Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Bar

Chips Ahoy! have long been my favourite brand of chocolate chip cookies, they just have the perfect crunchy yet melt in the mouth texture and sweet cookie flavour. I was so excited when I heard they had linked up with Cadbury to create a new chocolate bar! The Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy! chocolate was released this summer, and it was about time I featured it on my blog - thank you to Cadbury PR for sending me a bar to try out!

The Cadbury Dairy Milk with Chips Ahoy! is described as milk chocolate with a biscuit flavour filling (38%) and chocolate chip pieces. It looks similar to the Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo, and since that's one of my favourite Cadbury chocolate bars, I couldn't wait to see how the Chips Ahoy! version would compare. By the way, the Chips Ahoy! cookies in the background above are the Original variety rather than the interesting flavours that were released in the UK recently (see my review of those HERE). 

The biscuit filling in the Cadbury Chips Ahoy! bar is utterly delicious with a sweet biscuity flavour that successfully recreates the famous chocolate chip cookies that it's based on. The generous layer of creamy biscuit filling is filled with little pieces of cookie and chocolate chips that add extra crunchiness and sweetness. The outer coating of sweet Dairy Milk chocolate is the perfect partner for the biscuity flavours and creates a satisfying sweet treat. The gorgeously simple combination of chocolate and creamy cookies ensures that the Cadbury Dairy Milk with Chips Ahoy! is just as tasty as I hoped it would be!

Grocery Gems Verdict: Cadbury Dairy Milk Chips Ahoy!

RATING: 8 out of 10.
Buy them again?: Yes - already have!
Nutrition (per 3 chunks):  85 calories.

Vegetarian: Not suitable for vegetarians.
Purchased: Available at most supermarkets.Tesco.
Price: £1.42p (but look out for special £1.00 offers).

Products sent for an honest review. 

Chips Ahoy! Popcorn Candy Chips (UK)

I realise I'm very late with this review for the Chips Ahoy! Popcorn Candy Chip cookies. Even though I was glad to see the Chips Ahoy! brand hitting the UK, I wasn't initially too keen on the idea of the two varieties released; Popcorn Candy Chip and Crispy Choco Caramel. The flavours seem a bit haphazard, throwing ingredients in there, rather than a well thought out flavour combo. However, I decided I should at least give them a go, especially as I'm a fan of the original Chips Ahoy! cookies.

Each pack has about 12 cookies in it and seem to be available in most supermarkets for £1.00. 

I have to start by saying that these are very tasty biscuits, in fact they are very similar to the classic Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies. The texture is crunchy, without being overly hard, and has a satisfying melt in the mouth quality. They have a great flavour too, just buttery enough, with a little hint of salt in there too. They're definitely much nicer than any mainstream chocolate chips cookies already available in the UK (such as Maryland). My only slight criticism is that I really don't see what the popcorn and candy chips add to the cookie. The popcorn especially is barely noticeable, perhaps just adding a hint of toffee flavour. The addition of candy chips (that's Smarties or M&M's to me and you) is quite nice but they are basically just more sugary versions of the chocolate chips in terms of the taste. 

Grumbles aside, I did enjoy these cookies and if you've never tried Chips Ahoy! before then these are definitely worth a go.

Grocery Gems Verdict: Chips Ahoy! Popcorn Candy Chip Cookies

RATING: 7 out of 10.
Buy them again?: Maybe.
Nutrition (per cookie):  70 calories.

Vegetarian: No info on packaging.
Purchased: Tesco.
Price: £1.00.

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