AVFCDAN Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 12 hours ago, Xela said: Revels originally had turkish delight, coconut, orange creme, toffee, peanuts, maltesers and those solid chocolate discs Turkish delight was removed in the early 70's, coconut was replaced by coffee creme in the mid 80's and raisins have replaced peanuts fairly recently. They also had a strawberry creme one for a short while. Yes i'm bored tonight! Turkish delight and Coconut, now that is a mixed bag! Bring em back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 11 hours ago, mjmooney said: First one to spot it. I decided it was time to let Louis rest in peace, and bring my avatar in line with my Facebook one. Yea, but now it's like that thing with @Seat68 where we have to guess who the ugly bloke with the guitar is. Tell us who the ugly bloke with the guitar is in your picture Mooney. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 38 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Twirls are still everywhere. And they're one of my favourites. Despite the shite new Cadbury recipe? It doesn't matter where you shop? Aldi to Fortnum & Mason, the own brand chocolate is better than Cadbury. Hence the pound shops being stacked high with Cadbury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 19 minutes ago, Xann said: Despite the shite new Cadbury recipe? It doesn't matter where you shop? Aldi to Fortnum & Mason, the own brand chocolate is better than Cadbury. Hence the pound shops being stacked high with Cadbury. Yep they've ruined it in the name of cost. I'd love to see the old recipe make a comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2017 56 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Yea, but now it's like that thing with @Seat68 where we have to guess who the ugly bloke with the guitar is. Tell us who the ugly bloke with the guitar is in your picture Mooney. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, Xann said: Despite the shite new Cadbury recipe? It doesn't matter where you shop? Aldi to Fortnum & Mason, the own brand chocolate is better than Cadbury. Hence the pound shops being stacked high with Cadbury. You'll usually find that the chocolate in Aldi is the same as the chocolate in Fortnum and Mason. Literally exactly the same. But yes I agree it's usually better. I was really talking in terms of well known "brands". To be honest I think the change in cadbury recipe is vastly exaggerated. There's not a huge amount of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Stocks, as in every town used to have a set. For people who are just words removed. For people like the words removed who steal phones on mopeds or similar, that kind of word removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I can't say I've noticed a change with Cadbury's chocolate. Then again, my tongue is an absolute mess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Cadbury products received as gifts will be following the Hershey products we get from friends in the US into the bin. I'm not allowed to tell our friends across the pond that their sweets are crap and to stop bloody sending them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2017 11 minutes ago, Xann said: Cadbury products received as gifts will be following the Hershey products we get from friends in the US into the bin. I'm not allowed to tell our friends across the pond that their sweets are crap and to stop bloody sending them Is that out of principle or purely out of taste? If it's taste then again I think that's a huge exaggeration. The OH and her colleagues struggled to tell the difference between old and new cadbury and they literally taste chocolate for a living. If it's out of principle then fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Is that out of principle or purely out of taste? If it's taste then again I think that's a huge exaggeration. The OH and her colleagues struggled to tell the difference between old and new cadbury and they literally taste chocolate for a living. If it's out of principle then fair enough. Both. It tastes of cheese! Not quite as feety as Hershey, but half way there. Professional tasters struggle to tell the difference? Really? Or is she an all round product viability person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 23 minutes ago, Xann said: Cadbury products received as gifts will be following the Hershey products we get from friends in the US into the bin. I'm not allowed to tell our friends across the pond that their sweets are crap and to stop bloody sending them I have an email somewhere from Cadbury's (Approx 4 or 5 years ago). I used to eat Cadburys (something) almost everyday from the age of ZERO to 28 (Until I moved). I know the recipe and taste changed and I asked them why, they said it hadn't and I was wrong. I love chocolate and I know it changed, simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 21 minutes ago, Xann said: Cadbury products received as gifts will be following the Hershey products we get from friends in the US into the bin. I'm not allowed to tell our friends across the pond that their sweets are crap and to stop bloody sending them Hersheys stuff does not taste like what my mouth thinks chocolate is supposed to that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Laudanum was the 19th Century middle class drug of choice. My missus says she wishes it would make a comeback. Opium and Brandy, what's not to like? Bloody hell, your missus is an old un ain't she. I must admit, it does sound very enticing,infact it sounds delicious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, Xann said: Both. It tastes of cheese! Not quite as feety as Hershey, but half way there. Professional tasters struggle to tell the difference? Really? Or is she an all round product viability person? Yes really. She's a chocolate buyer for Aldi. Her team do everything from designing the packaging to sourcing the chocolate (via a supplier). So a part of her job is to taste chocolate. As in they've been specifically trained to do it. I'm no expert, but the recipe in Cadbury hasn't changed much at all. and most of it is exaggerated by people angry that they were taken over by Kraft. The chocolate has remained largely unchanged in terms of taste. Introducing Palm Oil seems to be the biggest criticism, even though Cadburys chocolate has contained palm oil for decades. It's also worth noting that the chocolate in Cadbury's products isn't all exactly the same so it would be hard to introduce a blanket "change". Creme Eggs are the chocolate that have changed the most. From memory that was to revert to an older recipe which consumers apparently preferred (how true that is I don't know but that was their excuse) I'd wager that in a blind taste test you wouldn't be able to tell the difference (creme egg aside). We'll never know though as I imagine you'd struggle to get your hands on old recipe cadburys chocolate, if there even is such a thing. I personally think it tastes the same as it always has, but everyone is different. It certainly tastes nothing like Hersheys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Creme Eggs are the chocolate that have changed the most. They're wrong now. They were a UK delicacy. It seems that I'm not alone in this thread at noticing the change. Facebook is just Cadbury abuse Good - F*** the corporate pricks. Tell your lady I like her Rolos I temped at Lidl's head office a long time ago. They were very hot on quality and meticulously compared their products to the competition. Alternating betweenn Lidl/Aldi and M&S/Waitrose makes for a much more interesting fridge than sticking to Sainsbury's and Tesco. Lidl and Aldi are goooood at Christmas treats too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Edited December 5, 2017 by Xann Feck, doubled again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I'll challenge any man, woman, or beast to a Cadburys creme egg eat off. Bloody love em . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Xann said: They're wrong now. They were a UK delicacy. It seems that I'm not alone in this thread at noticing the change. Facebook is just Cadbury abuse Good - F*** the corporate pricks. Tell your lady I like her Rolos I temped at Lidl's head office a long time ago. They were very hot on quality and meticulously compared their products to the competition. Alternating betweenn Lidl/Aldi and M&S/Waitrose makes for a much more interesting fridge than sticking to Sainsbury's and Tesco. Lidl and Aldi are goooood at Christmas treats too. I hate creme eggs anyway so i can't really comment The comparison to the competition is their entire strategy. They shamelessly rip off (legally... most of the time) their competitors and sell it cheaper. Like I said, the choclate you get in Aldi (and Lidl I imagine) is, a lot of the time, literally the same chocolate you get at M&S, Harrods, Fortnum and Mason etc. It's just in a different box, or it's a different shape, or it's slightly smaller. Whatever they've thought of to get round it being an exact copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2017 Cadburys chocolate has always tased shit, its just tastes like different shit now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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