Kaspa's UK Banoffee Cookie Dough review

Banoffee and cookie dough.... 2 desserts that make me salivate at the mouth and so just the thought of the combination of these treats got me more than a little excited. Kaspa's is an American themed dessert diner serving ice creams, crepes, waffles, milkshakes and more. Their large menu is the stuff of dreams for anyone with a sweet tooth like mine, however as I previously mentioned a Banoffee cookie dough sounded just too good to pass up!

Served with fresh vanilla ice cream, this dessert cost £5.50 and although it did take a little while to arrive, when it came it looked well worth the wait. The portion was very generous and my cookie dough was topped with plenty of toffee sauce and milk chocolate curls. I took a bite and it was just warm and gooey with melted chocolate chips throughout. The bottom of the dessert had sliced banana pieces that went well with the sweet and gooey chocolate chipped cookie dough. This wasn't boiling hot but just warm enough that I could tuck straight in without burning my mouth. The whippy vanilla ice cream that came alongside it was also light and tasty, complimenting the rich cookie dough flavour and heavy, gooey texture. This dessert could easily be split between 2 but I have to admit I polished it off myself quite happily! My only complaint is that there wasn't really that much of a banoffee flavour. It was basically a standard cookie dough with a few pieces of sliced banana at the bottom. Although delicious, I think the cookie dough itself could have done with a little banoffee or toffee flavour to truly make this an amazing dessert. Having said that, I will certainly be returning to Kaspa's to try out some of their other very tempting sounding goodies!

Propercorn Chocolate review

I am  a massive fan of the entire Propercorn range and so couldn't wait to try out this new chocolate variety. With only 1wy calories per 26g bag, these are also a pretty guilt free snack. This fairtrade opcorn is gluten free, suitable for vegetarians, made from all natural seasonings and dusted with cocoa and demerara sugar.

I opened the bag to see plenty of dark brown popcorn pieces. There was a slightly earthy cocoa smell which wasn't what I expected but then again having never tasted chocolate popcorn, I didn't really know what to expect! This bag of popcorn had the usual crunchiness that I know i can always count on Peppercorn for. The flavour however was quite surprising because it was nowhere near as sweet as I imagined a chocolate flavoured popcorn would be. The flavour was more of a raw cocoa and so although not unpleasant, it just wasn't the sweet chocolatey snack that I imagined this would be.

In all honesty this is probably my least favourite flavour from the Peppercorn range bit even so I happily finished off the bag. It wasn't sweet but it also wasn't savoury so I'm just not sure where this fits. Although slightly more-ish I can't say that I am rushing to pick this up again. Having said that, I think that anyone who is a fan of rich and authentic cocoa flavours would love this and even though it wasn't my favourite variety, I'm still glad I tried it and it made for a bit of a novelty treat!

Marks & Spencer's Coconut Chicken & Mango Sunshine Wrap review

Around this time of year, M&S always release a new range of summer themed wraps and I have been keeping my eye out for them. This year, one of the new additions is this coconut chicken and mango wrap. Although I'm not the biggest fan of mango, my love for both coconut and M&S meant that I had no hesitation on picking this up when I needed an easy on the go lunch. Consisting of a pumpkin tortilla, chicken, coconut chutney, spinach and a coconut & lime mayonnaise it didn't even sound like the mango was a dominant flavour in this wrap and I was looking forward to trying it.

Opening the packaging up I think the mixture of bright, vibrant colours explains why this is labelled a "sunshine" wrap. It was also filled with mixed beans, some mango salsa and couscous. Its fair to say that M&S did not scrimp on the filling as the wrap was packed and I was impressed by the large chunks of juicy chicken. The best way to describe the flavour of this wrap, is to liken it to a Thai green curry. It didn't taste as I expected it to but it was still delicious and the more I ate, the more I realised it tasted exactly like a Thai green curry in a wrap.

I loved the combination of all of the different ingredients from the beans and chicken which provided a little heat, to the cool coconut lime mayonnaise and sweet mango chutney. All of the ingredients tasted fresh and this even count towards one of your five a day! The ingredients are also all sourced from Great Britain but even with all of these extra bonus's aside, this was a filling and tasty lunch that I cant wait to have again. I highly recommend trying this whilst its around and it is an ideal flavoursome lunch for a hot (and rare) summers day.