Cadbury Wispa: Biscuits

Product name: Cadbury Wispa: Biscuits
Purchase details: £1.00 for a 124g packet of biscuits (Asda)
Calories: 78 per 15.5g biscuit
Country of origin: UK

I bought these new Cadbury Wispa: Biscuits a little while ago when they were first released since I’d really enjoyed the Creme Egg version, and I’m obviously a fan of the Wispa bar too.

The ‘delicious biscuits filled and coated with velvety Wispa chocolate’ were branded in the usual way and there was a nice image of the deep, bubbly filling on the packet’s wrapper. Unfortunately, there were only eight in the pack, although this was still more than the Creme Egg ones!

Mondelez’s ‘scrummy biscuits’ had been made by Burton’s Biscuit Co. and had a wrinkly surface, rather than a smooth one, with slightly jagged bases too. On the inside, they looked very much like the packaging had promised, with a deep chocolate filling sitting atop a pale biscuit. There was a strong chocolatey scent, too, that was just like that of an actual Wispa.

On trying the biscuits, I couldn’t believe that they ‘only’ contained 58% milk chocolate – they were fantastically chocolatey! The flavour was recognisably Cadbury, as well, but I did find the Wispa’s texture was disguised by the crunchy biscuit (this was an observation rather than a bad thing!). However, I did particularly like the added density at the centre of each biscuit.

As tasty as this product was, there’s no avoiding the fact that they were essentially very chocolatey biscuits. To make things a little more interesting, I wonder what a Wispa: Gold version would be like (apart from messy!)?

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

Cadbury Wispa

Product name: Cadbury Wispa
Purchase details: £1.00 for a multipack of four bars (Tesco Superstore)
Calories: 167 per 30.5g bar
Country of origin: UK

The Cadbury Wispa must be a favourite in my family because, before I was born, we had a cat named after it! I never truly appreciated them, though, until they made a come-back when I was in Sixth Form, and I found myself buying quite a few on my breaks.

This Mondelez ‘textured milk chocolate bar’ was a very simple concept, really, and the relatively plain purple/navy blue wrapper reflected that. Like the Wispa: Gold, it contained a minimum of 14% milk solids and 25% cocoa solids, and it had the same outward appearance and scent – the main differences were the lack of caramel and the considerably smaller size due to being from a multipack!

The bubbles inside the bar were more noticeable in this plain format so it was easier to see their tiny size and how this caused them to compress when the bar was cut into. Its composition also provided a soft chew and interesting melt since the chocolate didn’t quite feel solid but the spaces weren’t big enough to cause it to collapse under pressure either.

As for the flavour, the chocolate was decent enough – the emphasis was on a sweetness rather than a powerful cocoa flavour but its simplicity was delicious and it left me wanting more.

I’m so glad these stuck around after their re-release!

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

Cadbury Wispa: Gold

Product name: Cadbury Wispa: Gold
Purchase details: £0.29 for a 52g bar (Home Bargains)
Calories: 265 per bar
Country of origin: UK

I have a distant memory of preferring the Gold version of the Cadbury Wispa to the original but, the last time I tried one, I was oddly disappointed. However, I thought it was about time I tried the ‘textured milk chocolate bar with soft caramel’ again, so here we are.

Unsurprisingly, the Wispa: Gold came in a golden wrapper, looking like a classier Crunchie without the bold, red writing. Mine was clearly from an older batch since it was made by Kraft, and it contained 35% caramel, with the chocolate consisting of a minimum of 14% milk solids.

The bar was quite glossy and angular with a delicate ridged affect. On cutting into it, I couldn’t believe just how much caramel was in there – for some reason, I’d imagined it to be thin, so being greeted with a golden, gooey mass was a great treat, and the contrasting colours were very much like the Dairy Milk: Caramel. It had an immediately welcoming and strong chocolate scent too.

The caramel tasted very sweet and, although this and the chocolate were relatively basic, there was no denying the feel-good factor that the flavour combination provided. The texture was even better, though. The base wasn’t as aerated as it looked and actually had a bit of a snap to it, but the best bit was the thickness of both this and the outer shell. There was something about burying my tongue between the two layers and into the silky caramel that was very satisfying.

I’m thinking I must have had a ‘dud’, last time, because this Cadbury Wispa: Gold was very nice indeed!

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