Part Three of a Pud-Hog Sweet Series from Sweden
The Rolos that FORCE you to share
What? Salmiak – or Ammonium Chloride – is something you don’t often see in England (specialist shops aside). In Sweden, however, the flavour’s all over the place.
A type of salted Liquorice, it often crops up as a filling in various Chocolate Bars, and you might well assume that something so widespread would be reasonably tame. After all, if most people eat it, how weird can it be?
In a word: that s*** CRAY.
Take Center, a product made by Cloetta – a ‘leading confectionery company in the Nordic region’.
As Chocolate goes, you’d be hard-pressed to find something more intense.
Imagine a packet of Rolos on drugs: harmless soft Caramel fillings that have mutated into mouth-watering punches of salt, sweet and acid.
POW.
Ma Hog and I shared a packet between us – enraptured at first (‘It’s a taste SENSATION!’), then gradually overwhelmed by the strength of the flavour. By the time we were nearing the end, both of us found it a struggle to go on: we had found the Rolo’s antithesis.
‘You take the last one,’ I begged her.
‘No,’ she insisted. ‘You.’
I suppose we shouldn’t have been so surprised: we were eating Ammonium Chloride, for crying out loud; a chemical used in galvanising, found on coal dumps and volcanic vents.
I guess that explains why it felt like my taste buds were burning…
Where? You can buy Salmiak Chocolate in most supermarkets/newsagents in Sweden. Just don’t eat the whole pack alone
How Much? Our Center cost 13.9 kr (£1.40 at the time of writing)
Rating?
8/10 for bite one; 6/10 from thereon in
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