Chocolate Forum

Chat => General => Topic started by: on June 19, 2005, 09:53:34 am

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 09:53:34 am

I think a number of bars and sweeties like Mars, Maltesers, Toblerone and Caramac just dont taste the same any more.  Toblerone particularly has lost it's distinctive taste.  Is it all down to the EU meddling with ingredients?

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: lemoneye on June 19, 2005, 10:36:46 am

It is. You just can't trust the unholy Chirac - Schroeder alliance...

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: lemoneye on June 19, 2005, 10:37:46 am

Unless of course you are French or German.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: goldencup on June 19, 2005, 10:39:26 am

No, it's old-age setting in.  It also makes you forget correct usage of the apostrophe.  (I'm in an extra-pedantic mood this morning!). 

Actually you're quite right.  My particular gripe is Toffee Crisp.  They used to be delicious!

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: lemoneye on June 19, 2005, 10:41:44 am

I can't say i have noticed to be honest...

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:13:46 am

....has lost it's distinctive taste

It also makes you forget correct usage of the apostrophe

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:20:56 am

You also have to factor in that as you get older, like everything else, your taste buds change/deteriorate.

Would you have eaten Mexican/Indian foods aged 5?

It is my kids that remind me of this when I wonder what they are talking about when they tell me something is spicey even though I cannot taste it.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:29:42 am

I had very hot chilli when I was five at my parents' friends' house.  On the same evening, I decided it would be a good idea to bite the glass containing my lemonade sending my Mum into a frenzied panic.  Bizarrely they gave me bread and butter afterwards to help the glass go down!

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:31:06 am

Mmmmmmmm, lemonade with real bits in it.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:36:12 am

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: lemoneye on June 19, 2005, 11:40:49 am

I like sharp lemonade

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 11:45:53 am

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: gbliz on June 19, 2005, 02:27:37 pm

yes toffee crisps used to be lovely..now they taste so cheap...like lion bars..in fact do lion bars still exist? they were a good concept, but didnt taste nice.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 19, 2005, 04:47:08 pm

McDonalds now do Lion Mcflurry.  Yes, lion bars still exist.  Not sure about the peanut version though.  They were better.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: smurfboy on June 27, 2005, 12:15:16 pm

I think it's Nestle products - or rather what used to be Rowntree products - that have deteriorated.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: oldspice on June 27, 2005, 01:04:26 pm

HERE HERE

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 05:06:41 pm

Not just here but there too

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: goldencup on June 27, 2005, 05:22:09 pm

Everywhere in fact

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 08:48:52 pm

Yes

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 09:07:51 pm

Quote from: oldspice

HERE HERE

I could have bet my house on that response!

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: loulou on June 28, 2005, 01:24:25 am

Never a good idea to bet your house.

Title: Chocolate is not what it was
Post by: kevvosa on June 29, 2005, 05:37:28 pm

What if you're not the owner?



I think certain products have deteriorated, I think Smarties taste far
too sweet now, but I reckon that's cos I used to love em as a kid.
Kiddies seem to like sweeter stuff, probbaly why Milkybar is so popular
with them.