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Title: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 03:04:27 PM
Hi  All,   

This year  Quality  Street  celebrates   75  years  in business probably  our best known  sweet selection  tin  ...... 

http://tinyurl.com/27jte2 (http://tinyurl.com/27jte2)

So  which   ones your  favorite from the  Current   varieties

   Milk Chocolate Hazelnut with caramel (the 'Purple One')
   Chocolate Noisette Pate (the 'Green Triangle')
   Chocolate Toffee Finger (gold wrapped stick)
   Toffee Penny (gold wrapper)
   Vanilla Fudge (pink wrapper)
   Strawberry Delight (red circular wrapper)
   Coconut Eclair (blue wrapper)
   Caramel Swirl (yellow frustum)
   Milk Choc Block (green wrapper)
   Orange Crunch (octagonal orange wrapper)
   Orange Creme (orange circular wrapper)
   Toffee Deluxe (Brown wrapper)

Or discontinued ones superceded or stopped altogether

   Purple One (the original 'Purple One' with Brazil nut, replaced with hazelnut version)
   Chocolate Strawberry Cream (now replaced with Strawberry Delight)
   Chocolate Toffee Cup (now replaced with Caramel Swirl)
   Hazelnut Cracknell (red wrapper)

   Hazelnut Eclair
   Chocolate Nut Toffee Cream
   Malt Toffee (replaced with toffee deluxe as a "new" flavour)
   Milk Chocolate Round (now replaced with Milk Choc Block in green wrapper)
   Peanut Cracknell (blue wrapper)
   Coffee Cream (brown wrapper, same size and shape as the strawberry cream)
   Gooseberry Cream (green wrapper light green fondant with a touch of Gooseberry Preserve covered in milk chocolate)
   Apricot Delight (blue wrapper, square chunk, apricot flavoured jelly covered in milk chocolate)
   Toffee Square (metallic pink wrapper, a small square of very hard toffee)
   Chocolate Truffle (brown wrapper, square chunk, a soft truffle filling covered in milk chocolate)
   Montelimar Nougat
   Smarties (ordinary cardboard box of Smarties)

No choices  for  Roses  / Heroes or others  only  Quality Street   ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Lawrence on January 10, 2012, 03:16:13 PM
Don't like milk chocolate  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 03:37:12 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on January 10, 2012, 03:16:13 PM
Don't like milk chocolate  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:

There's   always one that has to be different        ..............

Godiva   chocs for you then   ::)  http://tinyurl.com/6wfll7u (http://tinyurl.com/6wfll7u) :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:   

Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: findus on January 10, 2012, 03:48:53 PM
 Strawberry Delight (red circular wrapper)  :thumbsup:


ITS THE BEST!
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Oldman on January 10, 2012, 04:08:23 PM
Toffee Penny closely followed by Chocolate Toffee Finger :thumbsup:
I  just like the Toffee ones.
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: m1racleman on January 10, 2012, 04:14:56 PM
There was never anything to beat CRUNCHY FROG !!
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Lawrence on January 10, 2012, 04:17:06 PM
Quote from: upnick on January 10, 2012, 03:37:12 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on January 10, 2012, 03:16:13 PM
Don't like milk chocolate  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:

There's   always one that has to be different        ..............

Godiva   chocs for you then   ::)  http://tinyurl.com/6wfll7u (http://tinyurl.com/6wfll7u) :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:

:o :o :o

Hope you're buying NIck  ;D
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: jonclox on January 10, 2012, 04:23:06 PM
Quote from: upnick on January 10, 2012, 03:04:27 PM
Hi  All,   

This year  Quality  Street  celebrates   75  years  in business probably  our best known  sweet selection  tin  ...... 

I used to buy 6-8 tins every Christmas for staff and relatives but gave up when the tins started to 'shrink' and the price rise.
Now they just seem to be a rippoff every year
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: brbluewill on January 10, 2012, 04:28:34 PM
coffee cream for me terrible its no longer there :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: EtchedPixels on January 10, 2012, 04:35:10 PM
Stopped buying them years ago as part of the Nestlé boycott. Must admit from the odd one I've had since from other people I've not actually missed them.

Creme egg on the other hand I can unfortunately eat until I am sick
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 04:46:28 PM
Strawberry  delight for me as well   though as GWR  says i  miss the coffee cream  ones  :'(

Quote from: Lawrence on January 10, 2012, 04:17:06 PM

:o :o :o

Hope you're buying NIck  ;D

Sorry no   Lawrence   ;D i  did  know someone who  worked there are good few years ago though  :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Oldman on January 10, 2012, 04:59:02 PM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on January 10, 2012, 04:35:10 PM
Creme egg on the other hand I can unfortunately eat until I am sick
Now I know what to do with those unwanted ones I occasionally get given, :thumbsup: I can't stand them- half a one will make me feel ill.
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: SymonC on January 10, 2012, 05:09:41 PM
Quote from: findus on January 10, 2012, 03:48:53 PM
Strawberry Delight (red circular wrapper)  :thumbsup:


ITS THE BEST!

Agreed!  :)
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Sprintex on January 10, 2012, 05:15:47 PM
Quote from: Oldman on January 10, 2012, 04:08:23 PM
Toffee Penny closely followed by Chocolate Toffee Finger :thumbsup:
I  just like the Toffee ones.

I never buy Quality Street for that exact reason - too many damn toffees!  :smiley-laughing:

Don't usually go for Cadbury's stuff either, certainly not Roses, but like EP above I can eat Creme Eggs in embarrassingly huge amounts  :P


Paul
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: BernardTPM on January 10, 2012, 05:35:09 PM
Hah, thought the modern tin was rubbish. Why can't these damn foreigners leave our sweets alone, eh? Should stick to milk shakes, damn them. Some of my favourites were:
Purple One (the original 'Purple One' with Brazil nut, replaced with hazelnut version)
Chocolate Strawberry Cream (now replaced with Strawberry Delight)
Chocolate Toffee Cup (now replaced with Caramel Swirl)
Hazelnut Cracknell (red wrapper)
Malt toffee

And bring back the soldier...
and Mackintosh's Caramac...
and Kit-Kats should have 'Rowntree' moulded in on them.. and wrapped in silver foil (all sizes!)
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: 4x2 on January 10, 2012, 05:40:11 PM
Orange cream and caramel round thing - can never choose between them !  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 06:44:56 PM
Quote from: BernardTPM on January 10, 2012, 05:35:09 PM

And bring back

Mackintosh's Caramac...


Though  Nestle  Bernard Caramac is still   available   ;)

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp (http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp)

Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: 4x2 on January 10, 2012, 06:50:34 PM
Quote from: upnick on January 10, 2012, 06:44:56 PM
Quote from: BernardTPM on January 10, 2012, 05:35:09 PM

And bring back

Mackintosh's Caramac...


Though  Nestle  Bernard Caramac is still   available   ;)

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp (http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp)
Not as tasty as i remember though.... why can't they just leave stuff alone  >:(
And while i'm at it - PLEASE put the salt back into pot noodles, they were acceptable before (for fishing) but now i wouldn't give it to the dog (or the fish..)!
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: EtchedPixels on January 10, 2012, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: BernardTPM on January 10, 2012, 05:35:09 PM
and Mackintosh's Caramac...

Now you are talking...
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Oldman on January 10, 2012, 08:21:09 PM
Old style Caramac YUM YUM
also bring back the old style Wagon Wheels.
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 08:47:23 PM
Anyone who's a fan  of the purple one in the  range  have you tried the  bar   ? 

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=219784 (http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=219784)

Yesterday  at Sainsburys here they where being sold  off for  10p   per bar  as xmas  is over  :wave: 

Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: longbridge on January 10, 2012, 09:10:59 PM
My favourite is  Chocolate Toffee Finger
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: Newportnobby on January 10, 2012, 09:38:03 PM
Has to be the Green Triangle - it was so popular that Nestlé used to bring special boxes out containg just those but I guess demand has dropped 'cos I can't remember seeing them for 3 years or so.
In a previous existence I used to sell aluminium foil to Mackintosh (Caramac), Rowntree/Nestlé, Cadbury, Mars etc and have been round all the plants. How some of the staff managed to avoid choccy overload was beyond me :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: upnick on January 10, 2012, 09:46:19 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on January 10, 2012, 09:38:03 PM
How some of the staff managed to avoid choccy overload was beyond me :smiley-laughing:


My mother & her friend some years ago  visited York  where they met  two women  who  had worked at  Terry's of York  apparently the   workers are allowed to have pick  of the chocolates  after a while they said they got  fed up  of them   &   overfaced.  ::)
Title: Re: Which is your favorite
Post by: polo2k on January 11, 2012, 12:43:33 AM
is it just me, or could several of the names potentially have been a double entendre.
Kinda like an unexpected feature or "thing" in an object/image/program www.eeggs.com (http://www.eeggs.com)