This chocolate bar was tasty. But the two main ingredients didn't blend together quite like I had hoped they would. For those of you who've tried the Cookie Butter, you know that it's pretty sweet and has a good bit of taste, but the rich, bitter tang of the dark chocolate was enough to virtually drown out the speculoos' flavor. It's not that they skimped on the Cookie Butter here. Just looking at each chocolate square, you'd think the gingerbread sweetness of the speculoos would be the dominant flavor...but sadly, it isn't. There was a hint of creaminess in each little chocolate square, but it still felt and tasted basically like a regular dark chocolate bar—not unlike this one.
So really, it's a pretty safe purchase as long as you're a fan of dark chocolate. Even if you don't like gingersnap type flavors, I don't think there's enough in there to ruin the chocolatiness. But if you're hoping for big bursts of that TJ's Speculoos Cookie Butter that you've come to know and love, you might find this chocolate bar falls short of its potential. I'd really like to try the same thing with white chocolate or milk chocolate instead of dark. I think the flavors might blend a little better. And a bit more cookie butter couldn't hurt, either.
Sonia gives this little treat a 3.5. Me too.
Bottom line: 7 out of 10 stars.
This is the best candy bar I've ever had and deserves nothing short of a full 10 stars, and I almost always prefer milk chocolate over dark, but not here. It's perfect as is.
ReplyDeleteI just bought a jar of speculoos to make bon bons with, I will have to test out with both dark and milk chocolate.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The cookie butter in the chocolate bar is not the same as the one you buy in the jar.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this falls short of its potential. I found it too sweet - so I think putting the speculoos in milk chocolate would be even more egregious (since milk choco tends to be sweeter than dark).
ReplyDeleteI noticed that the filling is not cookie butter, it is cookie spread. It tastes much more like the batter part of chocolate chip cookie dough (which then mixes with the dark chocolate to taste like an actual chocolate chip cookie to me) and not gingerbread-y at all. I had the chocolate bar before I tried the cookie butter, so I was actually disappointed when I realized that the cookie butter was gingerbread. I've been searching to try to find just the "Cookie Spread" that is used for the filling of the candy bar, but have had no luck.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! I bought this hoping it would be a tasty substitute for the Lindt Speculoos chocolate bar that I loved when I visited France but the contrast of the bitter dark chocolate and speculoos was too much - it would have been better if they had used milk chocolate like the Lindt version!
ReplyDeleteThis was disappointing to say the least. I agree with the writer and several comments that there was not much taste of the cookie butter. It is fine if you want to buy it just for dark chocolate but there needs to be much more filling in it! There has to be the right balance just like Reeses cups or even the TJ dark chocolate PB cups which are among my favorites candies anywhere!!! I agree that milk chocolate might be better but again, need the right ratio. Also, the Lindt idea has a lot of merit as well. I hope TJ's takes note of these comments and reformulates the candy bar as it has a lot of potential!
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