We are on the road again. New caramel slices await on every horizon. Disclaimer: we will not be trying four slices in every town like we did in Dannevirke. That was Too Many Slices.
FIONA: We searched high and low for a good slice in Blenheim and decided to go for this bad boy. It looked the most promising and we wanted a good choc top after our last few slices were chocolate-free or chocolate-skimpy.
The base was a delicious rich brownie and the top was dark chocolate icing – mercifully not the congealed, stretchy pseudo-icing we experienced in Dannevirke, but proper icing, like on a good chocolate cake. These two elements were very yummy but made this caramel slice taste like a chocolate mud cake. This isn’t a bad thing, obviously. In fact, it tasted uncannily like the Cheesecake Shop chocolate mud cake that I requested for my birthday party circa 1998.
However, the caramel simply couldn’t compete with all the rich chocolate. It was overwhelmed and lost. And while this slice was undoubtedly yum, it wasn’t the caramel goodness I was hoping for.
TEXTURE: 5/10
FLAVOUR: 6/10
CHOC:CARAMEL:BASE RATIO: 2/10
OVERALL RATING: 5/10
ANDREW: This initially looked very promising, and while it was nice, it didn’t meet expectations. (Sounds like my report cards from school). I enjoyed the crunchy base, and the caramel was good but the brownie base and the rich icing were both similar flavors that mostly overwhelmed it. It was very similar in flavour to a caramel brownie I get from a spot near work. I still enjoyed this slice however.
TEXTURE: 6/10
FLAVOUR: 6/10
CHOC:CARAMEL:BASE RATIO: 4/10 OVERALL RATING: 5.5/10