Barista V2, Palmerston North

Barista, Won't buy again. Made on site. 7/10. $4.

This was nice and fresh and had an almost fudge icing - though not at all crystalized.  While I've had a few Caramel Slices from Barista, this was the first of their Macadamia ones, with a taste of this throughout. 


It had a good decent caramel filling and a decent base, but to be honest the macadamia taste was wasted on me - though I could tell that if you were a macadamia fan you'd enjoy this. 

Aurora, Mosgiel

Aurora, Mosgiel. Will buy again.  Made on site.  9/10.  $?


This was a fresh, coconutty, oaty treat!  It wasn't too sweet or overwhelming, and not too dry either. Very much in the chunky country category, but as mentioned before this is more my preference than the svelte sort.  This was very good, and although I kept trying to save some to take home and share, it kept getting smaller and smaller until it was too small to share - I just ate the evidence. 


I don't get to Mosgiel much, but will make an effort to go there next time.  Their cheese scones and cheese rolls were pretty good too.  I just with I'd had more time to share fit with my family there!

Gamboni's, Karori

Gamboni's, Karori.  Won't buy again.  Made on site.  4/10.  $3.50.

Ah, I lament this particular slice.  It had all the markings of a tasty treat, including being gluten free.  Completely redundant to me, but I appreciated the effort for my gluten intolerant friends.

The caramel and chocolate was great, but the base tasted like burnt chocolate toast and was equally crunchy.  This may have been a freshness issue, or a lack of gluten, but meant I probably will only buy it again if I have a person with Celiac's in the house.

Ritual, Wanaka

Ritual, Wanaka.  Will not buy again.  Made on site.  3/10. $4.

Again, a bit disappointing for dear Wanaka.  This had a hard thick icing, and I couldn't actually taste the caramel.  The base was also all wrong - maybe it just wasn't fresh..

EIther which way it seemed like a bit of a chef's experiment - which I'm all for, I just wish they'd try them before putting them on the counter. 

Fingers crossed for less a less bleak caramel slice outlook for Christmas.

Gusto, Wanaka

Gusto, Wanaka. Wouldn't buy again.  Made on site.  4/10. $4

This was sampled during a recent trip to Wanaka - I'd have to say Wanaka shouldn't bother with caramel slice.  Only 2 of the 7 cafes I went past actually had something that resembled caramel slice and this tan slice was one of them.

On the rough theme of disappointment, this stuck to my mouth - and my parents (I'm not just being mean, there was intersubjective-verification here, truly scientific!).

Won't bug again, and brings the rest of the this cafe's apparently good food into question.

Sorry Gusto.

Revive, Petone

Revive, Petone.  Wouldn't buy again. Made on site. 7/10. $4.

This was delicious except for the chocolate. Milk chocolate does not belong on caramel slice, even if it is really good exotic milk chocolate.

This cut beautifully - nice and fresh, great caramel and a nice base.

I wouldn't buy it based purely on the milk chocolate, but if this doesn't bother you, certainly worth stopping by.

Thanks Anna P for bringing this into work to share!

Breadworks, Palmerston North

Breadworks, Palmerston North. Buy again, easy.  Made on site 8/10 $4.50?

I have had this before so on a recent trip to PN it was easy to buy again.  It was good, again. An oat top and good caramel, base not too hard.

Perhaps a few days old which gave it a stiff sort of texture, this slightly lower rating than last time.  Yum!