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Mcvitie's Toasting Waffles
by annie47
I have always liked Mcvities Toasting Waffles but hadn't had them for quite a while; I then noticed them again in Iceland freezer shops and remembered that my children like them too.
The Waffles come in 4 x 2 packs (with a total of 8); so they are 'twin wrapped for freshness'
They are incredibly simple and easy to ... cook! Just pop them in the toaster for 30 seconds and voila, they are cooked! However, you may need a bit less or a bit more time depending on toaster settings (low setting is recommended) and how sort of well-done you want your waffles. I leave mine in for around 40 seconds. I then leave them on a plate for about 2 minutes to cool down a little; the reason I do this is so that when I put butter on them, the butter doesn't all melt. I love these waffles with lots of thick butter and I don't like it if the butter all melts. They are nice and sweet in taste and absolutely delicious with plenty of butter. My children also like them with butter or sometimes Syrup; basically you can have whatever topping you want on them. I find that 2 waffles are enough for me. Also you don't just have to eat these at breakfast time; you can have them anytime you like!
*Ingredients*
Wheat flour, Sugar, Water, Whole Egg, Vegetable fat, Glucose-Fructose syrup, Humectant (Sorbitol), Salt, Emulsifiers (E471, E475, Soya Lecithin), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Flavourings
*Allergy Information*
Contains Egg, Soya & Gluten
*Calories*
Each Waffle contains 118 Kcals
Mcvities Waffles are currently available at Asda for only £1.20. I have seen them in Iceland at times for only a £1.00. Both these prices are very reasonable in my view.
These Waffles are tasty and filling; worthy of 5 Dooyoo
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Snickers Flapjacks
by CarolineMB
These caught my eye on the biscuit shelf in Tescos about 2 months ago and ever since that day they have become a staple part of my regular shopping list! The name of this product is quite self explanatory but just to clarify, they are flapjacks based on the chocolate bar called Snickers. They cost £1.30 for a pack of 5 of them in Tescos ... but can also be found in other supermarkets such as Asda and Morrisons.
The flapjacks are wrapped in a brown cellophane/plastic wrapper and the design and colour of the wrapper echoes that of the wrapper on a standard Snickers bar so if you were familiar with a Snickers wrapper you would probably recognise the name and colours straight away. Inside the outer wrapper are 5 individually wrapped bars in the same brown colour, nestled on a cardboard sheet. I do believe the brown colour used on these products reflects the chocolate contained in the bars.
The smell of the bars once you unwrap one hits you straight away and it actually smells very similar to a Snickers bar, very sweet and chocolatey. The bar itself is a flapjack type bar with a thick layer of milk chocolate on top. The flapjack part of the bar is a mixture of oats, caramel and roasted peanuts and is very tasty. It is very chewy due to the caramel but also quite crunchy because of the hard nuts in there. The chocolate on top sweetens up the whole taste even more and adds another dimension to the bar. The chocolate is quite thick and so the whole bar tastes naughty enough to be satisfied you've had a treat! The bars do seem fairly salty but personally I like this as I do like salty food.
Each bar has 168 kcal in them so it's not a low calorie biscuit but it's a nice treat. A worthy one at that! I would definitely recommend this product, they're lovely!!
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McVitie's Dark Chocolate Digestives
by JennyWren09
When I sit down to enjoy a cup of tea I always like to have a packet of biscuits by my side. I always used to favour Milk chocolate digestives up until about this time last year when my husband, fiancé at the time, bought a packet of Dark chocolate digestives as Tesco's had none of the Milk chocolate variety.
I had been eating ... the milk chocolate variety for as long as I can remember and had never tasted the dark, or as Ciao refer to it plain, chocolate version before. I wasn't really sure what to expect but given my love for chocolate in any consistency and style I was more than willing to give them a try.
The biscuits come in the standard chocolate digestive pack with a much darker backdrop mixed between the usual reds and blues. The darker colouring on the wrapper distinguishes between the dark and milk chocolate and makes it very easy to identify which one you are having. Each packet comes with 400g of biscuits in the packet, which equates to about 24 biscuits in each packet.
On the pack the nutritional information can be quite depressing if you are on a diet, especially as each biscuit contains 84 calories. It means that this pack contains approximately 1948 calories, making it a large chunk of your daily intake if you eat too many in one sitting. On the packet it boasts about the biscuits being 45% wheat and wholemeal with no artificial flavours or colours and being a good source of fibre, however despite all these they are still heavily loaded with calories.
As you open the packet using the tear strip around the top there is a very pleasant aroma of dark chocolate that wafts out of the open pack. It certainly isn't an overwhelming smell and one that makes the biscuit seem even more tempting.
When you look at the biscuit it is a standard McVities digestive base with a layer of Dark chocolate added to the top. In comparison to the Milk chocolate version the colouring is a lot darker but that is by and large down to the fact they use good quality dark chocolate.
As I pick it up to take my first bite the first thing I notice is how much thinner the digestive base on these is compared to how it used to be. It's an issue that is highlighted as you bite into the biscuit and the remainder of the biscuit splits into two. That aside though it does have a very pleasant smell as you bring it towards your mouth.
The dark chocolate coating over the biscuit is just right and given the blend with digestive it doesn't overpower the senses. That first bite provides you with a glorious mixture of very tasty dark chocolate and the classic digestive taste. Neither of the flavours really engulfs the other and it makes for a very pleasant taste. The biscuit has a very satisfying crunch to it as you first bite a piece off and as you chew it. The chocolate melts in the mouth and provides a very nice taste in your mouth.
I've too often had dark chocolate biscuits that are far too strong and mask the taste of the biscuit but McVities have been careful to get the mixture right. As i mentioned I like a biscuit with a cup of tea and that always means I end up dunking the biscuit and again the dark chocolate digestive stands up to the test. The biscuit it's self becomes a little moist but doesn't lose its shape, while the chocolate element melts a little and with a little bit of tea absorbed into the biscuit it makes the taste even nicer.
Once you have finished eating the biscuit there is a very pleasant after taste of dark chocolate which just lingers in your mouth. Once again this is not an overwhelming taste and actually provides a very subtle and welcome finish to the biscuit.
These are available from all good supermarkets, although we tend to buy ours from Tesco where they currently cost £1.54 or 2 for £2.50 for the 400g packet.
Overall I really enjoy a Dark Chocolate digestive biscuit these days. They may still be my second choice after the milk chocolate ones but they are really nice as a change to the milk ones. The taste is really nice and pleasant and unlike a lot of dark chocolate biscuits it doesn't overwhelm you. All in all a very tasty treat.
Per Biscuit
Energy 84kCal
Protein 1.0g
Carbohydrate 10.7g
of which sugars 4.7g
Fat 4.2g
of which saturates 2.2g
Fibre 0.7g
Sodium 0.1g
Salt N/A
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