Wrapper Wednesday: Ruby Kit Kat

With Valentines Day in the rear view mirror, let’s round off the season with a ‘pinkredible‘ Ruby Kit Kat wrapper!

Limited edition Ruby Kit Kat (UK)

If you had seen last week’s Fact Friday, you might have read that ‘ruby chocolate’ was invented by a Swiss chocolate company in 2017. Controversially it has been dubbed by some as the ‘fourth’ chocolate; following the creation of dark (1847), milk (1875) and white (1930).

Swiss inventors at Barry Callebaut teamed up with Nestlé in order to release this four finger Kit Kat bar in the UK in 2018 (after a successful launch in Japan and Korea).

Blissfully unaware of this new chocolate sensation I happened upon this at a local Tesco Metro, but don’t remember seeing them around much after my initial purchase.

Unlike gold/caramelised chocolate which is still riding the coattails of popularity, I feel that ruby chocolate was a ‘flash in the pan’ – and I’m not really in a rush to try it again (although I no doubt will at some point).

I thoroughly enjoy all the ‘pinkness’ on this wrapper; and the delicate illustrations of cocoa pods and leaves at each end of the packet. The appearance of the Kit Kat was equally delightful (as illustrated). Classic crispy wafers enveloped in a thick layer of blushing pink chocolate.

Although the taste was a little too sickly for my liking, it was indeed a ‘new chocolate experience’.

Did anybody else try these before they were (mostly) discontinued? What do you think of the sweet, berry profile of ruby chocolate?

Review: La Vaquita Milk Toffees

We’re south of the border for today’s sweet review! Sampling the dangerously rich and moreish ‘La Vaquita‘ natillas flavoured milk toffees by Canel’s, Mexico.

Canel’s have been producing confectionery in Mexico for almost a century. The business began in 1925 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as a confectioners and producers of high quality gum and chewy candies. Canel’s has since developed into a giant all-Mexican corporation that also has dealings in hotels, has its own fleet of airplanes and are sponsors to numerous sporting events and disciplines such as basketball, cycling and motorsports.

Canel’s ‘La Vaquita‘ (‘Little Cow’ in Spanish) soft candies come in a small range of flavours and formats, including lollypops. These particular sweets are ‘natillas‘ and pecan flavoured – natillas being a type of ‘Spanish custard’ which is made with milk and eggs.

Canel’s ‘La Vaquita’ milk toffees

They smell, and taste, like a rich combination of heavy condensed milk and buttery toffee. The taste grows ever sweeter as you chew your way through the semi-soft tanned rolls. And since they give quite a long chew, just a couple of sweets is about enough for me before they turn a little sickly.

‘Little Cow’ toffees with lots of caramel, nuts and natillas flavour

There is an ever so slight, nutty undertone, but equally, if you had told me that they didn’t contain a ‘rica nuez’ (or ‘rich nuts‘) pecan flavour, then I would have believed you. The predominant taste is that of a creamy, full bodied milky toffee chew…and that’s alright by me!

If you’re the type of person to chew on a lump of toffee all afternoon, or sip sweetened condensed milk from the tin, or take your custard warm over a toffee pudding, this sweet might just be right up your alley!