Its dark after eight . (Nestle After Eight Straws)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Nestle After Eight Straws
Date:	21/04/08 (273 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: tasty

Disadvantages: Expensive and Nestle

I was given some After eight straws at Christmas time. I have often been given the standard after eights which originally were a Rowntrees product made first in 1962 Rowntrees were bought up by Nestle in 1988.
After eight straws were first made in 2005.

These straws are attractively presented in a silver coloured cardboard tube about 5.1/2 inches tall. Inside this tube there are 90g this is about 20 straws. The chocolate after eight straws are about 5 inches long .The top of the tube is removed by twisting it open, the straws look quite attractively presented in a shorter plastic tube that is inside the outer casing. They are good enough to put on the table.

The After eight straws that I received were a dark chocolate variety with the fondant mint filling. I just price checked at Tesco. They cost £1.84 for the 90g tube that's £2.04 for 100g .The standard dark chocolate after eights cost £2.38 for 300g pack that's (£0.79 per 100g). I think that's a massive price difference for almost the same chocolate but in a different shape, I can not believe it costs more than a pound more to produce these chocolates in a straw shape instead of a flat square shape .
I think these After eight straws come in a grand marnier flavour too in an orange tube.

I removed a chocolate straw from the tube it is quite elegant a thin chocolate straw 5 inches long. Although mostly a rounded straw tube one edge of the chocolate straw is flattened. Makes it easy to make a pyramid display on the table. They look bit like long matchmakers. I take a bit it is a soft chocolate no hard crunch or crispiness. Just a little bite into the chocolate straw and I have bitten into the mint centre.
The mint centre is a soft creamy fondant tasting quite minty this taste compliments the dark chocolate taste of the chocolate. 3 or 4 bites and the straw is gone a pleasant minty chocolaty flavour left in my mouth. I have just consumes 25 calories and in 1.4 g fat in 1 straw.

These straws do taste like the traditional after eights a good chocolate and a nice mint filling that runs all the way inside the straw.

These straws may contain traces of nut also they do contain dairy products and not suitable for a Kosher diet.

Did I like these chocolate straws? Yes but I am still reticent to actually purchase nestle goods (see www.babymilk.org) Also are they really worth that extra money over ordinary after eights?

Summary: After eight mint chocolate straws