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Lindor egg, what a swizz!

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Witzend Sun 05-Apr-26 10:17:13

Look at the size of the box compared to the actual egg! It did come with 7 chocs, but I still think it was deliberately deceptive.
Bought for dh, he’s not complaining, but I’m not a happy Easter Bunny.

BlueBelle Mon 06-Apr-26 04:57:29

Nothing to worry about for me as I don’t like chocolate 🤣🤣🤣so I had a box of Turkish delight instead

justwokeup Mon 06-Apr-26 00:48:06

TwiceAsNice
Cadbury chocolate is awful now nothing like it used to be.

That’s what happens when the government allows hostile takeovers and by a country which imo doesn’t produce any decent chocolate. Can’t see Switzerland ever allowing that.

TwiceAsNice Sun 05-Apr-26 23:10:13

Agree about the change of shape . My daughter bought me a dark chocolate Lindt bunny touch I was very pleased with and the chocolate was very thick, it was hard to break.

I bought Cadbury eggs for 2 daughters and granddaughter because it was what they like but I think Cadbury chocolate is awful now nothing like it used to be.

Other granddaughter doesn’t eat chocolate so she had an individual cheese, she was just as pleased!

Allira Sun 05-Apr-26 22:44:03

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Aveline

Groan indeed. Pedant alert- it's snobbish not snobby!
I do start by eating the Lindt bunny ears. Often quite a big bite required

😂

Wot! Both at the same time? 😲

Doodle Sun 05-Apr-26 21:15:06

Witzend

NotSpaghetti

You have to look at the weight I think.
That's the best clue as to size.
Unless you can actually see the egg of course - but it could be very thin or very solid!

Who on earth weighs Easter eggs? TBH it would never have occurred to me.

You don’t weigh the egg you look at the price tag where it tells you the cost per weight of chocolate. I realised a long time ago that Lindor was one of the most expensive you could buy.

Happygirl79 Sun 05-Apr-26 21:09:33

I refuse to buy easter eggs now. Its difficult to find them with real chocolate in them and most have palm oil and petroleum in them instead of chocolate.

Nannee49 Sun 05-Apr-26 17:03:52

Love the word "swizz" Don't hear it often enough nowadays even though there's more swizzes about than ever!

Aveline Sun 05-Apr-26 16:12:27

grin

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sun 05-Apr-26 15:07:16

Aveline

Groan indeed. Pedant alert- it's snobbish not snobby!
I do start by eating the Lindt bunny ears. Often quite a big bite required

😂

NotSpaghetti Sun 05-Apr-26 15:02:17

I think it was the real Mackay - a whisky, originally.

madeleine45 Sun 05-Apr-26 14:58:32

Being very yorkshire for several years I have chosen to give boxes or bars of chocolate as Easter gifts, so the recipient gets a decent amount of chocolate rather than the ever flimsier thin chocolate eggs hidden in too much wrapping.

We use real eggs for Pace eggs , where eggs are hardboiled and have initials or drawings on and use onion skins for yellow and cheat a bit with cochineal if pink is what is wanted. Then we go to the top of the hill and the rules are that they must be batted down with a wooden spoon. No cheating using hands or feet to help them on the way. The winner gets a small chocolate egg as a prize and then they are issued with paper bags to go back up the hill and collect any debris before we disappear out of breath to have a much needed drink. Have had much fun and laughter over the years doing this . For myself have always been a plain chocolate lover and usually 70 or 85 % , so you dont need a lot but it is the real McCoy! (wonder who McCoy was as we seem to say this?}

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 05-Apr-26 14:30:21

Bukkie, everyone should eat what they enjoy. Cadbury confectionery in Britain is not described as chocolate on the packaging, however, because it doesn't contain sufficient cocoa solids to pass the standard requirements for chocolate.

NotSpaghetti Sun 05-Apr-26 14:04:10

I haven't bought eggs with palm oil.
But I am very happy to pay for beautiful packaging.
I'm not prepared to buy huge boxes - unless they are truly fabulous. There is a difference. Some bring joy!

midgey Sun 05-Apr-26 12:35:52

I have struggled to find any eggs without palm oil or palm butter. It tastes horrid and really does not agree with me.

Greyduster Sun 05-Apr-26 12:26:13

I don’t mind the eggs being smaller - I object to the huge amounts of cardboard packaging which we pay for and then throw straight into the recycling. I have bought Lindt and Guylian chocolates this year.

ViceVersa Sun 05-Apr-26 12:08:48

Bukkie

I know everyone has different tastes but I think Cadburys is still the best chocolate by a mile. Lindor is horrible and I think people only rave about it to be snobby. It's only fit to give to the next raffle.

You may not like Lindt, but that doesn't mean those of us who do are being in any way snobbish. Cadbury chocolate is a pale imitation of what it used to be.

Chestnut Sun 05-Apr-26 12:02:39

Some Cadbury eggs this year are not egg shaped! They look like a proper egg in the box but when you remove the egg it is oval shaped. So looking from the front it is egg shaped but turn it to the side and it's not. Creme Egg and plain Cadbury choc egg were oval while Twirl egg was round. Not sure about them all.

So basically, the oval shape is meant to give the impression the egg is larger than it is. They don't want to show a small egg, so they change the shape. Very clever. Next year it will be totally flat I guess.

paddyann54 Sun 05-Apr-26 12:02:18

I don’t mind the eggs being smaller ,it means our wee ones are excited at the box and just happy it’s another Easter egg.
It’s not unheard of for my GC to get more than 10 or 12 Easter eggs from grannies and aunties and neighbours .
My OH on the other hand likes big chocolate eggs but thin chocolate.

Aveline Sun 05-Apr-26 11:42:51

Groan indeed. Pedant alert- it's snobbish not snobby!
I do start by eating the Lindt bunny ears. Often quite a big bite required

Allira Sun 05-Apr-26 11:34:14

Oh groan 😂😂😂

nanna8 Sun 05-Apr-26 11:33:45

It is Swizz chocolate though, isn’t it ? Yodelehholeh

Allira Sun 05-Apr-26 11:33:37

Bukkie

I know everyone has different tastes but I think Cadburys is still the best chocolate by a mile. Lindor is horrible and I think people only rave about it to be snobby. It's only fit to give to the next raffle.

Different tastes, Bukkie

Just because you dislike Lindt chocolate doesn't mean it is horrible, it just means you don't like it.

No, people don't rave about it to be snobby, that's a daft statement.
It just means they like it.

Allira Sun 05-Apr-26 11:31:09

Aveline

I'm on my third Lindt bunny 😋

Do you start with the ears?

Aveline Sun 05-Apr-26 11:11:48

I'm on my third Lindt bunny 😋

Bukkie Sun 05-Apr-26 11:02:33

Aldi chocolate is fabulous too especially their little dreamie bars.