Boxes of chocolates

I still occasionally have a Mars Bar finely sliced, but I like it from the fridge. Oh dear, now need to add Mars Bar to Christmas groceries order.

My OH says being in the fridge takes away the flavour. I love chocolate hard and cold, then it slowly melts in my mouth.

All this talk of chocolates brought back a memory of my auntie V. Unusual for her generation she was the chief buyer for an electrical company and at this time of year she would be inundated with enormous boxes of chocolates from various reps. These boxes would be placed in a pile next to her chair and as the weeks went by she would eat her way through, occasionally offering one to her eager eyed nieces and nephews. The sad part for me though was seeing my Mum’s face when Auntie V offered to give my mum one of her precious boxes and then she rifled through the chocolate mountain and fished out the tiniest box of Roses keeping the beautiful trays all for herself!

Jane10, weren't you lucky. Our Mars Bar was cut in five pieces so that my parents could have some too!

Yes indeed. I never had a whole Mars bar to myself till I was grown up. It was cut in three for my brother, sister and myself.

Favourite 'modern fkavour'- dark chocolate flavoured with chilli.
Traditional- chocolate caramels- the really chewy ones that get stuck in your teeth (sorry for the graphic description)

I also mourn the demise of Terry’s Spartan, together with their 1767, I loved those drawers. I do actually prefer hard centred chocolates, but do enjoy the Moser Roth Bars, the individually wrapped sections encouraging self discipline!
BTW does anyone remember having a sliced Mars bar shared round during the days of rationing- we really are spoilt for choice now!

I love coffee cream but detest orange and strawberry creams. Terrys used to have a tangerine flavoured one in their All Gold box which was delicious. Generally speaking any hard centred dark chocolates go down well but you can put white 'chocolate' in the to be disposed of pile, disgusting stuff.

I lurve proper dark chocolates. Definitely not Black Magic types.
I would have loved a mooch around Hotel Chocolat but sadly not this year.
I have got some fabulous dark chocs from a pound shop of all places!! Who knew fussy me would be happy with pound shop Chocolate?? ??
(I'm only a chocolate snob, definitely not a snooty bissom in any other parts of life) ?

No-one seems to have mentioned one of my favourites: Lindt chocolate "balls". DH & I have treated ourselves to a box for Christmas.

MissAdventure

Ferreros are my absolute favourite.

I could have supplied you with some when DMIL was still with us, MissAdventure. She probably misheard when I said they were about the only chocolates I really didn’t like and gave me them regularly. One Christmas there was a bit of confusion and I got three big boxes of the darn things.

Marzipan for me, any which way. And I love white chocolate, Chewbacca.

Oh yes. Those Terry's cabinets of chocolates with the drawers. They were such a massive treat. This Christmas I've got DH the nearest thing I could find. Its the M&S 'Conoisseurs' selection. If, for some unimaginable reason, he doesn't like them I'll just have to manage them myself. Otherwise, Hotel Chocolat has spoiled me for other chocolates.

seacliff coffee creams are always my first pick too! Does anyone remember the lime barrel in Milk Tray. Loved it but they stopped making it years ago.

I am unusual it seems, in that I LOVE coffee creams, well anything coffee flavoured. Also most other creams. I agree a lot of chocolates aren't as good theses days, due to change of recipe/palm oil?

I used to get Linden Lady Chocs at foodie shows. They were sooo delicious. Can't find them now. I would like to get a treat for Christmas but not sure what. Too late for Hotel Chocolat delivery.

Quality Street are nice, I will always go for fruity cream centers.

In Canada we have Rogers that are dee-lightful! All sorts of flavours, everyone can find something that they like.

I used to love a Terry's chocolate orange but have gone off of them now, don't know why. I like a cadbury's fruit and nut bar.........I have a tin of quality street given to me for christmas. an actual tin, not plastic!
I've also been given a small box of black magic which I'm looking forward too!
My grandmother's occupation on the 1901 census was a chocolatier!

I like handmade chocolates. These are delicious.

I remember the one with the draws, my dad would buy them for mum, she would let me have the box after. I’d forgotten about the lime ones, my brother loved those.

I like proper chocolates, can’t really eat them now, but if I do I go for the coffee, oo and the raspberry cream black magic very nice. We watched elf last night, and my daughter open the tub of celebrations, I had a bounty, but it’s not the same.

A nice box, with a pretty “chocolate box” picture on, sooo much better.

Like any chocolate, it's my downfall. If I get a box, I'm constantly drawn to it, I almost dread getting one as I have no will power. I do like s Malteesers and often by mistake put one in with my shopping, or Cadburys Fruit and Nut. I will bever be slim.

MissAdventure

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I used to like Dairy Box, the Turkish delight and a wafery one among others, but I really like dark chocolate.

Not keen on coffee cream type ones or fudge, DH always says “Which ones don’t you like? “and he eats them, bless him, but I can force anything down if I am desperate.

grandMattie

Reminds me of a chocolate subscription I gave DD. She tasted one. “Mmm”, she said, then something that sounded like “semen”! I was horrified,then split my sides laughing. I had mis-heard “cinnamon”. ???

I have a large box of Hotel Chocolate luxury Chocolates awaiting my attention over Christmas! It’s rather naughty, as I’m diabetic, but because they are not too sweet compared with some brands, l can allow myself about two a day without and bad side effects such as itchy skin!

As for the likes of the really old fashioned brands like Black Magic and Milk Tray, the modern machine made versions are nothing like the ones we used to have back in my childhood. Long gone are the hand piped swirls that identified the filling within, and the range of flavours and fillings have been changed over the years often for cheaper ingredients, are disappointing to say the least!

Chewbacca

My favourite boxes of chocolates were Terry's Spartan; all hard centres in a plain, dark chocolate. Don't think they do them any more? A lot of chocolate is made with palm oil these days and is just horrible; I'd rather do without. I've bought a huge box of Moser Roth chocolatesfor sharing at Christmas --not a chance--

Yes, I remember them, they were lovely chocolates.
I can’t have chocolate now but don’t miss it as most are pretty revolting with palm oil and too much sugar.
In the recent past, the only chocolate I found acceptable was dark, even from expensive chocolatiers.
A long time ago my favourite centres were coconut, marzipan, toffee/fudge strawberry cream.

I do miss the lovely boxes you used to get at Christmas time for chocolates. Pretty cottages etc. Made the chocolates taste more special, I think.

FannyCornforth - "My favourite is a truffley/ noisette type concoction
Least favourite - coffee and strawberry creams, toffees"
You and I would be like Jack Spratt and his wife. Our box would be empty with no leftovers, I feel

My favourites, apart from the traditional creams, are the more modern flavours. I can't bear Cadbury now since the americans took the firm over. I'm all about Hotel Chocolat now. Their flavours are amazing.

Does anybody actually eat "white chocolate"? --which isn't actually chocolate at all-

I like Moser Roth Dark Mint from Aldi.