Nestlé Quality Street: Creamy chocolate & hazelnut flavoured dessert

Product name: Nestlé Quality Street: Creamy chocolate & hazelnut flavoured dessert
Purchase details: £0.50 for two pots (Tesco Superstore)
Calories: 153 per pot 

Last week I received an e-mail from Nestlé which led to me finding what is, arguably, the bargain of the century! I was sent a voucher for £0.30 off their dessert range and, having wanted to try these Quality Street green triangle-inspired desserts for a while, I was tempted. When I discovered they’d been reduced to £0.50 in a Tesco, I was practically jumping for joy at the prospect of each pot costing me £0.10!

I mentioned when I did my Quality Street: My green bar review that the green triangle is my favourite Quality Street. The only reason why I hadn’t already tried these desserts is because I’ve been avoiding purchasing fresh treats since I’ve had so many other snacks that have needed eating, I haven’t want to throw short use by dates into the mix!

These two 70g pots came presented in a pretty purple cardboard sleeve, combined with twinkling stars, giving a Christmassy feeling which I don’t actually think was intentional. I thought it was a shame that the image was an illustration rather than a photograph but I did like the shower of green triangles.

Each dessert seemed to have been produced in the UK and came described as a ‘milk chocolate dairy dessert with hazelnut flavour’. The two main ingredients were skimmed milk and cream and the product also contained 16% milk chocolate. Appearance-wise, it was sloppy but thick whilst also being smooth and glossy.

The desserts did give off a praline scent but this wasn’t as strong as the My green bar one. The taste was incredibly creamy but very similar to other chilled desserts I’ve tried. There was a hint of praline there which was a nice touch but it wasn’t as strong as I’d hoped and I certainly wouldn’t have made a connection with green triangles, unfortunately. However, there is no denying how silky, rich and chocolatey this dessert was, and it did glide down the throat beautifully.

The Nestlé slogan is ‘good food, good life’...I have no arguments here. 

Appearance: 8/10
Aroma: 7.5/10
Taste: 8/10
Texture: 9.5/10
Overall score: 8.25/10

Nestlé Quality Street: My green bar

Product name: Nestlé Quality Street: My green bar
Purchase details: £0.65 for a bar or two for £1.00 (Tesco Superstore)
Calories: 196 per bar 

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve caved in a bought Christmas products in September – oh well!

Like a lot of people, the green triangles are my favourite chocolates in Quality Street selection boxes and, therefore, the ones I always go for first. At the risk, then, of my blog becoming completely overrun with reviews of products that contain praline or some other form of hazelnut, I decided to try this Nestlé Quality Street: My green bar.

Since it was from the Christmas range, this product came in a festive, sparkly purple and green wrapper which looked very attractive. Like the Wonka bars I’ve recently reviewed, the packaging didn’t state where this bar was made, but York and Switzerland were the two locations specifically mentioned.

The bar consisted of four pieces which were, obviously, triangular in shape, and these were joined together by a chocolate rod. Unbelievably, a serving is only meant to be half a bar which is only two triangles...I don’t think so! Anyway, the milk chocolate was quite glossy in appearance and the hazelnut praline filling, that contributed to 29% of the bar, looked like a smooth truffle in texture, and was slightly paler than its chocolate coating. Surprisingly, the praline only had a very, very mild aroma but, instead, there was a good milky chocolate smell.

I would have been disappointed if this bar didn’t taste like the usual green triangles but, thankfully, it did. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that it was better. The chocolate was the standard Nestlé kind and this melted well, leaving behind a beautifully nutty praline that had a thick, stiff texture that also melted nicely. The area which I thought had been improved was the thickness of the milk chocolate layer which seemed deeper and also better quality than the type used on the usual sweets. This chocolate provided a fantastic crack, when chewed, and then merged nicely with the soft filling. And the chocolate rod that connected the triangles? An added bonus.

I found this bar to be really creamy and flavourful and, although I’m not a coffee drinker, I got the impression that it would go well with a cup. It may not have been an entirely new concept but it was a great variation on an existing product. 

Appearance: 9/10
Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 8.5/10
Texture: 8.5/10
Overall score: 8.25/10