Messy and Very Moreish (Tesco Custard Slices)

Member Name: ickleannie

Product:	Tesco Custard Slices
Date:	24/09/09 (67 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tastes Delicious

Disadvantages: Calorific Content

I have just discovered the wonderful world that is shopping in Tesco. Perhaps at the moment everything is just novel however I have found so many new delightful products that were not available in my previous supermarket. As it is now my local so to speak I will be reviewing bits and bobs that take my fancy over the next few weeks. Shopping the other day I felt like a cake with my afternoon cup of tea and I discovered a pack of rather delicious looking custard slices. Well with the diet well and truly out of the window I decided to add them to my basket.

These custard slices were an absolute bargain. You get two relatively large squares for a £1 mine were actually reduced in addition as they were going out of date the following day so they were cheaper still at 69p. They come packaged in a pale yellow coloured cardboard box with a see through plastic panel which shows the rather delicious looking custard slices inside. Each cake is separately packaged in a plastic insert too which is great as it stops them from sticking to each other. Each slice is made of butter enriched puff pastry and is filled with fresh cream vanilla custard and is topped with a fondant icing.

Well I have not had one of these types of cakes for ages and I have to say this product was absolutely delicious. It felt quite substantial when I took it out of the packet. The double pastry was flaky and a lovely golden colour. There was a large helping of vanilla custard contained within and this was topped off with fondant icing with white chocolate lacing. Once settled with my cuppa I couldn't wait to get stuck in.

I have to confess these cakes are best eaten out of the sight of other people as they are definitely not the daintiest. My first bite although delicious resulted in custard and flaky pastry landing down the front of the jumper that I was wearing and I had a plate!! However the mess was definitely worth it as the slice tasted absolutely delicious. The combination of the vanilla custard in copius amounts, flaky pastry and sweet icing was just gorgeous and very moreish however I disciplined myself and only had the one. I would recommend this for those who wish to satisfy a sweet craving from time to time. Delicious!!!!!


It is worth noting that this product contains milk, wheat, gluten and soya. It is not suitable for nut or egg allergy sufferers either due to the methods used in the manufacture of the product. However it is suitable for consumption by vegetarians. The packaging is suitable for recycling which is a welcome bonus.

There is very little nutritional information contained within this product however eating the occasional one from time to time will not do any harm.

Each slice contains:

Calories 308
Fat 14.2g
Salt 0.33g
Sugar 17.2g


Overall recommended if you have a sweet tooth like myself and like the occasional treat. Good value for money and absolutely delicious. Make sure you have a friend as they are certainly very moreish however I don't think eating two would be a problem!!!

Summary: A Fab Sweet Treat