Tan Square: Catching Pen Cafe, Dannevirke

FIONA: This inauspiciously named “Tan Square” had about an inch of delectable caramel – nice and dark, and with a crunchy, extra-caramelised bit around one edge. 

The dark caramelisation added enough texture and flavour that chocolate wasn’t missed much, though a little more crunch wouldn’t have gone amiss. The base was shortbread, and was a little crumbly but did its job as a caramel platform well. Love your work, Catching Pen Cafe. Your two caramel offerings were gratefully received.

TEXTURE: 8/10
FLAVOUR: 8/10
C̶H̶O̶C̶:CARAMEL:BASE RATIO: 7/10 (good amount of caramel to base, despite lack of chocolate)
OVERALL RATING: 7.5/10

ANDREW: Ah, hyperglycaemia my good friend…

Seriously, this slice was a lot. The caramel was nice and dark, with a crunchy edge, the base was thick but I’m going to be honest, some dark chocolate to cut the sweetness a bit would have helped, as would a slightly smaller slice. I did like that the caramel was the star, but overall found it a bit unbalanced.

TEXTURE: 7/10
FLAVOUR: 7/10
C̶H̶O̶C̶:CARAMEL:BASE RATIO: 6/10 (too much caramel)
OVERALL RATING: 7/10

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