Where did all the Dubai Chocolate go?

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pblive@reddit

The ‘let’s cover up all the issues of people searching for Dubai on the internet and coming up with all the crap we do as a first result’ chocolate?

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HalfFaust@reddit

I still see it about some places. No desire to actually buy any, but guess that means it'll stay on the shelf longer.

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Strange_Duck6231@reddit

My local takeaway still has a section on their menu devoted to it.

I found Dubai chocolate a huge disappointment - pistachio is often my go to flavour as I love pistachios, but it just tasted like sugary shredded wheat.

Aldi are currently selling chocolate coated pistachios and they too were a disappointment, the chocolate is far too sugary and thick so you can’t even taste the pistachios.

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g0ldcd@reddit

Everybody tried it once, and the market dried up.

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External-Piccolo-626@reddit

The chocolate version of fast fashion. Remember the Prime drink?

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pogo0004@reddit

Fuckin hell prime was a disgusting product.

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ChrisCoinLover@reddit

Yes, and loads of kids were drinking it. It should have been banned by the gouvenment same as the cigarettes under 18s.

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Spid1@reddit

Nah, some haribos are actually nice

Prime on the other hand is rank and you'd never catch a grown adult drinking it

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They tried to make it a thing in the meal deal section for a while but I haven’t seen it for a year atleast. I remember all the flavours just sounded like vapes you can get from a dodgy shop ‘silver moon’ ‘blu razz’ etc

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cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit

And Stanley bottles

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Agreeable_Training27@reddit

Nah Stanley is a great brand not a fleeting trend. The ladies walking around with their massive cups may have been, but the best insulated drinks and food vessels out there in my opinion is Stanley.

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Fermanagh_Red@reddit

I was never interested then was given a yeti cup through a group I volunteer with and it's the best thing I've ever had

I drink tea at home in it and it's still super hot hours later

Worth every penny they cost

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Flamingpieinthesky@reddit

Somehow, I'd imagine you're a sipper rather than a drinker of tea if it stays hot hours later.

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Fermanagh_Red@reddit

I'm a drinker in a regular mug

Sipper in my yeti because it never cools down

It's a big cup so I reckon I've got a few mugs worth in it

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PurpleJuis@reddit

Any £10 does the same

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majkkali@reddit

No it doesn’t clearly you have no clie

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PurpleJuis@reddit

I have a Yeti and one from Morrisons. They do the exact same.

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TimeAdmirable@reddit

You have a dreary existence if that's the best thing you ever had

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Occamsfacecloth@reddit

It's the best thing you've ever had?

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Fermanagh_Red@reddit

Should have been clearer

Purely in travel cup options

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GarethGore@reddit

Okay fair, continue, I was going to say my guy, I envy your aspirations in life. If you've peaked at a insulated cup as the best thing ever then you will be forever satisfied, which is a rather nice thought in a way

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TimElgin@reddit

I agree…and pistachio in chocolate is also delicious. Both not worth the price at their peaks though, I suppose.

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Kent_Doggy_Geezer@reddit

But what was that dried pasta doing in there?

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Unknown_Author70@reddit

I still haven't justified the price and I fucking love pistachio.

My wife knows this and bought me what she thought was a Dubai chocolate bar for my birthday, it in fact was milk chocolate with whole pistachios throughout. It was alright.. but she thinks it's the best chocolate I've had.

God I hope she doesn't buy more.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

Is it the same company that makes Stanley knives?

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September1752@reddit

Yes, they also own a football team in Accrington.

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lfczech@reddit

Who are they?

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Leicsbob@reddit

Exactly!

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Harvey_Sheldon@reddit

You have to be a certain age to get that reference, but God damn it was worth reading on a bleak Sunday morning.

Well done :)

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Zo50@reddit

I never thought it would happen.

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-C80-@reddit

Sadly I’m of that age but it definitely made me smile.

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BINGGBONGGBINGGBONGG@reddit

i randomly recited this entire ad the other night. blast from the past!

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Competitive-Fact-820@reddit

Dammit you beat me to it!

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toroferney@reddit

Chapeau

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Winter-Swimmer-3000@reddit

I got a job with them, they said I’d come in handy.

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VeryBigPaws@reddit

Did you do anything special with your wages?

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Winter-Swimmer-3000@reddit

I believe I saved a particular amount every week wth the specific intent of improving my spouse's health.

It was the late 70's, my memory is hazy.

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Large-Sign-900@reddit

I feel this little exchange is wasted on a lot of people. Great reference.

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Winter-Swimmer-3000@reddit

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opopkl@reddit

What day did you get started with him?

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True-Register-9403@reddit

Monday.

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Mughi@reddit

Did you have a bath on Sunday, though?

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Status-Ad-5543@reddit

Lol

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redseaaquamarine@reddit

Where's that?

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AdChance8778@reddit

🤣🤣

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TangaroaBrit@reddit

🥛🥛🥛

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TimElgin@reddit

😂

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PristineSport915@reddit

I don't think it is actually. The brand has been split up over the years it seems. The cups/flasks are made by Stanley PMI which is a different company to Stanley Black & Decker.

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Mod74@reddit

Stanley tools and Stanley cups have never been the same company/brand.

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Taken_Abroad_Book@reddit

Stanley like the tool company?

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VixenRoss@reddit

Stanley cups hold more than a sports direct mug. I know because I made some tea (not really hot because of the plastic straw) and made myself a bucket of the stuff. My daughter had not used her Stanley for months. I got in trouble for that.

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blenderider@reddit

Hydroflask is better imo. Don’t love Stanley’s form factor

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Old-Career1538@reddit

Yeti for me. One of the few brands I feel brand loyalty to.

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wemcm@reddit

My wife bought a Yeti each for us and the kids (when they were on sale), at the time I thought it was mad but I was so wrong. They’re brilliant

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Rabbit-1989@reddit

Our twins have yeti bottles because all other bottles seemed to come back broken after a few weeks at school. The Yeti ones are a little banged up, but otherwise perfectly fine and functional, after more than a year.

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poacher5@reddit

I don't know if they're still as good but I've had the same SIGG bottle since I was in primary school and it's still going strong into my 30s - it'll probably outlive me

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MingePies@reddit

I have a few Yeti products and they are great. They are a little pricier but the quality is there and the customer service, at least in my opinion, has been great. I wouldn’t spend the big money on the coolers and stuff but I’m also not the target market.

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NoisyGog@reddit

I bought a yeti insulated mug for work, and it’s absolutely fantastic.
I love little design features like the magnetic lid slider closing thing (obviously I’m unsure of its name!!) The fact you can just pop it off to wash. It means there’s no crevices that can’t be washed properly, or anywhere for any liquid to pool up and go weird.

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ishamm@reddit

Which is weird, because they use the same technology but people think they invented the vacuum walled flask.

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NoisyGog@reddit

people think they invented the vacuum walled flask.

In the UK, Thermos has practically become a generic term for vacuum flask, a Yeti product is considered “a type of Thermos” by most people.

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WavryWimos@reddit

Both are stupid. Why would I want a mouthpiece that’s exposed and picks up all the dirt and germs?

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blenderider@reddit

Because the drinking experience is better. Get a mouthpiece cleaner. If you're too much of a germaphobe, fair enough. I'm not.

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WavryWimos@reddit

Honestly just easier to find a bottle that doesn’t have an exposed mouthpiece and has just as good a drinking experience. Brümate, Owala, Simple Modern etc.

Not really a germaphobe but when you think about all the stuff you’ve been touching, why would I want that in my mouth? Especially when bottles with covered mouthpieces exist.

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blenderider@reddit

I'm not touching the mouthpiece directly. That piece is meant to lift it up. So I'm not sure if you had another model in mind, but I don't directly touch where I put my mouth.

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WavryWimos@reddit

I don’t really believe that your hands don’t come into contact with the part that goes in your mouth. My partner has a hydroflask and the flip up spout can be a bit stiff sometimes and that little pull piece is not great, so it’s extremely easy to absentmindedly touch other parts to help flip it up. But I don’t know you so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Even aside from touching it, why would I want the mouthpiece exposed all the time? It’s dumb design and serves no purpose.

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blenderider@reddit

Mine works perfectly. I don’t know if she has used the flask for anything other than water? That might explain the stickiness.

In your opinion it’s a dumb design because you don’t want your fingers anywhere near the mouthpiece, that’s fine. But it works great. So the design isn’t great for you, but this bottle provides my favourite drinking experience, and given Hydroflask’s sustained popularity, a lot of other people agree.

Out of the brands you mentioned, which is your favourite or do you think is the best designed?

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WavryWimos@reddit

Only water.

What about it makes it your favourite drinking experience?

Brümate Rise is my favourite. But they all have things that they do better than others.

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blenderider@reddit

The mouthpiece lol. It's the first premium water bottle I've had. I've had my share of cheap plastic, metallic, open lids. I've never tried another premium watter bottle other than my ex-girlfriend's Stanley, which I really didn't like. I'm not exactly in the market, but my Hydroflask is 950ml and I could use a smaller one just for lighter commutes. I appreciate the enthusiastic water bottle discourse and recommendation.

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WavryWimos@reddit

If you like it then stick with it, no point fixing what's not broken.

I've gone through a bunch of "premium" water bottles because some little niggle always infuriated me. I hate an exposed mouthpiece because in my opinion it provides zero benefit while introducing only downsides, so a ton of water bottles are already out for me. Ended up with the Brümate Rise and am loving it so far. Pretty spenny, but works great, and I don't have some fucking straw sticking out of my water bottle like those tumblers that the yanks seem to be in love with.

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musicmagicmayhem@reddit

The large Stanley Quencher is perfect for me - I work at a job when I don’t have time to refill a smaller bottle multiple times during the day. It looks ridiculous but it works!

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Massive_Resource2887@reddit

I still love mine use it every day. I do have a smaller flip top bottle for out and about though.

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blenderider@reddit

I have a ~950ml Hydroflask. I just find Stanley’s shape impractical for use in any type of holder

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NoisyGog@reddit

I’ll fight you with Yeti, or Thermos.

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PurpleJuis@reddit

They don't insulate any better than a £10 cup. The burning car video was a marketing ploy.

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BellaSeashell@reddit

Stanley is a great brand but the cups were a fleeting trend.

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FolkyWanderer@reddit

Better than yeti in your opinion?

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BlissVision@reddit

I use the Kinto Tumbler. Japanese..

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Fit_General7058@reddit

Sho. Are made good, and not so obtrusive

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tarrasque@reddit

I dunno. Hydroflask is pretty awesome stuff.

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Katskan11@reddit

I have a pair of stanley nail clippers. Probably 25 years old. Work really well too this day. Solid bit of kit a lot of Stanley products.

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idcalvin@reddit

My brothers Stanley flask (the all metal tough one) is still going strong, a decade after he left this earth. He had it for years. They're the dog's.

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zmeikei@reddit

Lol really? I don't think I know anyone in my circle carrying a Stanley. Everyone carries a tiger or zojirushi if they need a thermal bottle

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ArbitraryMeritocracy@reddit

I thought they were found to contain lead?

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frankchester@reddit

It was if you yanked the bottom padding bit off the outside of the cup and tested the then-exposed part. Trace amounts of lead.

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AHoneyman@reddit

Didn't they gave lead in them

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PeteWTF@reddit

I got given a Stanley beer mug thing for Christmas, it doesn't even have a lid and I can leave it and come back to ice still not melted the next day. Love it

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amzlrr@reddit

I opted for an owala because of the sip/gulp fanciness and I’ve been swayed - much prefer them to my stanley

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

Yeh but the point is EVERYONE gets obsessed with it briefly, often to the detriment of the company. I imagine Stanley went on a massive overproduction binge and are going to have issues with an overabundance of on hand stock for a while since they are no longer "the thing".

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ThisIsMyRedditAcct20@reddit

Yeti.

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project46@reddit

I’m a Yeti stan and my wife’s moving more towards Stanley these days 🥲

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Order_Flaky@reddit

Tell your wife not to do it. I lived in Stanley in the 70’s and it was a shithole then. It’s fucking feral now

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Hazmat_Human@reddit

Better make your wife happy, dont want here close with stanley

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eerst@reddit

Every year there is another trendy drinking vessel.

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cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit

Yeah if you buy one for life but the recent trend with kinds to buy a new colour or pattern every few weeks was definitely not about it being a great brand. I believe it was the guy who marketed crocs got hired onto the Stanley cup marketing team.

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Flying_Wilson17@reddit

Yeti enters the chat

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IaMnoTaLlanImal42@reddit

Yeah they really should have stuck to making knives

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majkkali@reddit

These are still massively popular.

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user-604@reddit

Stanley is brilliant. People still buy the new ones. Me I buy everything in their hammer green because they are a quality product. They ain't a drink or a chocolate rubbish

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cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit

If you buy one for its whole long lifespan as intended then fine but there was a viral trend that had people collecting these heavily produced drink vessels like Pokémon cards.
It was a stupid trend that had crowds in the us surging into wallmart etc for the new limited edition designs because of influencers. It was wasteful consumerism and Stanley made sure to keep up the hype so I don’t have any respect for them as a brand.

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Yorkshireteaonly@reddit

Is it true that Stanley bottles contain lead?

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cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit

I didn’t know so I looked it up and found this bbc article which says :

After Stanley fans posted home lead test results on social media, the company confirmed the viral insulated tumblers do contain lead.

"At Stanley, one of the key features of our products is our vacuum insulation technology, which provides consumers with drinkware that keeps beverages at the ideal temperature," the company wrote on its website, acknowledging that lead is used in the manufacturing process. The statement continues, "Once sealed, this area is covered with a durable stainless steel layer, making it inaccessible to consumers. Rest assured that no lead is present on the surface of any Stanley product that comes into contact with the consumer nor the contents of the product."

When it comes to the lead in Stanley cups, however, experts aren't too concerned. Jack Caravanos, a professor of public health at New York University who studies the effects of lead exposure, tested three of the cups himself and came up with no lead. He even said he tried to pry the cup open to test the inside, and failed.

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intergalacticscooter@reddit

I still see prime all over the place. I think they have calmed down a bit with the marketing and also focus on hydration type drinks.

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bill_end@reddit

Rather than non hydration type drinks? Like sunflower oil

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Fermanagh_Red@reddit

Made me laugh when they went from costing mad money to being available on a Tesco meal deal

It'll be Paddy's powerful drink next

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Peter-Norfolk@reddit

My stepson still has lots of empty Prime bottles, and some full, from the height of the craze as they are worth hundreds of pounds in his mind. He was 12 at the time and knew everything lol. They may have had a little value at the time, but not now

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Gloomy_Pastry@reddit

I was in the local pub/eatery conneted to a hotel for breafast in the height of prime. there was a kid on the next table that refused to go and pick his breakfast as he was certain somone would come and steal his prime bottle.

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geesegoesgoose@reddit

At least Beanie Babies were cute, collecting plastic bottles doesn't really have the same charm.

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Peter-Norfolk@reddit

Agreed! And Jelly Cats(?) too

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My-midlife_crisis@reddit

Jellycat still is very popular and some of their products become “Must Have” and get sold out really fast.

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Fermanagh_Red@reddit

There's clearly a market for people who will buy any old shite because someone on tiktok told them too

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Humorous-Prince@reddit

Yep, and I’m glad to say I still have not tried the Prime drink. I refuse to waste my money on that crap!

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miggleb@reddit

Salted caramel and pulled pork

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MonsieurGump@reddit

We’re onto Capybaras now…for some fucking reason.

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Grouchy-Nobody3398@reddit

Well they do taste delicious dipped in real chocolate (not the palm oil crap from the consumer brands) :)

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Capable_Cheetah_8363@reddit

Hey dont knock the capybaras! They are cute! That and i also bought some capybara bedsheets in asda yesterday…..

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mildissue@reddit

RIP axolotls

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ImmediatePiano6690@reddit

Remember the Prime drink?

Ah yes, the drink that properly opened everyone's eyes to the dangers of 'influencers' and how young people would blindly follow trends set by these idiots, but not actually followed themselves just waved on a camera then probably drank Coca-Cola off camera.

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LifeBandit666@reddit

I member

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notactuallyabrownman@reddit

Not helped by it's wild overpricing, even the biggest idiots will only buy it a couple of times.

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Will_sue_when_angry@reddit

Where did it come from and who demanded it …..is the real question.

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Dazz316@reddit

Still buying them for my son, only if it's one he doesn't have though for his collection. But they're still around. But yeah, MUCH less of a thing now.

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Historical-One-2162@reddit

Your fat mum and her 10 kids pre ordered prime in Morrisons

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thecanary85@reddit

I saw bottles of Prime for 50p today in W H Smith! 😂

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Twattymcgee123@reddit

The “whispering angel” of chocolate .

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D0wnb0at@reddit

Funny thing about Prime is they actually made some called Prime Ice, to cater to 99.9% of people who didn’t want to drink pure sweetener. Was actually good. But their original product was so bad it just didn’t sell.

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SuperBiggles@reddit

Food trends. That’s all. Things come and go.

Matcha seems to be having a resurgence as the “it” drink at the minute.

Pistachios are the go to ingredient.

Anybody else remember the huge Biscoff phase we all had?

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

I loved Biscoff in the 80s, when you got an individual one, if you bought a filter coffee in a cafe. I'm so glad it's easier to find.

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atsevoN@reddit

Are you sure you aren’t thinking of a biscotti

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

No you used to get a single Lotus Biscoff in a clear packet, with a Rombouts filter coffee in some cafes. The biscuits were stamped Rombouts, but were made by Lotus who make biscoff.

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atsevoN@reddit

Ah okay fair enough

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SuperBiggles@reddit

The biscuits are nice, and it’s not a bad flavour. It’s just when EVERY pastry/bakery shop is selling sickly, Biscoff to the max Cheesecakes, buns, brioche, cakes, etc…

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

Never tried the biscuits.

But also a bit miffed that traybake sellers/bakeries seem to have swapped long-time classics for sickly sweet biscoff/caramelized biscuit EVERYTHING.

I think it would work great used sparingly with a proper, rich ice-cream.

But alone it's just super sweet and nothing else to me.

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StruggleHot1506@reddit

Insider chef info: When you rent coffee machines you get FREE BISCUITS

This is why it exploded lmao

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clarkey_jet@reddit

Blank Street coffee had a salted caramel pistachio matcha latte a few months ago. The epitome of trying to ride every fad in one drink.

I like pistachio and I like matcha. I don’t know if I need the two combined though. I fought off the curiosity.

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johnlewisdesign@reddit

Biscoff slaps. Repressive nations selling their tat way over price, does not

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a_crazy_diamond@reddit

Dubai was never selling Dubai chocolate. You can't even get pistachios in Dubai

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tt-23@reddit

I think it’s time for a new ‘thing’ - coriander marzipan or pickled peas or some shit

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yourshelves@reddit

I’m having Coriander Marzipan for the name of my next indie band.

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Blundix@reddit

I’ll join you on bass

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iowemoneytoapenguin@reddit

I believe it's Ube. It's a purple drink or something but it's popping up everywhere

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Capable_Moose9269@reddit

according to starbucks the new thing is Ube.

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KELVALL@reddit

What happened to Acia Berries...they were in everything for a while.

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douggieball1312@reddit

I'm seeing bubble tea stalls everywhere now where they weren't there a year ago.

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onionsareawful@reddit

bubble tea has been huge in the US for quite a while. it seems that whatever is popular in the US comes to the UK some years later.

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ResplendentBear@reddit

To the same place as all the pulled pork, hot honey and salted caramel.

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tt-23@reddit

What’s the current ‘thing’ I’m supposed to like? Is it still hot honey or have we moved on?

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BigMountainGoat@reddit

Not really, hot honey is fading away. The end was when they started putting on pizza.

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-Po-Tay-Toes-@reddit

Mate. Hot honey on a chorizo and pineapple pizza is bangin'. Get the fuck out with that shit.

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BigMountainGoat@reddit

No pizza with pineapple on is edible

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-Po-Tay-Toes-@reddit

I already had 0 respect for you but somehow I've just lost even more.

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SplinterBum@reddit

Biscoff

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Suitable_Moment_1752@reddit

This is everywhere recently. Our small Tesco has biscoff Kitkats at the moment, and also biscoff Dairy Milk, then for Easter there were biscoff cream eggs (which tbf were delicious and better than the normal cream eggs).

Unlike salted caramel, at least this fad is something that I like a lot so I can fully take part.

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yourshelves@reddit

The Cadbury Biscoff (Creme Egg-sized) eggs are fucking rank though. Getting through their filling is somewhat akin to trying to swallow ground cinnamon.

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627UK@reddit

M&S extra large, extra chocolatey, biscoff 'custard creams' are not a fad that I want to disappear.

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PM_me_your_PhDs@reddit

Smash burgers

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mbeet@reddit

For some reason pickles are everywhere

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ceelo_purple@reddit

I thought we did pickles in 2011?

(I'm happy to rerun that fad, though. I fucking love pickles.)

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SequinSquirrel@reddit

Matcha seems to be making a comeback

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tt-23@reddit

Oh yeah, there’s a programme on BBC later about it

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tt-23@reddit

Matcha the day

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Rude-Educator8906@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thanks. That made me laugh. 😆

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Busy-Peach5770@reddit

It's a lol from me I'm afraid

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gregholmes1974@reddit

😂😂😂

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tt-23@reddit

thanks

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Capable_Cheetah_8363@reddit

Bubble tea! That was a massive thing a few years back. Iv recently seen a matcha bubble tea. Not trying that one

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Justboy__@reddit

That’s been around for a while now hasn’t it? Surely there’s something even newer in the pipeline?

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Arf234@reddit

Custard Creams will be the next big thing im betting on it

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Jack_202@reddit

Tiramisu.

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indeed87@reddit

I think the current/emerging trends are seafood broils, tinned fish, ube, and maybe dining while seated at the bar. Not sure any is going to break through like hot honey did, and they’re certainly no pulled pork.

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Ok_Somewhere505@reddit

I’m mad about the tinned fish thing. I liked that it was cheap and tasty and accessible and interesting. Now it’s increasingly expensive and tasty and only accessible when not sold out. The only potential flip side is that it might get more interesting as more places spot the demand.

Sainsbury’s brought out a dill pickle flavoured tuna recently which is a change from the standard 3-4 flavours that even Lidl and Aldi now do.

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Othersideofthemirror@reddit

I remember when there was a popup tinned fish shop in Shoreditch.

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

I think Dubai Chocolate was after Hot Honey. I remember hot honey being a year or two ago.

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Busy-Peach5770@reddit

Ube?

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Happily-Incorrect@reddit

Why are we making honey hot? When was this a thing?

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Othersideofthemirror@reddit

I put hot honey on cereal.

Like, sweet spicy cornflakes, and if its a bit too spicy and you need to drink some milk then well, you already have some in your mouth.

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idkabtmygenderhelp@reddit

Idk when it was a thing per se, but its tasty - if you want to try it, mix sriracha with honey, and out it on a meat feast pizza

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Feelincheekyson@reddit

I’ve been offered hot honey on pizzas from quite a few places and I presumed it was honey that had been warmed up, didn’t strike me to think they meant spicy honey

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idkabtmygenderhelp@reddit

It is really tasty tho, you should give it a try, and the reason its not spicy honey is cuz its american

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jobblejosh@reddit

Can confirm. Was in the states two years ago and had a chicken-in-biscuit sandwich with hot honey.

As in a fried chicken breast sandwiched betwixt two halves of a giant American biscuit (if you're unfamiliar with them, they're like a savoury scone, but layered and flaky inside rather than solely caky like our scones), with hot honey as a sauce inside.

I could have devoured two of them.

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Happily-Incorrect@reddit

Wtf yeah why wouldn't they say spicy honey?

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Korlat_Eleint@reddit

Because it would sound like porn

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External-Praline-451@reddit

So it's not what you have with lemon when you've got a cold?

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

it'll clear your sinuses for sure

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idkabtmygenderhelp@reddit

That's hot honey and lemon - two completely different things lol

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Phenomenomix@reddit

Spicy not warm

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Mission-Sound9493@reddit

There is now hot honey cereal - cheerios I believe? Either way, looks rank.

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yourshelves@reddit

Hot Honey Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes as well. FUCK OFF KELLOGG’S.

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Happily-Incorrect@reddit

This comment makes a lot more sense now I know they mean spicy instead of hot.

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Dorrellectric@reddit

Yeah. Heard the Jaffa Cakes are nice.

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iffyClyro@reddit

The hot honey Jaffa cakes are brilliant and very good for pranks as well.

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yourshelves@reddit

Mountains of them in Heron at 29p a box would suggest that not many people agree.

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Happily-Incorrect@reddit

Hot jaffa cakes? As in you heat them up? Or are they served hot at cafes etc?

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Dorrellectric@reddit

Hot as in spicy, not as in warm 🤣

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External-Praline-451@reddit

So it's not what you have with lemon when you've got a cold?

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neilm1000@reddit

Hot honey is in its death throes I think, I saw some on a meal deal wrap a week or two ago which means it's gone fully mass market.

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Korlat_Eleint@reddit

Oh good! I actually love hot honey :)

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Disgruntled__Goat@reddit

Pistachio took over from salted caramel, though that’s probably peaked as well.

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LongsandsBeach@reddit

Ube.

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xxx654@reddit

Tajin seasoning was heavily promoted but it didn’t take off. I mean it’s ok but nothing more than that.

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creamcrackerchap@reddit

Korean chicken

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EmuSea4963@reddit

I think hot honey completely bypassed me. I've not seen anything hot honey flavoured to my knowledge and from the sounds of things it's on the way out. Shit moves quickly these days!

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Ok-Ostrich44@reddit

Domino's have it in the UK. 🤮

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mhok80@reddit

Korean chicken?

But I'm probably talking nonsense 😂

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ResplendentBear@reddit

It might be matcha.

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kmp633@reddit

I only discovered hot honey yesterday (walkers crisps in b&m). Given my level of trendiness it probably went 2yrs ago.

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yolo_snail@reddit

Since when was pulled pork a fad?

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kitjen@reddit

Around 2016. I went to a place that put it on scallops.

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blue_rizla@reddit

How old are you? It was one the biggest “food fads” of the last 20 years. It sort of paved the way for the fad of one ingredient taking over every dish and being everywhere

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pajamakitten@reddit

Sun-dried tomatoes did that in the 90s though.

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xxx654@reddit

Pesto was before that.

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MonkeyHamlet@reddit

Balsamic vinegar in everything

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riverend180@reddit

Theres an old school restaurant near me that still does the balsamic drizzle on every plate to make it look fancy 😂

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MonkeyHamlet@reddit

Proper

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riverend180@reddit

Bring that back

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spnelson@reddit

Also salted caramel is still a huge thing

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TheBlueprint666@reddit

I think salted caramel is pretty much a staple kind of thing now

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kaetror@reddit

Because it's cheaper.

Adding salt means less sugar, means lower production costs.

But rather than pass on that saving they made it sound like a luxury and charged a premium for it.

Now it's almost the default, and nobody questions it because we remember it being a fancy thing not that long ago.

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LoveBeBrave@reddit

Salted caramel is more widespread than caramel ever was.

It’s also not cheaper - they add salt on top of the sugar, it doesn’t replace it.

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yolo_snail@reddit

Because it's better than unsalted caramel. It's not as sickly

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Agitated_Display7573@reddit

Eventually unsalted caramel is going to be a trend

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Orange-Murderer@reddit

About 15 years ago, along with sweet potato fries. It became increasingly popular because of the rise of those "unique" gastro pubs and burger bars. You know the place, that stupid food place that charged £30 for a burger because it had chilli jam, pulled pork, and caramelised red onions, along with a steak knife stabbed into the bun served on a shovel, chips not included.

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MrPejorative@reddit

When there was pulled pork vegetarian equivalents.

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ceelo_purple@reddit

Pulled jackfruit in the Morrisons salad bar.

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Third_Chelonaut@reddit

Eeerm 2012? Around then.

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GarethGore@reddit

It's been a few years, I miss it, everywhere had mac and cheese with pulled pork and stuff, good times. I do enjoy the halloumi cheese sticks fad though, it's not quite made up for it but it goes someway to help

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yolo_snail@reddit

Sainsbury's just discontinued their frozen pulled pork Mac and cheese. I'm fucking fuming

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Krakshotz@reddit

About a decade ago. Everything seemed to need pulled pork added to it for some reason.

Dara O’Briain joked about it around 2015

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yolo_snail@reddit

But the fact that it's still around, and still the superior way to eat pork, suggests that it was more than a fad.

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kaetror@reddit

Clothes from the 00's are still around, doesn't make them still be a fad.

The fad bit is where everyone goes mental for a specific thing and it's everywhere for a while, not that the thing only exists at all for that time.

Bacon/bacon flavour got added to everything for a bit.

Pulled pork was everywhere - there were some places you couldn't get a burger without it.

Lotus biscoff biscuits were invented in 1932, but the obsession with them is only a couple years old.

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XihuanNi-6784@reddit

Since when did the definition of fad include 'totally disappeared and cannot be found now in any form'?

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Krakshotz@reddit

It’s still around but nowhere near as in-your-face anymore

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Aardvark_Man@reddit

That's like saying bacon was a fad, though.
It got stupidly overhyped by the lolrandom type stuff, and you had bacon flavoured everything, but it's been popular before and after as well.
I don't think it was a fad, just a weird hype phase hit.

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MissionLet7301@reddit

So I mean in a way it wasn't a fad.

Bars and restaurants just aren't in your face about their new pulled pork burger because a pulled pork burger on the menu is no more notable than a chicken burger or a burger with bacon.

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RodneyRodnesson@reddit

Perhaps you could say it started as a fad.

Never heard of it since the 90s and then it popped up everywhere. KFC even did pulled chicken because of it — https://www.marketingweek.com/kfc-launches-pulled-chicken-to-exploit-fashionable-street-food-trend.

I think it's like salted caramel too.

These may have been around somewhere for longer but suddenly became very widespread and popular (aka a fad) and some remain but some (perhaps most?) fade away again.

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

most things that were a fad are still around in some way. Pogs, beanie babies, bitcoin, NFTs, etc all still exist but nowhere near the popularity they once had

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

Dubai Chocolate is still around, but for a time everyone was fucking obsessed with it. The "fad" part of it was the obsession, not the food itself.

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RodneyRodnesson@reddit

KFC even launched pulled chicken because it was a fad — https://www.marketingweek.com/kfc-launches-pulled-chicken-to-exploit-fashionable-street-food-trend/

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LongsandsBeach@reddit

Bacon is still around and that was clearly a fad thing around 2010 too.

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tmr89@reddit

Bacon is the superior way to eat pork

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pajamakitten@reddit

That trend is so 2012.

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

As with most of these things its not really a "fad" but there was definitely a time when EVERYONE was putting it on EVERYTHING and that was the fad.

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NullandVoidUsername@reddit

Like around 2012-2016

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froglodyte420@reddit

Pulled pork fad was the worst

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eggs_and_ham_i_am@reddit

My thoughts exactly.

They may as well have said roast potatoes.

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ResplendentBear@reddit

It was an enormous fad. It was in beef burgers, in rolls, at every restaurant. If you like shredded, mushy, lightly spiced pork there's worse things to eat, but it's the definition of fad.

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neilm1000@reddit

Since when was pulled pork a fad?

Oh a few years ago now, but it was everywhere.

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

I think it declined when pornhub needed age verification

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neilm1000@reddit

If I could give you an award I would!

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Dorrellectric@reddit

I think maybe they meant pulled chicken

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lifeinthebeastwing@reddit

Red velvet cake

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Pepper_Exciting@reddit

Pulled pork never left

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ResplendentBear@reddit

I didn't actually say they went away, although that seems to be how it's been interpreted.

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robinscotland@reddit (OP)

Pulled pork still is very popular, at least round here, especially with nachos.

Hot honey - yeah fair enough!

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MrTourette@reddit

I wouldn't be ride or die for hot honey, but it's lovely on something like halloumi kebabs or.... um ... Yeah anyway it's good on halloumi kebabs.

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OldConstant182@reddit

Hot honey will never die for me. On pizza, fried chicken etc.

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iamnas@reddit

Yeah, it’s like lime Regis. I have never had a Regis let alone a lime flavoured one

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Specialist-Cake-9919@reddit

I'm afraid I'm going to have to call you out on salted caramel.

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Capable_Cheetah_8363@reddit

I still see a fair few salted caramel things about! And i actually had a pulled pork sandwich yesterday! Never had hot honey and dont quite get it. But i get what you mean. They used to be everywhere

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Margaet_moon@reddit

I am dying at the pulled pork. How did I miss this craze 😂

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betterland@reddit

i still love and enjoy all these things

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Affectionate_Cap7937@reddit

Remember when people would wear T-shirt that said ‘KALE’

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humanracer@reddit

LOL goodness pulled pork (which I liked before I become vegetarian) and Salted Caramel were the first two that came to mind when reading this thread. Crazy.

Hot Honey is still popular though. That only just started recently. I had a a hot honey dip with my pizza last month.

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DennisTheConvict@reddit

I only discovered 'Boneless Hot Honey Saucin' at Popeye's Chicken in the last 6-12 months or so and I have to say I'm a massive fan. And because I'm eating so much of it, I mean that literally.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Salted caramel is still around, as is hot honey.

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joan2468@reddit

Salted caramel is still everywhere?

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

Salted caramel is just plain better though. Salt is a flavour enhancer.

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Legio-XIII-Gemina@reddit

Hey don’t forget Katsu!

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Odins_eye_4@reddit

Hot honey is still a fad lol

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jael001@reddit

loads in B&M, horrible stuff

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fblthpthewise@reddit

It was a psyop so when you search for Dubai chocolate you didn’t get results about British girls getting shat on for cash in Dubai

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Spike_Milligoon@reddit

I tried it once, it tasted awful and made be gag. But I’ve never tried the chocolate bars some comments allude to.

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ObviousOrca@reddit

Name certainly checks out!

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ScreamingDizzBuster@reddit

Applausi

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Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit

I wouldn't be surprised, people in dubai pay americam/european girls crazy amounts of money to do the worst shit

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yourshelves@reddit

Is this like Disney named a movie Frozen so Internet searches would show stories about that and not about Walt’s cryogenically-frozen head?

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pbzeppelin1977@reddit

I feel like a crazy person everytime I see these conversations and no one mentions the one closest to home. The fucking POST CODE LOTTERY.

Whether it's what GP you can register at or what school your kids can go to you could be one street over but with a different postcode your quality of life could be significantly worse than your neighbours.

But nah let's advertise gambling on TV under the same name!

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ceelo_purple@reddit

I had the exact same thought and looked into it.

Turns out we imported the gambling one wholesale from the Netherlands, where it operated under (the Dutch version of) the same name. The phrase isn't used to mean government failures and rising inequality over there, so there were no negative associations at the time the thing was christened.

There was presumably somebody in the UK who had to make a call on whether to rename the British version to avoid negative associations, but it wasn't a straight up "Baby Bojo liked to build toy buses" level of algorithm manipulation, like I'd initially suspected.

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Elemteearkay@reddit

Turns out we imported the gambling one wholesale from the Netherlands, where it operated under (the Dutch version of) the same name. The phrase isn't used to mean government failures and rising inequality over there, so there were no negative associations at the time the thing was christened.

Thanks. That's made me a little bit less pissed off about it. It's still gonna be a peeve, for sure, but it doesn't quite sting as much as when I thought it was entirely intentional.

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roygbiv1000@reddit

They also do incredible things for charities on both a local and national scale.

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LanguidLoop@reddit

I am sure that the Post Code Lottery started after the phrase was a thing, so that people would think "I have heard of that, it must be legit".

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fblthpthewise@reddit

If by that you mean absolutely true facts, then yes.

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726wox@reddit

Except for the fact that no one called that act Dubai chocolate before someone on the internet made up this theory

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fblthpthewise@reddit

Maybe. It’s more believable than thinking Dubai chocolate is a nice thing to eat

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Sea-Hat-8515@reddit

Have you actually had any? Ive had some and it was fine.

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a_crazy_diamond@reddit

I and a lot of people I know really enjoy Dubai chocolate. Depending on the company that makes it

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Forsaken-Ad5571@reddit

They absolutely did though. I very distinctly remember it.

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JackDeanBeats@reddit

Isn’t is fucking crazy that some guy made this up on Reddit and now the average Redditor is so stupid they actually believe this.

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ImmediatePiano6690@reddit

The average person in the world isn't as sharp as they like to think unfortunately, most can't even grasp basic efficiency with day to day life and just make life for themselves and everyone else more difficult.

But at the same time, there's a lot of idiots out there swallowing everything they're fed on the internet, just go through random subs and you'll see people believing the dumbest propaganda, or the most disprovable conspiracy.

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dandorios@reddit

How much are they paying you to shill for them

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Useful-Risk-4340@reddit

It had nothing to do with British girls specifically. Dubai escorts are from all over the world.

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LahmiaTheVampire@reddit

Pretty sure it was never referred to as Dubai chocolate, but rather Dubai portapotty.

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Not-That_Girl@reddit

Thats how Katie price makes her money!

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Unusual_Pride_6480@reddit

Holy shit you got me good

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Aubluc@reddit

It was obscenely overpriced and apparently tasted rank so I’m not surprised it’s being faded out

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worldofecho_@reddit

It’s all held up on a shipping boat stuck in the Strait of Hormuz

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Urist_Macnme@reddit

My local corner shop makes their own and sell it cheap these massive bars. It’s better than the Cadbury/Nestle bollox they sell now that passes for chocolate.

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IaryBreko@reddit

Same place where all the Labubus went

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Whiskey19August@reddit

Probably the discount isle because no one was buying overpriced pistachio chocolate

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No-Photograph3463@reddit

Being turned into Dubai Chocolate Bombs as we speak

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Severe-Industry-2717@reddit

In case none of the other 590+ comments have already mentioned it Costa are still peddling Dubai Chocolate in their stores.

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spammmmmmmmy@reddit

I just saw Dubai chocolate twice today, by the till in a Romanian shop and by the till in a Turkish shop. Both in London.

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No_Chemist2922@reddit

It's not even that good, fads come and go.

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South_Flounder_2724@reddit

It was chocolate, sweet gunk, and shredded wheat.

It wasn’t going to last….

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nWoScot@reddit

People realised mushy chocolate filled with hay wasn't actually worth a tenner a bar

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ScreamingDizzBuster@reddit

It was the kind of thing you only buy once, because it's interesting, but also fucking rank. So it lasted until it exhausted one-time buyers then the demand disappeared.

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midnightbandit-@reddit

Really? I thought it tasted really nice. Home bargains did a lot of knockoffs that I still love

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yourshelves@reddit

The Halloween pumpkin-flavoured one was rough, mind.

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Heegyeong@reddit

You willingly purchased pumpkin-flavoured pistachio chocolate? 😂

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yourshelves@reddit

I threw caution to the wind at 49p for the bar. It was fucking rank.

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I_always_rated_them@reddit

For some reason people love getting really dramatic about it. I tried some of the Lidl stuff, it's ok didn't blow me away but I can see why people may like it.

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Superspark76@reddit

It was nice if you got a nice chocolate, some of the chocolate was terrible and the filling didn't make up for it.

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caffeine_lights@reddit

I never bought it because 1. it sounded horrible 2. who the fuck pays £10 for a bar of chocolate??

I'd imagine people like me are part of what happened to it.

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Agitated_Display7573@reddit

Chocolate from hot countries is wax

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Freightliner66Studio@reddit

The original one is called ‘Can’t Get Knafeh It’, so much better than the knockoffs

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Legitimate-Soil7109@reddit

It's delicious, just not delicious enough to binge.

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HalfAgony-HalfHope@reddit

Same place as salted caramel.

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Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit

it was a stupid bullshit trend about a foreign food that didn't taste special so now it is gone. It's the same as PRIME, people tried it, they said it was okay and then they stopped buying it.

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londondanno@reddit

Isn’t there a conspiracy theory that it was all concocted to get the dubai porta potty stuff off the search engines ? 💩

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Smallbrainfield@reddit

It did the job pretty much. As soon as the search engines stopped returning results that mentioned scat they stopped pushing the chocolate.

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Glittering_Vast938@reddit

Yeah that’s what I heard too!

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Ready-Procedure-3814@reddit

It's sick that it's real. I know a few girls out there and they aren't teachers or flight attendents anyway. They all haven't got a braincell to share between them either so I suspect they are at something like this. 🤮

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Pathfinder-electron@reddit

I love how everyone copied the Fix chocolate. And all are absolute garbage.

If you ever visit Dubai, buy a bar of Fix. It’s worth £17 try.

It’s great.

But don’t buy the knockoff rubbish.

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bluepushkin@reddit

It's still everywhere. That and candy floss chocolate. There's chocolate bars, ice-cream, biscuits. I even saw body wash that was 'Dubai Chocolate' the other day. No idea what it smelled like, I didn't care to check.

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fbarton1977@reddit

"Dubai chocolate?" "Yeah, sometimes"

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gibberishnope@reddit

Home and bargain

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Training_Molasses822@reddit

The main goal was search engine optimisation anyway. Now that people no longer associating sheikhs defecating on Western insta models as the original Dubai Chocolate, they don't need to push it as much anymore.

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FuzzyMagi@reddit

Air raid shelter

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AlarmedCicada256@reddit

This was almost certainly a 'washing' attempt by the nasty homophobic slave state, alongside all the other pro Dubai propaganda they pump out.

Harder to sustain when your slave state has missiles raining down on it.

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4x6x8@reddit

It was all a euphemism involving rich businessmen and influences surely!

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robinscotland@reddit (OP)

That's what I thought - and don't call me Shirley.

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4x6x8@reddit

What’s our vector Victor?

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ConsciousInternal287@reddit

We have clearance, Clarence.

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Detective-Monkfish@reddit

Roger, Roger.

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ConsciousInternal287@reddit

Huh?

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Broad-Train@reddit

You ever seen a grown sheikh naked?

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4x6x8@reddit

Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

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726wox@reddit

Everyone says this but no one called it that before Dubai chocolate was a thing. Was just something someone said that went viral

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-Nyo-ho-ho-@reddit

The term was dubai toilet and unless they've started flooding the market with cheap luxury toilets I don't think they're trying to cover it up very much.

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Badgerfest@reddit

I look forward to Dubai portapotty being the next viral trend.

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Greedy-Mechanic-4932@reddit

Some interesting (conspiracy) theories around it

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mopeyunicyle@reddit

And the flooding the market with chocolate to cover the it since the first searches now lead to this

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Careless-Cooker@reddit

In the bin where it belongs.

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TriedToaster@reddit

They finally sold all the pistachios

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blue_rizla@reddit

They stopped paying influencers to talk about it, so it went away because it was an artificial fad

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audigex@reddit

More importantly it was never intended to actually be anything other than a fad

The whole purpose of it was to cover up the fact “Dubai chocolate” was becoming slang for rich Emiratis paying OF models to come over to Dubai and then shitting on them

The actual chocolate was released and widely publicised to bury that story

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sharpied79@reddit

It was the pulled pork or salted caramel of it's time... Came and went...

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mhoulden@reddit

Sainsbury's do a pistachio cream that goes well on toast. I suppose you could mix it with Nutella for the chocolate effect.

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abyssal-isopod86@reddit

Because it tasted like disappointment.

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Tarmacsurfer@reddit

Dubai chocolate is usually in the discount/remainder stores, Iceland, home bargains, poundland and the like.

It's now slightly less horrifically overpriced and just a little bit stale.

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Blue85Heron@reddit

Just bought my first Dubai chocolate at TJ Maxx on clearance. Finally, at $3.50 for 8 oz I was willing to try it. Tasted exactly like I thought it would taste. Delicious-ish, but not worth the hype.

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AWildEnglishman@reddit

Tesco is selling "Dubai style" chocolate in some forms.

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Blue_wine_sloth@reddit

I finally tried it when it was cheap in farmfoods. Pretty nice but definitely not worth some of the prices shops were charging.

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deHaga@reddit

Plus there were also quite a few recalls. It's not made to the same standard as UK chocolate. Undeclared peanuts and other allergens that can kill people.

https://www.narf.org.uk/blog/2025/8/6/do-not-eat-alert-as-viral-dubai-style-chocolate-bars-are-recalled-due-to-undeclared-nuts

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Warburton379@reddit

Pistachio may contain nuts, who knew

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Hairy_Month819@reddit

It was the specific types of nuts, such as peanuts, that werent declared. People can be allergic to o Peanuts yet still able to eat pistachio's.

In fact, peanuts aren't even true nuts, they are more closely related to beans and peas than nuts.

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ABritishCynic@reddit

Peanuts are, in fact, legumes, not nuts.

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accepts_compliments@reddit

And pistachios are drupes (well, seeds of drupes), so we're just being lied to across the board

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ABritishCynic@reddit

And Almonds are fruits.

We have been played for absolute fools.

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noob4life247@reddit

I'm allergic the other way around (pistachios and cashews are related))...

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ImmediatePiano6690@reddit

Yep, believe it or not even if it clearly stated on the front it still has to be listed on the ingredients, along with everything else that doesn't matter.

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Bughunter9001@reddit

And for good reason, there are loads of examples of things that are x flavoured, but don't actually contain that ingredient, when it comes to potentially fatal allergies, giving manufacturers zero discretion and compelling them to disclose them in a consistent way is important

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LongsandsBeach@reddit

Not as a rule.

Legit brands who generally can be trusted made it too, like Lindt, M&S and Lidl.

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darraghfenacin@reddit

Hey, you like expensive chocolate that tastes mainly of shredded wheat? Have we got the product for you

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TheTjalian@reddit

Yeah I tried it once as I got offered some. This was basically my reaction. Genuinely didn't get the appeal.

Now if it was something like Fry's chocolate with a pistachio cream filling, I'm pretty sure I'd quickly end up on the TV show 'My 500 pound life'.

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Strong_Access_8179@reddit

I tried it when it was popular and it was good, but so are lots of other kinds of chocolate that aren't insanely overpriced.

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ed_cnc@reddit

Ive just had my first Dubai Choc this evening, and now I have a stomach ache and keep farting smelly farts - They can keep it and use it to throw at drones and missiles as far as I am concerned.

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DrachenDad@reddit

poundland

Nope!

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Ok-Sandwich-364@reddit

Got some in Lidl the other day. It was like £2 so thought I’d give it a go. Don’t get the hype at all.

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OMGItsCheezWTF@reddit

I finally got around to making it this Easter. I made a pistachio cream / white chocolate / kataifi topped rocky road. It was bloody delicious, but I love pistachios.

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gr33nday4ever@reddit

and it's everywhere in airports

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mattjimf@reddit

Yeah, Costco has heaps of it.

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Aggressive-Bison-838@reddit

I still find it on the front counter of petrol stations aswell

Usually discounted and still ignored

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WGD23@reddit

stuck in Humus Street

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NarrowOwl4151@reddit

EVERYTHING is a fad. EVERYTHING. The trick is just not to be sucked in when a fad reappears.

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chukkysh@reddit

It just wasn't all that good, and people stopped pretending it was. Pistachios are great and so is chocolate, but there's nothing special about putting them together.

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Broad-Raspberry1805@reddit

I have only heard of it on Reddit, never anywhere else and never seen it in real life…

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bhaskarosrs@reddit

I got some cheap dubai chocolate biscuits from heron foods

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srm79@reddit

It tasted terrible so people stopped buying it

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safefart@reddit

Dubai chocolate was to make it pop up first on Google searches, the real dubai chocolate is something that

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safefart@reddit

It's fucking awful if you know

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Icy_Reply_7830@reddit

Oh no.. I get it now

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Icy_Reply_7830@reddit

Hello?

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safefart@reddit

Is it me your looking for?

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thesilenceofthepeas@reddit

There was a salmonella issue which may have affected a common supplier, probably wiped out a lot of the quick to market take offs. Supermarkets would kill it dead if there was any sense that their brand was at risk from health risks.

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

Tiktok twats moved on to some other fad.

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Isserley_@reddit

The only time I've ever seen Dubai chocolate is when it's mentioned on Reddit. Literally never seen it irl or heard it referenced by any real life person.

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BellaSeashell@reddit

Trends come and go all the time. It’s not a new thing.

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AirconGuyUK@reddit

It was disgusting.

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dogatadisco@reddit

I’ve never actually bought a Dubai chocolate bar but I’ve made Felicity Cloake’s version in the Guardian a few times now and can confirm it’s absolutely delicious:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/dec/07/how-to-make-the-perfect-dubai-chocolate-bar-recipe

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Oghamstoner@reddit

I think it’s all melting on a freighter in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Ok_Reflection8547@reddit

Public attention span is short

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binkstagram@reddit

Google search term trends suggests it was very much a 2025 fad

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alreadyreaditbro@reddit

Believe it or not, hype dies down and people move onto the next trend

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treesofthemind@reddit

It’s still an ice cream flavour, saw it in an ice cream shop in Greece. Never tried it, never will

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BronnOP@reddit

Dubai chocolate was a search result poisoning stunt to help repair the reputation of the Dubai elite.

Prior to the Dubai chocolate craze in the supermarkets, searching “Dubai chocolate” in a search engine would bring up stories of the Saudi elite paying glamorous models money to shit on them as a fetish. Really.

Everyone that joined the craze were just useful idiots.

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martinbean@reddit

History. Along with the other food and drink fads, and will be joined by whatever the next one is.

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Agathabites@reddit

My local Tescos had a pile of Dubai chocolate in the bargain aisle for ages. The price got lower and lower, until they finally disappeared (not sure if got bought or binned).

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Jimmydeeping@reddit

Still available in Northampton Farm Foods at the Counter...but hurry 😀

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_Sun_Flower_3@reddit

There are still a good few options for it in home bargains

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livehigh1@reddit

There's not really a lot to it.

Visually looks terrible and the whole selling point is pistachio in chocolate, wow.

Pure marketing overpriced tripe.

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Intelligent_Doubt183@reddit

I’m just glad I can enjoy the odd pistachio without raising capital funds.

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The_Blonde1@reddit

I saw ‘Tokyo chocolate’ yesterday.

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de-tree-fiddy@reddit

Chocolate coated horse poo

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cyberalpine@reddit

I finally found some. I bought it and tasted it. Very disappointing. Ritter Sport Nut Selection Pistachio is much much better

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burnaaccount3000@reddit

Stuck in the straight of harmouz

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hengehanger@reddit

Realistically it wasn't all that nice, so it was never going to stick.

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Boring-Homework7407@reddit

I just couldn’t get past the colour and texture (like shredded wheat in Hubble bubble boil and trouble juice) I could never bring myself to buy any of it and if I see something alluding to it in the shop I avoid like the plague- fat no from me!

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Lost-Principle-753@reddit

It's all stuck on a container ship in the strait of hormuz.

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Intelligent-Bee-839@reddit

At £10 a bar, the trend was never going to last.

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melnificent@reddit

Matcha is coming, Matcha is coming!

Living in a smaller student town we see the fads that start and die before breaking containment. Everywhere that pushed Dubai chocolate are now heavily pushing Matcha drinks.

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oraff_e@reddit

Lindt still make some tbh

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BellJar_Blues@reddit

It’s in every staples and Walmart and shoppers drug mart and lauderache here in Canada

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Meat2480@reddit

There was Dubai cola as well, dunno if it still exists

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KeremyJyles@reddit

Still seeing it in most shops, the premise of the thread is a bit made up tbh, it's definitely not gone yet.

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MyNelo@reddit

High key conspiracy theory

My favourite food is pistachios, the year I decided to finally lock in with my weight loss and fitness, Dubai chocolate was everywhere

And I'm a all or nothing person so I didn't even look at them

Now I reached my goal weight and am regularly running and going to the gym, I relaxed a little bit and was excited to start trying all these pistachio treats

And now they are gone, only things you can find are cheap gross palm oil flavoured crap

This whole thing happened to torture me

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ControversyCaution2@reddit

I love these conspiracies

Another was Taylor Swift dating a player on the Jets, so when you Google “Taylor Swift Jet” you no longer got front page posts of how bad for the planet her flying out to France for a evening dinner is

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pink_flamingo2003@reddit

Fast fashion.

Like hip hugger jeans and Furby.

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FlorianTheLynx@reddit

You remember those places in shopping centres where you could have fish nibble the crud off your feet?

They were popping up everywhere, until people had tried them once. And that was that.

Hygiene played a part too, to be fair.

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TheTjalian@reddit

All well and dandy until the fish essentially became a super spreader for foot-based infections.

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Razorwireboxers@reddit

I think the fish foot eating thing was actually banned. But I'm not sure if it was for hygiene or animal welfare reasons, maybe both.

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WrongExplanation1065@reddit

The chocolate or the fish?

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DeMonet75@reddit

It’s all in the US. I see Dubai chocolate everywhere!!!

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Tall_Opportunity_521@reddit

Wherever it went, it can fucking stay there. Shit chocolate.

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idcalvin@reddit

Saw it in Lidl last week. Still seemed over priced ~£3.50 for a medium bar (125g)

Never tried it. I'll see if the discount places have any. I'm not paying £30/kg for any food.

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MolassesInevitable53@reddit

It all moved to New Zealand. I have seen a lot of it in the shops here.

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RevolutionaryLow309@reddit

It was not the best to begin with.

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Bigluce@reddit

It got replaced with that rank looking pink candyfloss angel hair chocolate.

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BiscuitsAndMilk0@reddit

You still have Pistachio flavoured versions of loads of chocolate brands. Which is the main flavour of Dubai chocolate

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kaetror@reddit

I looked this up yesterday.

Pistachios were suddenly everywhere as there was a bumper crop, creating a huge supply that totally outstripped normal demand.

Two things can happen in that situation; prices drop because it's no longer a luxury product, or new products are made to keep it feeling like a luxury.

They went with door number 2.

Very clever marketing sold it as a luxury product, cashing in on the Dubai brand of opulence and expense. This drove a trend, which drove demand.

Now we're in the tail end, where production has increased as farmers chase demand, but it's now going into everything; I saw pistachio croissants in Lidl. Discount shops will keep selling pistachio products for a while yet, but we'll move onto the next trend soon enough.

This is similar to salted caramel. Adding salt is cheaper as it requires less sugar to taste as sweet, but SC was sold as a luxury, and demanded a premium price. Now it's ubiquitous, it's not special, and the craze has died down.

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Ok_Kick_3982@reddit

It was the toilet paper fad in 2000. More recently the petrol and diesel shortage which both were never shortages. Just press and see how they react

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Careless-Giraffe-623@reddit

It's just a marketing scam... How much coaca do you think they are growing in the barren wastelands? Lol it's all imported.

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labchick6991@reddit

They brought it to the US!! It showed up around the holidays and i was like wtf is this shit?

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Dnny10bns@reddit

Yeah, I bought some the other day for £1 in Iceland. It was reduced. It was nice. Won't lie. But there's no way I'm paying £5-10 on it. 🤣🤣

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External_Ad_1476@reddit

Honestly, its just not that nice

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atomatoflame@reddit

As an American, I can tell you it's all here now. Seems like a fad that blow on through any day now.

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Nickye19@reddit

It just moves on to whatever the influencers are paid to mindlessly squeal for next and the sheep go with it

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Effective_Taro4601@reddit

It’s shite and people finally realised.

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Ravvick@reddit

Next week, they might tell you that “Tree Chocolate” is the best thing. It was just a fad.

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Frogad@reddit

I saw dubai chocolate donuts at my local co-op like a few hours ago

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Minimum_Sort5100@reddit

Hopefully it fucked off back to dubai

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Economy-Reaction7745@reddit

Fife is a bellwether for chocolate trend iirc

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Snoo_65717@reddit

It was a product to whitewash Dubai for the uninitiated who don’t know what they are actually like. They’ve got bigger problems that can’t be solved by chocolate bars now.

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MarkWrenn74@reddit

Abu Dhabi, probably 😂

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ProfessionalFall2676@reddit

I assume it went back to Dubai

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lucylucylane@reddit

Pistachio probably got too expensive as everyone was using it

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Careless_Category956@reddit

It was just a case study of digital marketing that’s all

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amzlrr@reddit

To this day I’ve still not tried the amazing Dubai chocolate

I feel like it’s been replaced somewhat with hot honey, everything is hot honey now

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mcnoodles1@reddit

TBF it introduced to pistachio in a major way. Never really picked that flavour before but love it now.

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

Standard 3 month obsession. Happens all the time these days. The entire country gets obsessed with a food stuff or a dance or a tv show very briefly, then everyone acts like it never existed in the first place.

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Extra-Sound-1714@reddit

Still see Dubai ice cream. But yeah it was an over priced flash in the pan.

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Electrical-Tea6966@reddit

Plenty of Dubai chocolate products round my area, although we are often behind the times…

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Sharkdogg@reddit

Lidle sell it. It’s like £4 for a small bar.

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TRFKTA@reddit

I tend to see it when I go to Costco

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DameKumquat@reddit

They seem to be just calling it pistachio flavour now. I think the shredded wheat bits didn't really catch on.

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Tzunamitom@reddit

You can diss the chocolate all you want but knafeh is an absolute S-tier dessert when done well and doesn’t deserved the comparison to…actually come to think of it, I’m a big fan of Shredded Wheat too.

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DameKumquat@reddit

Totally - good knafeh, baklava etc are all wonderful. Cheap versions, not so much.

In Kuwait they had a pastry counter selling nothing but variations on those, about 20 yards long. I only managed about 30 types which was about a tenth of the selection.

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ChateauLaFeet@reddit

I hope The Secret Celiac Commandos broke it to some CEO's house one night to have a frank discussion.

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BashBailey@reddit

The Iranians have blown it all to pieces - literally

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snarkycrumpet@reddit

They are all in the TK Maxx near me

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1l1l1y@reddit

I work for a certain Swiss chocolate company and honestly the Dubai bars and pistachio flavoured chocolates are still some of our bestsellers.

Interestingly there’s now a a big shift towards matcha flavoured products so be prepared to see a lot of that out and about lol

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Fine-State8014@reddit

Lindt still have pistachio filled chocolate, and pistachio lindors

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Plaisteach@reddit

Pistachio Lindors have been around for years haven’t they?

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Disgruntled__Goat@reddit

I never saw them until around 6 months ago.

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Plaisteach@reddit

https://www.c-store.com.au/melt-into-a-moment-of-bliss-with-new-lindor-pistachio/

Seems to have been 2019 and I remember seeing them in the Lindt store last year in the pick ‘n’ mix Lindor section.

I’m presuming that with Dubai Chocolate going viral they’ve had a marketing push.

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Fine-State8014@reddit

I don't know, I thought it was just to do with the same craze.

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pet-fleeve@reddit

I still see variants of it (much cheaper now) along with prime and those lunchable ripoffs that mr. Beast pushed, just without the marketing there was before.

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Ok-Blackberry-3534@reddit

It's a metaphor for Dubai. Lots of marketing. Not much substance.

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Shitelark@reddit

Expensive, over-hyped, but ultimately bland and tasteless. Yep.

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Dodomando@reddit

Also invented by a British business person and a Filipino chef

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therealh@reddit

It was crap, horrible texture....like you were eating semolina.

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eatingonlyapples@reddit

May be a conspiracy theory, but I heard that the whole pistachio trend was manufactured to promote the pistachio crops in the United States. These snack product trends can usually be traced back to the good old USA.

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Floyd_Pink@reddit

Flash in the pan... which is a blessing because it was fucking horrible. Give me a Kinder Bueno any day of the week.

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quoole@reddit

Dubai chocolate may have gone in name, but every chocolate product still seems to be sticking pistachio in there!

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iteachag5@reddit

I see it here in America. It used to be difficult to find but it’s more common here now.

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stand-harder@reddit

Stuck in the Straight of Hormuz

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AdSoft2588@reddit

Hot honey took over

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RgCrunchyCo@reddit

It was overrated in my subjective opinion but I have seen it is available on Ocado.

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R0ckandr0ll_318@reddit

Mostly in the bin because it was foul, someone bought my a bar of it and it was nasty AF

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MacDaddy2605@reddit

When a small bar was £10+ you knew instantly it wasn't going to last!! And when it becomes every second TikTok video promoted by someone from a council estate you knew the life span of the trend wasn't going to stand the test of time. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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floralflourish@reddit

It’s all in home bargains and b&m

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YouCantArgueWithThis@reddit

Nowhere. It's still here, now even stronger, because there are dozens of variations. Get into a Home Bargain and be amazed.

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JonEdwardsRandomNum@reddit

It's moved on to South Korea.

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2infinitiandblonde@reddit

Who would’ve thought that overly sweet overpriced chocolate with very little actual chocolate would not stay popular?

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Ultimate_os@reddit

Fell out of trend. Probably because it wasn't great and had a confusing name.

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DevSiarid@reddit

Bought some one clearance like last month for £1 to know what the big deal was. Then after trying it I still feel like I wasted £1 as I couldn’t finish it.

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CrucialElement@reddit

Regular reminder that 'Dubai Chocolate' used to be a term for the horrible fecal and sexual abuse of influencers by Dubai's elite. It has now been drowned by their new export. Don't forget.

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Particular-Swim-9293@reddit

Saw some for the first time yesterday in local Tesco. Dubai style but looked proper enough. Almost bought it. Didn't buy it because wanted something else more.

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EUskeptik@reddit

Too many cheap imitations sold at silly high prices.

-oo-

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Airurando-jin@reddit

Lots of places still have e variations now, just cheaper

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theriddlr@reddit

The name 'Dubai' has lost its sheen, chocolate prices have gone up. I do like clones of it as I like the kataifi crunch.

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prasaysno@reddit

In my stomach…

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HR_Specter@reddit

It tasted average and it was well overpriced. I’ll admit I tried to get some, then saw how much they were selling it for in the high street and then I was like fuck that. Greed killed it.

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Male_strom@reddit

I saw Dubai chocolate spread in Aldi

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Curious_Orange8592@reddit

It's just Pistachio chocolate now, Lindt do a box of truffles and did an Easter egg this year (I got one for my mum)

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McTraveller@reddit

They've done the pistachio balls way longer than dubai chocolate has been popular

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RunsWithGlueSticks@reddit

Into the sea, hopefully.

Most other food fads in this thread were actually alright in my opinion (pulled pork and salted caramel, at least) but honestly Dubai chocolate was okay at best and insanely expensive. It was driven by TT influencers and seemed to disappear as quickly as it arrived.

Related: I've got a lovely little local shop and the guy who owns it has half the shop normal grocery bits and bobs, and the other half is sweets/ crisps and loads of random imported/ TT famous items. He has a little stash by the till: sometimes it's hot pickles in bags (last summer I believe), weird Kit Kats, random fizzy drinks, whatever. He had various Dubai things there for a while, even a Dubai chocolate fizzy thing, but they've been gone a while now.

I love him because I always know what the kids at the school I work at are into at any given moment.

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King_Six_of_Things@reddit

People figured out that it was bullshit.

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feetflatontheground@reddit

I never saw it in the first place.

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Nothing_F4ce@reddit

Always see Nestle's Damak Pistachio Chocolate in stores everywhere.

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im-sorry-watt@reddit

In the discount isles

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JackXDark@reddit

All over Jordan.

And I don’t mean the Middle Eastern nation.

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AccomplishedUnion315@reddit

In the shitter where it belongs

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Mysterious-Guess-773@reddit

After I read that some pistachios have beasties in, I couldn’t try it. It put me right off them.

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signpostlake@reddit

Anyone else just never bothered trying it? I thought it looked gross

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callisstaa@reddit

On Katie Prices chest.

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yourshelves@reddit

A big bar of Angel’s Hair - probably £8 at peak hype - is now 99p in Farmfoods. I think that says it all.

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craigybacha@reddit

Fad.

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MarucaMCA@reddit

They're on sale in many of the shops. And the one with angel hair (cotton candy/candy floss) too...

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Aintseenmeroit@reddit

Well it’s not going anywhere at the moment.

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secondincomm@reddit

Dubai didnt need to distract from the true meaning of dubai chocolate anymore

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Speed-Devil2120@reddit

I think the trend dipped down and may have came to a halt

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Jeffuk88@reddit

I was living in Canada until last July and I had no idea, and still dont, what dubai chocolate was when I got back to England and it was advertised everywhere...

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Western_Sort501@reddit

All the Asian desert shops near us still do it as a flavour

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jdsuperman@reddit

All the Asian desert shops

Gobi? Arabian?

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Western_Sort501@reddit

Pakistani mainly round here

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No-Reward8036@reddit

Its all over the place. Dubai muffins in Lidl. Popcorn (maybe I made that up, I'm not sure), chocolate, cereal, ice cream. Just why?

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Intruder313@reddit

The 'influencers' bought and reviewed one piece of this overpriced crap and moved on

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CraigTheBrewer12@reddit

Dubai chocolate might’ve calmed down, buts it’s done a sideways shift into pistachio everything. It’s the new biscoff which was the new salted caramel

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KingKhram@reddit

I've never tried it and don't see it advertised anywhere now, but I do see lots of pistachio chocolate related products about. I love pistachios and pistachio kulfi is delicious

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BabyAlibi@reddit

It's all in B&M and Home Bargins now

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LaTroisette@reddit

Landfill

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fridgezebra@reddit

no one bought it it was mostly overpriced junk

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powpow198@reddit

Got destroyed by Iranian missiles

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Monstance@reddit

I won't believe the hype is gone until pistachio prices go back to normal

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Minimum_Possibility6@reddit

Pistachio in chocolate existed long before 'dubai chocolate' was a thing. Glad the fad is over as hopefully can get some decent stuff again and not the random green filled artificial flavour crap

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throwaway8373469238@reddit

It’s disgusting junk

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eldunenorap@reddit

Never tried one - just seemed horrendously overpriced. Additionally, even though I like pistachio, I couldn't get over that the bars looked like mushy peas covered in chocolate.

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

It’s pistachio in everything else instead now. Nobody wants palm oil chocolate so they plonk the pistachio in croissants and yogurt and other things instead

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naomide@reddit

my parents tried Dubai chocolate for the first time ever last week so I think that’s where it went - it’s now the cerulean sweater of food

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richh518@reddit

The pornstar martini crew are storing under their favourite dining table at The Shard

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marlonoranges@reddit

An artificial craze that just burnt out

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PKblaze@reddit

Never really saw it advertised (Though I'm mostly online) but it's easy enough to come by in shops like Home Bargains or any number of foreign shops.

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Scary-Dot3069@reddit

All currently concucting the next fad choc bar.

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Proof-Improvement-70@reddit

Lots of manufacturers now calling it what it is, just pistachio chocolate

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Dartzap@reddit

Trends be trending.

Times change, and so must we.

Uh, does anyone know where I've left my tamigotchi....?

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FeebleStarlight@reddit

Lindt had some "Japanese Chocolate" when I last went in that was equally overpriced and was matcha instead of pistachio... maybe that's next?

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Spumesational@reddit

In the bin, where it belongs

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TippyTurtley@reddit

Not sure but it's how I discovered I had a pistachio allergy

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kh_ram@reddit

I think the worst damage done by Dubai chocolate was inflating the price of every viral product - though I blame Prime for that too. At first, the chocolate bars were having to be exported from a single shop in Dubai making them by hand, so of course they were expensive. Then every tom, richard and harry made mass produced versions with an RRP or 10-15 bucks. The Lindt one was a tenner even though it probably cost pennies more than their normal bars which sold for a fraction of that. Next it was angel hair and they made that stupid expensive too because suckers will pay for it. The next trendy food product will be £10+ a pop at least, mark my words.

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SnooMacarons4225@reddit

Skip, no one’s buying the overpriced nonsense

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ishamm@reddit

In the bin where it belongs?

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neilmac1210@reddit

It can't get through the Strait of Hormuz.

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kh_ram@reddit

Lidl sells Dubai Chocolate, its still over priced but now it's just in the normal big chocolate bar section with the pleb chocolate.

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BearMcBearFace@reddit

It’s all about matcha now.

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MungoMayhem@reddit

It’s not just oil that has to get through the Strait of Hormuz

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beeurd@reddit

I see it a lot in discount stores like B&M, Farmfoods, etc.

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robthablob@reddit

The war in Iran had a major impact on Pistachio supplies.

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samworthy85@reddit

In the scat based subreddit surely 🤔

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luke-uk@reddit

To the same place Prime Energy drink ended up.

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Gro022@reddit

I think they just needed to shift a load of nuts and people go for it. It'll be something else in a minute.

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PresidentPopcorn@reddit

The BBC actually sent a journalist to Dubai to disprove this stupid conspiracy but found it was worse than expected.

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robinscotland@reddit (OP)

I'd love to see that documentary! 😂

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PresidentPopcorn@reddit

https://youtube.com/shorts/iGPaXOeefEk?si=qy4szeuatOYqLZXx

It's pretty depressing.

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robinscotland@reddit (OP)

Cheers! Good trailer. Looks like the full is at https://youtu.be/OboT09uRw6M which I'll watch later :)

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greenballss@reddit

Dubai style chocolate I see in a lot of shops. We brought some real Dubai chocolate back ourselves last year from Dubai when we moved back. I dont eat it but have gifted quite a few bars to family and friends.

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XxSianxX@reddit

Its funny, I went to co-op today and saw areo pistachio and immediately thought of dubai chocolate! Never had it but figured it was just a fad

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BrissBurger@reddit

I only see it in bargain buckets and on the counter next to tills in small corner-shops. I think it's a dead duck now.

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themattigan@reddit

Was at gun wharf today, saw a big "Tokyo chocolate" display, looks like they are looking for the next in fashion flavour combo. Looks like the Tokyo chocolate is just Matcha flavour or "green tea" in common parlance.

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

Saw M&S had a pistachio Easter egg and the amount of leftover stock suggested it didn't sell well.

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UpstairsCollar9888@reddit

It’s delicious though! That egg is a really good time

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FreddyFrogFrightener@reddit

In the bin hopefully, it was vile.

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mycatissodarncute@reddit

Home bargains ✨

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GangVocals@reddit

The reality is that the global pistachio yield in 2025 was higher than usual (a record year) so the dubai chocolate phase was a manufactured fad to sell the extra.

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PapiMak@reddit

It was a subterfuge to distract internet attention away from a strange sexual practise the locals enjoyed.

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OrangeBeast01@reddit

In Antalya airport.

No joke, I went through there recently and it was everywhere.

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humandustbin@reddit

I'm just glad it put pistachio creme on our supermarket shelves for good ♥️

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FreeAd2458@reddit

Actually had pistachio tiramisu from Sainsbury's and it. Wasnt a good mix. Too rich and unbalanced.

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detectivebabylegz@reddit

It sold well to begin with, but then it was overproduced, so now most places are discounting before they go out of date.

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notouttolunch@reddit

What the hell is Dubai chocolate?

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robinscotland@reddit (OP)

Be careful where you search the definition.

Urban Dictionary and Wikipedia have different definitions.

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notouttolunch@reddit

Both sound vile.

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talligan@reddit

Smdh at urban dictionary. Back in my day we called it the Cleveland steamer.

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doginjoggers@reddit

I will always use the katie price definition of dubai chocolate

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CreativeAdeptness477@reddit

The influencers all left Dubaii because of the shit going down.

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Lost-Engineering-211@reddit

seen some in confectioners shops...the handmade ones are delicious. it's the manufactured ones that taste revolting.

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rabberman1@reddit

The Iranians bombed the Dubai Chocolate storage warehouse

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Same_Statistician747@reddit

I saw a Dubai Chocolate Easter egg recently, obviously overpriced. Not sure how well it sold next to a Lindt.

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lameyoi@reddit

He went down the toilet...

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johnlewisdesign@reddit

Overpriced chocolate - with massively marketer led approval but no actual consumer data - in removal from shelves shocker

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Mission_Beach_7098@reddit

I used to work for a convenience retailer. We frequently had new products from the major confectionery manufacturers. Our normal product lines would be ordered by the store but these new products were centrally allocated. So you might have 10 or 20 boxes turn up on a delivery without warning.

We'd display them in a good promotional spot, usually next to the tills or in a bin next to the main confectionary display. Almost without exception these products would initially fly off the shelves and then sales would quickly dwindle. So you'd better hope you'd sold all the allocated stock before the novelty had worn off. I'm sure there are some but I can't remember a single line which sold well enough to be stocked permanently, Dubai chocolate just repeating that pattern!

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OrganicPoet1823@reddit

It’s vile the sooner it stopped the better

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aembleton@reddit

They still have it in home bargains

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Immorals1@reddit

It's a tiktok food trend. Once people actually got to try it (after paying way too much), they realised it was shit. Shops were surprisingly slow at leaping on the trend, so that's why it's all in bargain bins now.

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gregRichards2002@reddit

The hype died down and ‘Several "Dubai-style" pistachio chocolate bars and spreads have been recalled in 2025 due to undeclared allergens (peanuts, nuts, wheat) and potential Salmonella risks. Major recalls involve Fix It, Le Damas, Noesis, and Brookie Bakes brands due to nut risks, while others were recalled over Salmonella and wheat concerns’ - Apple A.I overview

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Drwynyllo@reddit

Never cared about it, don't miss it.

Whatever the reason for its origin, it just ended up as a stupid marketing gimmick, designed to make as much profit as possible.

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ihavetakenthebiscuit@reddit

It was a hype food for Instagram. Hype is over now.

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frumentorum@reddit

It was part of a trade war - the US was competing on pistachio production to impact Iran's economy and then had to find a way to make people actually want all the pistachios they grew.

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Sburns85@reddit

Taste has moved on. The pistachio paste is in the discount places now. Not sure what latest one is. But for some reason dry aged meat is massive again

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Fizl99@reddit

Its still a big thing in Korea for some reason, I think too expensive and sickly to take off here

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Glittering_Vast938@reddit

Ever since I found out the real meaning of “Dubai Chocolate” I could never look at a bar without thinking of ‘that’ meaning!

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South_Leek_5730@reddit

I bought some that was reduced, it's shit. That's why. Now of course this is my own opinion and it is subjective but if all the Dubai chocolate is reduced and/or disappearing this validates my view. Like easter eggs are now shit and there are shelves full of them at the supermarket unsold and still overpriced.

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Accomplished_Fan_487@reddit

Lidl still has AMPLE of it including bars, spreads and all the likes.

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TwoTenNine@reddit

Just an overpriced scam.

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smurphinden@reddit

People tasted it and realised it was revolting.

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Prudent_Pack2738@reddit

Never heard of it

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blizeH@reddit

Booo, it’s out of trend already, before a company made a vegan version? Was hoping to try it

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Hungry-Bowler3618@reddit

American gas stations apparently.

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Camoxide2@reddit

Cocoa prices went back to normal/ the cocoa shortage is over.

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dereks63@reddit

In the bin! Dreadful stuff, my wife brought me a load from a work trip there. Tried it, binned it.

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TormentDubz_EDM@reddit

The grift is over

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quarky_uk@reddit

I tried some the other week and it was absolute garbage. Worse than Tonys.

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Broccoli--Enthusiast@reddit

Into a landfill with any luck

Vile shite

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APiousCultist@reddit

I imagine it drove pistachio prices up, and the real stuff with the fine pastry threads doesn't last long and is annoying to manufacture. Everything else is just chocolate with pistachio-flavoured cream/"creme" and going to lose popularity when the trend dies. The actual stuff is apparently quite good but not an everyday purchase, a bit like those fancy Japanese strawberries.

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Spottyjamie@reddit

Heavily reduced in b&m and home bargains!!

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

They’re selling all the bars they were flogging for £8 at the height of the craze.. 2 for £3 in my local shop..

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Jack_McMac@reddit

I lived in dubai for 10 years and never once heard of “dubai chocolate” until I saw British influencer wanks going on about it

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Yankee9Niner@reddit

Isn't that a song by Paula Cole?

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

The OG is very good (still not the best chocolate I’ve had - that is a small family business from Lyon) - the copies not so much. The OG you can only get via Deliveroo in a short delivery window in Dubai itself bar a pop up in Harrods a few months back. Last year I had to go to great lengths to bring one back from Dubai for my girlfriend and have it in pristine condition. Any other one has tasted rank.

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MonkeyGoingToHeaven@reddit

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/321967822?srsltid=AfmBOoqHE9dXclx1g1ELZtsYl62sq5mugJlr-ZDUR_TnZeejn4XWZqlZ

I still see these in Tesco

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