Maltesers Malteaster

Product name: Maltesers Malteaster
Purchase details: £0.60 for a 29g bar or three for £1.20 (Tesco Superstore)
Calories: 156 per bar

My willpower must be better than I thought since I bought this Maltesers Malteaster bunny as soon as they were available (months before Easter) but it’s only now we’re in August that I’ve eaten it! You’ll just have to believe me when I say I was genuinely excited that they were back on sale.

As a big fan of Maltesers, as well as the Teasers bars and Celebrations, it’s only right that I’d be a fan of this milk chocolate treat filled with a ‘crunchy’ and ‘creamy Maltesers centre’.

The snack was made for the UK and Ireland by Mars and came in a glossy red wrapper that featured a picture of a chocolate bunny poking out of a hole with part of its ear bitten off. I thought this was a bit cruel but it did say it was suitable for vegetarians, and it even stated that ‘no actual Maltesers were hurt during the making of this bunny’ – thank goodness for that!

The shape of the actual chocolate gave the bunny quite an active pose but, apart from that, it wasn’t very detailed. I must also confess that I cut the ears off, myself, to reveal the pale brown ‘creamy malt filling’ (31%) that almost looked like nougat but without the squidgy or airy texture. Within this were ‘crisp, light honeycombed pieces’ (5.5%) that were presented as lots of tiny balls.

The cleverly-named Malteaster had a sweet, malted chocolate scent, although I would have liked it to be stronger. Taste-wise, it was very sweet with a creamy, Galaxy-like chocolate, and I thoroughly enjoyed the soft, thick texture with added crisp too.

Hurry up, please, Easter 2015!

Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 8/10
Texture: 8.5/10
Overall score: 7.75/10

Cadbury Dairy Milk: Hoppy bunny

Product name: Cadbury Dairy Milk: Hoppy bunny
Purchase details: £1.00 for a 100g bar (tesco.com)
Calories: 133 per 25g serving (530 per bar)
Country of origin: UK 

In the run-up to Christmas, I reviewed the Cadbury Dairy Milk: Winter wonderland bar and found that, as tasty as it was, the thing that made it different from standard Dairy Milk chocolate was its appearance. Did that stop me trying the limited edition Easter version? Er...no! 

This Hoppy bunny ‘milk chocolate with white chocolate bunnies’ came in a Cadbury purple wrapper that contained an image of a milk chocolate square and white chocolate bunny. In reality, these bunnies sat atop the chocolate, so there was no innovative shape linkage like there had been with the Winter wonderland. As a little aside, I did love how the letter ‘O’ on the word ‘Hoppy’ was made to look like it was bouncing, though!

Like with the Winter wonderland bar, this Mondelez product contained 12% white chocolate and, I have to say, it did look like a pretty thin layer. I actually managed to cut one of the bunnies off the milk chocolate to try it on its own and, disappointingly, it didn’t taste that nice! It was very sweet but there just didn’t seem to be anything additional in its flavour – I certainly wouldn’t have recognised it as white chocolate if I hadn’t known. Thankfully, though, it still tasted great when combined with the milk chocolate. 

I’m not going to say anything further on the smell, taste or texture, since it was exactly the same as the Winter wonderland bar so you might as well read that review instead! However, I did know this would be the case prior to purchase, so that speaks for itself in terms of whether or not I’d recommend the product. 

Appearance: 8.5/10
Aroma: 8/10
Taste: 8/10
Texture: 8/10
Overall score: 8.13/10