Chocolate

[David L]

Does anyone remember these Mars bars from 2009? I loved them so much I bought as many as I could, they are truly delicious. Not available anymore, but I wish Mars would do them again.

"This bar is similar to a regular Mars except that the chocolate coating is made with rich dark chocolate instead of the milk. The nougat inside the bar is white in colour and creamier in taste and softer in texture than that of a regular Mars."

https://www.foodstufffinds.co.uk/2009/07/mars-midnight-limited-edition-pound.html

To my mind, anything can be improved by replacing milk chocolate for dark   

[Slim]

I missed out, unfortunately. Much as I loved Mars Bars I always thought they were a bit too much, even as a kid. Just too much of an overdose of sticky toffee and chocolate and whatever else is in there.

Having said that, they're a bit smaller than they were back then. I'll be doing a 62+ mile bike ride tomorrow hopefully so perhaps I'll treat myself to one on the way back.

I bought a Milky Way in New York once, and was surprised to find that it was actually a Mars Bar. What we call Milky Way is a "3 Musketeers" over there.

[The Picnic Wasp]

The old Milky Ways were great. The new filling is lighter in colour and texture and a bit too sweet. There was a bar around a few years back called Flyte which was quite like an original Milky Way.

[The Picnic Wasp]

I find American chocolate interesting. There was a feature on a QI episode which explained why some brands like Hershey have a slight taste of sick. I think it was something added to the milk to preserve it for the long transportation journey times. I hope that's correct and my memory isn't playing tricks.

[Slim]

Only on Tuesday an American friend of mine was telling me that "dark chocolate Milky Way is the best", referring to what we'd call a dark chocolate Mars Bar.

Can you get those over here? Had a look on the Mars Bar site at https://www.marsbar.co.uk/products/chocolate-bar/mars-chocolate-bar-51g and it looks like you can't.

But there is a Mars Protein bar, with 40% less sugar.

[The Picnic Wasp]

I tried Dairy Milk 30% less sugar recently. It wasn't unpleasant but required more "work" to derive something approaching the easy pleasurable hit of its stablemate. It was noticeably waxy on its finish. Probably better to just consume less of the real thing.

[pxr5]

I find American chocolate interesting. There was a feature on a QI episode which explained why some brands like Hershey have a slight taste of sick. I think it was something added to the milk to preserve it for the long transportation journey times. I hope that's correct and my memory isn't playing tricks.

Hershey chocolates certainly do taste of sick. I bought a huge bag in New Jersey to take home for the family. None of us could eat them, they really were that bad.

[Slim]

I'm not sure if I've ever eaten anything made by Hershey's - I think I must have at some time. Fascinated to try it again (or possibly for the first time) now. I googled this:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cd

[Nickslikk2112]

DO NOT EVER EAT HERSHEYS!!!!!

[Slim]

Well the village shop at Abbott's Bromley where I stopped on a bike ride today had neither Hershey's nor Mars Bars. I bought two Fudges.

Out of curiosity, I will try Hershey's sometime. I have a feeling I might like it; might be one of those acquired taste things.

[The Picnic Wasp]

I do like it and I'm quite fussy about my chocolate. I appreciate a good quality uncorrupted flavour and tend to steer away from anything flavoured or with fillings. I can live with a Terry's Chocolate Orange or After Eights but I'm not so keen on anything granular like Toblerone other than the occasional notion for something I haven't tried in a while. Bars with a biscuit and raisin mix like the old Tiffin bar are definitely ok though. But Hershey's is weirdly different and definitely on the menu from time to time. I think from memory the sick taste is more noticeable in their Kisses chocolates. I thought I'd satisfy my latest craving by asking my sister to pick up a bar of Hershey's at Tesco tonight but she could only find Cookies 'N' Creme. Disappointing but not as bad as I thought it might be. A bit Milky Bar meets a Bourbon.

[Slim]

I looked for Hershey's in Tesco about an hour ago. They did have a product called Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme, but no regular bog-standard chocolate.

Curiously Tesco now sells a confectionery called "Chocolonely". Supposedly a more ethical chocolate product, which is 100% "slave free".

https://tonyschocolonely.com/uk/en/our-mission

I don't normally buy chocolate anyway but at £3 a bar I would pass in any case.

[Slim]

Full Size Twirls in Heroes Tubs Shocker

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63642174

"To ensure we can continue to bring our loyal consumers the products they know and love, we have temporarily substituted bitesize Cadbury Twirl in Heroes Tubs, to the slightly larger Cadbury Twirl 21g across a small percentage of tubs produced," the spokesperson added.

[David L]

Full Size Twirls in Heroes Tubs Shocker

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63642174

"To ensure we can continue to bring our loyal consumers the products they know and love, we have temporarily substituted bitesize Cadbury Twirl in Heroes Tubs, to the slightly larger Cadbury Twirl 21g across a small percentage of tubs produced," the spokesperson added.

Clearly that last bit of publicity worked so well, they thought they'd try it again 

[Slim]

Woman Eats Chocolate Orange "Completely The Wrong Way" Outrage

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-apologises-nation-eating-terrys-7829031?1896=

"A woman has issued a message to the UK to apologise after posting a video eating a Terry's Chocolate Orange - by taking full bites out of the treat. Many Brits were left 'offended' at the way she bit into the chocolate, instead of dividing it into segments"