Blue Bunny Cadbury English Toffee Ice Cream Bars

[By Nick, New for 2013] I’ve already spoke about my love for the Heath Klondike bar so I was more than excited to try out the Cadbury English Toffee bars that Wells sent me and see how they stack up. I really enjoyed the original Cadbury bars Blue Bunny put out last year so I’m hoping to continue that trend.

Described as “Creamy Blue Bunny reduced fat toffee flavored ice cream dipped in thick, rich Cadbury milk chocolaty coating and toffee pieces” this one sounds very enticing to me. Companies really need to use toffee a lot more. If I see toffee in the name of a product, the chances of me picking it up increase by 50%.

These wrappers make me feel fancy.

Out of the wrapper, the bar looks exactly like their chocolate almond sibling. 

Even when I cut a little of the top off to get a cross section it still looks very similar to the almond bar. There’s a slight yellowish hue but not one that screams toffee like the Heath Klondike bar. Seeing as I’m going to compare this to the Heath Klondike version let’s start with the shell. In one word, this shell is superior. Actually there’s no contest, the Cadbury milk chocolate mixed with toffee pieces is remarkable. I know this might sound stupid, but does Cadbury make a toffee bar by any chance?

Where the Klondike shell is thin, this one is thick and way more satisfying. I love crunch and this one sure delivers. The thickness leads to it being very structurally sound. When bit into, it only seemed to crack around where I was biting and not into big pieces like the Klondike tends to do. Blue Bunny easily wins the shell competition.

Okay with that out of the way, time to move onto the ice cream. This part is pretty much a tossup between the two. The ice cream alone is eerily similar between the two. The taste isn’t all that different though Blue Bunny’s texture seems to be a bit denser and creamier which makes sense seeing as Klondike uses a lower fat ice cream. The main difference is when eating this as a whole you can taste the toffee ice cream a lot more in the Klondike version. I’m pretty sure that’s mainly due to the thinner shell to not compete all that much with the ice cream.

Still, the shell on these bars is just so amazing I don’t mind the lower intensity of toffee flavor. Heck, I can just eat the shell and then the ice cream or vice versa. My only gripe is the same one I have with all of these Cadbury bars, they’re way too tiny! The Heath Klondike bar is filling on its own. I feel like I’d need to have a couple of these to truly be completely content. Blue Bunny, can we just amp the size of these already? Magnum now makes minis so it’s only natural that you guys create a bigger bar!

Verdict?  A worthy competitor to my beloved Heath Klondike bar
Buy Again?  It might end up taking the Klondike’s spot in my freezer more often than not.