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WONKA GOLDEN CREME EGG
In previous reviews, I have lamented that for the most part, Nestle has used its Wonka license for non-chocolate candies. Well, for Easter, Nestle has brought out the rare Wonka chocolate product, the Wonka Golden Creme Egg.
Like the Cadbury Creme Egg, this candy egg truly is egg-shaped, and not a flattened oval, although it is more symmetrical than Cadbury's eggs. It's closer to a football shape, but I am digressing. The wrapper describes the Golden Creme Egg as "chocolate creme and caramel with graham flavored cookie pieces in a milk chocolate shell."
The outer shell is Wonka milk chocolate, and nothing but Wonka milk chocolate. All the better to surprise the person who didn't pay attention to the copy on the golden foil wrapper -- or the youngster who sees it only as an obstacle to the confectionary yumminess inside. The chocolate creme and caramel lay nestled side by side inside the chocolate shell, with the graham cookie pieces inside the chocolate creme.
The caramel is firm, not flowing. It's firm enough to be chewy, which is always a plus to me. The semi-liquid caramel that I have encountered in some candies is pleasant enough, but there is always the problem of keeping the caramel under control once you bite through the chocolate shell. That is not a problem here.
The graham cookie pieces are slightly smaller here than they are in the Wonka Bar. They provide the same crunch, but either their smaller size or the amount of cookie pieces in the egg (possibly a combination of both) mutes the effect of the crunch ever so slightly. And while the flavor of the cookie pieces is quite noticeable in the Wonka Bar, in the Golden Creme Egg it is almost overwhelmed by the sweetness of the caramel and the chocolate creme.
It's a little difficult to distinguish between the chocolate creme inside and the milk chocolate shell outside. The two are just too similar; the total product would have been better if one had been a darker chocolate. Having said that, it's probably the only major complaint I have with the Golden Creme Egg.
As is the case with all seasonal candy, the Wonka Golden Creme Egg will fade away from the shelves once Peter Cottontail has finished his annual hop down the bunny trail. I strongly suspect, though, that it will reappear somewhere around February 15. I think this is one that be making annual appearances from now on.
-jc- |
| | Posted 3/10/2007 6:24 PM - 12 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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