$5 Aldi item compared to famous Dubai Chocolate

News.com.au

23-06-2025

Food lovers are raving a brand new item from one supermarket giant before it has even hit the shelves.
Aldi is set to release its $4.99 Hugos Pistachio Bombs and Hugos Pistachio Cream Covered Pretzels this week – on June 25 to be exact.
Pistachios in particular are having a moment, with a recent spike in demand for pistachio flavoured products thanks to the Dubai Chocolate trend, which has seen the price and availability of the humble nut soar.
Somehow, some food bloggers have gotten their hands on the product days before it has even landed in supermarkets — and their reviews are in.
Popular food content creator @NectoriousPapi weighed in, saying that the Pistachio Bombs were basically like the Dubai Chocolate in ball form.
'Not a lot of kataifi in this one, so I was expecting more crunch as you do with the Dubai Chocolate — but it's still there, just a lot more finer,' he said.
'The milk chocolate is a little overpowering, I feel like it would have worked better with white chocolate. In saying that, it's still delicious.'
As for the pretzels, he said fans could taste a lot of the pistachio flavouring, adding it also had a hint of white chocolate and salt. He said if he had to pick out of the two, the pretzels would win.
Meanwhile @eatingupwiththehannashians said it was probably their best chocolate offering yet.
'Oh my god, they're so big. I love that,' one of the women said.
The foodies labelled it a 'slay' and said they loved the way the kataifi felt when they bit into it.
It comes after Coles customers were divided after the supermarket giant released its 1.2kg Pistachio and KitKat layer cakes last month. Shoppers kicked off about the price of the two new cake offerings, which both serve 18 people.
The KitKat layer cake, with luscious chocolate layers and crispy wafer bits, has a price tag of $35. The Pistachio version, a double-layered vanilla cake filled with pistachio cream cheese buttercream and topped with crushed nuts, will set you back $40.
In comparison, a regular Coles mud cake costs $6.60 and serves eight people.
Nectro also weighed in on the cake, raving about the nutty new offering, saying he enjoyed it, with the standout being the pistachio butter cream filling.
'Absolutely beautiful, it's a great blend between pistachio and white chocolate coming through. I could just have a whole tub of the filling on its own — I don't really need the cake,' he said.
'Overall, this is very, very nice.'
The JazHandMade team also raved about the gourmet cake, saying it would 'be gone by the end of the day' between the five staff members.
But many shoppers took to social media to comment on the price of the dessert.
'It's $40 though. I can go to a cake shop for that money,' one said.
Another added: 'Really think Pistachio products are over rated.'
'Inside is all same with other cake,' someone else chimed in.
One social media user said: 'OK now I know why we have a shortage of pistachios. I might have to buy this cake JUST to get my pistachios and throw the cake away.'