OK why would we be bothered in Ireland? But my first thought was its because the chocolate has got so bad and thats a world wide issue.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lg9y791kyo
Edit> looses > loses ;-)
I don't know what other people think about their chocolate but I always find Lidl decent quality. OK so their cheap Mars bar copies are a bit crap but the snickers copy isn't bad at all and the bars of chocolate are all good.
Cadburys is still the best chocolate, dairy milk is still the best choc bar you can buy.
Or what's more likely is that these people just love the taste.
As Lindt has expanded sales, they moved to mass production sites, plus they also use contract manufactueres abroad. Example of that is Lindt in the US is manufactured under license by some food company in North Carolina. Lindt in the US tastes sweeter than we get here, which is made in Germany AFAK.
Cadburys moved to mega high volume automated factories in Poland soon after Poland joined the EU. maybe they have a site in Turkey, I cant say, but I imagine food production would stay in the EU for food regulation reasons.
The 8 square small Dairy Milk is made in Dublin, also Snack bars, both for the Irish matket. I know Starbars were made in Dublin, but not sure if that moved to Poland as well.
Any Cadburys you see in multipacks, tubs, boxes or the big Dairymilk Slabs .. are all made in Poland, or other non Irish or non UK sites. Hence they are cheaper than the small 8 square bar.
For gifts, say Xmas, Easter, I order Leonidas boxes online, for family & friends. Fresh and excellent quality. Usually delivered within 2 working days. And everyone loves them, and they always tell me they enjoyed them when I meet them again. They are more expensive than supermarket choc boxes, but as they are rich, you only eat one or two at a time. They are a treat. A medium box looks small but is heavier in chocolate weight than a Lindt box which looks 4 times its size in packaging and wrappers. A medium box can last weeks in our house. We will open a box tonight for xmas week.
In my opinion no. Binge eating junk in car parks has nothing to do with taste or enjoyment. They always look ashamed of themselves also.
I always wondered how the 8 square variety always tasted better. I've tried most choc brands but haven't tried Leonidas so ordering some now to try.
And tell us, do you spend much time peering closely enough into people's cars that not only can you see what they're doing, but the expression on their faces too???
They are car parks, unless wearing.a blindfold you can clearly see what people are doing as you make your way back to your car.
People are saying they love Cadbury, that is fine, it's just that you very rarely see anyone enjoying it, it's all about choking it down as fast as possible.
A lot of the Lidl chocolate is good stuff.
I particularly like the club milk copy myself.
This is what they say on Cadbury website …
"Cadbury Dairy Milk - the company's most important recipe has remained unchanged for 114 years"
I had some Heroes and some Lilys recently. No contest, the Lilys were way nicer.
To be fair to auld Charlie, he’s right on this one. Cadbury’s is utter garbage these days. You’d be embarrassed giving a box of Milk Tray to someone. It used to be fairly decent chocolate but those days are long gone.
People rave about Lindt, yes it’s mostly nice but those red round ones are vile in my opinion. Taste of cooking chocolate off them
The filled Lindt chocolates are incredibly claggy and way too rich for my palate. I feel a bit ill just thinking about them.
Side by side with whatever brand name Lidl use for their chocolate I'd go for the Lidl one.
Conditioned.
Or more likely people like and dislike different things which is simply part of life.
They changed the recipe with these some years ago, awful now. Just look at how much fat is in them - 47g per 100g.
It's a bit depressing that a thread on Cadbury's has garnered more posts in a short time than any other thread on the food forum (and yes, I do acknowledge that I have contributed to it). I miss the way this forum used to be.
(I'm not complaining that people are interested in this, I'm complaining that so few people are interested in other food threads)
I toyed with the idea of starting the thread in CA but put it here hoping it might bring a bit more traffic to the Food forum.
Lilly's vs Butlers is like Ford Fiesta vs BMW M3. Lilly's is on a par with Milk Tray, in my opinion. Full marks for marketing though, because it fools so many, including me, once (and only once).
It's not chocolate anymore, doesn't meet the minimum required 25% cocoa solids to be permitted to be named chocolate. Chocolate flavoured is more appropriate. It's gone to shite.
exactly how I feel- way too sickly sweet
Is there a governing body on chocolate that mandates the 25% rule?
So the choc bar I got from the cadburys secret Santa came from Poland as opposed to Ireland? It’s the 100g winter wonderland bar- white choc in the shape of a Xmas tree on top of a milk choc slab- kinda like a top dec from years ago. Tastes great tbf.
EU rules apparently, cocoa between 21 and 24% then permitted to be labelled 'Dairy Milk' in UK and Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate
Was cadburys always at this % or only since the EU brought in this rule?
Yup, me too. I'd sooner eat Cadbury's 😜
Mondolez seems to be ruining many brands.
I'm a fan if Marabou that used to be easiest to get in Ikea, Daim another favourite.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/ikea-to-pull-daim-maker-mondelez-chocolate-from-its-shelves-1494445.html
Can't get either in Ikea anymore. Long standing partnerships or agreements seem to have gone out the window with Mondolez. Hopefully it means the smaller ones will now grow.
I find many of the Aldi and Lidl chocolates are nice.
Think all those plastic tubs of chocolate no matter the brand pure muck.
Recently was given a box of black magic.
Hadn't tasted them in donkeys years as I never liked them.
They were actually better than I expected.
Not saying they were brilliant or anything but they did resemble chocolate a bit more than any of the other tubs of crap.
