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Have you ever eaten a Terry's Chocolate Orange?

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Riverwalk Mon 30-Mar-20 19:42:28

As a rule I don't have a sweet tooth but for some strange reason, I blame the virus, I bought one of the pesky orange-shaped blobs, which are made with real orange oil.

I'm about to eat the last 2 segments and have only just idly checked the calorie count! shock

Tomorrow's walk is gonna have to be a long one!

sarahellenwhitney Tue 31-Mar-20 11:19:36

Went off chocolate some time ago don't know why hmm Now its fudge. Can't get enough of it.

vampirequeen Tue 31-Mar-20 11:23:45

We used to get one every year for Christmas. They lasted us ages. Now they're so thin and small you can eat them all at one go.

Caro57 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:31:11

No - fruit flavour and chocolate together is ruination of good fruit and good chocolate!

aprilgrace Tue 31-Mar-20 11:33:04

They had them on the checkout at Aldi for £1. Couldn’t resist!

Tooyoungytobeagrandma Tue 31-Mar-20 11:34:02

My best ever weightloss at WW was after my birthday. I lost 6 lbs in one week and it was 7 months into my diet. When asked by the leader what I had eaten that week I said "it must have been the oranges". She said "oh tell us how many did you eat"? I replied 3, 2 chocolate oranges on my birthday Friday, and one on Sunday"? She just stood opened mouthed then suggested that the others in the group Did NOT follow suit. I love them, reminds me of Christmas and can definately eat a whole one in one sitting but I don't think they are as big as they use to be ? (I also love the bit in the middle) ?

Camelotclub Tue 31-Mar-20 11:40:28

They did a chocolate lemon years ago but it wasn't popular. Not surprising, that's not a good combo but choc and orange is!

rowyn Tue 31-Mar-20 11:40:52

Oh good, I'm not the only sinner. Yesterday I found a box of After Eight left over from Christmas. I took them to bed at night with a cup of tea and ate EIGHT!
Seemed the right number somehow.

labazsisslowlygoingmad Tue 31-Mar-20 11:41:16

havent had one for years mm quite fancy one now does everyone remember the old tap it and unwrap it ad

olliebeak Tue 31-Mar-20 11:41:30

Never, never, never! I like my chocolate to taste of 'chocolate' - not fruit flavours sad.

I'm ok with 'orange creams' etc - but just don't like the actual chocolate to be flavoured.

vampirequeen Tue 31-Mar-20 11:48:59

Apparently Terry's first made a chocolate apple which was designed to be eaten as a desert but it didn't take off. Then some bright spark added orange oil to the chocolate mix instead and the rest, as they say, is history.

Mollygo Tue 31-Mar-20 11:49:28

Love chocolate oranges. When we buy one, we share it 2segments each per day. I never let him see the chunky bit in the middle so that’s ALL mine???.

EllanVannin Tue 31-Mar-20 11:51:32

Chocolate isn't what it used to be with much of it being manufactured by different companies. Decent chocolate is now difficult to find. I used to be a great chocolate lover but not any more and I've still got stuff here from Christmas which will end up in my favourite place----the bin.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:51:45

Regularly but not recently

timetogo2016 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:53:44

OOOOH i love them and dunk them in a cup of tea.
I don`t like hard chocolate and it actualy tastes nicer.
Never feel guilty especialy at times like these.
Happy chocky chomping all.

Gaunt47 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:54:46

Just this minute ordered some bars of exceptionally good chocolate made locally with high cocoa content! Paid extra for first class postage!

JanT8 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:57:46

Riverwalk I know exactly where you’re coming from on this! Last week I was desperate for chocolate, which I never usually bother with. My daughter bought me a large bar of Cadbury’s Whole Nut and I did the same, devoured it at one sitting !!
Thank goodness I don’t have any more in stock !!

GagaJo Tue 31-Mar-20 11:58:08

Funny story. When my now adult daughter was young, someone gave her a LARGE easter egg sized chocolate orange at Christmas. It wasn't solid, but the chocolate WAS a lot thicker than the average easter egg.

I went out for the night with friends, leaving my mum at mine, babysitting. When I got home, I found a very disgruntled mum. Daughter had eaten the whole thing and obviously, had vomited everywhere. The house stunk of orange chocolate for weeks afterwards.

My mum was annoyed with my daughter. I don't know why really. What adult allows an 8 year old to eat that much chocolate in one go?

Kim19 Tue 31-Mar-20 11:59:09

Nope. Tried them but certainly didn't float my boat. I'm currently struggling with over consumption of dark chocolate ginger snaps. Amazingly moreish!

Barmeyoldbat Tue 31-Mar-20 12:02:25

I can eat a whole box of Black Magi but not an Orange egg ass I don't like them

Cambia Tue 31-Mar-20 12:05:30

I had never had one until someone bought me one for Xmas. Gosh it was so nice! I am not a sweet tooth but I did enjoy it. Well half of it, after rationing myself to a slice a day, my grandson gave into temptation and polished the rest of it off whilst I wasn’t looking!

Dowsabella Tue 31-Mar-20 12:10:19

@BlueBelle, I'm with you! I couldn't even eat one segment!! DH gets any I'm given. He's diabetic, so he has to make them last a looooooong time, but he's ok with that.

glammanana Tue 31-Mar-20 12:13:23

My now grown up children insist on there being one in their xmas boxes every year have done since they where young one year I suggested that they where too old for them and it caused massive upset with the 3 of them,they also have the little woven bag of golden money every year.

Wheniwasyourage Tue 31-Mar-20 12:13:36

Shouldn't have read this thread. Now I want one and am also wondering what to do with the Easter eggs...

grannybuy Tue 31-Mar-20 12:15:49

Try making Nigella's clementine cake, and fill/top with buttercream made with chocolate orange.

Riverwalk Tue 31-Mar-20 12:27:56

I walked for 70 minutes - so only burnt-off about a quarter of the little cannonball!

My own fault - bought on impulse and scoffed with abandon.