Ferrero Rocher is known as being one of the most indulgent Christmas chocolates - and for a good reason too.
It's so incredibly easy to polish off a box of these, especially when you've had a few glasses of Bucks Fizz. The only downside is, a small box of these luxurious festive treats can set you back over £5 depending on where you shop, which is pretty expensive to say the least.
We live in a world filled with dupe products, and one supermarket that seems to offer an array of them is Aldi. Their Moser Roth Nocciola Chocolates 150g are priced at £2.59, a box of original Ferrero Rocher at 200g will set shoppers back £3.99 from Aldi, so there's a definite price difference between the two.
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Shoppers have already been raving about the dupe, claiming the Nocciola chocolates 'taste just like Ferrero Rocher' so I thought I'd put them to the test (someone's got to!) At the end of the day, if the two chocolates taste the same, what's the harm in purchasing a box for a couple of quid cheaper?
I compared the two in terms of aesthetics, taste, and value for money, to see if the dupes are worth popping in your Aldi basket. Here's what I found.
The aesthetic
Let's talk about the way both chocolates look, because they're both certainly similar in terms of packaging. One thing I will say is that the box the Nocciola's come in doesn't look as fancy as the Ferrero Rocher plastic box - but that doesn't necessarily matter.
Both chocolates had the iconic foil wrapping, with the original Ferrero Rocher in gold and the Aldi Nocciola in a bronze colour with white swirl detail. When both taken out of the wrappers, they looked virtually identical, apart from a few minor differences.
The Aldi chocolates had some white chocolate swirl detail as opposed to the Ferrero Rocher which was just plain. Both were surrounded by crispy wafer sized perfectly for popping in your mouth hole.
The taste
Now onto the most important part, the taste! We all know that Ferrero Rocher has that super luxurious, velvety inside, but did Aldi's Nocciola live up to that? The answer is... almost.
Both chocolates had that satisfying wafer crunch, and both of the fillings were creamy and luxurious, however, the Aldi Nocciola's ever so slightly missed out in terms of thickness. The original Ferrero Rocher has such a thick soft filling, and although the Nocciola tasted very similar, it was different in terms of consistency.
The Nocciola wasn't quite as melt in the mouth as the original Ferrero Rocher, but it still tasted delicious. I actually passed the chocolates around to a few different people in the office to confirm and some of them couldn't even tell the difference between the two.
Others noticed there was less of crunch and a thickness, and I personally noticed a very small difference in taste. The Aldi wafer tasted ever so slightly different to the Ferrero Rocher, but it was barely even noticeable.
The verdict
Aldi has impressed me once again with its dupe products, and although there are some very minor differences, the blind taste test was generally such a close call. The Ferrero Rocher is slightly thicker and crunchier in terms of consistency, but the Nocciola still had that moreish taste that we all know and love.
If you can get past the difference in aesthetics between the pair, they're totally worth buying. At the end of the day, who's going to care if the packaging is slightly different after a day of eating, drinking and being merry? Not me! Shoppers can purchase the £2.59 Moser Roth Nocciola' s here. Alternatively, purchase the original Ferrero Rocher's here.
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