You don't have to be an alien to like these (Asda Flying Saucers)

Member Name: Lools_24

Product:	Asda Flying Saucers
Date:	06/10/09 (74 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Low fat, low calorie tasty sweets

Disadvantages: Very very sweet, quite an attired taste

I was extremely pleased to find when browsing the confectionary aisle of Asda that within Asda's 3 for £1 deal on their own brand confectionary they offer Asda Flying Saucers. A sweet treat that was a favourite of mine as a child and a treat that as an adult I have not grown out of.


***Packaging***

These come in a bright pink coloured plastic sweet bag. On the front of the packaging the images are very child like of spaceships, hinting that these are predominantly aimed towards children. On the front of the sweet bag there is a clear plastic window so you can see the flying saucers inside of the bag without having to open the bag.

***Price***

A bag of Asda Flying Saucers are individually priced at 39p. But as I mentioned earlier these are part of the Asda 3 bags for £1 deal. Very good value for money in my opinion as per bag of sweets you get around 20 Flying Saucer Sweets.


***Flying Saucers***

For those that have never experience Flying Saucer sweets these are essentially, sugar paper/ wafer discs shaped as a flying saucer as two discs fit together. The hollow in the middle of the discs is filled with sherbet.

When you open the bag of Asda Flying Saucers there is no distinct scent to the sweets. If you take a deep sniff of the bag you get a very slight sweet scent like very faint smelling candyfloss.

The Flying Saucer sweets are different coloured discs. Some are pink, some are blue, some yellow and some white. Unlike many sweets these are not brightly coloured and each sweet is made from lightly coloured sugar paper.

As soon as you put the sweet in your mouth there is no real taste to the sweet. The sugar paper disc has a sweet taste but the most apparent thing you notice is the sugar paper wafer disc melting in your mouth.

Once you get through the outer wafer and onto the inner sherbet filling is when the taste hits you. This is very very sweet and sugary and very tangy. The sherbet in the Asda Flying Saucers is particularly fizzy more so than some of the other brands of Flying Saucers I have tasted and very sour. If you like fizzy sour sweets these are definitely for you. If you prefer your sweet treats less sour then you may be disappointed with these sweets.


**Nutritional Information**

Per flying saucer sweet
5 calories
0.8g sugar
0g fat

In a standard pack there are around 20 sweets. Therefore as a sweet treat these are surprisingly low fat and low calorie. However it is worth remembering that these are not the most filling of treats therefore are more likely to satisfy a sweet craving rather than satisfy a real need to food!

The packaging also states that there are no artificial colours or flavours in this product.


***Overall***
I absolutely love Asda Flying Saucers however have found that they are rather an aquired taste. Those that like sweet sugary sweets will love these whereas those that do not like sugary sweets will probably find these far too sugary and there is no real flavour to the Flying Saucers just a general sweet taste. In my opinion Asda have created an "out of this world" treat with these sherbet filled wafers!

Summary: Sherbet filled rice paper saucers from Asda!