Every day value chocolate chip cake bars. These are another one of Tesco's increasing range of `everyday value` products. I usually make my own cakes as I find bought ones smaller and more expensive than I can make at home and a little over produced(if you understand my euphemism). However having two boys who seem forever hungry I like to keep a few in the cupboard for when I'm feeling a little lazy. As I have said in other reviews I prefer to not spend money unnecessarily, so thought on seeing these that they would be worth giving them a try. At 50p for a five pack how could I go wrong?

Each cake is individually wrapped keeping them fresher for longer and also making them an ideal addition to an adlib picnic. They are approximately 15cmx3cmx2cm of chocolate chip sponge cake that upon trial were surprisingly sweet and succulent. I wasn't expecting anything amazing and these certainly lived up to my expectations. They are tasty and have plenty of chocolate chips which is a shock as I was expecting perhaps one or two per cake. Although in reality they are quite liberally dispersed. They are great as a backup but I won't be hanging up my apron quite yet!!! I have used them as the base for a chocolate trifle quite successfully and have broken them up to make a rocky road tray bake which was also very tasty.


The packaging is a white cardboard box with the everyday value, no frill packaging with purple writing and a picture of the cake bar emblazoned on the front, much more appealing than the old blue and white value packaging. Each cake is in a transparent plastic bag. All of which is recyclable.


The ingredients are:

Wheat Flour, Pasteurised Egg ,Vegetable Oil ,Milk Chocolate Chips (12%) ,Glucose-Fructose Syrup ,Sugar ,Humectant (Glycerine) ,Whey Powder ,Flavouring ,Emulsifiers (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids) ,Raising Agents (Potassium Carbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Glucono-Delta-Lactone) ,Maize Starch ,Thickeners (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum) ,Salt ,Milk Chocolate Chips contain: Sugar ,Dried Whole Milk ,Cocoa Butter ,Cocoa Mass ,Whey Powder ,Dried Skimmed Milk ,Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins) ,Flavouring


Quite an extensive list, but unfortunately these days nearly all product contain some additives, for various reasons which I cannot fathom.


Each cake bar which weighs around 28g contains:
Energy 510kJ (125kcal)
Protein 1.7g
Carbohydrate 14.8g
Sugars 6.6g
Fat 6.0g
Saturates 0.7g
Mono Unsaturated 3.5g
Polyunsaturated 1.5g
Fibre 0.5g
Sodium* trace
*Salt Equivalent trace


It needs to be kept dry and once opened should be kept in an air tight container. For people with an allergy to nuts you will be pleased to know these are nut free. They are also vegetarian. These are not suitable for home freezing although I have always found them to have a fairly long `use by` date. My sons both enjoy them, they are on par with the more expensive brands and I am extremely happy with both the quality and the exceptional price. All in all a very good bargain and I still continue to purchase them, I definitely recommend them.

They are available at most if not all Tesco stores; however I buy mine at www.tesco.co.uk

Tesco stores ltd,
Cheshunt
EN8 9SL
UK.

Customer service telephone number is 0800 50 55 55.

Overall I was very impressed considering the extremely low price.