*happysigh*

[ksmith]

Every time someone in my department returns from a trip to the UK, they bring over Cadbury chocolate bars. The UK version differs from the US in that it contains more cocoa butter, and melts at a lower temp. Hence it cannot be easily shipped over here via mail. Hence we lose out unless kind souls remember to bring some back with them.

Creamier than the US version, and not as sweet.

There's a variety that contains bits of shortbread.

This stuff is the bomb.

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[affinity8.livejournal.com]

The UK version differs from the US in that it contains more cocoa butter

And, you know, more salmonella!

I actually like Cadbury. I think it's funny (strange, odd, slightly amusing) and yet tragic (!) that they have to bury 250 tons of it...

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The varieties we had weren't affected.

Still love it.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

This is because the EU takes chocolate seriously, whereas the FDA has a rather looser standard for what can be labeled "chocolate" (so if something is labeled "chocolately," as in the "chocolately chip" cookies from Micky D's, you know it's really crap. Also beware of "fudge" which has no legal definition, either. I stopped eating Ben and Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk when the ingredients became "White & Dark Fudge Chunks... & Fudge Covered Almonds").

And those Godiva chocolates shown in your icon? Started manufacturing in Pennsylvania about ten years ago. I noticed the drop in quality right away, long before I found out that they had set up manufacturing in the US.

I get Leonidas chocolates from their Madison Avenue flagship store. Flown in fresh from Belgium, into JFK. Cheaper than Godiva, too, because they don't have the highfalutin' packaging and big advertising budget.

Um, yeah, I'm a chocolate snob. Which is my way of saying that Cadbury isn't my favorite, but when I go to England, I make a point of buying some. (Though my favorite is the British Mars bar. It's like a Milky Way, only much better.)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

And those Godiva chocolates shown in your icon?

I got that pic from the Leonidas website--it's the good stuff. I've had it before.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.

I soooo have to have my eyes checked. I couldn't recognize a Leonidas box! ::cries::

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Obviously a grave chocolate deficiency.

Take two pralines...and then take two more.

[delkytlar.livejournal.com]

When I was young, we looked forward to the annual visits from a rotating set of my mother's aunts from London. Every one of them came loaded to the teeth with UK Cadbury's for us. My favorite at the time were Buttons, but my tastes have expanded in the years since.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I tried Buttons for the first time this week--my manager brought back a Variety Pack with many fun size things.

Wasn't crazy about the Jelly Babies. Strange consistency.

[retrobabble.livejournal.com]

Heh. If you talk to some nice Canadian friends, they can always smuggle some in for you. There's always a British sweet shop in the neighbourhood.

With regards to those other ordinary little chocolates, like Godiva and the like? Forget it! These (http://www.bernardcallebaut.com/users/folder.asp) have the power to subvert entire countries. *cough* Just saying.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Heh. If you talk to some nice Canadian friends, they can always smuggle some in for you. There's always a British sweet shop in the neighbourhood.


But--but--if you guys can get it, we should at least be able to get it in the northern US. I mean, you guys get hot weather too.

With regards to those other ordinary little chocolates, like Godiva and the like? Forget it! These have the power to subvert entire countries. *cough* Just saying.(

I've heard of Callebaut, but I don't think I've seen it locally.

I tried Leonidas after a friend rated it a 9 on a scale of 1-10. He rated Godiva a 3. He said he'd never had a 10.

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

OMG. I didn't know they had a *shortbread* variety in the UK.

Cadbury's in the US is licensed to Hershey Foods. I don't know the precise details of the licensing agreement, but a lot of candy you see in supermarkets is actually licensed product. KitKat is a Nestle product in most of the world, but Hershey's holds the US license. Needless to say, I won't buy KitKats any more once I figured *that* out.

My favorite weird chocolate thing is that a Canadian "hershey" bar is the same thing as a Symphony bar in the US.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

OMG. I didn't know they had a *shortbread* variety in the UK.

First I'd heard of it, too. Pea-sized bits of shortbread, scattered throughout the bar.