Review: Nestlé Lion with Peanuts

This proposition is – with the addition of peanuts - much similar to the original Lion bar, namely wafer and caramel coated with milk chocolate. Peanuts, caramel and chocolate really is a grateful combination to work with and many companies have a take on this, Snickers perhaps being the most famous.

The Achilles heel of this proposition is the Lion bar backbone, namely the wafer. If the wafer is crispy and has the right density it can be quite good. However, if it is dull it has the texture of cardboard ruining the entire experience. Also if it is too light the bar will suffer from not being sufficiently substantial.

The bar itself looks nice as is as well as in cross section, though I find the wrapper too bombastic to be really attractive. Appearance: 7, 5.

The aroma is nice with lots of peanuts which, however, overpowers, almost everything else, not least the cocoa which does not come through, which is somewhat disappointing. Aroma: 7 out of 10.

There is a nice and good crunch from the peanuts. However, the wafer is a little dull and thus becomes a little like cardboard. Here I think there is a good opportunity for improvement. Texture: 7, 5 out of 10.

I find good flavours from peanuts and caramel, though both the wafer and milk chocolate are uninteresting. The wafer tastes too artificial for my liking and the milk chocolate simply isn’t sufficiently flavourful. Flavour: 7, 5 out of 10.

Average: 7, 375 out of 10.