Heavenly trifles indeed!!!! (Tesco Strawberry Trifle 3 Pack)

Member Name: SusanLesley

Product:	Tesco Strawberry Trifle 3 Pack
Date:	02/10/09 (108 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Taste wonderful, cheap to buy, not too high in calories

Disadvantages: None for me - they are gorgeous!

As most of you know Dave is currently working in Edinburgh on a contract basis so he leaves home on Monday morning and returns q week the following Friday. When he goes he takes his little fridge with him packed with goodies so that he doesn't have to go shopping as soon as he gets there. Amongst said goodies there is always a pack of three little trifles.

The ones in question this week were Tesco Strawberry Trifles as they were reduced to £1 for all three! As Dave has come down with a bad cold he hasn't been able to drive up to Scotland this week so the trifles needed to be eaten or they would have been out of date.

We had one each after our evening meal tonight and they were SO nice I thought I had better tell you about them!

Each trifle is 150g and is about the size of a pot of yoghurt. It is in a clear plastic container with a plain foil peel off lid. So it's all recycleable then!

I peeled off the lid and lusted after the contents. The top was cream whipped into lots of little points with a layer of custard beneath and strawberries and sponge in strawberry jelly beneath that. This was of course all visible through the side of the container.

The anticipation was building ................

The smell was lovely - it was a really fruity strawberry smell - I was so looking forward to this ...........

I took my spoon and inserted it into the trifle with a satisfying slurp - you know the sort of trifle sound that I mean don't you? That sound you get as you take the first spoonful out of a full bowl of trifle.

I wanted to reach down through all the layers so that I got the full effect of the trifle's taste and what a taste it was!

The strawberries, jelly and sponge were nice and tangy and really fruity. The custard is sweet but not sickly and very creamy in both taste and texture. The whipped cream on the top was just sweet enough to make the whole thing a dream to eat.

It reminded me of the classic taste of a trifle - similar to the Birds Trifles I remember from my childhood.

The whole thing, being only 150g, was just the right size for me to enjoy without it being too much or too sweet and sickly.

The trifles are sold in packs of three wrapped in a cardboard sleeve (recycleable again!) and usually cost £1.69 per pack. They are found in the chiller cabinet with the yoghurts and mousses. There are three flavours available namely raspberry, strawberry and fruit cocktail. I have also tried the raspberry version ages ago - it was very nice but I have to say that I prefer the strawberry one!

The cardboard sleeve is light brown with a picture of a large dish of trifle and whilst the trifle is the same as that in the little plastic pots the picture could be thought of as misleading as each trifle is actually quite small.

The full name of the product a shown on the sleeve is Tesco Rich & Creamy Heavenly Trifles and that is exactly what they are - heavenly!

Each trifle contains the following:
190 calories
2.6g of protein
27.5g of carbohydrate
Of which 20.6g are sugars
7.7g of fat
Of which saturates 4.7g
0.8g of fibre
0.3g of salt

They are suitable for vegetarians and not suitable for home freezing (the trifles not the vegetarians!).

www.tesco.co.uk

Tesco Stores Ltd
Cheshunt,
Herts.
EN8 9SL

In conclusion I can definitely recommend these trifles for an occasional treat - they are gorgeous!

Summary: These are a lovely treat!