NEW! Toffee & Popcorn Galaxy Duet (Sainsbury's)

I'm a galaxy girl through and through. Give me any of their bars -the gooey salted caramel, the delicate ripple, or the delightfully crisp honeycomb to name but a few- and I'm all yours. I was extremely pleased therefore to discover that Galaxy have added a brand spankingly new bar to their duet range: Toffee & Popcorn.

I regularly buy both of the existing Duets*  because I'm very indecisive and love having two different flavours in one product. You'll have also gathered by now that I'm a big popcorn fan -in fact only yesterday I reviewed Butterkist's limited edition Hot Cross Bun Popcorn- so I was hoping for big things from Galaxy's newest creation.

The new duet bar consists of two fingers: one with toffee flavoured caramel filling, the other with popcorn & toffee pieces. Now, I guess that the idea is that you're supposed to enjoy both sides simultaneously, however I'm a bit odd and only ever eat one finger at a time, so that's how I'll review it -sorry guys!

The caramel side was exactly as expected, as oozy and soft as the standard galaxy caramel. In all honesty, I couldn't tell any difference between the two versions -but I love the original, so I was happy!

The toffee and popcorn finger contained very small pieces of popcorn, barely visible to the naked eye. The texture offered a combination of silken chocolate with crunchy pieces; some bites were more toffee than popcorn and some were the other way around. It's surprising that both components were detectable really, considering that the popcorn only accounted for 1.1% and the toffee pieces 0.7%, but they were! I loved the unexpectedness of each bite, and although both flavours were mild against the chocolate, they offered a novel twist.

I'm not sure I enjoyed this bar more than Galaxy's other bars, but it's certainly one I'll buy again and again.

Kev also reviewed the bar yesterday (check it out here!) and suggested that Galaxy create a duet with fruit in -I couldn't agree more. In fact, I think Galaxy should do a duet with biscuit down one side and sultanas down the other, tiffin style!

8/10

*when I'm not busy stuffing my mouth with Reese's!

Galaxy Treat Cakes (Morrisons)

I was on a rare venture into Morrisons yesterday where I spotted a huge display of 'new' Galaxy, Milky Way and Bounty cake slices. I'm not sure how recent they are because I'm well aware that companies often label their products as new way longer than they should, probably to trap obsessives such as myself. 

I realise that Galaxy has been a mainstay of the bakery aisle for years now with the chocolate cake bars, caramel cake bars and the festive 'Mistletoe Kisses' edition:

*Photos copied from www.tesco.com

The new treat cakes are presumably marketed as little indulgences because they each contain less than 100 calories. The galaxy version is simply chocolate sponge cake covered in milk chocolate, omitting the creamy layer of their previous bars altogether. 

I was disappointed to discover that the packet of 5 was half empty when the wrapper was removed, thanks to each cake being only marginally larger than a matchbox. The bars had a nice even chocolatey coating, which tasted more like the casing of a Mars bar than true Galaxy. The sponges were dry -unsurprising really given that they have a dubiously long shelf life- but the chocolate element edged them closer to enjoyable than simply edible.

These new 'treats' truly taste like the dieters version of the normal Galaxy cakes so -given that the caramel version contains only 18 calories and 0.5g saturated fat more-  I suggest that even if you're watching your weight that you stick to the original (and tastier) bars. 

6/10