Product name: Dairyfine
Coins: White chocolate
Calories: 135 per 25g serving (486 per 90g bag)
Country of origin: Italy
Calories: 135 per 25g serving (486 per 90g bag)
Country of origin: Italy
I did well out of Santa this year – I had two visits so I’ve
barely scratched the surface on the snacks I received!
Something I happily get in my stocking every year is a bag of chocolate coins and, in recent times, I’ve been particular excited if these have been wrapped in silver foil to indicate white chocolate. This was the case with this bag of Dairyfine Coins: White chocolate which were made for Aldi. As you may remember, I raved about their Choceur Smooth White bar last month but, having checked their website and seeing that this range is specifically aimed at children, I didn’t expect the quality to be as good here.
Something I happily get in my stocking every year is a bag of chocolate coins and, in recent times, I’ve been particular excited if these have been wrapped in silver foil to indicate white chocolate. This was the case with this bag of Dairyfine Coins: White chocolate which were made for Aldi. As you may remember, I raved about their Choceur Smooth White bar last month but, having checked their website and seeing that this range is specifically aimed at children, I didn’t expect the quality to be as good here.
These Coins came presented in the usual way for this type of
seasonal product – in a net bag and shaped and packaged to look like money. In
this case, the label even had a picture of an elf and described the product as ‘elf’s
pocket money’ which I thought was quite sweet. The coins inside came in two
different sizes which represented different ‘values’ – the ‘10 new pence’ coin
had an image of a lion whilst the ‘two pence’ had a more traditional money
design.
These foil wrappers slightly moulded the ‘solid white
chocolate coins shaped pieces’ but this wasn’t as defined as it could have
been. Colour-wise, they looked like standard white chocolate and, despite their
relatively thin disc shapes, they still looked fairly decent sizes, and they
also had a slight white chocolate smell.
The Coins had a really good melt that was smooth and
gradual. However, I found that both sizes were a bit too big to fit in the
mouth comfortably to allow this to happen whole, although they were thick
enough to provide a chunkiness to chew instead.
Now the downside. These just didn’t taste great. They weren’t
very creamy and there was an odd edge to the flavour that I couldn’t work out. They
also weren’t that sweet although this element did increase the more I ate. As
expected, they didn’t seem to be great quality, and it certainly wasn’t
anything like the Choceur
bar. Whilst the basic elements for a good white chocolate were there, the
strange flavour just took over and, I felt, almost tasted like the chocolate
had gone off (it hadn’t!).
Despite my disappointment with the flavour, I did think
these Dairyfine Coins were a good novelty for the Christmas season, and I was
also pleased to see that they were UTZ certified and, therefore, supported
sustainable farming.
Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 6.5/10
Taste: 5.5/10
Texture: 7.5/10
Overall score: 6.75/10
Aroma: 6.5/10
Taste: 5.5/10
Texture: 7.5/10
Overall score: 6.75/10
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