Crosta & Mollica Breadsticks Review

 Sorry I haven't done a review in a while.

Then again, no one reads my blog anyway(besides myself).

So today, I will be looking at these breadsticks from "Crosta & Mollica". According to the boxes, they are all made in Italy, where breadsticks were originaly invented.
I've got four types here:
    Classic Grissini
    Classic Torinesi
    Black Olive Grissini
    Black Olive Torinesi

My parents are buying these all the time from Sainsbury's and/or Waitrose and I really like them. However it is a real pain trying to open the boxes that they come in. 
There is this bit you have to rip off and it very often just won't come off in one go. Even when you do rip all of it off you will likely end up ripping off MORE then you're supposed to.
But once you do get the box open, here is what the Classic Grissini breadstick looks like.

And here it is compared to the Black Olive version.



The "Torinesi" breadsticks are much thinner and for some reason are sometimes a bit burnt(or at least look burnt).



The main visual difference of the Black Olive equivalent is that they have these tiny black balls on them.

After having these for many months I think I prefer the "classic" type more. Whats strange is that some classic Torinesi boxes have much bigger breadsticks in them.

Some people may even initially confuse them for Grissini sticks(the breadstick on the very right in the picture below is an actual Grissini one).
As far as I know, one box always contains just the thicker ones or just the thinner ones. You can easily tell the difference between the two when you eat them too with the thick ones having a much more salty taste than the thin ones or the Grissinis.

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