Cadbury's Dairy Milk - Yuk?

Kutter · 11 Jul 2020 at 03:36

They probably don't refine the chocolate as much as they did when it was Cadbury. Thats why it tastes gritty.
Chocolate looks like wet sand when it comes out of the mixer. Feels like it too.

Akagi · 11 Jul 2020 at 03:45

Im going to have to buy a bar to try now. Theyve changed it huh? Damn... I loved the old creamy taste with a slight hint of strawberry...

Colonel Cupcake · 11 Jul 2020 at 18:54

Cadburys chocolate is totally ruined for me now. Once, I could eat it till the cows came home.

Nowadays, its Lindt or Galaxy.

Begbie · 11 Jul 2020 at 19:01

Had a bar yesterday, to see the fuss and yeah I agree it's awful. The dark stuff is quite nice though.

arknor · 11 Jul 2020 at 19:16

byeo said:
Like most things these days. A grab bag packet of Walkers is a pathetic amount and don't get me started on "share bags" of Haribo or various chocolate. The only person I'm sharing with is myself.

yea family packs are like one serving tbh and they don't really seem like family packs anymore.

a lot of the family packs I wouldn't bother with

I wouldn't buy anything smaller because it would seem like a pointless amount.
same for tiny chocolate bars no thanks. anything smaller than a lindt bar I wouldn't bother with.

200g fruit and nut is often 1.50 in tesco at that price it's kinda hard not to

builder22 · 13 Jul 2020 at 11:21

Got some Giant Dairy Milk Buttons yesterday....still taste great....maybe they”ve left Buttons alone?

Monkeynut · 13 Jul 2020 at 11:24

builder22 said:
Got some Giant Dairy Milk Buttons yesterday....still taste great....maybe they”ve left Buttons alone?

Or it's all in everyone's head. Cadbury was already part owned by a ruthless American conglomerate before being sold to Kraft. Everyone behaves like they were this angelic Quaker family firm taken over by the evil Americans but the truth is they haven't been that for years.

Wizzfizz · 13 Jul 2020 at 13:29

The chocolate tastes rank and nothing like it used to.

For me it's orange Lindor if I fancy some. Don't eat an awful lot though.

Ice Tea · 15 Jul 2020 at 13:29

I tried a Hersheys Reese's Peanut Butter Cup for the first time yesterday which was really sickly and the chocolate outer case has a gritty crunch that reminded me of the crystallized sugar.

Ice Tea · 17 Jul 2020 at 12:36

Cadbury accused of 'shrinkflation' as packs get smaller

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53442884

All Cadbury chocolate bars sold in multipacks will shrink by the end of 2021 to reduce their calorie count, owner Mondelez has announced.

Popular treats including Crunchie, Twirl and Wispa bars will contain no more than 200 calories each when sold in a four-pack.

However, the price will stay the same. Bars sold individually will not change.

builder22 · 17 Jul 2020 at 12:51

The bars of Dairy Milk in multipacks are already bordering on being snack/fun size, so you end up buying a bigger bar and eating it all in one sitting

snapdragon69 · 26 Jun 2021 at 16:56

Cadburys went to the dogs when they rebranded it from Cadbury's to Cadbury and this started a year or two before Kraft bought it. They started using palm fat and flavour and greatly reduced the cocoa butter and cocoa solids and milk. I believe it was to improve the bottom line before the sales intertia was lost and the public twigged. Thus they would be able to sell the company with a greater margin forecast.

Have you tried Mackies chocolate? The IceCream Mackies in Scotland? This is how I remember Cadbusry's Dairy Milk used to be.
Cadbury nowadays is like the chocolate flavoured coating you used to get on cheap choc-ices in the 1980's before Magnums came along.

Reality|Bites · 26 Jun 2021 at 18:21

They've ruined the fun of buying a tub of roses at Christmas as well, all the same shape now.
I'm not a sweetie lover though, I'm a savory crisp person.

FoxEye · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:16

Wizzfizz said:
The chocolate tastes rank and nothing like it used to.

For me it's orange Lindor if I fancy some. Don't eat an awful lot though.

We don't buy Cadburys anymore. It's definitely not the same as it used to be.

Not that we ever bought a lot of it, but it was an occasional treat. But it just tastes off these days. Hard to put your finger on, but it ruins the enjoyment of it.

Reality|Bites · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:33

it's the corner shop prices that put me off, 80p for a mars bar. or just buy one of those £1 slabs?
I remember when I was 18 working in Safeway, I used to buy one of those massive £5 dairy milf bars lol. Every week

glenimp617 · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:43

I remember thinking last Easter Cadburys tasted a bit stale. Aldis fruit and nut is the best.

Reality|Bites · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:46

Dairyfine or whatever it's called...yuk!

alchal · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:53

Can't say I've noticed anything thing different, but I'll eat anything if it says chocolate and be content.

Reality|Bites · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:58

you would eat poop if it were sweet?

Akagi · 27 Jun 2021 at 02:52

Just bought some today to test, can confirm it doesn't taste the same. It used to have a sort of strawberry like aftertaste which is completely gone, and it tastes like it has less cocoa content too. It tastes sweeter and less chocolatey.

It is still pleasant enough, but nowhere near as good as it was.