Shortcake? Short on quality perhaps (Cadbury's Shortcake)

Member Name: JJJJ

Product:	Cadbury's Shortcake
Date:	20/10/09 (137 review reads)
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Advantages: Frequently on special offer

Disadvantages: Chocolate quite thin, biscuit part very averge tasting

On paper, a cross between shortcake biscuit and Cadbury's chocolate sounds like a delicious prospect - but is it? I saw 'Cadbury's Chocolate Shortcake' in an offer at the corner shop, which allowed you to purchase two 300g packets for £2. Good value I thought, and having never tried them before, I decided to give the tasty looking treats a go.

Ingredients
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Cadbury's Shortcake biscuits contain;
Wheat Flour, Milk Chocolate (24%) Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Dried Skimmed Milk, Milk Fat, Dried Whey, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)), Vegetable Fat, Sugar, Dried Whey, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Salt, and Flavourings.

Appearance & Taste
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The biscuit itself looks tasty, and consists of a rippled layer of chocolate over a golden shortcake body. Now, I'm normally a fan of shortcake biscuits, but the shortcake which makes up this particular morsel doesn't taste that great. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't taste bad - it's just that it isn't anything special - slightly bland and nondescript. The chocolate part tastes good, but it's quite a thin layer, and the end result is a rather average biscuit which is slightly disappointing.

The eating experience can be significantly improved by dunking the biscuits into a cup of tea, which makes them a lot more appetizing. That said, don't dunk too many in, as eating just five of these biscuits will add around 500 calories to your daily count.

Final Word
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Although they are generally tasty (it's difficult to add chocolate to biscuit, and produce something that isn't tasty), Cadbury's Chocolate Shortcake are in no way as nice as they should be. This is undoubtedly the fault of the biscuit part which is rather bland, a bit too sweet, and generally nothing to write home about.

Nutritional Info Per Biscuit
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Calories: 84
Fat: 3.9g
Saturated Fat: 2g
Salt: 0.07g

Summary: Cadbury's Chocolate Shortcake