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Nestlé Aero Bubbles |
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10.10.05 (1099 review reads) |
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Advantages: Bubbly and very yummy on your tongue
Disadvantages: Bad for your teeth and waistline
***Nestle Aero Bubbles***
Well I have always loved that light bubbly chocolate that Nestle named as Aero. Having different flavours I have tried them all. My ultimate favourite from the start was I have to admit, the Mint Aero. The orange flavoured Aero was just too sickly, the chocolate one was too boring to tantalise my taste buds. I was only a young kid when I tried the Mint one.
I have remained so loyal to Nestle over the years and can honestly say that when I am standing in a shop choosing a chocolate bar I find it a nightmare - there is always too much choice available (I am a typical Libran). I would always end up going for what I knew, my Mint Aero. Reliable yet always so satisfying…..!
This brings me to my review of the New Nestle Aero Bubbles. I first discovered these strangely enough in WH Smith at the local train station (Cambridge, if you must know). I was miserable at the thought of a 3 hour train journey ahead of me so I thought why not; I may as well try them!
Picking up a large re-sealable 147g bag of them I made my way to the counter. I paid about £1.35 for them and made my way out onto the platform to catch my train……..
I sat comfortably in my seat on the train and dug about in my carrier bag for these new chocolate bubbles that supposedly would be the same as a Mint Aero, I sat patiently for the train to start moving before I opened them so I stared intently at the packaging, taking in all the blurb that's written over the whole packet….
…. "Have you ever felt the bubbles melt?"
I really paused for a second contemplating what this tagline actually meant? Knowing how a Mint Aero tasted I really wasn't convinced that these would be much different (yes, I was right but we will get to that bit in a second!), maybe smaller but surely they are just in a ball form instead of the normal sectioned pieces of the Mint Aero chocolate bar. I am a fool for trying new things though - I always like to give the benefit of the doubt and seeing as nobody else I knew had tried these then I was up for being the first.
Packaging:
Okay, so the packaging is a white re-sealable packet. The seal is a sticky label that you simply peel off and fold the top end of the packet over using the label to stick it down.
It has the trademark green (Mint colour) bubbles on both the front and back, it also has a milk chocolate brown wispy line that runs down one side of both the front and back of the packet. On the front of the packet there is an image of some of the chocolate balls; it's kind of been blended into the brown wispy line I mentioned. The words "Aero Bubbles" are in large writing scrolled across the front of the packet, the word "Aero" is white in colour and the word "Bubbles" is half mint green/brown in colour.
It stands up-right and has the normal "tear here <<<<" marking on the side for easy opening. Nicely designed, sturdy, definitely keeps the contents fresh and being re-sealable it means that if you can't eat them whole bag in 1 go you can store for later on.
So far I was relatively impressed.
Taste:
I went on to opening the packet, being careful not to accidentally spill any on the floor as the packet was satisfyingly full for a bag of chocolate balls! I pulled the first ball out and wow, it was different. It really did look like the picture on the packet. About the size of a Malteser it was distinguishingly different from any other product I had tried.
One half of the ball was mint green colour and the other half was milk chocolate brown. It felt really light to hold, in fact lighter than a Malteser - is that really possible, it must be now!
I disguised my next action as I was obviously in public and did not wish for any assumptions to be made….. I placed this little ball into the ball of my palm and pretended to touch my face, while I did this I took a little sniff of what I was about to place in my mouth. Mmmm, it had a mild mint scent - just like my favourite chocolate bar!
I placed it in my mouth and I could literally have sworn with how the texture made me feel while sucking away. It was soft, smooth and creamy, with a slight flavoured hint of peppermint and no they took no effort whatsoever to eat. It did melt quite quickly but I love it when chocolate does that, don't you?
You could feel the tiny little Aerated bubbles with your tongue. Oooh, delicious! You can quite easily break into these little balls of temptation with your teeth but I personally prefer to savour the taste of each individual ball. It really is such a satisfying taste and texture. Certainly one for your taste buds. The mild taste of peppermint and milk chocolate…. blimey, I could go on forever about these (But won't). There is a really nice after taste, one that is not sickly, quite refreshing (As it will ever be with chocolate).
Shame the packet didn't last me that long as I thought they were that nice! I have a weakness for Mint Aero's and now these new Nestle Aero Balls have me 100% addicted.
I haven't had a chance to actually count how many balls you get in a 127g packet but as I said at the beginning of my review, the packet is nicely full unlike a lot of food products nowadays.
Nutritional Information per Sweet:
Energy: 67KJ/16 kcal
Protein: 0.1g
Carbohydrate: 1.9g
of which sugars: 1.9g
Fat: 0.9g
of which saturates: 0.6g
Fibre: Trace
Sodium: Trace
Ingredients: "Milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 25% minimum, milk solids 14% minimum and vegetable fat in addition to cocoa butter".
Milk chocolate - Sugar, Dried whole milk, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, Whey powder, Vegetable fat, Lactose, Butterfat, Emulsifier (Lecithin).
Flavouring - Sugar, Vegetable fat, Whey powder, Skimmed milk powder, Cocoa butter, Butterfat, Gum Arabic, Glucose syrup, Emulsifier (Lecithin)
Colours - E100, E133, Citric acid, Sorbic acid, Antioxidant (E320).
To be stored in a cool dry place (Obviously not your mouth)!
Availability:
These are now available in most major supermarket and some smaller shops.
Nestle Aero Bubbles 127g - £1.24 Website: www.asda.co.uk
If you have WH Smith local as well, you could obviously try there too. I am sure they will still stock the larger 127g packets for about £1.30 as I paid for mine.
Further Information:
You could always try logging onto the Nestle website for further information:
www.nestle.co.uk
You can also contact them on their free phone number:
00800 63785385
Recommendation:
Any mint chocolate lover will get on with these balls just fine. The taste is not an over whelming taste of mint, just a hint and really has done the "Aero" brand justice.
Obviously, like any sugar product - excessive consumption may cause a sickly feeling so only eat 1 packet at a time ;-P
© Copyright of grown_up_girlie, October 2005.
Summary: Absolutely deliciously moreish - They should come with a warning!
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