Before I start, I'd like to clarify that I've been relegated to the Kitchen while four men rip apart the front of the house and replace all the windows. I'm kinda bored... Onward...

Whilst in my local Tesco, I came across the following product:



I was naturally suspicious of a 'snack bar' masquerading as our favourite biscuit treat ( ), so I took it upon myself to perform an in-depth scientific study to see if it came up to the high standard that we have come to expect from our Jammie namesake!

First off, i examined the box. Lots of Jammie Dodger stylings although far too much yellow and not enough red and the whole effect was spoiled by a great big image of the bar itself, which looks about as far from a Jammie Dodger as it can get! But here I found the first big problem. There was no mention anywhere upon it of 'raspberry flavoured plum jam'! It did mention 'fruit pieces' and a 'tasty jammie dodger fruit filling', but nothing to suggest that this was going to to be a true dodger experience.

So next up, I opened the box and pulled one of the cereal bars out.



Now the packaging here is a little better - more red. They've done all they can to continue the Jammie D's look, but again spoiled it with a picture of the decidedly un-jammie dodger bar. There's a full list of ingredients on the side which mentions many artificial things but no fruit by name.

Here is the cereal bar itself:



Looks kinda tasty in a not very Jammie Dodger sort of way. I mean, you don't see many rice krispies in a real Jammie Dodger, do you? On the plus side, it had a nice thick layer of tasty looking jam and numerous little bits of 'fruit'. (I'm assuming they mean 'fruit' in the same way that an Indian restaurant means 'meat'; sort of 'don't ask and we won't tell' sort of of arrangement).

Finally, the most important test, which I conducted with a specially developed item of equipment. My mouth:



NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM... What? Oh, yes.

So it's quite tasty and the filling does kinda taste like the raspberry flavoured plum jam you get in a real Jammie Dodger, but it's all soft and gooey, unlike the real stuff which is a bit like a layer of pritt-stick. I suspect what they've done here is actually given us raspberry jam, instead of taking the normal circuitous route of making plum jam taste like raspberry. Either way, I've never had raspberry jam that actually tastes like raspberries, so I'm not to fussy.

My ultimate opinion of this cereal snack bar... It's quite tasty, but it's no Jammie Dodger! You have my blessing to go out and buy 'em, but don't blame me if you feel let down at the end of it!