Cadbury Chocolates Variety Pack Review

I saw on Amazon a few months ago a posting for a variety pack of 18 British candy bars that I found very interesting and wanted to try. Costing $11.58 in total with free shipping from England I was amazed at how fast it arrived (less than a week and a half) and at how neatly packaged the bars were and none of it was melted. There were six each of the three kinds I ordered: Crunchie, Flake, and Curlywurly. To be honest I was most interested in trying the Crunchie bar, because I have not found Violet Crumble in the nearby local stores anymore and I heard from others that Crunchie was very similar to it.

The first candy bar I tried was Crunchie. Taking one bite reminded me of eating Twix without the caramel. There was a honeyed toffee taste that was actually kind of refreshing and it did remind me a lot of Violet Crumble, my favorite childhood candy. I would say the only difference was in the texture. Violet Crumble if I remember correctly was harder to chew on whereas Crunchie was more quickly melting in the mouth, lighter flavored with a honeycomb textured appearance.

 

Trying Curlywurly was also another tasty surprise, it can be again compared to a Twix but without the cookie part. It is chocolate enlaced with milk caramel. I thought Curlywurly had a nice chewy yet smoothly blended texture though my roommate who also tried it said most of the caramel got stuck in her teeth. The Curlywurly bar was the biggest bar lengthwise out of the three chocolates, and it was something I was not expecting to have liked.

The Flake bar had a nice taste of cocoa that wasn’t overpowering. The consistency of the compacted pieces of chocolate was almost a bit too crumbly so I had to be very careful with how I consumed it by breaking small chunks the chocolate off so it would not crumble everywhere. I have mostly Flake bars left in my box. I liked Flake’s overall taste and I am thinking about repurposing some of them for my baking soon as ganache or in frosting.

If I could choose the chocolate bar I enjoyed the most from this Cadbury pack I would say that it is a tie between Crunchie and Curlywurly. I really liked the light honeycomb toffee tastiness of Crunchie, and how much it brought back some good childhood memories of when my parent used to buy Violet Crumble from the corner store. At the same time, I also enjoyed taking my time in consuming the Curlywurly bar as the caramel was not too chewy to me but smooth in its consistency, and meshed well with the signature chocolate that Cadbury makes.

I would love to try more kinds of British candy, and this Cadbury variety pack I bought from Amazon was definitely worth the price for the amount that you get. I also thought it was a good introduction to chocolates that I would not normally find here. It is a must try if you love chocolate and want to try something new, or if you are looking for a nice alternative to Violet Crumble.