Mint- and Orange-flavored Kit Kats

Here in the UK and other parts of Europe, Kit Kats come in different flavors. Two of which are Mint and Orange.

All physical aspects of these Kit Kats, from shape to texture to even hardness, are identical to the ones in America so no visuals of an actual Kit Kat will be provided in this review. (Also, uploading pictures isn't a lot of fun, and neither is taking/stealing pictures of food).


Mint Kit Kat:
It's got a nice strong mint flavor, sometimes a bit too strong and reminiscent of toothpaste. Rest assured, the flavor is definitely there. This also bolsters the general opinion that mint and chocolate go really well together. Nestlé did a good job by playing it safe. (Btw, the above image is the same exact package that I bought.)
Orange Kit Kat:
Orange and chocolate, on the otherhand, aren't always a match made in heaven. Kit Kat certainly didn't orchestrate a burning passionate Las Vegas wedding between the two, but it's not awful either. Its got a sweet orange flavor that isn't sour at all, though after just having had an orange a few minutes ago, I can't say it reminded me of the Kit Kat. Meh. Still decent, but the concept is strange.

Hotel Chocolat fancy shmancy "Orange Melanges", and no, I haven't not been eating chocolate for that long

Apologies. I haven't been updating when i've been eating - obviously; the hiatus between this post and my last was waaay too long, and you know i can't go for that long without chocolate. i actually had this set (pictured below) about a week ago and managed to eat it rather slowly, over the course of 2-3 days.

i know, i was impressed by my legen-... (wait for it)... -dary self-control.

yeah, no, i don't really have any. i've also polished off a 5 pack of kinder buenos since last week, if that improves my credibility. the only reason i haven't been scarfing down more chocolate is because:

a) i'm way too lazy to get my ass over to the grocery store, which will probably change tomorrow as i have no real food anymore, except for

b) the nutella i have sitting on my desk, which, now that i think about it, is both a source of chocolate and real food. sort of. sorry again. i digress, probably because i'm trying (and succeeding! no shock there) in avoiding typing up my shakespeare's the tempest/forbidden planet paper. without further ado:


They were called something obnoxiously/pretentiously fancy like "Orange Melanges" (when really, i have no idea what a melange is and would have been perfectly satisfied with a name like... "little orange pieces and crispy bits in chocolate". granted, melanges sounds a lot nicer).

About 1.47 or something like a pop, which is pretty pricey, as far as chocolates go - these were comparable to the little orange numbers in the Thornton's truffle box thing i tried a few weeks back. These were comparatively less sweet - still a very satisfying balance of chocolate and orange, but the chocolate was noticeably darker.

i suppose the darker-ness of the chocolate (meaning less sugar, more cocoa) is supposed to be more indicative of quality, but i sort of liked the milkyness of the Thornton's as well. i guess it's a matter of what my mouth craves at the moment - unthinkingly sweet milk chocolate or the more thoughtful/mysterious/interesting dark chocolate.

i need to buy myself some cheese.