June 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Tango "Hazelnut"

Network Foods

There are two elements to this candy bar, milk chocolate and hazelnuts. One of these elements was really great and the other was not great at all. When you have a bar with only two ingredients it’s pretty crucial that both are good, so it was a little sad to have such and imbalance. The success of this bar is the hazelnuts, they were tasty and very crunchy. I’ve had a few hazelnut chocolate bars where the hazelnuts are disappointing, but these were fantastic.

The disappointing part of this bar was the chocolate. It lacked any real cocoa flavour, and had a really waxy texture. It melted in my mouth, but not the way a good quality milk chocolate bar should. It’s really disappointing because this was a really great bar for every other part. Not only were the hazelnuts tasty, but the ratio of chocolate to hazelnuts was spot on. I feel like with a higher quality chocolate this bar would have been a delicious treat.

My guess is that the lower quality chocolate is not a mistake. This bar comes from South East Asia where temperatures are much hotter and prices for candy is often lower. By going with a cheaper chocolate you can store the bar in hot climates and keep the costs down. It’s really a double win for the company who made these and a common occurrence in this area. High quality chocolate bars just don’t work in many warmer countries.

If you’re travelling in a warm climate and craving some less expensive chocolate (higher quality chocolate imports can be very expensive in some parts of the world), this is a fine bar to deal with that quick chocolate fix. The hazelnuts are the main star anyways and fortunately they’re very good.