Loosen Up My Buttons Baby (Asda Milk Chocolate Buttons)

Member Name: benlepensive

Product:	Asda Milk Chocolate Buttons
Date:	21/09/09 (27 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good value

Disadvantages: not so amazing taste

I like Cadbury's Buttons myself and I am always dubious about imitation buttons. You often find them at the cinema in those pick n mix trays, though the taste always makes my tongue perk up and raise questions!

The Asda version of the chocolate button comes in a bright blue pack, you get 70g of buttons in them, so it is on a par with the Cadbury's one in terms of quantity. Bag is easy enough to open provided you don't have wet fingers.

Taste:

Here is the dubious bit! The taste is of chocolate, so that's a good start! But the chocolate lacks the luxurious rounded flavour that you get with Cadbury. I get the impression that these buttons are taken from the Asda bars of chocolate leftovers and pressed into little button shapes. Admittedly, when they are in smaller pieces, the taste is a little more delicate as you are not swamped with one monstrous onslaught of cheap chocolate all at once. I use the word cheap because it lacks the depth and sophisticated warmth that I get with the Cadbury alternative.

In fairness, the sweets are more than sufficient to snack on and I have no quibbles eating an entire pack in one sitting, but I am not sure I would go out of my way to make them a regular purchase. They are useful for kids' parties and also for decorating cakes though.

You will be looking at about a pound for three bags of these, so you get pretty good value for money. But if you're not on a budget, then I would plump for the Cadbury's buttons. If you fancy some cheap chocolate to have for emergencies then these could come in handy though.

Summary: ok