Pretty pricey - seems like the equivalent of the Thorntons box, except this was slightly cheaper (3.55 pounds) and has a lot more variety (which is why i'm going to break this up into parts...):
Strawberry Dream (pink wrapper): so, pretty conventional, strawberries and chocolate. alright, hold on (i'm eating as i type)... it's really more like... strawberries in some wicked syrup-y sweet syrup form (blech) + milk chocolate. not awful because at least the filling tastes like strawberries, but jesus, you think it could be less disturbingly sweet. a resounding no you didn't. moving on.
Tangy Orange Creme (orange wrapper): again, nothing extraordinary or interesting in terms of flavours: this time, orange + chocolate. this was far less sweet than the strawberry filling and had a nice tanginess to it, but it still tasted a bit synthetic. in terms of chocolate/orange combos, i'd rank it last (so far) behind Thorntons and Hotel Chocolat's orange-chocolate crispy things.
Caramel (blue wrapper): i'm going to stop expecting extraordinary - this is cadbury after all... anyhow, thin layer of milk chocolate over a solid-as-a-rock chunk of caramel, though if you're patient and wait for it to melt in your mouth, the caramel is not too sweet and has that nice warm, buttery flavour.
Country Fudge (skinny golden wrapper): i'm not quite sure what country fudge is supposed to taste like. the fudge seems a tad dry, but i'm not particularly good at judging since my predilections in the realm of fudge run towards the hot, melted-on-top-of-ice-cream variety (oh sorry, i think i may just have drooled). i suppose the fudge at least brings an interesting texture to the mix: sort of like how i would expect dense bread to feel, except this dense bread is made entirely of sugar and a bit of cocoa. a tad too sugary for my tastebuds, but not awful.
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