Carlos the Sweetie

Name: Carlos V
Brand: Nestle (Mexico)
Place Purchased: Jon's Market (Los Angeles)
Price: $.99 for three
Size: .75 oz each
Type: Milk Chocolate



First, I have to say that I appreciate the size of these bars. They're not miniature sized and not full candy bar sized. They're the right size. You can eat two and probably not feel bad about it.

The image of Carlos V on the front kind of creeps me out the same way that the Burger King pantomime character in the recent commercials does, but maybe you don't have a problem with that.

Anyway, what's inside is a small milk chocolate bar. It's kind of a cross between a European Cadbury bar, with its sticky milkyness and an American Nestle bar with its strong chocolate flavor. It's very sweet, but I know that's most people's attraction to milk chocolate over dark chocolate. It was not at all grainy and had a pleasant vanilla scent. It melted well on the tongue. Mostly what I got from it though is a taste of powdered milk - which if you don't think about it too hard tastes kind of like malt. But don't think too hard if you're going to enjoy this bar, just eat it.

Rating: 6 out of 10.