It’s not very often I get stuff to review for the site. It’s even less often that the item in question is confectionery. But, oh boy, have I got a treat for you today. Or rather, should that read, have I got a treat for ME today. I have been kindly given a “Rice Krispie Sqaure”. But not your normal type of square. This is, in fact one of the new “totally chocolatey” variety. I wasn’t even aware of their existence until the other day.

So, in order to convey to you just how chocolatey it is (or, not as the case may be), I shall devour it whilst blogging. First of all, here is the item itself…

Now, in its wrapped state, one thing is immediately apparent. It’s not actually a square. If memory serves me correctly, it’s one of those “marketing gimmick” things, where some guy several years ago, (probably) stood in front of a board of executives, and blathered “Right, get this guys, let’s call them Squares, but actually make them rectangles”…. I have a feeling it may have been one of those “Friday afternoon” ideas.

Now, the RK “Square” was marketed in the US for many decades before it reached good old Blighty. I’m sure it was the mid 90s when they first appeared on the shelves. Originally, they were just marshmallow and rice, however other varieties soon crept onto the market, such as the caramel ones, the chocolate version which I present to you today, and the massively unpopular bacon variety. (You made that last one up, didn’t you? – Ed)

Um… yes.

Now, not being an overly keen fan of marshmallow, I have pretty much avoided RK squares. I do still remember having my very first one. I seem to recall it coincided with purchasing a new item of kitchen apparatus,such as a microwave, or washer. Can’t remember exactly. I wasn’t impressed.

Either way, I do like chocolate, and Rice Krispies. Oddly, I’m not a fan of Coco Pops, however.

I’m expecting this to be a bit like the home-made “Rice Krispie cake”, only ever so slightly more processed. I can just picture a young Jamie, stood at the cooker with my mother, watching some old Easter eggs melt into a brown goo, throwing in some cereal, and then scooping the whole gooey mixture into one of those paper cake… things, and allowing to set in the fridge. To this day, Rice Krispie cakes are probably the only thing I’ve successfully cooked which hasn’t resulted in food poisoning, the smoke alarm being set off, or the dogs receiving a hearty meal of inedible slop.

The list of ingredients (which is longer than your arm) confirms that it’s certainly not your average cake. It appears that there’s only 10% “chocolate chunks”, but something called “chocolate flavour coating” on the outside. Hmmm.

Anyway, I’ve blabbed on for several paragraphs now, and I haven’t even unwrapped it yet. Well, here goes.

Smells nice. Looks nice. There doesn’t appear to be much “chocolate flavour coating”. And now, the bite…

*crunch*

Oh, man, this is nice.

You’ll have to believe me when I say that I typed all of the above two days ago, and am only now just picking up where I left. I’ve had 48 hours to try and put into words just what these are like, and the best I can come up with is a Toffee Crisp on speed. Not very descriptive, I know, but hell, I wouldn’t kick one of these out of bed. Oh, wait, yes I will, it’ll probably leave crumbs.