11/4/2022 0 Comments Hays rich eggy hanukkah![]() WE SAY: Sounds sumptuous but has the slightly naff taste of a Terry's Chocolate Orange - so much so that you can't tell if there's any coffee in there the synthetic orange is overpowering. THEY SAY: A double espresso with steamed milk and triple sec syrup, topped with whipped cream and finished with Belgian chocolate sprinkles and a dusting of cinnamon. Hays rich eggy hanukkah plus#Although not the most gut-busting option here, this still has five times the calories found in Nero's normal latte, plus six teaspoons of sugar. PRICE: £2.90 for a regular with semi-skimmed milk - 40p more than a normal latte. The caramel sauce got lost in the mountain of cream. Still, it's good and strong, and came with a liberal serving of proper dark chocolate chips. WE SAY: Probably the sweetest thing you can drink, apart from liquid glucose. ![]() THEY SAY: Hot chocolate with nut syrup, topped with whipped cream and a swirl of caramel sauce. This has 13 teaspoons of sugar and five-and-a-half times the fat found in a standard Caffe Nero hot chocolate, which isn't topped with cream. It will cost you 40p more than a normal hot chocolate. PRICE: £2.95 for a 'regular' (12 oz, made with semi-skimmed milk - Nero's standard for its hot drinks), served with whipped cream. The coffee had a good gingerbread flavour, though. Tiny gold stars are meant to add festive sparkle but mine were a rather underwhelming constellation, obscured by a thick cloud of sickly cream. WE SAY: The poor little gingerbread man (and he is little, about the size of a Ritz cracker) fell flat on his face when my latte was served. THEY SAY: A smooth and creamy latte with a dash of gingerbread syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream, gold stars and our signature gingerbread man. This has slightly more than the 267 calories in a normal whole-milk Costa latte in the same size - but nearly double the fat and just over four teaspoons of sugar. PRICE: £3.50 for a medio with whole milk - 80p more than a standard Costa latte in the same size. My barista failed to attempt the drizzled sauce promised in the adverts. It tasted good, if a bit sweet, but didn't look particularly festive: it came in a plain glass mug with a spoon and a little cherry drowning in a big blob of cream. ![]() The hot chocolate doesn't taste of cherry, or Black Forest gateau for that matter. WE SAY: It didn't exactly transport me to Bavaria. THEY SAY: Costa hot chocolate with a dash of Black Forest syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a real cherry. This has more calories than the standard hot chocolate (334 cals) and 50 per cent more fat - 7g more than the 13.6g in the normal version. PRICE: £3.55 for a 16oz medio made with whole milk - 85p more than a normal hot chocolate. The elfin candy stick is a real tooth-breaker but looks charming. WE SAY: This had an authentic peppermint flavour, almost as if they'd whizzed up a bar of Kendal mint cake and doused it in cream. THEY SAY: Costa hot chocolate with a dash of mint syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream and served with an elf-sized candy cane. This clocks in at almost a quarter of a woman's daily calorie allowance, with nearly 150 more calories than the standard Costa hot chocolate in the same size, twice the fat, and more than 11 teaspoons of sugar. The promised sprinkling of nutmeg was sadly missing, however, so apart from the festive cup it looked like any old latte. Despite that, it does taste rather convincing, with a good hit of vanilla, without being too eggy or cloying. You won't find any egg or alcohol in the Starbucks version - the flavouring is all artificial. WE SAY: Proper eggnog is made with raw egg, vanilla, cream and rum - and should be deliciously boozy. THEY SAY: Rich, steamed eggnog and our signature espresso topped with ground nutmeg. This has 50 per cent more calories and fat than a normal Starbucks latte made with whole milk (223 cals, 11.5g fat) plus the equivalent of a whopping ten teaspoons of sugar - three times as much as in the standard latte. That's 65p more than a normal Starbucks latte of the same size. PRICE: £3.25 for grande made with whole milk, without cream. I tried a classic hot chocolate afterwards and it tasted bitter compared with this sugary (but heart-warming) slurry. The gold curls create a cheerful first impression but dissolved into a film that clung to my lips, leaving a strange synthetic flavour. ![]() WE SAY: Imagine putting a Crunchie bar in a blender, then adding sugar and cream. THEY SAY: Creamy milk hot chocolate with fudge flavour, topped with a fudge whipped cream and a gold chocolate curl topping. ![]()
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