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Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Oooh, no!Name: U-No
Brand: Annabelle’s Place Purchased: Savon Price: $.79 Size: 1.5 ounces Calories per ounce: 167 Type: Chocolate
 Like many of the other West Coast candy bars (Rocky Road), I think I ignored this one because I didn’t know what it was. After all, if it was good, I would have tried it by now. I’d never seen anyone eating one and certainly never heard it in conversation. Now I’ve heard two different pronunciations of it. One is: You-Know and the other us Ooh! No! I have no idea which is right. Their website describes the bar like this, “Smooth, Rich Milk Chocolate truffle-like center, covered with Milk Chocolate and ground almonds. Guaranteed to melt in your mouth!” The bar is huge but very light for its size. It looks pretty and smells chocolatey and less sugary than many other bars. Honestly, I’m not sure if I’d like to invoke that guarantee or not, but it definitely doesn’t melt in my mouth. I bit into it, and found it soft and yielding, but not mushy. It did melt, in the sense that it spread out on my tongue, but it didn’t give itself up, but kind of rolled around in a strange oiliness. The chocolate on the outside is a different matter, just nice and chocolatey. The flavor of the center is like a fluffy truffle with a bit of grainy salt to it (which is actually a nice way to balance the sweet). As excited as I was to see that it was a fluffy truffle bar when I was photographing it, I was equally disappointed when I read the third ingredient on the label is Hydrogenated Coconut Oil and the bar packs 11 grams of saturated fat (I have no idea how much of that is trans fat). It’s just not a bar I can recommend to those who aren’t already terminally ill. I know, it’s candy and it’s all unhealthy, but let’s face it, there are other candies out there that can be satisfying and not nearly as laden with hydrogenated oils. I know, you think it’s odd that the candy blogger is talking about health issues, so I should make a few things clear. I’m a fit person for the most part. I keep my weight within norms and I am pretty active. So I can afford some discretionary calories on candy (usually limited to 500 calories per day). But sometimes it’s not just calories that you have to look at. A lot of candies contain trans fats, but usually in smaller amounts. A candy that contains a large percentage of hydrogenated oils just isn’t a good idea for regular indulgence. If it’s just a once or twice a year thing, I’d say you’re in the clear. (Please do not substitute candy blog advice for that of a qualified physician or dietician.) If they, however, created a new recipe using butterfat, I am so there! Rating - 4 out of 10. POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:19 am 4-Benign • Annabelle's • Chocolate • United States • Candy • Review • 
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VOTE IN THE POLLWhich do you prefer?
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Milk Chocolate 
41% (172)Dark Chocolate
26% (111)Really Dark Chocolate (70%+)
18% (76)White Chocolate
14% (57)Carob!
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I’ve had millions of these, each better and tastier than the one before!
Looks like I better stock up, cuz I think they’ll soon be illegal!
Eww, that much oil in a chocolate bar can’t possibly be healthy OR tasty… “strange oiliness”.... Eww.
Thanks for thinking of my health with this review! Not that I ever exercise or anything, but if I did, I sure would want to know...
I can’t stress enough how good U-no and Rocky Road bars are good right out of the freezer!!!! If you havn’t tried it yet DO IT NOW! My late father did this back in the 70s and it must have been an underground secret. Perv.
gross-i will not eat anything if i can help it with trans fats-i read about it on http://www.bantransfats.com and now i just stay clear of it-there are so many good choices that don’t have trans fats and taste good as well.
charlize - I’m planning on having a special category where I’ll list candies that have trans fats (or maybe trans fat free candies). I was also thinking of listing vegan ones too.
U-NO is properly pronounced “yoo’-no” as in “YOU know!” (The hyphen in the middle gives it away.)
This is my favorite candy bar, but will all the saturated fat, I limit myself to 3 or 4 per year. I enjoy most chocolate candy right out of the freezer, but not U-NO; the light-textured mouth feel is lost when a U-NO bar is frozen.
I’ve NEVER had a U-NO bar with an oily mouth feel. Never ever.
Annabelle used to make a mint U-NO bar, but I have seen one of those in several years.
I’d rate this bar 9 of 10.
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