The new Cadbury Dairy Milk Ritz and Dairy Milk LU are a welcome British version of the European Milka with Tuc and Milka with LU that I reviewed last year (see HERE). The Cadbury products are almost identical, also featuring sweet and savoury crackers added to milk chocolate. For the Cadbury versions we get Dairy Milk with Ritz crackers (instead of Tuc), but also get the same LU biscuits, which are a popular type of simple buttery biscuit.
Both bars are quite small at 35g which amounts to four squares of chocolate and eight crackers (there are four crackers on each side). They look identical to the Milka versions, and I find the appearance very appealing.
The Dairy Milk Ritz is my personal favourite, since I'm inclined towards sweet and salty flavours. The combination of Ritz crackers with chocolate is not as strange as it might sound, the crackers used here don't seem as salty as the real thing, and just provide a slightly savoury background, and subtle salty edge, to the sweet Cadbury chocolate. The only problem is that these are very moreish so I found the serving quite small, although that's no doubt a good thing for my waistline!
The Dairy Milk LU is a far more standard confection in terms of flavour. The combination of sweet and buttery biscuit with milk chocolate is one that we can find in any of the supermarket biscuit aisles, however that doesn't detract from the fact that this is a wonderfully delicious version. The LU biscuit has a sweet vanilla flavour which isn't overpowered by the rest of the ingredients and tastes fantastic with the milk chocolate. It's like eating a lovely biscuit that is covered in super thick chocolate - just gorgeous!
Grocery Gems Verdict: Cadbury Dairy Milk Ritz and Dairy Milk LU
RATING: Ritz - 9 out of 10, LU - 8.5 out of 10.
Buy them again?: Yes, especially the Ritz.
Purchased: Tesco (a special stand in the freezer section of all places).
Nutrition per 35g: (Ritz) 183 calories (LU) 180 calories.
Price: £0.50p each.
I've tried both bars and my favourite is the Lu one. I liked the malty sweetness of the Lu biscuits but I wasn't as keen on the Ritz one because it was too salty for my liking.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that there are both sweet and savoury options, many people don't like salty combinations. My family all preferred the LU version too!.
DeletePersonally the Dairy Milk Lu one works for me. I didn't particularly like the Ritz one BUT I am tempted to be outrageous and buy Cadbury Philadelphia and top some Ritz with it!
ReplyDeleteCadbury Philadelphia with a Ritz? Now that would be brave! Let me know if it's a success!
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