What chocolate or sweets are pure trash but somehow still popular?

People at work always leave sweets n choc on our helpdesk when they come back from holiday. Thanks to the gannits in my office, you're lucky if they even last half hour before theyre all gone. Hersheys on the other hand, sit there for days even weeks! Vile. Taste like sick.

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LakesTrees221116@reddit

That’s exactly what I thought when I tried them - they tasted and smelled of vomit! 🤮

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Ill-Appointment6494@reddit

Please don’t blame us for the that. The US are crap at making chocolate and sweets. So much so they’re ruining ours as well.

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Several_Hospital_129@reddit

I never knew what real chocolate 🍫 tasted like until I lived in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Now I can't bear the thought of rain eating Hershey.

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atworkorpooping@reddit

Someone once said "Hershey's Kisses" sounds like another word for genital warts and it has put me off trying them

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Ok_Net4562@reddit

They look like piles too

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Recent-Climate6942@reddit

Cadburys daily milk. Texture like wax, mostly oil, hardly any chocolate left in the thing.

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FCSadsquatch@reddit

You're buying the wrong one, it's dairy you're after, not daily.

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Panele-paslaptis@reddit

Ben&Jerry’s ice cream. It’s too sweet, dense/ non creamy and really quite unpleasant.

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GainsAndPastries@reddit (OP)

Haven’t had that for over 10 years, used to love Phish Food and Baked Alaska

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C0nnectionTerminat3d@reddit

Any sort of pick and mix chocolate; white mice, nibbles, jazzies etc. It’s so waxy and weirdly textured, chocolate shouldn’t crumble.

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ohnaka12@reddit

The entire supply of Jazzies need shooting into the sun. Shocking.

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kylehyde84@reddit

Absolute guilty pleasure of mine but they are pure shite ill agree

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thisissockwormadness@reddit

Tried a white mice when I was a kid and nearly threw up. Fucking revolting.

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skewiffcorn@reddit

I loved all these as a kid but find them sooo bad now 😅

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wroclad@reddit

Tic Tacs.

They've like eating broken teeth.

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PlacidBlocks@reddit

Tony's Chocolonlely.

I understand their message but Jesus Christ the chocolate tastes terrible and people on Reddit love to rant and eave about how nice it is compared to Galaxy or Cadburys...

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kitty4196@reddit

It really does taste like cheap advent calendar chocolate to me

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WonkyGaze@reddit

Yeah, like cheap Easter eggs and Christmas.

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RaspberryJammm@reddit

The dark does. The milk is nice though.

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CappriGirl@reddit

Oh gosh I thought it was just me. Really average 🍫

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

That's what it looks like it tastes like.

It has that same shade of cheap chocolate brown.

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

The best bit about it is that’s impossible to break off comparable chunks so always decends into arguements from the kids

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Justboy__@reddit

Do you not use the opportunity to teach them about communism or whatever the lesson is?

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

I do, I rule with an iron fist and tell them they can have what they are given or fuck all it’s up to them

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Sidian@reddit

'Um, but did you know that the chunks represent-' I don't gie a FUCK. Terrible stuff.

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

I've tried it several times to try and understand the hype, and agree, it's awful.

Galaxy is still pretty good. M&S own brand is good too.

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StephanieLillibet@reddit

Yes, I was the devil incarnate for saying Tony's chocolate is horrible and greasy. I'd rather get a bar of galaxy or milka.

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phatboi23@reddit

i go for the aldi 80+% chocolate, as it slaps the tits off any of the fancy brands imo.

also because i like dark chocolate.

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_LazyBrewer@reddit

Parma voilets

Yes lets make a sweet that tastes like ur nan 🤣

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

Fruit gums and fruit pastilles. They tasted much better when they didn't have natural flavours.

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MonkeysMonolith@reddit

I bought fruit pastilles yesterday, They were great!

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hurricane279@reddit

LOL

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wreckinballbob@reddit

Same with Tizer, when it was nothing but chemical goodness, it was delicious. When they changed it to natural flavours and colours it was minging.

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Accurate_Engine_8089@reddit

🤣

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

Jelly babies

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this_charming_bells@reddit

Jelly babies are like crack to me. I can't go near them or I'll demolish the whole bag in minutes. Love them

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

You can have my share of jelly babies

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Snoo2185@reddit

The Haribo ones are the best for sure

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

The white ones (lemonade?) are ace. When I used to buy my kid and myself them for movie night, she always had to look through the packaging to count the white ones and then she'd choose that bag. Sometimes it backfired as she'd miscounted and I ended up with more, much to her disappointment.

Obviously being a good dad, I scoffed um dead quick and spent half the night mentioning I had the most 😂

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e-pancake@reddit

white is pineapple I believe, absolutely top tier

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

TIL. When you said pineapple, I thought "nah", finally got round to Googling it and I'm shocked, truly shocked. I've had 2 bags of Supermix this week, too. Gonna grab another later, just to make sure, in the interests of science and all that 😅

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HMP729G@reddit

Yup - I love the Roulette Haribo. White (pineapple) is clearly the best

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

Absolutely the best, but I feel like they don't taste like pineapple. I genuinely thought they were lemonade 😂

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UKMegaGeek@reddit

As a diabetic, I use Maynards Jelly Babies to treat a hypoglycaemic episode (blood sugar goes too low), so to me, they are tasty medicine!

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

There is certainly worse medicine and i have blood sugar issues and have eaten some diabolical things when its dropped so i would also opt for jelly babies if i had them around lol

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bsnimunf@reddit

I agree haribo is normaly trash but the jelly babies are better.

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LopsidedLegs@reddit

Rather partial to the Lidl ones.

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DryCartographer3818@reddit

Oreo’s and all associated Oreo flavoured products. Tastes like baked mud! How does anyone enjoy them? Not technically chocolate or sweets though

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MrRedDoctor@reddit

Flake. It's absolutely shit chocolate. It has no quality, no matter the metric you're measuring.

But I love it and keep on buying it myself.

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Negative-Associate38@reddit

Also pretty much guaranteed to spray you with shards of chocolate which instantly melt even in the midst of winter.

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

All these caramelized biscuit products that are suddenly everywhere.

It's just horribly sweet.

And I love sugar.

This is just like sugar + sugar.

It would work well in small amounts with a really creamy vanilla ice-cream, but otherwise it's doing nothing for me.

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Negative-Associate38@reddit

It's like salted caramel but worse somehow.

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namur17056@reddit

Parma violets

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Nimble_Natu177@reddit

Sour Patch Kids, whatever changes they made to the UK recipe makes them taste so bland compared to their American counterparts that are just as easy to get here.

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Unprounounceable@reddit

I also hate that while the US version is vegetarian, the UK ones have gelatin for some reason.

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Nimble_Natu177@reddit

What a strange thing to not carry over, must be some logistical related reason behind the ingredients perhaps.

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Mediocre_mum26@reddit

The blue raspberry ones are nice!

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abyssal-isopod86@reddit

Dubai chocolate - tastes like disappointment

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tcpukl@reddit

That's not even British though.

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

Depends where you get it. Some of them are delicious, as long as you like pistachio.

If you don't, then they're going to suck regardless.

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UrMomDotCom666@reddit

My dad's friend lives in Dubai and he brought the original ones over when he visited. They were so bad and just tasted like sugar, not pistachio or even chocolate. Looks like the worse dubai chocolate is the one actually from dubai lol.

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flyingmooset@reddit

Also a euphemism….

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jwf91@reddit

I love the SEO cover up conspiracy

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MrRedDoctor@reddit

Depends which one. The M&S Big Daddy and Waitrose one are good

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MrBrexitBall@reddit

Bounty or Liquorice all sorts. I still remember receiving a bounty bar on the last day of my school year as a reward for high attendance, was disgusted.

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omnishambles1995@reddit

Liquorice Allsorts are waiting to greet us in hell

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Fun_Budget7641@reddit

Yeah they suck.

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TemporaryLucky3637@reddit

The bobbly ones are elite 🤌🏻

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omnishambles1995@reddit

They taste like Bonjela to me

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Pure-Dead-Brilliant@reddit

I love Liquorice Allsorts. I hope Bertie Bassett is there to greet me as I enter the after life.

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TSC-99@reddit

Cadbury’s chocolate

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RatSalad32@reddit

Squashies

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Maichy@reddit

God, I fucking love Squashies, all variety's.

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Prestigious-Rough-27@reddit

Noooo the bubblegum Squashies were to die for!

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SimpleTennis517@reddit

Marshmallows

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Jonny7421@reddit

Cadbury, Nestle, McVities. I would rather pay a little more for quality and enjoy it. I eat less which is healthier.

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Fine_Cress_649@reddit

My most controversial take as a Scot - tunnocks tea cakes.

Tunnocks caramel wafers are S tier but the teacakes taste like melted polystyrene

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HighlandsBen@reddit

As an immigrant, I'll have the teacakes you don't want. The caramel wafers are okay I guess, but always give me a lurking thought that I've just got a stale overgrown KitKat.

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vientianna@reddit

As someone who’s eaten three of them already today

……..

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alphahydra@reddit

I quite like the taste, but the shape and constriction make them awkward and unpleasant to eat.

A thin, hard shell covering semi-liquid marshmallowy stuff. Biting into it makes the shell fracture in multiple places and forces the non-solid contents out onto your hands and/or face. The dome shape forces large bites which exacerbates the breakdown of the thing in your hand, and the shape and size are perfectly engineered to make a mess of your face.

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asjonesy99@reddit

It’s nice to be able to have a marshmallow-like thing as a vegetarian though

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Anlizu2@reddit

Have you tried M&S vegan mallows?

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asjonesy99@reddit

Yes but a bit expensive and end up eating them in one sitting! At least tea cakes will last a few days lol

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Befuddled_fish@reddit

This was hard to hear

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bladefiddler@reddit

Agreed, teacakes can do one. Caramel logs are the goat though - all the goodness of a wafer with added coconut goodness!

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thatguysaidearlier@reddit

I always feel like the biscuit part is stale.

If that was a proper crisp bit of shortbread...

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ImScaredSoIMadeThis@reddit

This is a hot take! Totally disagree, I think buying wafers from the international section for a quarter of the price are normally much nicer than Tunnock's.

The tea cakes though are banging. Like eating a sweet chocolate covered cloud

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dairylee@reddit

Perfect for dunking in a cuppa

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Coffee_beardo@reddit

100% agree, but have you tried putting one in the freezer?

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Auselessbus@reddit

Yes! I feel like I am always alone when I say I don’t like their tea cakes.

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Altruistic_Hall9559@reddit

Cadbury, apparently the brand isn't even considered to be chocolate anymore in some countries.

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Head_Priority5152@reddit

Personally haribo. Massively overrated. I think there's much nicer jelly sweets.

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uniquelyRelevant16@reddit

Parma violets

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LakesTrees221116@reddit

Disgusting things! 🤮

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Kid_Kimura@reddit

When I first tried them I thought it was a prank. Cannot fathom how they are even considered edible.

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ImScaredSoIMadeThis@reddit

Absolutely vile things

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fbruk@reddit

Boggin things.

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DDWildflower@reddit

Blackjacks

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

Jammie Dodgers.

The biscuit is dry and the jam is bland and gummy. I strongly suspect a lot of people who think they like Jammie Dodgers are actually thinking of Fox's Jam n' Creams.

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

Drumstick lollies are nowhere as good as they used to be.

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SceneDifferent1041@reddit

Those Violet things.... Who has ever asked for those?

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

They always make me think of talcum powder

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Icy_Reply_7830@reddit

Me, I LOVE them 💜

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SceneDifferent1041@reddit

You are a wild person. I fear you.

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JeffBroccoli@reddit

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone buy and eat a Mars Bar

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

The trick with mars bars is to freeze them and eat them in slices.

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Prestigious-Rough-27@reddit

With you on this! Far too much nougat. Very sickly.

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WraithOfEvaBraun@reddit

I just ate one 😆 I've had a thing for them lately and I'm not even sure why because like almost all chocolate now it's not good

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LadyDisdain89@reddit

My da.

Offered me a Mars Bar a few months ago and I felt like I’d went back in time

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

Cadburys Chocolate Fingers.

Unpopular opinion but their other chocolate is OK.

However I bought some Chocolate Fingers recently and they just tasted very sweet.

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

I can't have gluten and Schar do their own version.

The biscuit is much nicer than the Cadbury ones and the chocolate is darker and bitter. They are really nice

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bsnimunf@reddit

Try the Aldi ones. Once you've head those you will come crawling back to Cadburys with apologies.

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Jaycei@reddit

Nerds!

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PianoMiddle346@reddit

We don't say trash for a start, not unless someone is pathetically trying to ape yanks. Rubbish is the word. Cheers 😂

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Chibi_Panda2@reddit

Cadburys chocolate used to be amazing but is rubbish now, give me galaxy or milka any day

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d-a-s-a-l-i@reddit

Quality Street - When opening the box/bag it just smells like cheap sugar.
Yesterday I watched a video with Macaulay Culkin tasting UK snacks for LADbible. When he opened the bag he said "smells like diabetes" .... 100% correct.

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Mediocre_mum26@reddit

Yep, the staple of Christmas sweets has seriously tanked over the last 5 years or so. Especially when they ditched the foil wrapping.

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d-a-s-a-l-i@reddit

I’m “new” to the UK and the first time I have gotten a box of Quality street was probably late 2020.

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dianthuspetals@reddit

After years of not having anything like Quality Street, Roses etc. I recently discovered M&S’s Big Mix. Really delicious and far better than any of the other tins/boxes out there.

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GainsAndPastries@reddit (OP)

Must say you’re spot on here, had a tin at Christmas that was completely tasteless, not sure what has happened to the product

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Nuthetes@reddit

Cadbury's is utter shite now. Just completely ruined since the yanks took it over.

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Wait-Whos-Joe@reddit

Brain lickers - god i used to love them as a kid

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2014R1@reddit

Cadburys is not what it used to be

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

HARIBO

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PrimaryFace_733@reddit

As a German who hates gummy bears, this simultaneously validates and deeply offends me.

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bsnimunf@reddit

Why do they make them so bland?

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

Theyre too hard and bland vegan gummy sweets are way better (im not vegan they just are)

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Cold_Table8497@reddit

I had a single liquorice allsort last night. Absolutely vile! WTF happened to them?

No wonder my wife said I could have them. The, still nearly full, bag is now in the bin.

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wheatamix@reddit

Pretty much any American sweets or chocolate can firmly get it the bin. The novelty of imported American food stuffs wore off about a decade ago.

Liquorice Allsorts and Parma violets are probably bottom tier for me.

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Mediocre_mum26@reddit

Chocolate maybe, but Swedish fish, twizzlers, froot loops and chex mix are top tier American snackeroos

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j__knight638@reddit

Takis as well, they're banging

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Sidian@reddit

The amount of seasoning they put on them is absurd. Absolutely absurd. And I love it.

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wheatamix@reddit

Sorry but in a world of fizzy laces and strawberry pencils, twizzlers are the equivalent of chewing on a flavourless bike tyre. Fruit loops are just sugar for the sake of sugar - not a patch on crunchy nut cornflakes, however ill give Golden Grahams their due.

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depressofairy@reddit

Fruit gums. I dont want my fillings pulled out.

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Infamous_Telephone55@reddit

KitKats - the chocolate is meh and the wafer is just there to fill space and bulk up a tablespoon full of chocolate to make it chocolate bar sized.

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Justboy__@reddit

This must just be rage bait. I don’t even need to read to comments to know what to expect.

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Leeeeeroy-Jenkins@reddit

Dairy Milk obviously gonna be the most popular example. EU and UK recipes downsized in cocoa and milk solids, palm oil replacement.

It was probably never all that good, but it’s definitely not now.

Still very popular, although sales of Easter products seemed to take a massive hit this year due in part to aforementioned diminished quality as well as inflation and shrinking product sizes.

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

I went into a couple of supermarkets after Easter, and it seems like most brands had trouble selling stock this year.

Waitrose were selling shelves of Lindt Eggs (£18), down to £4 the week after Easter just to get rid of them, and Asda had pallets worth of Cadbury and Nestle ones at under £1 each.

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harlequin_24@reddit

It’s definitely change since it was bought by Kraft. Tastes like crap now.

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Cold_Raspberry520@reddit

Quality sweets

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No_Acanthaceae_362@reddit

Whilst loosely confectionery, the biggest travesty is the Walls Feast Ice Cream.

Used to be thick chocolate and hazelnuts coating a decent chocolate ice cream with a solid milk chocolate core through the full length.

Now it's thin, tasteless and oily chocolate covering a bland ice cream with a pitiful toenail shaped chocolate nugget that ends disappointly too soon.

Walls, like so many others just fucked it.

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bobmbface@reddit

Haribo taste of plastic

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Pure-Dead-Brilliant@reddit

Pez. I know some people collect the dispensers but the sweets themselves are nasty, little, chalk bricks.

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lorl3ss@reddit

Anything Cadburys now that it got bought out and they stopped using milk. Honestly, it tastes awful now.

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DiscoDoberman@reddit

They didn't stop using milk.

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Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit

Caramilk

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missafricanbarbie77@reddit

Agreed. Way too sweet

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eyesonly456@reddit

Cadburys it's disgusting to eat now

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ConfidenceMundane205@reddit

Cadburys chocolate.

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Pazvante_Chiorul@reddit

Mr. Beast's Feastables chocolate, pure trash indeed..

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Fun-Lingonberry4676@reddit

Quality of cadburys gone off the edge off a cliff the last couple years..

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madeonworkstime@reddit

Wham bars are shit these days. Before you'd bite some off and have a 6 inch skinny piece of toffee that you had to stop getting stuck to chin. Nowadays they're just shit and bite in whole pieces. Absolutely butchered that description but I hope you know what I mean

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the_real_deal_feel@reddit

Pure trash

Hmmmmm…..

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