McVities Blackcurrant Jaffa Cakes

The Blackcurrant jaffa cakes are another delicious addition to the jaffa cake family.
It was like eating a delicious thin layer of cake topped with dark crackly chocolate and a layer of super soft Rowntrees blackcurrant pastilles.
The jaffa cake flavours I've tried so far are the original, strawberry, blackcurrant, lemon & lime, pineapple, cherry, passion fruit, orange & cranberry.
My favourite so far have to be the Blackcurrant, Strawberry, Cherry and pineapple.
I can't wait to get my hands on the new McVities jonuts.

Mcvities Choc gems

Many years ago, it was just Iced Gems but now you can get choc gems and unicorn gems.
It's a pity we didn't have the technology to and camera to document the iced gems back then but anyway as a foodie I decided to review the choc gems and review the other ones later.

The chocolate gems were seriously addictive.

They taste like a combination of malted milk biscuits and digestives topped with a big drop of solid milk chocolate.

The ratio of more chocolate to biscuit makes it delicious.

New McVities Jaffa cakes Passionfruit

Strangely I like any non orange Jaffa cakes because of that soft cake layer, crisp chocolate and the jelly.

There are two new Jaffa cakes this year by McVities and these are the Cherry and Passionfruit which Iis new.

Both flavours seem tasty and I can now finally compare them to the M&S version which was good.

Out of Cherry and Passionfruit, cherry was more exciting because I think the general taste palatte in UK prefers Cherry.

Finally got my hands on some Passionfruit Jaffa cakes from Tescos where every side of the box was well decorated even the barcode.

Now to the taste, I couldn't stop eating them, they were that good and Jaffa cakes tastes so much better in winter when the jelly is chewier and the passionfruit flavour was tangy topped with a layer of chocolate on a soft cake layer.

[Review] McVities Chocolate Cake Bars

I only tried the McVities Chocolate Cake Bars because they were reduced to 50p.
Unfortunately they were too sugar and the cake part was just not cakey at all.

McVities Christmas Pudding and Gingerbread digestive biscuits review 2020

I was looking for the new festive Christmas Pudding and Gingerbread digestive biscuits at Co-op on my last visit and couldn't find them.

Went back again and discovered they were on the bottom corner of the shelf.

Why oh why did co-op have to put the new and exciting biscuits in an unnoticeable place.

A few weeks later, these new biscuits were at a better location and they had the McVities gingerbread digestives as well.

Ended up getting both.

According to the comments, the Christmas pudding is better so I tried that first.

You get the typical taste of chocolate digestives followed by spices.

As for the gingerbread digestive, there wasn't much gingerbread taste which was disappointing.

The ginger taste was so light that you had to concentrate your senses to taste it.

Overall, I am glad I tried but at a reduced price because they were not worth the hype at full price.

[Review] McVities Orange and Cranberry Jaffa Cakes

McVities Jaffa cakes are always delicious especially the non orange ones for people who do not like citrus flavours.

My favourite non citrus flavours from Jaffa cakes have been the strawberry and pineapple.

For Christmas McVities have launched the Orange and Cranberry Jaffa Cakes as well as the Christmas pudding and gingerbread digestives.

I finally got my McVities Orange and Cranberry Jaffa Cakes from ASDA for 60p which is the cheapest.

The cranberry and orange jaffa cakes were delicious and addictive because the flavours of orange and cranberry were balanced.

The thing that makes them delicious jaffa cakes is the crack of the chocolate coating and the jelly in the middle which has a slight chew to it.

I also tried M&S version festive version which was clementine and cranberry but the citrus flavour was too strong and just tasted like orange so overall McVities Orange and cranberry jaffa cakes fared better.

[Review] McVities Sticky Toffee flavour cake

Spotted the McVities Sticky Toffee flavour cake at Icelands which I don't often see at supermarkets so decided to get it.
The sticky toffee cake felt really light when I took it from the shelf and the wrapper didn't really stick to the cake so I somehow knew it was going to be dry before getting it.
I was right. The texture was pretty dry and crumbly but the taste was ok but definitely needs custard as suggested on the wrapper.
There is an artificial toffee aroma to the cake which is pretty strong.
I didn't think I would be buying it again but after microwaving it for a 10 seconds it was a complete different story but I find it odd that there were no suggestions to heat it up whatsoever or is it common sense as custard was suggested so why does it not suggest heating it up like their other brands.

‘Very Important Biscuits’ by McVitie’s Digestives at ASDA

Since the beginning of the year, the talk of town has been the McVities popular British flavours like marmalade on toast,  cherry bakewell and strawberries and cream.
McVities has announced the launch of some premium VERY IMPORTANT BISCUITS that will be retailing at Asda from 12 July for £1.79/250g!!

The Very Important Biscuit range are digestives topped with a layer of chewy caramel which comes in three flavours:
Classic Caramel Bliss
Heavenly Chocolate Hazelnut
Luscious Blood Orange

From the press photo, the design is stylish and modern which has taken McVites to the next level with more focus on the biscuit than the brand.

For the new V.I.B range, my priority was the Heavenly Chocolate Hazelnut because it is different whereas the Luscious Blood Orange, I can imagine the taste being the marmalade on toast launched earlier topped with caramel.

As expected it was chewy with a nice hint of hazelnut and delicious just like the Digestive classic caramel and even better eaten in the winter because the caramel is even more chewy.

It would have been nice if there were some crushed hazelnut pieces but I would imagine increasing the price to make them just like having some raisins or currants in the new Christmas pudding digestives.

McVites Christmas Pudding Biscuits 2020:

A while ago I tried the McVities Digestives Classic Caramel which I believe tastes like the Classic Caramel Bliss and they were absolutely delicious with chewy indulgent caramel.

As well as caramel, they also had coffee caramel in the range which I sadly didn't try.

McVities popular British flavours launched earlier this year.