Violet Crumble were a popular chocolate bar from our childhood in the 1990s. It disappeared from shelves in 2010, which we realised only recently when we became aware that went on sale for the first time in 9 years after Robert Menz recommenced manufacturing. For the last 9 years, we were left to contend with Cadbury Crunchie, which — as I’m realising after returning to Violet Crumble — was enough to turn me off honeycomb.

Violet Crumble (left) consisted of a square of honeycomb around 3 x 3 x 2 cm in size and enrobed in dark chocolate, while the Cadbury Crunchie consisted of a rectangle of honeycomb around 6 x 2 x 1.5 cm in size and enrobed in milk chocolate.

Violet Crumble (left) has a denser honeycomb compared to the more aerated Cadbury Crunchie (right), which makes all the difference in mouthfeel along with the use of dark, rather than milk, chocolate. The denser honeycomb gave a crisper shatter to the Violet Crumble while the higher melting point of the dark chocolate gave the honeycomb time to melt in the mouth and shine in its own right before the richer chocolate flavour overwhelms at the end of each bite.

As their slogan promises, it is indeed ‘the way it shatters that matters’ and we’re glad to have Violet Crumble return to supermarket shelves. Our only gripe is that the pieces in the new bags are not individually sealed, making it difficult to keep.

This Robert Menz Violet Crumble contained 180 g. It was produced in Australia and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2019.