Cadbury Screame Egg

Hi everyone, Spire here with the obligatory Halloween candy posting ^_^

Around Halloween, we do get a lot of imported candies for the holiday, though we don't exactly celebrate it in it's essence. As usual I went hunting around but since I was on a budget I only picked up a couple of items as opposed to the bigger range of stuff I get to try year after year. Here's the rather famous Cadbury Screme egg. It was going for RM 5.99 a piece (yikes!) but this is a very popular treat (so I hear) so I had to give it a go.

This is what it looks like after you peel off the crinkly metal shell. Because I was worried that it would get too melty to handle due to the hot weather, I had popped it in the fridge for an hour before cracking it open.

Wrapper off, it looks pretty much the same as any regular Cadbury creme egg.

When you get inside however is where you get the fun green festive 'goo' that makes this quite a Halloween treat. The taste and consistency is the same as any regular old Creme egg but it's a nice tie in to the holiday.

As far as the taste goes, you can't go wrong with the chocolate and the filling while tasty, I find it crazy sweet. Like I'll go into a diabetic coma level of sweet. It looks cool as hell though.

Spire sez: It's really cool that you get greenish goo spilling out of it but I have to say it was entirely too sweet for me to eat in one sitting. It wasn't too bad cold (because I'm a freak who likes cold chocolate) but I think I'll stick to just having this twice a year at Easter and at Halloween ^^;

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 4/5

Price: 2/5

DIY level: Nonexistant

Fun: Ugh, too sweet x_x

Choc Goji Milk Chocolate Wolfberries

Hi everyone!

I came back from a trip to Singapore recently and I found something a little out of the ordinary while visiting a supermarket in Vivo city!

Chocolate coated Goji berries!

 It's advertised as one of those 'healthy snacks' you can have without the guilt or remorse of having a helping of chocolate and tastes good too. However I find goji berries and chocolate to be a rather odd combination, but I had to give them a try. There was a dark chocolate version available too at the same price.

It's fairly costly at about 4SGD a pack (that's about RM10 give or take) but it claims to give you tons of vitamin C and antioxidants so that counts for something right..?

I don't have images of the candies themselves (because I was dumb and forgot to take them), but they roughly look like chocolate coated sunflower seeds. The outer coating of chocolate is fairly thick and the goji berry inside is quite squishy and juicy.

Spire sez: I can't entirely say I liked them that much, because the goji berries had a rather strong flavour that was a bit sour and herbal-like. The chocolate didn't help mask it that much but I found them pleasant enough to eat maybe once in awhile. Not a taste for me but it's still a fairly exotic choice if you like health stuff. 

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 3/5

Price: 3/5

DIY level: Nonexistant

Fun: Nonexistant

Malteasers "MaltEaster" bunny

Hello everybody!
This time we've got a little treat in line with the Easter season (yeah I know it's technically over but who cares, excuses to eat chocolate bunnies!) so here we have Malteaser's MaltEaster bunny. It's to my understanding that everytime a major holiday pops up the bigger brands that produce stuff like Jelly Belly and Snickers tend to have seasonal treats, but this is the first time I've seen Malteasers in on the action.

This set me back RM 4.90 from Cold Storage. Not too bad all things considered.

The packaging is kinda cute, with cute butterflies and the occasional heart on their iconic Malteaser's red. Flip it over for a cute 'Easter egg' ;)

It looks like what's on the cover and that's never a bad thing.

It's basically a large bunny shaped chocolate candy with crunchy Malteaser bits mixed in a rather creamy center. The chocolate itself was quite creamy and well, generally tasted like a huge Malteaser. It had a rather nice crunch to it, but not nearly as crunchy as I would have expected it to be.

Spire sez: I loved it, but sadly Easter is over and it's been pulled from the shelves :( it's certainly one of those seasonal treats I would have seconds of if I did come across it. Maybe I'll have better luck next year!

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 5/5

Price: 4/5

DIY level: Nonexistant

Fun:  Yum!

Pfanner Erdbeer Saft (Strawberry juice)

Hello again and welcome to Sugarnoms!

Today's posting is our very first drink review. Drinks are more of Silvy's domain but I wanted to get the ball rolling first ;)

Anyway, tiny pack of juice caught my eye in Jarons; I think you can get it at Cold Storage too considering I've been seeing more Pfanner products popping up of late. Especially their iced tea! It costs RM 2.99, and looks deceptively small. Don't let the 'erdbeer' fool you, there's no alcohol in this one! Just good old juice.

I'd have to say the packaging is incredibly compact because it holds a very generous 200ml of juice. There's also this really cute teeny tiny straw that folds out the same way the ones on Yakult bottles do, albeit a bit thicker.

The juice itself is primarily strawberry juice with strawberry and apple pulp as well, but it doesn't come out pulpy the way some juices do. And as far as taste is concerned, it's one of those drinks which I feel you just can't hate. Its definitely strawberry with a hint of apple and a little bit of tang to it, though when poured out it looks like a large glass of muddy blood (Halloween party drink potential?) it's certainly a nice deviation from the usual apple-orange-tea drink packs we are so prone to drinking.

Spire sez: I definitely enjoyed this. It doesn't taste artificial nor hideously sour or sweet. I can foresee myself carrying maybe a couple of these in my backpack while I'm on the road. They're just so compact!

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 5/5

Price: 4/5

Thirst quenching : Yes!

Best drank: Cold