I’ve never seen these on sale. They were a present from my niece, up from London for a visit, along with a few other things. And a very nice present they were, too.
Perhaps a little too sweet, but they are ideal for those moments when you’re dying for something sugary and nice. They consist of a ring of coconut with a jam center. There is a disk of rice paper on the bottom to hold the jam in place. Rice paper (in case you’ve never heard of it), is edible and is designed for this purpose. Don’t – as my niece did – try and peel it off!
When I was a child, I used to love eating rice paper just on its own. It’s strange stuff, which melts in the mouth and is faintly sweet. I always thought it was made of rice, but the stuff used by Mrs Crimble for this product is made of potato starch. Of course. How silly of me!
The individual cakes, or cookies, whatever you want to call them are quite large, about 8cm (3 inches) across, and the pack weight is 240g – which means that each weighs around 40g or about one and a third ounces. The product is marked as gluten free and wheat free.
Here is the ingredients list: Coconut (27%), sugar, fruit filling (13%) (sugar, glucose syrup, water, fruit (7%) (strawberries, elderberries), gelling agent, pectin, acidity regulator, citric acid, antioxidant: sodium citrate, flavouring, preservative: potassium sorbate), glucose syrup, egg white, dextrose, potato starch, eggs, rice flour, edible rice paper (potato starch, water, palm oil), sorbitol, raspberry flavouring, colour: beta carotene. Looking through this list, I can’t see any dairy products, so these should be fine for anyone on a gluten and dairy free diet.
I don’t know how much these were. However, I’m sure that they were priced reasonably, as are all the other Mrs Crimble products I’ve tried.
Recommended.
