• 4 months ago
Watch as food and drink specialist writer Holly Allton taste tests a dupe of the viral chocolate bar Can't Get Khanafed Of It.
Transcript
00:00A chocolate bar from Dubai has gone viral on social media.
00:04Created by Dubai-based chocolate company Fix Dessert Chocolatier,
00:09has literally got people flying to the country to get a taste of it.
00:13The sweet treat is made with pistachio, canapé, tahini spread and milk chocolate.
00:19And for those who don't want to fly all the way to Dubai to try it,
00:23people have actually been recreating the bar themselves from home.
00:26For those people like me who aren't the best at baking their own goods,
00:31there's actually plenty of dupes of the chocolate bar
00:34made by small businesses across the country.
00:37I ordered this dupe from Etsy from company Coffee and Brookies.
00:43The dupe is now sold out but it was priced at ÂŁ14.
00:46This particular dupe of the viral chocolate bar from Dubai
00:50is suitable for both vegetarians and halal.
00:52This is made with Belgian chocolate
00:55but with a mouth-watering pistachio and canapé filling.
00:59So let's give it a try.
01:04As you can see it's a really thick block of chocolate
01:08which reflects the version that they are duping
01:12which again is very thick, chunky.
01:16And this dupe has a little pattern on the front of hearts.
01:20It hasn't got the lines that you would normally get with a chocolate bar
01:24where you're able to break it off
01:24so I might find that a little bit difficult.
01:27Maybe I should just bite it but we'll see how I get on.
01:30And just on opening it you can really smell the richness of this type of chocolate
01:36and I'm very excited to eat it.
01:39It's actually a lot softer than I thought it would be
01:41so it is going to be easy to break off.
01:44There you can see inside the pistachio and the canapé.
01:48Now for the moment of truth.
01:50I will say before I try this
01:52everyone says it is the most heavenly chocolate bar.
01:56Obviously this is a dupe
01:58but we're hoping we're going to get a similar taste.
02:00A little disclaimer though, I don't actually like pistachio
02:04so it'll be interesting to see if I don't like the chocolate bar
02:07because of that ingredient
02:09or because I don't like pistachio.
02:12So I'm going to see if I don't like the chocolate bar
02:14because of that ingredient
02:16or if it actually is nice enough with all the other ingredients
02:20to make me like pistachio.
02:37Verdict.
02:39That is absolutely delicious.
02:42I think it might be the canapé, the kind of straw-like texture
02:48and maybe the tahini spread.
02:49I don't know if I've ever tried it before
02:51but it actually has given me a real nostalgic feel of Easter as a child.
02:56It reminds me, I'm sure when I was a kid
03:00we used to make these sort of chocolatey egg nests
03:07and that's what it tastes like
03:08so it's really nostalgic
03:10which I wasn't expecting at all
03:12and yeah, the pistachio doesn't put me off.
03:15It's absolutely delicious.
03:16I'm gonna have to go in for another bite.
03:21Yeah, I am sold.
03:23I want so many more of these.
03:24I mean the chocolate bar is huge.
03:26I might have to share it out
03:28but I could easily sit here and eat the whole thing as well
03:30because it is that delicious.
03:33I would be interested in trying the viral one from Dubai
03:37against the dupe to compare
03:39and yeah, that is absolutely delicious.
03:43I can totally see now why this chocolate bar
03:46and these particular ingredients put together has gone viral.
03:50You must try it for yourself.
03:51It is gorgeous.

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