Nestle Lion Bar Review

Leading up to January 1st, when you will be able to buy British Snacks Online, our international snack blog is reviewing a treat from England every single day this month.  Being this is World of Snacks, every month in 2014 we will add a new country and their best cookies, chips, candies, chocolates, and cakes to our inventory.  Today's British Snacks review is roaring and ready to go!

We are reviewing the Nestle Lion Bar!  Previously made by Rowntree and known as the Big Cat until the late 1990s, this British Candy Bar was initially developed by well-known experimental confectioner Alan Norman.  The current Nestle Lion Bar consists of wafer, caramel, crisp cereal, and milk chocolate.  When first developed, the crisp cereal was actually Kellogg’s Special K!  For snack industry insiders, you may know that Nestle is a Swiss based company.   That being said, the Nestle Lion Bar’s heritage and demographic are leading us to categorize this as a British Snack.  Now we know a little about this “big cat” let’s take a look at the packaging.

This chocolate candy bar came wrapped in a dark brown package that slowly transitions to a lighter brown around the artwork.  The text is simple and direct, Nestle Lion.  No description, which means this bar is well known enough by its target demographic.  However, we really had no idea what we were getting into.  The lion is roaring and the text appears to be roared.  Overall the Nestle Lion is very stylish, for a candy bar anyway.  Now on to the taste test!

The chocolate is milky and mild.  The wafer and cereal combine to make an interesting crunch.  The caramel makes it sweet and slightly chewy.  Overall it’s a unique combination of ingredients.  For our Canadian snack enthusiasts, it is slightly comparable to a Mr. Big bar.  All of our testers enjoyed the Nestle Lion Bar.  It was pleasant enough, but did not “wow” anyone.  Everyone agreed they would enjoy having another. 

In just a few weeks you will be able to buy the Nestle Lion bar online in our international snack store.  In addition we’ve also received a handful of the rare Nestle White Lion Bar.  We will ship both Nestle Lion Bars in the US and all around the world.  If you’d like inventory notices and special offers be sure to leave your details to the right.  See you tomorrow!

01/01/2014 UPDATE:  The Nestle Lion is now available for purchase online in our international store.

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