Oskri Coconut Bars

This is a review of the original flavour Oskri Organic Coconut Bar. It's 56g in size and made in the USA. It's suitable for vegetarians, vegans and is lactose and gluten free. Although there is an allergy warning as it may contain traces of nuts and sesame seeds. I bought my bar in Holland & Barrett (health food shop) for 65p and I've not seen them sold anywhere else. 65 pence seems quite expensive but if you consider how much you'd pay for a similar sized block of coconut-ice it doesn't seem so bad. And it does taste a bit like coconut-ice but without the sickly-sweetness. It's sweet but not too much. The bar is fairly ...  Read the complete review

When I was growing up one of my earliest memories was my dad buying a real coconut from the greengrocers. He would make a big point of going outside and trying to break into it with various methods including mad bashings against the patio. He would then drink the milk and prize off the inside. No one could understand all this fuss really especially Emily my elderly gran who lived with us at the time. Still with my dad approaching 80 now it does stick in my mind and perhaps that is why I love that film "Castaway" so much when the main character is stranded on a desert island, and has to survive by eating coconuts and using the empty husks as containers for ...  Read the complete review