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Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: bunnyloves on June 04, 2007, 11:30:46 pm
My hubbie and I love all your chocolate bars but his particular favourite is the Old Jamaica bar, which used to be in an orange wrapper.
 

Could anyone please tell me if this has been discontinued becasuse we cananot find it anywhere?

 

Many thanks for your kind help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jo
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on June 05, 2007, 12:05:31 pm
I have seen them recently at Cybercandy but not in the shops.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: smurfboy on June 05, 2007, 03:19:44 pm
Discontinued in around 2003 I think.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: R0bbie on June 05, 2007, 06:42:17 pm
http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/index.php/url_pmet3/xlc_2989/xdbc_5/dbtc_5/pic_1/add_44112/stc_1/scope_short#2989You can get them here, but they are expensice.  They still sell them in Austrailia.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: chocolate@26 on June 28, 2007, 12:19:56 pm
Yes I am afraid it has been discontinued
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: dodderi on December 20, 2007, 08:39:23 am
It's a crime Cry
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: on December 20, 2007, 06:06:52 pm
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It's a fair dinkum bar, sport.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: oldspice on December 20, 2007, 07:12:22 pm
Someone tie that kangaroo down for God's sake.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: smurfboy on December 21, 2007, 12:36:32 pm
It's a great shame Cadbury discontinued their Classics range. Bring back Tiffin!
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: oldspice on December 21, 2007, 03:26:13 pm
Yes! And Country Style!
 

I still really miss Amazin Raisin. They had a lovely white nougat centre (like topic without the nuts) shot through with raisins and a milk chocolate top and plain chocolate bottom. No rum flavour though.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: on December 21, 2007, 06:08:45 pm
Quote from: smurfboy
It's a great shame Cadbury discontinued their Classics range. Bring back Tiffin!

 


You need to be taken a trip to the Emerald Isle, to be sure.
Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: the1phil on January 31, 2008, 12:04:23 am
This is not about Old Jamaica Bars ( I remember the television advert with a voice similar to Robert Newton's Long John Silver, saying, "Old Jamaky", or some such guff). Not a pleasant confection. I recall it had that nasty faux rum flavour. A bit like the disgusting Wall's Rum and Raisin emulsion which passed for ice cream.

However, the Tiffin was a substantial snack. Not only chocolate but crushed biscuit ( and not that aerated Ricicle stuff, but bits of digestive) and raisins. I remember buying it from my local sweetshop/newsagent and I think it was 6d a bar. Was it in an orange wrapper? Who made it? Is it still on sale?

I must be told to get some relief from these sleepless nights.

Title: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: on January 31, 2008, 03:27:03 pm
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: ayrshirechocman on March 23, 2009, 07:32:29 pm
Punter on the TV/film forum and news site Digitalspy.co.uk who says he has just seen some OJ bars in his local Co-op...

edit: Ah I see why, with the release of the Bourneville OJ Bars imminent.
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: paulham on March 27, 2009, 10:15:12 pm
They are £1 in Sainsbury's. There is also an orange Bournville with real orange pieces. They are made by Cadbury France, so no vegetable fats.
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: cleverdick on May 26, 2009, 01:03:54 pm
Well, after trying this "new" Bournville Old Jamaica, I have to say I wasn't that impressed.  To me it's nothing like the original, so as far as I'm concerned OJ still belongs in the 'discontinued' category on the Choc Forum.  I guess their claim of "new" might be valid therefore.  I found it quite 'synthetic' and 'perfumey' actually.  The Old Jamaica from Oz (full-size in the foil wrapper) is much more authentic IMHO, but not the individual plastic-wrapped one.  Bournville OJ is more like the latter.  I'm not sure how, but plastic-wrapped bars just don't taste right to me.  Maybe it's psycho-oral, I don't know! :P   
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: loulou on May 26, 2009, 02:45:02 pm
Nothing is ever the same second time around.
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: drterror666 on May 26, 2009, 05:27:47 pm
You could soak your own raisins in rum overnight and then mix them into some quality melted dark chocolate.  Wait for it to harden, then you'll have your own OJ bar and it'll taste much better.
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: cleverdick on May 27, 2009, 09:43:51 pm
Mmmm....  Soaking the raisins in rum might be the key - we did try to make some rum and raisin choc a while back but went wrong by pouring rum into the melted choc.  Of course, the chilling effect instantly set the whole lot like concrete and we never bothered again!
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: cleverdick on May 27, 2009, 09:59:13 pm
Actually that reminds me: Does anyone on here remember such a thing as a 'Rumtopf'?  It was basically a large glazed pot with a lid and a face on the front.  The idea was that you half-filled it with a solution of rum and sugar, then added pieces of fruit to steep for a few months!  You then ate the fruit with cream (or whatever.)
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: drterror666 on May 28, 2009, 06:05:08 pm
Yes, rum and chocolate not good when mixed together.  You just need to chuck the raisins in the melted choc, the more the merrier!
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: loulou on May 28, 2009, 10:38:57 pm
Chuck the raisins out  the window, pour the rum down your neck and sleep well.
Title: Re: Old Jamaica Bars
Post by: drterror666 on May 29, 2009, 06:33:19 pm
I thought you liked raisins?