McVitie's Hobnobs: Flapjacks (nobbly)

Product name: McVitie’s Hobnobs: Flapjacks (nobbly)
Purchase details: £0.65 for a 170g packet of five flapjacks (tesco.com)
Calories: 151 per 35g flapjack
Country of origin: UK

Tonight’s review will only be short as these nobbly McVitie’s Hobnobs: Flapjacks were almost identical to the milk choc ones – they just came in an orange wrapper and without a topping!

Despite the overall product description being the same, the quantities were slightly adjusted in this recipe to fill the gap the chocolate had previously filled: the rolled oats took up 45% of each bar rather than 41%, there was 13% golden syrup instead of 12%, 10% butter over 9%, and 28% ‘Hobnob biscuit pieces’ in place of the milk choc's 25%.

The lack of chocolate (and slightly higher biscuit content) meant the plain flapjack looked a bit crumbier. However, its scent was unchanged.

Although the taste was basically the same, the lack of chocolate actually allowed me to appreciate the base flavour more, and the syrupy kick it had. I wasn’t expecting this outcome since I hadn’t found the chocolate to be very noticeable on the milk choc version but it obviously did make some difference, no matter how small!

I also found that this nobbly flapjack felt a bit moister whilst still allowing an added crisp from the biscuit pieces to break through.

Another enjoyable little treat!

Appearance: 7/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 8/10
Texture: 7.5/10
Overall score: 7.38/10

McVitie's Hobnobs: Flapjacks (milk choc)

Product name: McVitie’s Hobnobs: Flapjacks (milk choc)
Purchase details: £0.65 for a 170g packet of five flapjacks (tesco.com)
Calories: 154 per 35g flapjack

Country of origin: UK

As a lover of Hobnobs, chocolate and flapjacks, I couldn’t resist buying these McVitie’s Hobnobs: Flapjacks (milk choc) when I spotted them on offer. The appetising photo on the front of the eye-catching pale blue and orange wrapper helped too!

The individually wrapped bars were made by United Biscuits and contained no artificial flavours or colours. They contained 41% ‘rolled oats baked with Hobnob biscuit pieces’ (25%), 12% golden syrup, 9% butter, and were ‘topped with milk chocolate’ (8%). Apparently they were ‘even more hobnobbly’ but I wasn’t sure if this was compared to the standard biscuits or a previous version of this Flapjack recipe!

The flapjacks were a nice golden colour but did look a little dry – I would have liked to see a thicker layer of chocolate too. However, they still looked delicious, and they also had a lovely deep and buttery flapjack scent.

Biting into a slightly stiff, chewy and bitty bar, I loved the buttery and oaty flavour which had an ever-present juicy, syrupy undertone. It was certainly drier than homemade flapjacks, too, but it was still extremely pleasant.

Unfortunately, the chocolate didn’t really add anything, but then this product was tasty enough by itself – money well spent!

Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 7.5/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.25/10