Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Coconut creams

Product name: Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Coconut creams
Purchase details: £0.89 for a multipack of six packs of six biscuits (Home Bargains)
Calories: 64 per biscuit (384 per pack)
Country of origin: UK 

I’ve finally got to the end of my Hill Biscuits Snack Packs variety pack and my last review is of the flavour I suspected I would enjoy the most – the Coconut creams.

The biscuits used in this variety were identical to the ones used for the Custard, Orange and Strawberry creams. The cream, though, was a pure white colour and so the overall appearance was fresher.

 

These biscuits did have a coconut scent that hit me every now and then, but it was the taste that I was most interested in. I tried a bit of the cream on its own, first, and found that it had the same soft, slightly grainy texture that all the other versions had. Flavour-wise, it actually had a really creamy taste, with hints of coconut, and I found it to be very pleasant. Even better was the fact that it wasn’t overly sweet and had a more subtle taste than the Custard creams. 

When eating the biscuits as a whole, the coconut flavour was minimal, which was a shame but, on the plus side, I found they tasted like how I expected the Custard creams to taste since the vanilla was noticeable and they weren’t too sugary at all.

 

I really enjoyed these Coconut creams – they were simple but very tasty. I’d certainly have no objections to buying them again, although they did lack the tangy excitement provided by the Orange creams.

Appearance: 8.5/10
Aroma: 7.5/10
Taste: 7/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.5/10

Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Digestive creams

Product name: Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Digestive creams
Purchase details: £0.89 for a multipack of six packs of six biscuits (Home Bargains)
Calories: 64 per biscuit (384 per pack)
Country of origin: UK 

I’m nearly at the end of my Hill Biscuits Snack Packs variety pack and, today, it’s the turn of the Digestive creams. 

I found this a slightly strange concept since I don’t think I’ve ever had a digestive biscuit in anything other than a smooth, round form, so having a rectangular shape with a raised pattern was a bit unusual for me. Aside from this change, though, these were identical to the Custard creams – the colour of the biscuit was simply a bit darker and more of an oatmeal colour, and also contained the usual wheat flakes. They didn’t look quite as appealing as the Custard creams but there was more of a contrast between the two parts of the biscuits.

These biscuits smelt identical to the Custard creams and the filling was also the same. However, I could taste the digestive flavour coming through which resulted in the overall experience being slightly less sweet. Whilst I preferred the flavour provided by the original biscuits, I did like how these digestive ones did stop the sugary cream being quite so powerful.

Whilst not massively different from the other varieties in the packet, these Digestive creams did have a slightly thicker texture due to the little flecks that are present in this type of biscuit. I found this to be less preferable but, in reality, it didn’t make a massive difference.

These Digestive creams were fine for what they were but I felt the differences in flavour and texture were so minimal in comparison to the Custard creams that it just didn’t seem worth the effort.

Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 6.5/10
Texture: 6.5/10
Overall score: 6.88/10

Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Strawberry creams

Product name: Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Strawberry creams
Purchase details: £0.89 for a multipack of six packs of six biscuits (Home Bargains)
Calories: 64 per biscuit (384 per pack)
Country of origin: UK 

Continuing my reviews of Hill Biscuits Snack Packs, tonight it’s time for the Strawberry creams.

 

The biscuits used for this variety looked identical to the Custard creams and Orange creams but the cream centre looked far more exciting – it was baby pink in colour so was cute and different.

These Strawberry creams emitted a strong aroma which was fruity but not in a natural way. Instead, it made me think of bubblegum.

I tried a bit of the cream before anything else and it actually caused me to voice the word ‘WOAH!’ – it was so sugary on its own. I also noted that it wasn’t very fruity in flavour and tasted more like Calpol. When combined with the biscuit, though, the flavour wasn’t as overwhelming and it was actually still possible to detect the vanilla in the biscuit. However, there was a tangy aftertaste from the cream which was a bit like a milder sherbet.

As expected, these biscuits were the same concept as the others in the variety pack, and delivered the same great texture. I did expect to enjoy this particular variety more than I did but, ultimately, I was let down by the flavour. 

Appearance: 8.5/10
Aroma: 7.5/10
Taste: 6/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.25/10

Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Orange creams

Product name: Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Orange creams
Purchase details: £0.89 for a multipack of six packs of six biscuits (Home Bargains)
Calories: 63 per biscuit (378 per pack)
Country of origin: UK

Following my reviews of Custard creams and Chocolate creams, it’s now time for the first of my reviews of the more exciting varieties on offer in my Hill Biscuits Snack Packs multipack – the Orange creams.

These were identical in appearance to the Custard creams except the cream, whilst not orange, was slightly darker in colour.

I loved the orange aroma that emitted from these biscuits and found it reminiscent of the Jacob’s Club: Orange chocolate bars I used to have as a kid. The only downside of this was that it tricked my mind into thinking I was about to get some chocolate! 

The biscuits themselves had an orangey taste but it was unclear if they were infused with this flavour or whether it was just the result of being in contact with the cream filling. I did think it was a pretty strong flavour, if the latter, though.

 

I tried a bit of the orange cream on its own and found it to be slightly grainy (although this wasn’t noticeable when eaten with the biscuit). Taste-wise, it was actually quite vanilla-like and sweet, initially, but it did have a tangy aftertaste.

When eating the biscuits properly, they were texturally the same as the other varieties, and I found the flavours were decent and went really well together – they were generally sweet but had a bit of a kick from the tangy orange.

For a bargain product, these biscuits were impressive!

Appearance: 8/10
Aroma: 8/10
Taste: 7.5/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.63/10

Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Chocolate creams

Product name: Hill Biscuits Snack Packs: Chocolate creams
Purchase details: £0.89 for a multipack of six packs of six biscuits (Home Bargains)
Calories: 64 per biscuit (384 per pack)
Country of origin: UK

It’s been a while since my first review of the Hill Biscuits Snack Packs when I explored the traditional Custard creams but now it’s finally time for me to review the chocolate version. To be completely honest, this was the flavour I was least interested in since I don’t really see the point of a chocolate version of a custard cream when you could have Bourbon!

 

As expected, these Chocolate creams were the same in design as the Custard version, although the biscuit and cream were cocoa-coloured. The inner cream looked a bit velvet-like but, even though it was clearly chocolate flavoured, I did think it looked less exciting than the custard filling had done.

The Chocolate creams had a very mild biscuit smell but, unfortunately, there was no indication of chocolate within their aroma. Sadly, this lack of chocolate was also true of their flavour. The cream tasted far more sugary than chocolatey and the general flavour was just a bit strange. The biscuit itself had a tiny, tiny hint of chocolate in the taste but that really was it. In fact, if I’d closed my eyes, I genuinely don’t think I would have associated these biscuits with chocolate at all.

 

On the plus side, these biscuits were the same in texture as the Custard creams and so there was still an element of enjoyment in the product.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed by these Chocolate creams. Whilst they didn’t taste bad, they didn’t taste of much at all – except sugar! 

Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 5.5/10
Taste: 5.5/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 6.38/10