I think the Lake Champlain dark is superior. And Whole Foods [at least my store] carries a good selection.
To die for, is their Spicey Aztec
Posted on 03/27/2016 4:25:23 PM PDT by SamAdams76
My husband recently bought a package of Fig Newtons. I noticed the size seemed smaller than I remember and the taste was not the same either. My husband also said he thinks they may have changed them in some way not for the better. Won’t be buying them in the future.
New Coke is up there at the top as the worse marketing disaster ever.
Good one.
I have diabetes so I shall never know of Cadbury eggs.
I get the German stuff out of Aldis. I forget the name. They do it right, 90% cacao. Very little sugar.
Oh, and the Jalapeno version is to die for.
American chocolate seems designed to name people hate to eat it, especially with that nasty butyric acid nonsense.
I like jelly beans and Reese’s peanut butter eggs. I have never liked Cadbury eggs. My favorite Cadbury was Caramello or Fruit and Nut bars, but don’t like them as much now.
I can't stomach milk chocolate, nasty stuff. Always want dark chocolates. A lot of stuff made in the U.S.A. has artificial ingredients that simply taste awful. Worst was when they stopped using cane sugar and substituted corn sucrose and artificial sweeteners. The foreign stuff is still made the old fashioned way.
KFC does not equal Kentucky Fried Chicken... Just like we no longer have Burger Chef.
Did anyone try actually tasting these things before changing the recipe? This is reminiscent on New Coke. You change products without thoroughly testing the public’s acceptance at your own peril.
I read "Chocolate Wars" (by some Cadbury family member). The book ended with a squeezed-in chapter on the takeover (probably as the book was going to print).
Worth reading if you're a food or history buff. Covers things about Hershey, Mars, Lindt, Nestle, etc, over a period of almost two hundred years, including wars, politics, sociology, government, and so on.
I haven’t been to a Burger Chef since ...Nixon was in office.
It's the same for Pringles Potato Crisps. I wish some company would make the original recipe again, although our bloated government would probably ban them over trans this or salt that.
Yeah, they definitely changed it since then. Either that or my taste buds have gotten more sophisticated. Which is possible. But either way, I liked it way better back then.
I think the Lake Champlain dark is superior. And Whole Foods [at least my store] carries a good selection.
To die for, is their Spicey Aztec
100%, you're supposed to learn from others mistakes, NOT reproduce them...
I agree. I’m not sure if its me or them. It was high falutin in my house too. Just seems different today.
When you get to the 85% or higher range of dark chocolate, it's not cheap. Average price is $3 to $4 a bar. I can make a bar last about a week by breaking them into squares and freezing them. I'll have 2 or 3 squares a night with my red wine.
Yeah, it’s 4$ or 5$ a bar at Aldis.
Worth every penny!
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