Whether its in curries or cakes, rest assured I will find and devour it.
Disappointly, then, is Britain's lack of coconut products on the shelves of our supermarkets. Despite the increasing popularity of coconut oil and milk, for their acclaimed health benefits as 'good fats' and uses in Dairy Free products, there are simply still not enough coconutty foods about, for my liking.
Meandering through the aisles of my local Co-Operative Food, I stumbled upon a box of these chocolatey beauties. Wide-eyed and near dribbling, I of course promptly purchased them and headed home to enjoy them with a cup of tea and a couple of willing reviewer friends.
They are priced at £2 for 4, each of which contains 233 calories.
They consist of chocolate cake, topped with a coconut butter cream and enrobed in a layer of milk chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate.
Our Thoughts:
Tasty outer layer of chocolate, nice and thick. No complaints here.
The chocolate cake middle that dominates these 'bombes' did not blow us away (pardon the pun),
It is really quite dry. One pal commented that he 'got bored' of eating, whilst waiting for the coconut buttercream.
The coconut buttercream is, by all accounts, the star of the show. Creamy, rich, and coconutty, it provides a lovely companion, moistening the lack-lustre sponge and complimenting the chocolate flavour very well.
However, there is simply not enough of this stuff. As you can see from the image, there is a rather measly cone of buttercream, so you only end up with heavenly mouthfuls when you reach the middle of the bombe.
Another friend commented that she rated the product a 6/10 - but would have given the coconut buttercream alone a solid 8/10.
Concluding Thoughts:
Definitely pleasant, and I would have it again.
But, it would be so much better if the buttercream was evenly distributed, more plentiful - or better yet - the sponge was improved.
To end with another terrible pun: we weren't nuts about it.....
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