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Favourite - Coconut Boost was my favourite (they need to bring them back). Toblerone now.
Worst - Hershey’s. America sure does know how to produce crap food and beer
Best: Lindt Excellence Sea Salt
Worst: any of those Cadbury things that have sticky filling remover stuff in sporsored by the dental surgeons' union, Crunchy is one.
Best I reckon is Lion Bar, then Wispa Gold
Worst is Turkish Delight, closely followed by Hershey's
I reckon a coffee flavoured Boost has potential
Best: dairy milk with crunchie bits in, but it's only randomly available
worst: american junk
Best twirl, melty chocolatey heaven
Worst Turkish delight, pot pourri flavour earwax
I know they’re technically not a bar, but I’ll throw caution to the wind and say Peanut M&Ms. Only thing that I reckon I could gorge myself on until I was sick.
If the pc police say it has to be a bar, then the fruit & nut at Aldi is awesome. Proper German chocolate, whole hazelnuts, loads of raisins.
I may have found a soul mate. Obviously we couldn't live together as we'd kill each other over the chocolate stash...
Best: dairy milk with crunchie bits in, but it’s only randomly available
worst: american junk
Paradoxical! I’m old enough to remember Cadbury’s before it began the sharp decline/buyout process which turned it into the ‘American junk’ it is today. Yes, I still prefer it to Hershey’s and Reese’s, but then again I generally prefer being punched in the stomach than the face. George Cadbury will be turning in his grave.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.cadbury.co.uk
https://www.mondelezinternational.com/
As a self confessed expert in this area I'd just like to say that I think we should ban all americanised choc as its all so utterly vile it shouldn't be included. Also I'd suggest that your normal allowed kit kats or gold bars (club, blue ribbons etc) as these are clearly biscuits.
My nomination are
Best : frys peppermint.
Worst : fruit and nut. Its nice but the fact that it lulls you in with its delicious creaminess and then you have a nut. Its gutting. Or snickers.
Best is Cadbury’s Fuse
Now we're talking.
Worst: Anything American. Ordinary Yorkie - its only selling point was the size, now it's tiny and tastes a bit rubbish.
Oh, and an honourable mention for Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers. Way too melty to be practical.
Star bar is my favorite and I really think Boosts are nasty.
So many people tell me I'm daft as they are the same but, I don't think so. The Boost just tastes chemically and a bit plastic.
Probably me that's odd but would be interested to know if anybody else shares the same thought?
TBH, nearly all chocolate is nice, although Hersheys is yuck.
Best: Cadbury's Dairy Milk (every other sort of chocolate tastes like something you'd give to the cat).
Worst: Boost/Crunchie. Bleurgh (plus Wagon Wheels. Although they're not really bars. More sort of rounds).
Best - Drifter. Perfect amount of chew, unless it's cold then it's a jaw breaker. Rare nowadays it seems.
Worst- twirl. It's just a tidier flake really. Nothing new.
Worst - anything by Hershey
Best? Hmm, not sure. I used to like Cadbury Fuse but it must be at least 20 years since they discontinued it.
Hotel Chocolat do some nice slabs of chocolate but I think it’s a toss-up between Ripple (Mars) or Aero peppermint.
But I’m buggered with T2 diabetes so I’m supposed to avoid sugary things
Best: The old Terrys Chocolate Orange. The one that weighed as much as a small child and required thumping against a wall repeatedly until it collapsed into it's rich chocoloately orangely chocolate goodness.
Worst: The new Terrys Chocolate Orange. Hollowed out to save money and made of some repulsive powdery American shit.
I've got a pretty low bar (ha!) when it comes to chocolate - Morrisons and Co-Op own brand are pretty grim though.
Being "budget conscious" I'm currently addicted to Tesco's Milk Chocolate bars - No palm oil and it's got a sticker on it that means no pandas work in the cocoa trees factory or something, too.
Used to like Texan bars - "Sure is a mighty chew".
The adverts went right through racist and out the other side, mind.
Available pretty much everywhere:
Best - Galaxy Caramel
Worst - Caramac
Niche:
Best would be - Hotel Chocolate Supermilk
Worst would be almost anything that's more than 90% dark.
Honourable mention for Green and Blacks Maya Gold.
Straight in at Number One Best Chocolate Bar...
All The Nom!
Rare nowadays it seems.
The supermarket effect. You need to get yourself to corner shops and other shops stocked from the cash and carry.
Then you'll get the good gear.
Drifters, brannigans roast beef and mustard etc.
Best: Dairy Milk, though I will admit it is not what it used to be, but my childhood Christmas memories are filled with the little 'bars' of Dairy Milk joy that came in a small box similar to the ones from vending machines on train stations.
Worst: Gambit...a short lived experiment that has somehow been reinvented as Darkmilk
Best is a Lion bar
Worst by far creme eggs, blurghh
Best: Dairy Milk, though I will admit it is not what it used to be
RIP Cadbury’s. Hello shelves packed full to the ceiling of multibuy squodgey, grainy, overly-sweet, poor imitations of it’s former self.
I even tried the ProperMocha DarkerMilk Wonkapoppin MegaButtOn Seasonal Sensations Special Edition Mk2 ™ bar and to be fair it did give my diabetes a toothache.
Even Lindt/Lindor is better than the Mondelez/Kraft ‘Dairy Milk’ analog. It must be our ‘British Is Best’ myopia that thinks today’s Cadbury’s ‘best’ even long past the point where it was even British.
Just had a Kitkat Gold. Very good.
Worst? Picnic. Just an abomination.
Toblerone is the best although honourable mention to Yorkie, Double Decker the worst.
Worst by far creme eggs, blurghh
Totally agree - horrible sickly things that they are.
Toblerone is the bes
Ever tried the Twin Peaks from Poundland?
Worst by far creme eggs, blurghh
Agreed. BUT used to love them. Remember them being hard to get into (with some ‘snap’) and a thick chocolate, the filling tasting creamy-sweet inside with a smooth texture.
Now they’re easy to get into and just taste megasweet (and grainy) inside and out.
I’m not convinced that global warming is solely responsible for The Softening
Worst by far creme eggs, blurghh
Totally agree – horrible sickly things that they are.
I miss Toffee Mallow Eggs...now they were something
Best - Galaxy especially if eaten in tandem with some prawn cocktail crisps as it intensifies their flavour.
Worst - Cadbury Fruit and Nut
I'm really liking this at the moment, although the Beer Chocolate is good too.
Worst would be anything by Hersheys, Cadburys, Nestle, with a special place in the bin for the Bounty.
The very, very best has to be the Snickers I ate towards the end of some enduro ride in Wales when I had run out of food and was very close to bonking. Someone gave me it and it was the most wonderful chocolate I have ever tasted. I don't even like nuts.
Favourite bar atm is the Aldi milk chocolate fruit and nut.
However we have a proper chocolate shop in Marple. Her chocolate bars are smooth, creamy and delicious.
I dislike anything from Cadbury's and anything from USA. Hershey's Kisses were the worse confectionery I've ever eaten.
Best - Lion Bar or Toffee Crisp. Would also include Toblerone but they are generally a bit big to be classed as a bar.
Worst - probably Mars Bar, though I've never tried the Hershey bars mentioned throughout this thread
No one has specified that we’re supposed to be eating them.
So assuming that we’re sticking them up our arses....
Best = Fudge
Worst = Toblerone
Old Jamaica for the win and anything American has to be the worst. Hershey’s is vile stuff.
I don't think even Americans like Hershey. Lady at work her friend works for Mondelez in the labs in New Jersey and when she goes to visit she has to take English chocolate over to her.
MrsMC spent a year on the edge of Siberia 1997/98. The only chocolate they could get was Herscheys. I used to have to send a monthly parcel of Dairy Milk and Cosmopolitan magazine to keep her over there sane.
Currently digging the Tunnock's Wafer.
Agree with others that most things described as chocolate in the USA are neither chocolate nor edible.
Back in the day - Star Bar, Galaxy Counters.
Current everyday (not literally) chocolate - Milka — reminds me of holidays.
Treat chocolate - can’t see past Hotel Chocolat dizzy pralines.
Not keen - Fry’s Chocolate Cream.
George Cadbury will be turning in his grave.
Amen to that!
Really not getting the love for Hotel Chocolat... I got put off by their Christmas selection boxes, where the plain and milk bars seemed to be waxy and not great-tasting.
Best scoffing chocolate is probably Ritter Sport Peppermint.
Best treat chocolate bar - Godiva blood orange.
Waitrose white chocolate best
Hershey's worst, is it even chocolate?
However, demonic forces of nature would make me devour it so I never buy it.
Firstly, I'm excluding white chocolate and anything that assaults your mouth or teeth i.e. Toblerone, Curly Wurly, Crunchie
Best: Old school Double Decker when the biscuit base had chopped up raisins in. Nom.
Worst: Creme Egg. Gopping. Would still eat if we had any in the house though..
Really not getting the love for Hotel Chocolat
I haven’t tried their chocolate bars, so can’t comment on that, but I’ve tried quite a few of their chocolates - they can be hit or miss nice (I don’t think I’ve actually had a bad one) - but the good ones are some of the best chocolates I’ve had. Current personal favourites are dizzy praline, peppermint, cinnamon bun, chocolate fudge sundae and cashew nut praline.
No one has specified that we’re supposed to be eating them.
anything that assaults your mouth or teeth
Thanks, both, for the reminder that Billy Connolly made me laugh on the subject of toblerone.
If anyone googles it - it's NSFW - some / much swearing - according to your sensibilities.
Ooo! Bournville Orange!
(Also like Crunchie & Bounty bars)
Worst, Turkish Delight. Bleurrgh.
Best the long since departed Maverick bar or Montezumas Lime and sea sal. From the newsagent Starbar.
Worst Creme egg or those baileys chocolates.
Do they have to be current?
Cabana. Best sweetie ever.
Gone but not forgotten.
Notable mentions for Topic and Double Decker.
Terrible chocolates are Spira, Twirl, Flake and all that shite. Tadte like what babys nappies smell like. Buzzing.
Cabana. Best sweetie ever.
Good call, I had forgotten about those - top choc 👍
Also have a lot of love for the Scottish chocolate you used to get in army rat packs. Duncans?
Nothing tasted better when you were absolutely sucked off, soaked through and boted of the nonsense.
@p7eaven
Oh you little beauty. Gonna get my old girl onto this. She knocks up a world class bounty -a-like , and something called a Florentine, which is made of secret stuff but tastes unlike anything else in the World.
Nothing tasted better when you were absolutely sucked off
😮 🤣
Best: Creme egg from a couple of years back.
Worst: Creme egg, current formula.
Who'd have thought an American marketing company would make so many changes to a cherished brand?
But please bring back Aztec. The Cadbury competitor to the mars bar which had a short life in the late 60s and was so superior.
Here's my chocolate bar.
