Value chocolate that actually tastes nice. (Sainsbury's Basics Milk Chocolate)

Member Name: Salmon91

Product:	Sainsbury's Basics Milk Chocolate
Date:	25/08/09 (66 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Brilliant Value and Great Taste

Disadvantages: It's not luxurious (but that's not to be expected)

This is my first food review, so apologies if it's not very good.

Now, I love chocolate. I imagine you probably do too, it's an oft guilty pleasure that brings enjoyment to many. You may have your favourite bars with nuts and layers and caramel or nougat but sometimes, it's truly satisfying to take a bit of a solid bar of plain milk chocolate.

Sainsbury's Basics 100g Milk Chocolate bar costs just 27p! 27 pence! Wow. When learning this you may experience two different thoughts;

1. '27p? For 100g of chocolate?! I shall buy loads!'
2. '27p? For 100g of chocolate?! I must be terrible, surely.'

Both of these are fair, for 27p I'd set my expectations pretty low, and initially I did, but took the plunge and bought a couple of bars. My expectations were blown away, it's really really tasty. I'm not an expert in the field of describing chocolate, as you have probably guessed, but I'd describe this as surprisingly rich, and satisfying, it tastes like there is more cocoa in these bars than similar value chocolate.

Speaking of other value chocolate, I would say that Sainsbury's stands high up above the rest, this bar doesn't have the cheap and grainy texture of the Tesco or Asda equivalent (think really cheap advent calendar chocolate, eurgh!)

As well as breaking off and enjoying directly, this chocolate is great for melting too. I made some choco-rice krispie cakes (the upper limit of my culinary skills) with the sainsbury's basic chocolate, arguably enhancing the great taste of the choc.

I mentioned this bar standing up against other supermarket own brands, but also I genuinely think it's comparable to your more well-known chocolate brands. Don't get me wrong, this chocolate isn't luxurious, but neither does it taste cheap.

A word of warning though, in the sainsbury's traffic light wheel of (un)healthyness (or whatever it is actually called) this bar is all red apart from 'salt'. So, it's not exactly great for you, but we're talking about chocolate bars here, we know what to expect.

Treat yourself to a bar, it won't break the bank, but it will surprise you.

Summary: Factoring in value for money, this bar really deserves 5 stars.