Thanks for all the speedy replies! I just placed my order of 44.85 GBP ($90 US!) and I’m awaiting my order, hoping the weather plans on cooperating as not to melt all my chocolate products. My order (in case anyone cares):
The three British products I always have on hand are a bottle of Lea & Perrins, a jar of Roses (usually lime) and a Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pie (when the craving comes I don’t want to have to go buy one).
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Import your Cadbury’s chocolate from Ireland, it’s nicer tasting to my tastebuds.
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What’s up with that? You cross the border to buy your lotto tickets and you’re assaulted by an array of Cadbury’s products not available a kilometer back. Last time I was over, Ireland didn’t have the new Cadbury’s bars (long and chunky) there are lots of thinner rectangular bricks.
Yeah, Cadbury’s of Ireland is a distinct entity - I used to work on the Irish Ferries occasionally and I noticed lots of flat traditional bars in flavours not available in the UK - Rum & Butter, Mint Crisp, Rum & Raisin, ‘Tiffin’, etc. Some familiar products appeared under different brands too (‘Twirl’ is ‘Spira’ - or at least they’re very similar). Cadbury Ireland is a subsidiary, but AFAIK, run somewhat separately, with separate manufacturing too, I think.
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How about Caley’s chocolates? Are they good? If so, where can I get some?
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I thought the original Caley’s chocolate (made in Norwich) disappeared years ago. The factory was taken over by Rowtrees who made Kit-Kat bars there, but it closed a few years ago. I do have a sneaking suspicion that somebody did revive the brand name , but I have never seen it for sale.
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I thought the original Caley’s chocolate (made in Norwich) disappeared years ago. The factory was taken over by Rowtrees who made Kit-Kat bars there, but it closed a few years ago. I do have a sneaking suspicion that somebody did revive the brand name , but I have never seen it for sale.
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As I thought, the name has been revived. But they are bending the truth a bit by saying “since 1883”. As I said, the original company was taken over by Rowntree Mackintosh and the name disappeared for quite a few years. So it’s not the original company.
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Yeah, Cadbury’s of Ireland is a distinct entity - I used to work on the Irish Ferries occasionally and I noticed lots of flat traditional bars in flavours not available in the UK - Rum & Butter, Mint Crisp, Rum & Raisin, ‘Tiffin’, etc. Some familiar products appeared under different brands too (‘Twirl’ is ‘Spira’ - or at least they’re very similar). Cadbury Ireland is a subsidiary, but AFAIK, run somewhat separately, with separate manufacturing too, I think.
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Cadburys from NZ is heaps nicer than the UK stuff, and they have a much wider range of bars than the UK. Their factory tour is better than the UK one, too.
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As I thought, the name has been revived. But they are bending the truth a bit by saying “since 1883”. As I said, the original company was taken over by Rowntree Mackintosh and the name disappeared for quite a few years. So it’s not the original company.
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It looks like there has been some kind of corporate continuity, but perhaps only on paper - according to this Wiki article…
So it sounds like a revival of the brand name and location, but not the factory itself - whether the recipes have survived the transition is unclear.
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I noticed lots of flat traditional bars in flavours not available in the UK - Rum & Butter, Mint Crisp, Rum & Raisin, ‘Tiffin’, etc
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Lol, I remember the name Tiffin and the mint crisp (there’s a golden crisp too IIRC.)
Ireland also seems to have a tonne of coconut based biscuits, from what I remember of my grandparents’ kitchen.
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I thought I hated dark chocolate because all I’d had was Hershey dark chocolate. Not so–other kinds are fine. Hershey is now making these sort of fancy high-percentage cacao chocolate bars which might be better but I haven’t tried them yet.
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I don’t mind Hershey’s dark chocolate, and I like dark chocolate in general (won’t eat milk chocolate straight anymore). What I do know is that I tried one of the “fancy high percentage cocao chocolate bars” and it was awful. I guess YMMV, but I just wanted to warn you.