Double Delight (Double Decker with Nuts)

Member Name: litefoot

Product:	Double Decker with Nuts
Date:	21/07/05 (448 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lovely nougatine taste

Disadvantages: Fat content

It is a warm sunny day. I'm lying on a sunbed, on the deck of a cruise ship sailing around the world. Suddenly I become hungry... a desire for something rich and sweet. I get up to walk towards the restaurant - and then my feet plunge through the deck. I look down and see that the floor is made of creamy chocolate and nougatine... it stretches far into the distance... leaning down, I take a bite... it tastes wonderful. More and more bites... is the entire ship made of chocolate? Can I stop myself eating a hole in the hull? Chomp chomp chomp ch-

BEEP BEEP goes the alarm clock. Drat, drat and double drat!

I so enjoyed writing my last chocolate review (the 200g Cadburys Dairy Milk Crispie bar), I thought I'd have another go. After perusing what Dooyoo had to offer I settled on Cadbury's Double Decker with Nuts.

The Cadbury Double Decker bar has been in existence since 1976 (although for some reason I only remember seeing them on shelves in the last ten years or so - perhaps there was a radical package redesign?). Apparently (or so the official website tells me) the name was inspired by the public's obsession with double decker buses in the 1970s. There was a popular TV sitcom called 'On The Buses' too... maybe this was an influence? I can see the headline now - 'REG VARNEY SUES CADBURY FOR ROYALTIES'.

A few years ago, Cadbury released a new version, Double Decker with Nuts. This bar is basically twin layers of crispy cereal and nougatine mixed with nut chips, all covered in chocolate. It is very similar to the standard version (which doesn't have the nut chips).

This version isn't as commonly available as the original Double Decker, so keep an eye out for it. It costs 40p on average.

The bar is only available in one size, 60g. This is just as well - any larger and it really wouldn't be very healthy... stand up Snickers King Size!.

Like all good packaging, it is attractively designed (purple and brown strips) and eye catching. Each end has a serrated flap which makes it easy to open.

This bar is very slightly larger than 'standard' size chocolate bars like Mars Bar or Lion Bar. It is a little taller so you get a bigger bite.

There are essentially two parts: the upper, creamy, chewy nougatine layer; and the biscuit base underneath (with crispy cereal bits).

There are nut chips mixed into the top layer and of course the whole bar is covered in milk chocolate.

I don't like eating this bar with bites from one end, mainly because you get both layers at once: the biscuit base and the nougatine layer. It spoils things a bit. Instead, bite from the top and go along so you just get the nougatine layer, which is the best part. Attack the biscuit base later. OK, so I'm weird. Tough (You should see what I do with a Kit Kat). If you're even odder than me, you can try to get the outer chocolate off first, although you'll end up with very sticky hands.

Time to get started. Like I said, take a bite from the nougatine layer first. Don't chew it, let the nougatine dissipate slowly and you'll enjoy the creamy taste (and a nutty taste too, but not an overpowering one), plus it will last longer. You should get six or seven good mouthfuls. Take care not to get any nut chips stuck between your teeth. Wait until you've finished one bite before continuing. By far the tastiest part of the bar!.

Only half way there... to work, to work! The biscuit layer is next. Take a bite. It's full of crispy bits which makes a change from three or four thin wafer layers that you find in other bars. This part has a nice taste but not as nice as the nougatine. Crunch this layer but not all at once... you want it to last.

The bar is also flavoured with a little bit of coffee... I couldn't taste it - could you?

After you have finished, don't start munching on more chocolate. One of these bars is quite enough as a snack - I always feel a bit full after eating one.

Like my Dairy Milk review the other day, the real downside is the amount of fat content, 14.7g. Male daily fat recommendation is 95g, and women 75g, so if you're a man, this is over a sixth of what you should have daily! Quite a lot, and more than some other bars of the same size.

Can you believe there is more fat in one of these bars than there is in a whole box of 12 McVities Jaffa Cakes!? (12g).

But it's not as bad as the aforementioned Dairy Milk bar so you can afford to treat yourself occasionally... but not too often!

Four stars :)

Nutritional information per bar:

Energy 1220kJ
290kcal
Protein 4.7g
Carbohydrate 35.2g
Fat 14.7g


Ingredients: Nougatone (36%) (Peanuts (32%)), Glucose syrup, Sugar, Glucose-fructose syrup, Hydrogenated vegetable oil, Yeast extract paste (Yeast extract, Salt, Vegetable extracts, Spice extracts, Niacin, Riboflavin), Salt, Dried egg white, Flavourings), Milk chocolate (Milk, Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, Vegetable fat, Emulsifiers (E442, E476), Flavourings), Sugar, Crispy cereal (6%) (Wheat flour, Sugar, Vegetable fat, Dried glucose syrup, Salt, Malt Extract, Emulsifier (E471), Milk proteins, Raising agent (Ammonium bicarbonate)), Hydrogenated vegetable oil, Milk, Cocoa mass, Emulsifier (E442). May contain traces of nut and soya. Milk Chocolate: Milk Solids 14% Minimum. Contains Vegetable fats in Addition to Cocoa Butter. Suitable for vegetarians.

More information at

http://www.cadburys.co.uk/

Summary: Nougatine and crispy cereal bits encased in milk chocolate