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Sweets We Used To Have

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I think Thorntons still use only milk fat in their toffees, so they would taste much better than many
 
If I recall correctly, caramac was a light coloured chocolate type bar that was not chocolate?
 
mikejee said:
Did you ever have the misfortune to try Hershey's original ?
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Mike, only just been able to get onto the site. For some reason it didn't connect after my last post. No, I haven't tried a Hershey bar but decided to see what other people thought and this is what came up (not being ironic):

According to MailOnline, the chemical found in Hershey's chocolate, vomit, parmesan cheese and sour butter is called butyric acid. ... They also claim the butyric acid — which gives vomit its acidic smell and taste — gives American chocolate its "tangy" flavor.

Needless to say Mike, I won't be trying one in a hurry!
 
Lady Penelope said:
Mike, only just been able to get onto the site. For some reason it didn't connect after my last post. No, I haven't tried a Hershey bar but decided to see what other people thought and this is what came up (not being ironic):

According to MailOnline, the chemical found in Hershey's chocolate, vomit, parmesan cheese and sour butter is called butyric acid. ... They also claim the butyric acid — which gives vomit its acidic smell and taste — gives American chocolate its "tangy" flavor.

Needless to say Mike, I won't be trying one in a hurry!
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Thanks,LP.i wonderd why vomit stunk.no i know:laughing:
 
As I understand it, Hersheys deliberately add an enzyme to the milk before it is incorporated into the chocolate which affects it (My description would be it makes it "go off"). At one time Cadburys Indian milk chocolate (not for quite a while now though) used buffalo milk rather than cows milk. This did not have quite the "piquancy" of Hersheys, but was also pretty horrible.
 
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These things really tasted nice for the first 10 minutes or so but towards the end they started to rock hard, and also had the little comic strip inside made of wax paper with a cartoon and a gift you could send for, normally thought it was in America :)
 
I have this vague memory of small conical plastic cups, with a stand and a plastic spoon. The cup was full of chocolate. Late 50’s early 60s.

Anyone else remember these?
 
Morturn said:
I have this vague memory of small conical plastic cups, with a stand and a plastic spoon. The cup was full of chocolate. Late 50’s early 60s.

Anyone else remember these?
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I've a feeling they were called knickerbocker glorys and modelled on the ice cream sundae. Sweet chocolate and other sweet layers and at the very bottom a small layer of some pink fondant stuff with a sharp taste(cherry flavour?). If we're talking about the same thing I loved 'em.
 
i have been looking, trying to find who made the round toffees.
they looked like mackintoshes pennies.1584209170783.pngbut had a nut on the top. any idears folks?.
 
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