Yaffa Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, alison said: Watch out for Maltesers: there was some chocolate recall earlier this week involving them, or one of their offspring, shall we call it? See https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/09/mars-recalls-galaxy-teasers-minstrels-salmonella-fears-uk-chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porthesia Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 13 hours ago, Yaffa said: See https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/09/mars-recalls-galaxy-teasers-minstrels-salmonella-fears-uk-chocolate My daughters told me about that and I still had the empty packet and the date was fine and so am I. They just didn't taste the same - perhaps it's a blessing in disguise as I really need to loose weight - always a silver lining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Has anyone dipped their toe back in the water with regard to Toblerone? Can you confirm whether it's returned to something like its original dimensions? And another shock, talking about stocking-fillers: is there a nationwide shortage of large tubes of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles? I fear I might have to buy Smarties instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 12 hours ago, alison said: Has anyone dipped their toe back in the water with regard to Toblerone? Can you confirm whether it's returned to something like its original dimensions? And another shock, talking about stocking-fillers: is there a nationwide shortage of large tubes of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles? I fear I might have to buy Smarties instead. Lots of large tubes of Fruit Pastilles in my local Tesco this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Oh, thanks. Perhaps there was just a delay at the manufacturers, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Following a lengthy testing process, I can confirm that the plain chocolate version of the Terrys chocolate oranges are nicer than the milk chocolate ones. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Now made in France by a man named Thierry https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7985307/terrys-classic-festive-treat-chocolate-orange-france/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nobody gone back to buying Toblerone yet, then? Incidentally, still no Fruit Pastilles in any Sainsbury's or Waitrose near me - may have to make an excursion to a Tesco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballettaxi Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Christmas treats thoroughly ruined by the error of picking up Gingerbread flavoured Matchmakers - especially when I was eagerly anticipating that delicious orangey flavour. Why would Nestle do this to me??!! Yuck, yuck, they taste like cough medicine, avoid if at all possible! I had to console myself with a large bag of individual Cadbury Whole Nut's instead, it was hard, but I forced myself to finish the bag in two sittings. (Nothing at all to do with the fact that I really do need to start to wear my reading glasses whilst shopping - they need to package them in a very obviously different colour for simpletons like me!) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I saw they were on sale, but stuck with my tried and tested orange flavour!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 So, did really nobody get a Toblerone for Christmas? I'm still wondering whether they're still using the "cheat" version with huge gaps between the triangles or not. There were no images on the packaging, so I couldn't tell from that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I had a crime egg lunchtime, against my better judgement. Thought I would see if ant better than my last experience of one. Nope! They definitely are not as good as they were - the choc was more brittle and had that artificial sweetener type of after taste. Won’t do my ‘figure’ any harm to avoid them, to be honest!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 5 hours ago, zxDaveM said: I had a crime egg a crime egg! was this intentional or a Freudian slip? 😤 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, toursenlair said: a crime egg! was this intentional or a Freudian slip? 😤 oops! hahahha! well, these days it is a crime, since Kraft knackered Cadburys 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 20 hours ago, alison said: So, did really nobody get a Toblerone for Christmas? I'm still wondering whether they're still using the "cheat" version with huge gaps between the triangles or not. There were no images on the packaging, so I couldn't tell from that! My husband did but only the bags of mini Toblerone. They tasted great (thank goodness) but I can’t help with the gap/no gap question except to say that the mini ones don’t have a gap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 21 hours ago, alison said: So, did really nobody get a Toblerone for Christmas? I'm still wondering whether they're still using the "cheat" version with huge gaps between the triangles or not. There were no images on the packaging, so I couldn't tell from that! I think I read somewhere they closed the gap back to normal, slightly increased the size, then all but doubled the price. Which was a bit of a lose/lose for the choccy-centric punter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 1 hour ago, zxDaveM said: I think I read somewhere they closed the gap back to normal, slightly increased the size, then all but doubled the price. Which was a bit of a lose/lose for the choccy-centric punter Absolutely. I suppose at least they haven’t messed around with the flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Spotted in the local Waitrose this week: a man taking probably half a display tray's worth (8? 10?) of reduced-price Lindt bunnies to the checkout. Can't say I totally blame him, as they were significantly reduced, but ... really?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 26/05/2017 at 12:39, 2dancersmum said: I love clarnico mint creams too and you can buy them in Morrisons and possibly Sainsburys. I fear Morrisons may have stopped selling them. I don't have that many branches near me, but of the 2 south London branches I've visited in recent months, neither seemed to be stocking them They still seem to sell lots of other Bassetts sweet bags, though. Come to think of it, the local giant Tesco didn't have any, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 18/04/2020 at 12:23, alison said: I fear Morrisons may have stopped selling them. I don't have that many branches near me, but of the 2 south London branches I've visited in recent months, neither seemed to be stocking them They still seem to sell lots of other Bassetts sweet bags, though. Come to think of it, the local giant Tesco didn't have any, either. A lot of traditional sweets seem to stopped being produced. We seem to be being steered towards much more sickly sweet stuff. I suspect there will come a time when we won't be able to buy Smarties any more. We will have to have M & Ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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