Three little things wrong with these (Mikado Chocolate Biscuit)

Member Name: mjc121

Product:	Mikado Chocolate Biscuit
Date:	19/09/09 (73 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: errrr

Disadvantages: taste, expensive, insubstantial

I have read on here a few reviews on this product and there appeared to be a bit of a divided opinion on them. So whilst shopping in my local Sainsbury's I decided to give them a go. Well judging by the taste all I can say is thank god that Cadbury's told Kraft Foods what they could do with their take over offer. They will not be in my basket again.


What's in the box?

Inside the very 1970s/80s design box there is a foil inner bag which contains a small number of these biscuit sticks. Yes they are thin and are coated in a thin layer of chocolate with the exception of the last few cm which you are supposed to hold. They claim this is so your hands don't get sticky.

What do they taste like?

The chocolate is very thin and it makes me wonder whether due to the lack of it we could mount a challenge to claim back the VAT we pay on them. OK petty I know but as you pay VAT on luxury goods which include chocolate biscuits I would expect them to at least have a good amount of chocolate on them.

The chocolate is also very sweet and quite milky in taste. Despite it supposedly having 49% cocoa in the chocolate it is of very low quality and has a taste of what is sold as 'cooking chocolate' (mainly used to coat cakes with). This is not a chocolate for eating it is one for avoiding at all costs. The only plus side on the taste is that as there is so little of it you don't have to suffer very much at its hands.

The biscuit is fairly crunchy but again very thin and it tastes of nothing. Whilst they are not overly sweet the biscuit part is possibly the better part of these. The taste is more akin to that of a very thin bread stick but much denser in texture rather than an actual biscuit.

How bad are these for you?

Whilst each stick is not its self highly calorific as they are very insubstantial you may need to eat more than one to satisfy any craving you may have so you may eat quite a few in one sitting.

Nutritional Info per biscuit)

Energy - 11 Kcal
Protein - 0.2
Carbs - 1.5g (sugar 0.8g)
Fat - 0.5g (sat 0.3g)
Salt - trace

They are suitable for vegetarians but may contain nut traces

Are they worth the money?

No, no and thrice no. These so called biscuits are massively overpriced for what they are. Really I think you are paying for the novelty and the brand name rather than what you get. If these were a shops own budget brand product you may be getting close to getting value for money. I can't see these being on sale in the UK for very much longer as (the three little things) they do not taste very good, they are not value for money and they are far too small hence you may need/want to eat two or three in one go.

Overall I was very disappointed in these, Kraft have made better products than this.

They are on sale for around £1.20 for just 75g of the biscuit sticks.

Summary: something I will not buy again.