the roses recipe changed from last year to this, and the tubs are 50g lighter (and cost 10% more)
― koogs, Thursday, 11 January 2024 19:09 (four months ago) link
(qs tubs still 600g)
Quality Street seems the same as it's always been? Roses definitely a half-step above Sainsbury's own brand chocolates. They even look similar and I wouldn't be surprised if they were made in the same factory. #oldfart
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 19:11 (four months ago) link
Roses are way better than QS, good opportunity for a confusingly limited interest poll
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 January 2024 19:13 (four months ago) link
the other thing i learnt over Christmas:
QS 11 flavoursRoses just 9
― koogs, Thursday, 11 January 2024 19:22 (four months ago) link
Someone gave me Celebrations and I made it easier on myself by removing all the mini Bounty bars and chucking them.
― steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:04 (four months ago) link
hazelnut cracknell is the worst ever quality stretch choc imo, glad it is on the dustbin of history
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:20 (four months ago) link
xp I like those, but the cocanut is rougher and gets stuck in my teeth more than the full size bars.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:21 (four months ago) link
xp I see your Quality Street Hazelnut Cracknell and raise you Roses Peanut Cracknell - was only in the selection for a couple of years but was like eating the glass from a broken test tube.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:23 (four months ago) link
Difficult to choose between Heroes which has Crunchie Bits or Celebrations which has the Malteser Teasers.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:23 (four months ago) link
Quite right, Bounty bars are vile.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:25 (four months ago) link
I absolutely hate desiccated coconut to the point I find it disgusting and struggle to swallow anything with a noticeable amount of it in which I'm pretty sure stems from puking after eating half a Bounty when I was 6. tbf I also remember puking after being forced to eat sausages at school when I was the same age and I still eat sausages. although that might explain why I was so surprised to read that people exist that actually like Richmond sausages, because they remind me of shitty school dinners sausages.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:34 (four months ago) link
not sure why you're chucking them when you could be sending them to me, seems rude
― mark s, Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:39 (four months ago) link
The greatest sporting moment of the last 10 years was when they installed cameras in the changing rooms of snooker players for some reason, and when they checked in on Shaun Murphy he was just sitting there eating Mini Cheddars pic.twitter.com/3V7dgCguGI— Peter (@pickyouredge) January 11, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:45 (four months ago) link
Sorry just had to post that now
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:46 (four months ago) link
I wish the Celebrations Bounty were plain chocolate like the red wrappered full size bars.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:47 (four months ago) link
they discontinued dark chocolate bounties last year, rip
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:49 (four months ago) link
i enjoy the occasional Celebrations-sized Bounty but i'd never buy a whole one
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:51 (four months ago) link
I have a theory that Bounty bars would be quite palatable if you melted them down, but haven't as yet put it to the test
― where did the times go (Matt #2), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:52 (four months ago) link
you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball) at 8:23 11 Jan 24xp I see your Quality Street Hazelnut Cracknell and raise you Roses Peanut Cracknell - was only in the selection for a couple of years but was like eating the glass from a broken test tube.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:53 (four months ago) link
bounties probably the best celebrations tbh, I will go for the galaxy caramels first but they will make me feel a bit sick
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:55 (four months ago) link
I don’t really like the UK Milky Way bars because: filler but they’re less offensive than the coconut in Bounty bars.
I did not throw the Bounties away, but they were removed from the Celebrations box and put to one side.
― steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:02 (four months ago) link
Heroes Dinky Decker has the texture of dirt mixed with chocolate but I like them anyway.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:07 (four months ago) link
...so they're still there??
xpost
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:07 (four months ago) link
you all need tongue replacement surgery, yr buds are wrongly adjusted
― mark s, Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:09 (four months ago) link
I like Bounty - it's one of the ones I can confidently bite into with a high level of certainty that my caps and fillings will still be glued to my teeth when I've finished eating it.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:17 (four months ago) link
Unlike the Crunchie bar I assume
― where did the times go (Matt #2), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:20 (four months ago) link
toffee penny is the #1 dental extractor choc
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:22 (four months ago) link
Not eaten milk chocolate in about three years but I sometimes crave a Bounty.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:24 (four months ago) link
Highland Toffee (replete with tartan packaging) trumps toffee penney for filling extraction.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:25 (four months ago) link
I can handle Crunchie, but after a tooth shattering while biting into a pizza crust I'm still a bit shook. And there is a filling that is more like a reconstructed tooth - that even the dentist who'd just charged me fortune said try not to use it too much. And the hard toffees in quality street, well I daren't even look at them.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:26 (four months ago) link
this made me look up what remains of proper old-fashioned fillings-nuisance chewy toffee (since toffos were discontinued in 2005) and i discovered something called oor wullie's braw chew bar
― mark s, Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:28 (four months ago) link
Real England (now available only from scotland)
― mark s, Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:30 (four months ago) link
Yes, let's not get started on Scottish swedgers.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:32 (four months ago) link
very pleasing image of Our Wullie riding a Longhorn on the wrapper
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:50 (four months ago) link
sorry *Oor*
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:51 (four months ago) link
Our Will, as he's known in the Home Counties.
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:52 (four months ago) link
"because of course traditionally we think toffee's better if it's manufactured at a high altitude"
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:54 (four months ago) link
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 January 2024 17:38 (four months ago) link
i blame Brexit
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 17:39 (four months ago) link
slightly prefer American almond joy eg a bounty bar with almonds snuggled under the chocolate exterior,, the idea of a dark chocolate almond joy is making me quiver
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 January 2024 17:40 (four months ago) link
FYIMight want to be one of those evenings to try that iykwim
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Friday, 12 January 2024 17:43 (four months ago) link
Not really thread-appropriate but the coconut Trek bar with dark choc topping is amazing with coffee.
― nashwan, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:58 (four months ago) link
xps "a dark chocolate almond joy"
Mounds is a candy bar made by The Hershey Company, consisting of shredded, sweetened coconut coated in dark chocolate. The company also produces the Almond Joy, a similar bar topped by whole almonds and covered in milk chocolate.
― visiting, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:10 (four months ago) link
unfortunately Hersheys isn't chocolate so
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:11 (four months ago) link
I've definitely heard stories about people thinking Hershey's tastes like vomit, literally, but I don't know why. Some ingredient in it that certain pallets don't like, like with cilantro? I don't get it.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:16 (four months ago) link
i feel like the "vomit" thing is just rhetorical excess when people could just say "jesus christ why would anybody willingly eat this dogshit?"
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:19 (four months ago) link
butyric acid isn't it?
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:27 (four months ago) link
buttass taste more like
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:29 (four months ago) link
It's the butyric acid that comes out of the Hershey chocolate process that gives it the sour/vomit taste. European chocolate uses a different process with their milk powder - I think the story goes that back in the day, Hershey couldn't get the European process to work, but could if the milk spoiled a little.
― carson dial, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:32 (four months ago) link