Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Russell Stover Kris P. Pretzel Bunny

Russell Stover Kris P. Pretzel BunnyThere’s rarely anything new to report in the world of chocolate rabbits for Easter. There’s plenty of variation: They come in flat styles and three dimensional. Sitting and standing poses. Hollow and solid. Milk, white or dark chocolate (and sometimes flavored solid confection). The chocolate can also have some inclusions. Until recently this was rather rare, and mostly crispy rice. This year Russell Stover, which already makes a white confection Cookies ‘n’ Creme version, came out with the Russell Stover Kris P. Pretzel Bunny.

I learned of the existence of this tasty sounding bunny on Rebekah’s Obsessive Sweets blog. I did find it at CVS but it was a full 7 ounces and four dollars, I just wanted to taste it. So off to the Russell Stover’s website I go and found out that there’s a 1.5 ounce version out there, so I checked out the 99 Cent Only Store. Success ... and only a buck. (Though the large version is a better value.)

Russell Stover Kris P. Pretzel Bunny

The bunny, at only 1.5 ounces, is not particularly large, but compact. It’s quite thick through the middle, and if it were solid (without the pretzel bits), it would probably be more difficult to bite.

Suspended within the milk chocolate are little bits of pretzel. They’re not chunks, they really are teensy bits. My guess is that they have to be in order to get the molding process to work.

Russell Stover Kris P. Pretzel Bunny

The bite is wonderfully grainy, there are a lot of little bits in there. They don’t create the dry crunch that a whole pretzel piece would. Instead there’s more the malty and salty flavors in there and of course the slight grit of a pretzel dust. The chocolate is creamy and sweet, with a light smoky note. Sadly, it’s very salty. There are 240 mg of salt in there, which the package says is 10% of your RDA, but I think, for me, it’s more like 25% since I eat so little salt. So it could easily be cut in half and I think most people would find it still has that zap.

I liked it and would probably buy this variety again. It’d be nice if it came in a dark variety, but the chocolate here was sufficiently strong enough to stand up for itself with the pretzel flavors and textures.

The packaging is excessive. It’s not a large rabbit, but the box is big and has a useless tray inside. I understand needing to box up hollow bunnies, but the solid variety shouldn’t need more than some foil and/or a box, not the tray as well.

Since this has pretzels in it, it’s not gluten free. The bunnies contain soy and dairy. It’s also made on shared equipment with peanuts, tree nuts and eggs. There’s no statement on the package or on Russell Stover’s website about the sourcing of their chocolate or other ingredients except that their chocolate sourcing partners are members of the World Cocoa Foundation.

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Name: Kris P. Pretzel Bunny
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Russell Stover
Place Purchased: 99 Cent Only Store (Miracle Mile)
Price: $1.00
Size: 1.5 ounces
Calories per ounce: 147
Categories: Candy, Easter, Russell Stover, Chocolate, Cookie, 7-Worth It, United States, 99 Cent Only Store

POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:25 am Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewEasterRussell StoverChocolateCookie7-Worth ItUnited States99 Cent Only Store

Comments
  1. I was trying to decide among the similar-looking Russel Stover 1.5oz pretzel and crisp rice bunnies, and the different-looking 1.0oz coconut nest.

    I decided on the coconut nest, but may try one or both of the others later. Had I tried the pretzel one I would have been surprised by the lack of larger pretzel bits, but now I know.

    Comment by bitguru on 3/22/13 at 10:19 am #
  2. I wanted to try something new for chocolate rabbits this year Kris P. Pretzel is yummy! i paid 3.19 worth it to me since i know i have paid much more for chocolate i enjoy the crunchy pretzels& Russell Stover chocolate.Happy!

    Comment by artemis on 3/25/13 at 8:44 am #
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