Roses or Quality Street?

Neither.

None of the mixed tins etc as DD has a severe nut allergy. I see our John Lewis has the pick and mix option but it does look a lot more expensive than just buying the tins in Tesco. I think a trip to Hotel Chocolat is in order.

Just remembered I also need diabetic chocs for one guest! And will have to check for gelatine as we have a veggie coming too....

Honestly- if you are going to have the calories - have good quality dark chocolate, which has ... chocolate and cocoa butter in it. Calling this palm oil + sugar chocolate should be illegal, truly.

Cut right down this year as it's often me that eats what's left ! Neither grandchild is fussed about sweets really and are still eating those from Halloween Bought a small box of Quality Street to put out when visitors call and will have a decent fruit bowl. But I confess that I do love far too much a decent home made mince pie ?

Both! (Though I pass on the toffees). ?
I agree about the quality chocolate being the best, but I'm not going to turn my nose up at a roses or quality street sweet (except the toffees - see above).

Always mix good quality mince meat with grated apple to take some of the sweetness away.

Can you buy Black Magic these days ?
I loved the half moon shaped coffee cream Ahhhhh

Glad to see we are not the only ones going for less and better. Decent chocolate is not nearly so 'moreish' = dissatisfying. Hotel Choc for us.

Quality Street for me, every time - especially a Toffee Pen50....

Definitely Quality Street, but only because of the green triangles!?

Neither except for the penny toffees (even though I broke a filling on them one year). Cadburys is disgusting nowadays, and was disappointed with Hotel Chocolat. I won a mixed selection from Chocolate and Love last Christmas, really lovely, good quality. I highly recommend it. Green &Black's and Lily O'Brien's is also nice, as is some of M&S.

NaughtyNanna, I found it impossible to get "diabetic" chocolates earlier this year when I tried to get some for a gift. Neither Thorntons nor Hotel Chocolat make them now and none of the general sweetie shops I tried could help.

I think Leonidas used to sell them but, as I'm no longer in the London area, I haven't been anywhere near one of their shops for several years.

Quality Street. But not buying this year. DH is a Postman and last year we had 5 boxes as tips! By Easter we were fed up of chocolates!

Neither. I prefer Green & Blacks, Lindt and Hotel Chocolat.

I have bought both for children but for me I have bought a giant red strawberry cream my favourite.

No one eats the green triangles in our house. Our son takes them in to work after Xmas with the nut ones.

I’ll gladly take them off your hands newnanny, if they are a problem to you!?

I am happy to take any unwanted coffee ones, just saying ....

Gone off both. It is now Thorntons pricey but worth it.

White Chocolate is the work of the devil. I like Cadbury but they don't include the coffee creams anymore. I do like truffles, chocolate brazils but my new favourite is m&s Prosecco caramel, mmmmmm.
Merry Christmas xx

@Scribbles thanks for warning me about the difficulty of getting diabetic chocolates. I will try to get them now so I've more chance of getting to my shop of last resort a little way away if necessary!

I don’t buy them now the chocolates not the same we always used to buy them in the 70s/80s but they are rubbish now.
I rather spend the money on a good box of chocolates like hotel chocolate.

Which ever one has a coffee flavoured chocolate!

Helgawills I didn't know that about Nestlé. Disgusting.

For me, hotel chocolat 75% + dark chocolate batons.
Lindt dark truffles (occasionally )
Weakness giant chocolate buttons.
I love all these but I limit them. I shouldn't be eating any.