. The caramel corn adds saltiness and a slight caramel flavor that is mostly lost under the chocolate. 

C: Chocolate is the predominant flavor, but get a little bit of popcorn as well. 

E: Salty caramel corn adds a nice punch.

S: So delicious! 

Texture - 7.3 

The caramel corn is very crunchy, which is a nice contrast to the soft and smooth milk chocolate. 

C: Popcorn is crisp and crunchy, not soggy. Popcorn is only a thin layer on the bottom. It would be nice if there were pieces throughout. 

E: The crunch is fun, but there are some tough kernel pieces.  

S: Crunchy goodness.

Aftertaste - 6.8 

Milk chocolate is the predominate aftertaste until I pried the caramel corn pieces from my molars. Then the aftertaste was of sweet caramel. 

C: Chocolaty. 

E: A little sour. 

S: Tastes like caramel corn and chocolate. 

Overall - 7.4

Overall, the Dairy Milk Caramel Popcorn bar is a fantastic chocolate bar. The caramel corn pieces are large, plentiful, and provide a pleasant textural contrast to the sweet milk chocolate. 

E: Pretty good! Chocolate and caramel is always a winning combo, and the crunchy popcorn was fun. 

S: Delicious! 

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! Cookie Dough

Place purchased: Food Basics, Windsor, Canada

Number of reviewers: 5

Appearance - 7.2

The Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! Cookie Dough bar consists of Cadbury Diary Milk chocolate with large, beige-colored cookie dough pieces scattered throughout the bar. 

Flavor and Taste - 6.7

The bar tastes primarily of sweet milk chocolate. The cookie dough has a faint vanilla flavor, but otherwise is hardly noticeable in terms of taste. 

C: The cookie dough flavor is very mild. It's mostly just chocolate and sweet.

E: I like the chocolate and cookie dough combo less than I expected. It's very sweet, but the flavor complexity is lacking. 

L: The chocolate is delish. Can't really taste the cookie dough. 

S: Tastes like chocolate chip cookie dough. Good ratio.

Texture - 5.7

The milk chocolate is very smooth. The cookie dough pieces are grainy, reminiscent of cookie batter. 

C: The texture of the cookie dough pieces are a little like the pieces in ice cream, but then have a texture like marshmallows. Also, the pieces are very dry.

E: I'm not crazy about the texture. The dough part is very chewy, which reads funny in the chocolate bar. 

L: The 'cookie dough' is super drying.

S: Huge lumps of cookie dough, so it was gritty like cookie dough.

Aftertaste - 5.6

The aftertaste is chocolaty and very sweet. 

C: A little gritty and chocolaty. 

E: A little sour, but I think that's just the chocolate.

L: Kind of gets stuck in your throat from all the dryness. 

S: Slightly strange. Kind of artificial tasting. 

Overall - 6.2

The Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! Cookie Dough bar was not bad. However, the bar was more like milk chocolate with grainy spheres than a chocolate bar highlighting cookie dough inclusions due to the lack of flavor from the cookie dough bits.

E: It's chocolate, but it didn't wow me. 

S: Pretty good.