They aint small and red, you know (Nestle in general)

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Product:	Nestle in general
Date:	02/12/02 (356 review reads)
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I was in the British shop on Saturday, stocking up on Wotsits like you do when I came across a box of these. “NEW” it cried, “CHOCOLATE”. Sure, there were other words on the box, but these were the 2 that called out to me. The “New” was certainly a lie. In the last 6 months I’ve spend a whole 5 days in the UK, and let me tell you, those precious hours weren’t spend shopping for chocolate. And yet, I had seen these before, around Easter this year I think. Since pretty much all of the British products in the British shop are imported, it either meant that this box had been sitting here on the counter for months, or, more likely, Nestle were calling something old “New”. The rotters. Yep, the new was a lie, but the chocolate? Surely they couldn’t be telling porkies there too? I thought I’d better try one to find out.

Nestle Big Green Triangles would be no good whatsoever in a game of hide and seek. It’s the name, you see. Gives it away. A big green triangle is just that. It’s not a small red square, or a medium sized yellow oval. It really is a big green triangle. Or at least the wrapper is. It’s shiny too, that crinkly foil. Shiny and prone to finger prints which ruin its appearance if you pass it around. Which does beg the question of exactly *why* you are passing it around. Don’t do that. It’s silly. Just eat it. Anyway back to the wrapper, and the big green triangle has the words big green triangle on it. In green. And before you ask, it’s not another shade of green – both the background and the letters are the same jade-y colour. Stupid fools, you exclaim. But no! I respond. It is possible to read the letters because they’re outlined in rather snazzy silver. All is not lost.

Peel it back carefully so you don’t rip it to shreds, leaving a mess all over you lap / the bus / your desk / the pavement (delete as applicable depen
ding on where you’re eating it) and you’re presented with a smooth milky chocolate, erm, triangle. Come on. Did you read a word of the last paragraph? What were you expecting, a diamond? Nope it’s a triangle. A solid triangle. A deliciously tempting triangle. One bit tells you this is no ordinary chocolate shape. Instead of a flimsy outside shell, this contains a thick, succulent layer of chocolate all around. Inside there’s a generous helping of hazelnut praline. At no point did I come across even the slightest layer or empty pocket of air. What you see is what you get. That thick hunk of triangle? It’s all chocolate, baby! Every last …. drop? Crumb? What do you have with chocolate? I’m loosing my thread again. The top is chocolate, the sides are chocolate, the base is chocolate and the center is praline. It’s a simple design but a great one. The chocolate is silky – much better than Nestle usually come up with – and the praline has just the slightest of crunches to it. It melts s-l-o-w-l-y in your mouth meaning you can savour the taste for just that bit longer.

Any bad points? At 85 cents it’s not the cheapest item on the market (I’d say “bar” but it’s not one. It’s a ….. triangle! Good children). Also it’s made by Nestle, a firm some people don’t like to support (bad marketing, baby milk, look it up on Yahoo if you don’t know the story by now). The thick chocolate and large amounts of praline, although tasty in my opinion, might be a bit silky for those with less sweet tooths. And the fact that the product is heavier than average no doubt means it contains more fat grams than average, even if the fat percentage stays the same.

You can get a version of these in boxes of Quality Street – these were launched following the success of Big Purple Ones, another chocolate taken from the box. Called Little Green Triangles, at le
ast by me, the boxed ones are littler than the big ones. Just as green though. Boxes of QS start at about 1.99 GBP. Big green triangles are 85 cents here, about 45p at home I think. More than you’d pay for a normal bar of chocolate, but worth it when you’re having a bad day. Or a Saturday for that matter.

www.nestle.co.uk for more info. If you’re on a special diet, check www.nestle.co.uk/nutrition/ for a comprehensive list of “free-from” products, or write to:

Consumer Services
Nestlé UK Ltd.
York
YO91 1XY

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Before any of you start screaming, the description for this category is a place “… to write about Nestle in general or about specific Nestle products that are not on dooyoo.” As you can see, I’ve done the latter. If you want a history of the company, go and read someone else’s op.

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