Noooooooooos not Cadbury!!

star-pants

Seems Kraft have indeed bought Cadbury.
I swear if their chocolate goes manky... I'll go mad!
People from all over the world look for UK/Irish Cadbury products.
Kraft products don't compare.

Sources here and here

ToniTuddle

They wouldn't change the chocolate.
I mean, they couldn't right????

They can cut expenses elsewhere and not mess with the taste. If they do people will stop buying.

I think I will cry now


*stocks up on Cadbury products*

emeraldstar

ToniTuddle wrote: »

They wouldn't change the chocolate.
I mean, they couldn't right????

...hardly...

eclectichoney

Hope this doesn't mean the end for all the less popular, under-ratd bars that aren't the big name sellers!

/runs to Spar to stock up on Starbars and Moros.

emeraldstar

eclectichoney wrote: »

Hope this doesn't mean the end for all the less popular, under-ratd bars that aren't the big name sellers!

/runs to Spar to stock up on Starbars and Moros.

Moro? Less popular? Underrated? Would you think so?!

I think Cadburys had gone downhill already tbh.

I think I might make a trip to the cash and carry and buy a box of wispas though :pac:

oh and starbars :eek:

emeraldstar

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I think Cadburys had gone downhill already tbh.

Well if Roses are anything to go by... :rolleyes:

eclectichoney

emeraldstar wrote: »

Moro? Less popular? Underrated? Would you think so?!

Yeah I reckon - compared to Dairy Milk, Caramel, Wispa, Flake, Crunchie, Twirl etc. anyway
Some convenience stores don't even stock them! :eek::eek:

Starbars are a thing of beauty - I remember when they were peanut Moros!

eclectichoney

eclectichoney wrote: »

Starbars are a thing of beauty - I remember when they were peanut Moros!

Ah but they were starbars long long before they were ever moro peanuts!

star-pants

Agreed the Roses and so forth have gone downhill but how often do you buy a box?
Compared with how often you'd go 'ooh I'd love some chocolate' and end up buying a bar, moro/wispa/so forth. I just know that I can always fall back on the classic DairyMilk bar (or others) when I need some *real* chocolate taste
I just don't want manky 'new recipe' or anything.

There were many a selection box in my house over christmas and I found the chocolate to be a bit yucky to be honest. The buttons and skinny dairy milks just didn't taste the same. Maybe it was just their christmas chocolate??

star-pants

Maybe, though I had a selection box, with flake n wispa etc in it and they tasted fine.
And I'm really picky too.

Run_to_da_hills

More concerned about the potential job losses than the possibility of a drop in product here or there. The UK are very concerned and so should Ireland be from watching 6 /1 News.

From a product point of view I was never gone on their chunky bars, always found them to taste different to the standard bar.

star-pants

Nah I know the job losses is more of a concern and I do obviously feel for people who might lose a job. I was just taking the chocolate side of things, given the forum I posted it in.

phasers

They'd better not mess with the Crunchie! :eek:

Run_to_da_hills

star-pants wrote: »

Nah I know the job losses is more of a concern and I do obviously feel for people who might lose a job. .

Its not something you can really boycott if they pull out because between themselves and Kraft they make too many nice things.

star-pants

Never said I'd boycott, just saying if their chocolate changes & I don't like it, then I won't buy it.
I like toblerones, and the occasional terrys chocolate orange, but I like Cadburys chocolate as it is, and I would be sad if it didn't taste nice. *thankful she has a box of MilkTray downstairs* :P

ToniTuddle

When I was living in New Zealand I didn't expect to see Cadbury items on the shelves.

Was sooooooooo happy. Bought a few bars to stash at my house.
Open a plain dairy milk chocolate bar and took a big bite.

DISGUSTING. VILE. etc

Completely different taste. Of course NZ folk coming here to Ireland/UK hate our version of Cadburys! They are use to what they have grown up with as are we.

As long as they leave the plain bar, Flake and Twirl alone....I could survive!:p

irishdub14

american chocolate (especially hersheys) tastes like vomit, seriously...!!! manky stuff...!!

irishdub14

ToniTuddle wrote: »

When I was living in New Zealand I didn't expect to see Cadbury items on the shelves.

Was sooooooooo happy. Bought a few bars to stash at my house.
Open a plain dairy milk chocolate bar and took a big bite.

DISGUSTING. VILE. etc

Completely different taste. Of course NZ folk coming here to Ireland/UK hate our version of Cadburys! They are use to what they have grown up with as are we.

As long as they leave the plain bar, Flake and Twirl alone....I could survive!:p

its because of the irish milk they use. one of the best tasting milk's in the world...!!

star-pants

irishdub14 wrote: »

its because of the irish milk they use. one of the best tasting milk's in the world...!!

Actually apart from different milk, there's an ingredient (can't recall the name) added to prevent it from melting so quickly, due to it being generally hotter over there. That's also why it doesn't have the same texture and taste.
It's less smooth, more crumbly than melty in the mouth.

Run_to_da_hills

irishdub14 wrote: »

american chocolate (especially hersheys) tastes like vomit, seriously...!!! manky stuff...!!

I love hersheys dark chocolate, their bright chocolate is muck.

HalloweenJack

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I love hersheys dark chocolate, their bright chocolate is muck.

"Bright" chocolate? I'd imagine that taste is more likely uranium than muck.

Catari Jaguar

star-pants wrote: »

Seems Kraft have indeed bought Cadbury.
I swear if their chocolate goes manky... I'll go mad!

Cadbury chocolate IS manky. Just hardened, brown, sugary milk.

moceri

Irene Rosenfeld is the CEO of KRAFT. It seems that Kraft has huge interests in Israel.

http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2010/01/kraft-and-cadbury-kosher-conspiracy.html

phasers

I just noticed that Kraft are involved in Milka bars and I think Daim bars as well.


Suddenly I don't hate them any more

docdolittle

phasers wrote: »

I just noticed that Kraft are involved in Milka bars and I think Daim bars as well.


Suddenly I don't hate them any more

Gotta love the eld' dime (daim :rolleyes:) bars!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0qjuA42HA

Plowman

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Cicero

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah but they were starbars long long before they were ever moro peanuts!

........Ah!....but they were Nunch's long long long before they were starbars....;)

Cicero

Cicero wrote: »

........Ah!....but they were Nunch's long long long before they were starbars....;)

Yuss, for once I don't feel old :pac:
(and nudges and then boost peanuts according to wiki)

@ phasers

rubadub

Cicero wrote: »

........Ah!....but they were Nunch's long long long before they were starbars....;)

Never heard of nunch before, I remember starbars in the brown wrapper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Bar

Cadbury Star Bar is a bar that is made by Cadbury UK. Initially popular in the mid-1970s, the Star Bar largely exists due to a small but loyal fanbase (with a dedicated fansite), as the product has not been advertised or promoted for years. In the mid-1970s Star Bar was called Nunch, a portmanteau of the words "Nut" and "Lunch", and was promoted as the "nunchiest bar ever". Nunch was later rebranded as Nudge and in the 1980s it briefly became "peanut Boost," only to return to Star Bar as popularity of the Boost bar waned.

In May 2006, Moro Peanut was launched in Ireland only, with the words "Formerly Star Bar" displayed prominently on the label. The range is most commonly seen in small independent stores, and is most popular in Ireland.

This is from 1980

Cicero

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Originally Posted by Cicero View Post
........Ah!....but they were Nunch's long long long before they were starbars....
Never heard of nunch before, I remember starbars in the brown wrapper

not many people have rubadub....they were a blue wrapper with yellow writing- there was also an add with a woman walking a horse - can't remember the tag line for that add....

whoopsadaisydoodles.....great to see someone else remembers them..most people just shrug and say what?...there was also a cadburys Lunch out at the same time, so I imagine they changed the name to avoid confusion...

phasers

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@ phasers

Oh holy god, I need one of those

phasers

phasers wrote: »

Oh holy god, I need one of those

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