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Post by rhaegyr on Apr 2, 2024 12:49:17 GMT
Bubbles just means less chocolate. Isn't honeycomb also mostly comprised of bubbles? Think that's by necessity though, not design. |
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Post by Vandelay on Apr 2, 2024 12:50:13 GMT
Always rated custard creams over bourbon. The chocolate biscuit on a bourbon is just a bit meh.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 12:56:42 GMT
I'm not a fan of Mars but the ice cream was always great. As Lilt was mentioned earlier I can almost remember the taste of a can of Lilt it almost had a different taste to the bottle one before they shelved the product.
My go to as a kid was Drifter or a Secret with a packet of T-Bone Steak Roysters. I'm amazed that I wasn't a fat ass kid.
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Post by rawshark on Apr 2, 2024 13:04:29 GMT
Mars is a strange one - used to love them as a youngster. Back then they were the size of station wagons and had everything a growing child needed - thick chocolate, loads of caramel, and whatever the hell that brown stuff was. Going into secondary school I'd be following the medical advice they gave on the ads and have a Mars a day.
But at some point, Mars just became a bit tired, uninspiring and actually quite sickly. Did it change or did I?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 13:14:11 GMT
I feel lesser ingredients have been used as while it still tastes sickly sweet it's a stodge to eat. A Mars a day helps you work rest and play, my arse it does.
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Post by Garfy on Apr 2, 2024 13:22:34 GMT
A Mars a day helps you work rest and play my arse |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 13:38:30 GMT
/leaves thread
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 14:01:53 GMT
I always used to come down on the Galaxy side of the Galaxy vs. Dairy Milk debate, back in the day.
Haven't had a Galaxy bar in forever, though, so I don't know which side I'd pick now - something to remedy with this week's grocery shopping, methinks.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Apr 2, 2024 14:04:03 GMT
I find galaxy a bit weird. Not bad but it does have a distinct taste and I probably prefer other chocolates
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 14:14:22 GMT
I find galaxy a bit weird. Not bad but it does have a distinct taste and I probably prefer other chocolates Yeah the aftertaste is fine but at the beginning it's like I'm eating plastic. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 2, 2024 14:20:43 GMT
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 14:33:05 GMT
Galaxy Caramel > Cadbury Caramel. (I recently had the latter in egg form, and found it to be pretty revolting.)
Maverick was like the anti-Wispa - from pure chocolate to 'a bit of chocolate, with loads of other things'. Kind of Nestle's answer to Fuse?
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Post by rhaegyr on Apr 2, 2024 14:34:44 GMT
Anyone ever tried Tony's chocolate?
See it more and more nowadays but have no idea how it compares to Cadbury, Galaxy and the like.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 14:38:46 GMT
Anyone ever tried Tony's chocolate? See it more and more nowadays but have no idea how it compares to Cadbury, Galaxy and the like.
"Good, but too expensive" is how my brother described it. (I haven't personally had the pleasure.)
I'm partial to Ritter Sport and Milka - shame they're not all that commonplace over here.
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Post by myk on Apr 2, 2024 14:42:35 GMT
A lot of people seem to like Milka, I found it very bland. Still ate a tonne of it working on one of their adverts (for... erm... research)
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 14:44:04 GMT
There's a lot of Milka up in Andorra with so many god damn varieties and there's way more european brands that I'd never heard of before I moved. They're alright if you want a better dark chocolate but I just like Cadburys milk chocolate more because that's what I grew up with although that could be the Birmingham bias coming out there.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 14:51:08 GMT
You can usually find the regular Milka, plus two or three versions of Ritter Sport, if you shop about a bit.
Regular Milka is great, but the Ritter Sport products I can obtain aren't ones I'd ever choose to have - hazelnuts, marzipan, and salted caramel. (I like all three of those things by themselves, but I prefer to let chocolate be chocolate!)
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Post by rawshark on Apr 2, 2024 14:53:49 GMT
Re: Tony’s. It’s a chocolate that punishes anyone attempting to bite it directly by breaking their teeth. Like a Yorkie moulded on a concrete slab.
Interestingly, it’s an ethical chocolate company that is open about how they can’t guarantee that the chocolate is 100% slave and child labour free, and nor can any chocolate company - purely because it’s so endemic in the supply chain. Last Week Tonight did a feature about it a while back.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 14:55:28 GMT
Ooh Yorkie. I like a good Yorkie, it's one of the rare Nestle chocolates I actually do enjoy.
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Post by Vortex on Apr 2, 2024 14:56:10 GMT
Hazlenut Ritter sport is great. Morrisons have a range of them here. I may need to buy some soon after thinking about them.
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Post by mikeck on Apr 2, 2024 15:00:59 GMT
Anyone ever tried Tony's chocolate? See it more and more nowadays but have no idea how it compares to Cadbury, Galaxy and the like. It is the fucking best. They have loads of flavours now, but the Salted Caramel is top tier, as is the toffee pretzel bar. They also do a few bars that are their versions of Twix, Kit-Kat etc - they are also exceptional. They're also paying their farmers a decent wage and doing what they can to stop child labour/slavery, so I'll gladly pay those higher prices for fucking good chocolate and a company trying to do some good. foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slavery-chocolate/ |
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 15:07:31 GMT
A big '+1' on the Yorkie front from me.
I never got into nutty chocolate. I like nuts (and raisins, and mint, and caramel, etc.), but put 'em in chocolate and they just sort of get in the way.
That said, Terry's Chocolate Orange is a welcome change of pace once in a while. Maybe it's because they managed to impart the flavour without putting bits of *stuff* into the chocolate.
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Post by jono62 on Apr 2, 2024 15:14:12 GMT
Original starbar. The new one isn't as great.
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Post by nexus6 on Apr 2, 2024 15:25:51 GMT
Tony’s is good chocolate with a good MO.
Aldi do a great bar of pretzel chocolate at a very reasonable price
ALDI ALDI ALDI
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 16:49:43 GMT
I'm afraid to mention Toblerones, for obvious reasons, but... yeah, I like a Toblerone once in a while.
Probably the only example of the white chocolate version being the best of the bunch (although in fairness, most bars don't have white versions to begin with, now that I think about it).
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 2, 2024 16:53:42 GMT
I bought a Toblerone last week. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Made sure it didn't have "I Love You" on it. I didn't want to scare myself away.
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Post by Nitrous on Apr 2, 2024 17:04:34 GMT
How have we got to page two of this thread without any mention of a Cadburys Boost bar?
I've not had one in awhile but I want one now. One of my favourites along with a Wispa Gold bar.
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Post by Vortex on Apr 2, 2024 17:07:55 GMT
I like an OG Toblerone, but white chocolate ones are too sweet.
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Post by barchetta on Apr 2, 2024 17:22:31 GMT
I still miss the small yet perfectly formed hit of a Cabana bar.
Nutty bars were also a favourite.
I understand those make me something of an outlier.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 2, 2024 17:31:53 GMT
How have we got to page two of this thread without any mention of a Cadburys Boost bar? I've not had one in awhile but I want one now. One of my favourites along with a Wispa Gold bar.
Is that the one with glucose in it?
I seem to remember them being pretty good, albeit in a, "I'm closer to having diabetes than I was five minutes ago" sort of way.
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