I have been reading a few reviews of Cadburys Snow Bites recently and wondered if we should try some - I don't like to think that I am missing anything after all! When we were shopping in Tesco today they had some which were reduced to 50p per packet - they are usually 99p - so we treated ourselves to a packet.

The packet

The Snow Bites come in a sealed packet with a picture of a snow scene and the words Snow Bites on the front together with the traditional Cadbury logo on the top. The bites are described as 'chocolate balls surrounded in a crispy white dusted shell'.

The packet we bought was 100g and contained over thirty Snow Bites.

The Snow Bites

I opened the packet and inside was lots of little white balls about the size of small marbles. They were all covered in a white powder which looked like icing sugar.

The bites are actually made from solid Cadbury's milk chocolate covered in the crisp white sugar shell and then dusted in icing sugar.

The Taste

I popped one in my mouth and, as I crunched the crisp shell, my teeth sank into the glorious Cadbury's milk chocolate inside. I then tried another one and this time I let the sugar coating dissolve in my mouth leaving the chocolate to be eaten on its own. I decided that whichever way I ate them they were very nice indeed although I would prefer them without the coating.

I wouldn't choose to buy these particular chocolates in preference to other chocolates in the Cadbury's range such as chocolate buttons or maybe a Crunchie. For me the crunchy coating is just extra sugar that I could do without, especially since I am a diabetic!

The Nutritional Information

The nutritional value per packet - 100g - is as follows:

Calories 485
Protein 5.6g
Carbohydrates 66.6g
Of which sugars 66.1g
Fat 20g
Of which saturates 13.7g
Fibre 0.5g
Salt 0.18g

I did try to weigh one of the Snow Bites on my kitchen scales so that I could work out the nutritional value per bite but the weight was so low that it didn't even register. Hey - I wonder if that means that they contain no calories if eaten individually? OK, I can dream can't I?

In Conclusion

Well these are very similar to Cadbury's Mini Eggs and, although I don't think the coating is necessary it is actually nicer on the Snow Bites. I enjoyed eating them but probably wouldn't bother buying them again; as I said earlier I would rather have Cadbury's Buttons if I was going for this type of confectionary.

One extra thing that strikes me about the Snow Bites is that they would make a great decoration for any special cakes that you make at Christmas.