Americans Try 12 Types of British Chocolate - Fry's, Thorntons & More!

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In this video, my wife and I dive into the world British chocolate! Join us as we compare 12 varieties of popular British chocolate for the first time! This is our largest UK chocolate taste test yet, and the quality and variety of these British chocolate bars are incredible.
Which chocolates do you think will become our favorites?
The British Chocolates we tried are:
* Fry's Chocolate Cream
* Fry's Peppermint Cream
* Thorntons Coffee Creams
* Thorntons Salted Pistachio Milk Chocolate
* After Eight Mint Chocolate Sticks
* After Eight Dark Chocolate Thin Mints
* Daim Chocolate Bar
* Terry's Chocolate Mint
* Ruffles Raspberry & Coconut
* M&S Golden Blonde Caramel
* Choc et al Dark Chocolate Lolly Pop
* Pip & Nut Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
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[@kelly6504]

Hahaha Loving how Lyndsey is keeping Steve in check with the "waffling"😂

[@digidol52]

Thank you Lyndsey!

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@Aberbrothock1]

Ha ha i thought the same.

[@razor1uk610]

Wafflin' deserves some warmed/freshl waffles sometime lol👍😜🤭🤨😎

[@richt71]

What they say 'happy wife...happy life!!' ;)

[@corringhamdepot4434]

After Eight is marketed as an "After Dinner" mint. We only used to buy a box of them at Christmas. As we never had any "sophisticated" dinner parties in our family.

[@carolineskipper6976]

For my parents' silver wedding anniversary ( my sister and I were young teenagers) we bought - with our own money - a little silver cart dsigned to hold a box of After Eights. I recently found this at my mothers house, over 45 years later!

[@slytheringingerwitch]

We always make the joke that it has to be after eight before you can eat them. Hate it when people leave the empty sleeves in the box though.

[@DCheshire]

My Grandmother had one too! Very posh :)@@carolineskipper6976

[@markm-ci6rj]

@@slytheringingerwitch my hate too, not just with After Eights but other chocolates when people but wrappers back in the box/container.

[@aTiminCambodia]

Minstrels don't have any caramel in it. Just the galaxy milk chocolate. Galaxy milk chocolate has a very creamy milky smooth taste.

[@lisasmith2660]

I love how Sophia comes in and just likes everything, such a sweetheart ❤️

[@robertcreighton4635]

Fry's is one of the 1st if not the first to release a chocolate bar back in Victorian times. I love a frys chocolate cream. It really hits the spot. It's the oldest chocolate bar in the world 🌎

[@RoyCousins]

IIRC Fry's chocolate products are now produced by Wedel in Warsaw, Poland.

[@Diamondmine212]

I still buy Fry’s chocolate bars , mainly the dark chocolate plain one. 👍

[@tonys1636]

The oldest filled bar 1866, they introduced the first solid bar in 1847. Anyone remember the Tiffin Bar that was often the only one left in the station vending machine.

[@seancraig3199]

The orange one's are the best

[@michaeljohnson4636]

I have had a frys raspberry cream ,I remember five boys one it had a different flavour in each segment

[@richt71]

After Eight mint chocolates were developed and made by Rowntrees in York England. Also the same factory that developed Yorkie bars and maybe more familiar to you the KitKat. Rowntrees was acquired by Nestle a few decades ago.

[@martinwebb1681]

Yes, but today after eights are made in Halifax.

[@richt71]

@@martinwebb1681 Nestle moved a lot of production away from their large original Rowntrees Haxby Road factory site to other facilities. The original site is currently been converted to apartments. They have a smaller factory on the outskirts now.

[@geoffpoole483]

Many of the original chocolate manufacturers; Cadbury's, Fry's and Rowntree were Quakers.

[@che71che]

Who remembers the 80s Dime bar ad? "Armadillos there crunchy on the outside smooth on the inside ARMADILLOS!" You're a bit thick ain't you?

[@liam6345]

Yeah but it's not British, it's a Swedish chocolate bar.

[@andyjdhurley]

@@liam6345hence the question over pronunciation, and also that Ikea do a cake in the restaurant made with them.

[@SandraBrown-h1o]

Love how Steve is prepared to suffer for his art with the "ill just give it anotherv try"😊

[@pixiepetal-jennie2038]

Pip & Nut make fantastic peanut butter, no palm oil just nuts and a little salt. The chocolate is ethically sourced so all good. The small family company have been going about 10 years and grown so much. Can you tell I love their products?!

[@reactingtomyroots]

We really enjoyed the pb cups!

[@Eph.6_10-20]

I’m in Scotland and have never seen Pip and Nut. I’d be interested to try it though.

[@josierose8889]

​@@Eph.6_10-20I'm in England and never heard of them...if they are a small family business, are they only available online?

[@penname5766]

I love their almond butter. It’s just amaaaaaazing

[@penname5766]

@@josierose8889 I don’t think they’re small, they’re in all the major supermarkets (Waitrose, Tesco’s Sainsbury’s). Their products are quite expensive, but that’s because the quality is so superior.

[@thomasrae9730]

Here's a suggestion. Have a cup of tea with your chocolate it's good for clearing the mouth of any aftertaste.

[@rachelcollins5923]

Coffee works too

[@rachelcollins5923]

Bendicks bittermint knock aftereights out of the park, and clear your sinuses a treat

[@thomasrae9730]

That's true. Its just my mum and dad were tea Jenny's and so was I. Though a good latte coffee is amazing. ​@@rachelcollins5923

[@thomasrae9730]

@@rachelcollins5923 True that's cool to.

[@PaulineGaulton]

Ooooh! Thorntons my absolute favourite coffee creams, literally the best ever, yum! 😋

[@vinnyganzano1930]

The Frys chocolate cream was sold by my great grandfather in the early 1900s. He travelled through Scotland with a case full of them going from shop to shop.

[@vallee3140]

how wonderful,

[@DonnaPoynton.]

That’s so cool❤

[@mandysharp4571]

My favourite chocolate. 1 per day

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's pretty cool! :)

[@vinnyganzano1930]

It was great for my mum and her brothers and sisters as they all got to share a couple of bars back in the day. Personally I never liked them.

[@rbnhd1144]

Fry's also brought us the Crunchie, my #2 favorite. As these companies get bought out we forget the real names, for example Rowntrees was the inventor and maker of the Kit Kat Bar.

[@paulfri1569]

Yes my favourite also and addicted to it 🍫 Fry's Crunchie is a classic 😎

[@Jeni10]

Tempered chocolate is harder because it’s meant to crack when it breaks, and it will be harder when cold.

[@richardperks7366]

Fry's also do an orange cream bar and they used to do a 5 fruits cream bar with each individual segment having a different colour / flavour cream centre

[@VickyAitch]

OMG! I was certain I’d dreamt this because nobody else I knew could remember it 😂😂

[@emmsue1053]

Oh wow I had forgotten that!

[@martinwebb1681]

@richardperks7366 ... Yes, the flavours were Raspberry, Pineapple, Lime, Orange and Strawberry throughout the 1970s, 80s, and early nineties (production ended in 1992). before the 1970s the flavours were Raspberry, Lime, Vanilla, Coffee and Orange.

[@steven54511]

Nice to see Sophia pop up at the end of the video... always a treat seeing her! Also, I loved the spontaneous way she said "Goodbye" - in sync with mum and dad too! Splendid.

[@michellekennedy4426]

Ya,the synced up "byeee" made me smile.

[@steven54511]

@@michellekennedy4426 She's an old soul in a young body as my grandma would say back in the day. Like you, I smile almost every time I see her, she's so sweet too!

[@UKCougar]

The kid's adorable. Steve and Lindsey are nibbling at chocolates (which _no-one_ does), she's ramming it in her face going I LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS!! 😁

[@Janeswhitfield]

Matchstick orange and and mint are good too

[@andyjdhurley]

You mean 'Matchmakers'? Yes, way better than the soft fondant of the after eight sticks (or the supermarket brand clones) thanks to the crispy flavoured sugar crystals. I was surprised not to see those among all the minty after dinner mints here. The problem with those was that I could not resist polishing off the box.

[@Janeswhitfield]

@@andyjdhurley yes haha

[@oxfamshop]

My Gran and great aunt loved Fry's chocolate cream . When I worked at a charity shop or thrift store one Christmas I bought 6 fry's chocolate creams and 6 mint creams and shared them with customers . Most were older folk and they loved them

[@paulfri1569]

So glad my ancestors created so much joy for your family 🎉 Best gift a company can give is creating joy for it's customers and god bless you.

[@joannafisher3391]

Can’t beat an after eight always have a few boxes around the house for that little chocolate fix

[@carol.luna.stella]

When I was in high school in the early 70s the kids would eat a Frys chocolate cream bar inside a buttered bread roll for lunch. This was before deep fried Mars bars in Scotland

[@alandunbar4244]

After Eight Square Mints, are perfect way to end a meal with a coffee. Its a palate cleanser. The rival to them are Bendtnicks After Dinner mints which are round patty like candies

[@GavinClarke-jj7cw]

The original fry’s chocolate factory was in Keynsham just outside Bristol. When Kraft foods bought Cadburys they closed the factory despite promising to keep it open and to keep the manufacturing there and instead moved it all to Poland the site now houses a new posh old people’s home.

[@maowpurrdy8443]

I love how polite you guys try and be, if you don't like something....lol

[@alandunbar4244]

Frys Chocolate Creams are a UK institution. There used to be more flavours than the Original Dark & Mint ones. Orange Cream was amazing, and there used to also be one called Frys Five Centres, where each segment was a different type. Original, Orange, Raspberry, Lemon & Lime. Unfortunately they stopped making this one due to the cost of prodution

[@paulfri1569]

Fry's Crunchie is a classic 😎 Shame they got sold out and betrayed 😢

[@Scotia1990]

The aftereights are for after Christmas dinner to cleanse your mouth...it's always be seen as a posh chocolate!

[@rbnhd1144]

Back in the 60s it was posh as we didn't have so much money back then.

[@BigC1290]

After your evening dinner not just after your Christmas dinner hence the name after eight

[@pabmusic1]

Quakers had previously been banned from owning businesses, but were 'liberated' in the 1820s. Four Quakers - Fry in Bristil, Cadbury in Birmingham, and Terry and Rowntree in York - went into chocolate. Barclay and Lloyd started banks, and Clark made shoes. Plenty more.

[@paulfri1569]

Yes I'm a direct descendant of Elizabeth and Joseph Fry. Quaker's are the unsung heroes of Great Britain and the USA. As it was the Quaker's who influenced Abraham Lincoln to end slavery..

[@WannabeSnowWhite]

You have to play the After Eight game, you put the After Eight on your forehead, then try and get it into your mouth by just moving your face, no hands allowed!!!

[@vernonallen3370]

I find After Eight’s are best appreciated after a meal ,with a coffee and a liqueur

[@LastEuropaKiss]

Daim is Swedish and originally was spelled "Dajm". I had a Heath Bar from America and it was very similar to Daim I thought, turns out the Daim is a copy of the Heath Bar, because they weren't allowed the license for actual Heath Bars.

[@AngelaVara-i4l]

I love anything coffee flavour.

[@livingwithme436]

Frys do orange cream bars and raspberry cream bars too and they do chocolate covered Turkish Delight too x

[@martinwebb1681]

Fry's also do Coffee cream bars and Strawberry cream bars too.

[@paulfri1569]

Crunchie bar also..

[@nadeansimmons226]

The After Eights taste fantastic after big roast dinner

[@CeleWolf]

After Eights are one of the very very few dark chocolate products I'll eat. I also love raspberry but it is so so hard to find it in milk chocolate so I rarely have it. I also hate coffee flavoured things. If I want coffee it has to be actual hot coffee lol

[@Ceri-e5u]

Casing point after eights have been around longer than my 60+ years and are still so successful...

[@davidt-rex2062]

Frys are the first ever chocolate bar in the world.

[@TheJohnboyhunter]

I've never been a massive fan of mint chocolate, but I'd happily eat a full box of After Eights.

[@DrSkeff]

After 8 was a Rowntree's brand and is now a Nestle product, the original square products are produced in Halifax. The sticks are produced elsewhere.

[@kellyfairbairn9333]

Yay halifax. Where I think they should build a quality street

[@martinwebb1681]

@DrSkeff .... According to Nestle the sticks are produced in Halifax along with all the other after eight products (after eight mints, orange thins, mini eggs etc). They also make Easter Eggs and Butter Finger cups at the Halifax factory.

[@lesleymitcheson8439]

I love raspberry ruffles, after eights and fry’s chocolate. They do that bar in four flavours, Peppermint,spearmint, orange and also raspberry

[@ElizabethMackenzie69]

I've also had coffee flavour!

[@martinwebb1681]

@@ElizabethMackenzie69 ... Yes, they sell them in Poundland. 3 bars pack. They also did a Strawberry flavour which was available at Icelands also available on Amazon, but I haven't seen it for some time so it may have been a limited edition. It's still listed on Amazon but says it's unavailable. Although it is still available on Amazon in the bulk pack 3 bars of each flavour, Peppermint, original Mint, Orange, Strawberry and Raspberry, so 5 packs 15 bars 3 of each flavour.

[@ElizabethMackenzie69]

@@martinwebb1681 I got them from B & M Bargains. I got coffee Daim and mint Twirl from there too. 🙂

[@DylRicho]

15:32 Hey guys, has anyone sent over Galaxy Caramel or KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter yet? You would love those.

[@seanmc1351]

there was choclate around the world, which were more solid bars, by fry's in were the first to mass produce with a choclate stamp, which you still get to day, the cadbury;s caught on and started also, frys is now owned by cadbury's, then hershi stuff started

[@jasmineschol_]

I love everyone commenting about after eights being only after dinner and only eating one… Then you get me who used to buy them monthly and devour the whole box in one sitting haha. They’re too good to resist! Haven’t had after eights in manyyyy years now since being vegan - but I do have tescos own brand version which is just as good tbh!

[@susangarvey9415]

The dissapointment on my face when as a child mummy had been to the shop and bought sweeties for me, and took a Frys chocoate cream out of her bag. Only to be eaten when no other chocolate is available.

[@josierose8889]

If you like Cadbury chocolate then you should do a video just trying all of the different Cadbury chocolate products (not brands that they own, just the ones that they actually produce with their chocolate). In my opinion, you can't go wrong with cadburys whether it's just a plain dairy milk bar, fruit and nut, wispa, curly wurly, caramel and everything in between! You need to get some cadbury heros if you haven't already tried them!....daim bars were called dime bars originally in the UK but the name changed a few years a go. Due to this lots of us bits still call them dime bars but technically they should now be pronounced as "dame"

[@justinbrooks5560]

Fry's Turkish delight are the best from that brand, it's a shame you didn't get those sent to you

[@paulfri1569]

Or Fry's Crunchie or Flake..

[@dianeknight4839]

Dark Chocolate has health properties as it is rich in minerals and anti-occidents. Steve you can keep the peanut butter stuff (I am allergic anyway). However I would fight you for the coffee creams. Thorntons do a selection of hand made truffles in a variety of flavours, Rum or Whisky are among my favourites. We usually buy a box of Thornton's Continental Chocolates for Christmas or as a Birthday gift. You get 2/3 of each of their chocolates in the box. Guys do not chomp the chocolate, let it start to melt on your tongue for a true taste experience. Lindsay try not to look as though you are about to eat poison.

[@rachelcollins5923]

Thorntons used to be lovely,but like many chocolate brands the quality has decreased in order to keep the price point affordable, try Holdsworths, Kennedys of Cumbria and Bettys of York for really delicious choccies...

[@cookiesroblox6759]

After eight squares are sold as a after dinner chocolate that you eat after (to end) a nice 3 course late dinner (dinner party) which is normally after 8pm .. its not everyday chocolate

[@thedutchhuman]

After Eight......love it!

[@jeanlowe8879]

Hi the fry’s chocolate cream are not the same they had a more solid centre I loved them not anymore ❤👏

[@ahronkatz2581]

You need to try Freddo’s ,wispa gold caramel buttons.

[@oxfamshop]

You actually do a great thing when you try things . If you try something and find it good when I go shopping I am inclined to give it a try

[@AliceSylph]

You can get the galaxy minstrels without the shell, they are called counters 🙂

[@vikkieckersall6623]

After eights are amazing frozen and then baked into brownies. Or just eaten straight from the freezer 😂

[@greygorthegoateedgeek5350]

Lyndsey "shut up and eat" 😀

[@patriciasears-cm6zz]

Lindsay ...... and NOW lets move on to the mint. Could never tell mints her fave 😂😂

[@DylRicho]

13:47 Minstrels without the shell are called Counters. They don't contain caramel, that's just how Galaxy chocolate tastes. :)

[@davesimpson5702]

Outrageous - having a mint chocolate orange is out of order. You should have had the original orange flavour - it is after all based on the orange shape and segments.

[@paulfri1569]

Make Fry's great again 🎉

[@Jeni10]

In Australian restaurants, after dinner mints are served with your coffee or tea after a meal, to refresh your palate. Not all restaurants do it, but many do something like it, such as Chinese restaurants give you a fortune cookie.

[@TheRachaelJay]

I've ALWAYS got a packet of Ruffles and Fry's blue in my fridge....my faves 😋

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

Same, my wife bought me 25 Ruffle bars for Christmas.

[@stuartfitch7093]

Steve, you should try eating a galaxy minstrel with the method that I use. Put one in your mouth, use your teeth to just crack the outer shell then revert to sucking it and let the galaxy chocolate melt in your mouth. You get a better experience of the smoothness of the galaxy chocolate that way.

[@ashleewhitbrook8992]

it was called a dime bar in the uk until we joined the eu and we had to change the name to diam they did the same with snickers they used to be called marathon

[@martinwebb1681]

The name change was nothing to do with us joining the EU. We joined the EU in 1973. The Dime bar didn't go on sale in the UK until the mid 1980s. In the UK and Ireland it was called the DIME bar until 2005. It was then renamed DAIM bar by the company to standardise the brand across countries.

[@craigy8559]

Minstrels are thee best when i open a family pack i cant stop till there done

[@OneDarkMartian]

What was the peanut butter one? I’m not familiar (I’m from the UK). Also, the best way to enjoy minstrels is to just sit and eat a whole bag (big bag) 2 or 3 at a time. They’re elite! Biting one in half should be considered a crime 🤣🤣

[@silverfireUK]

I said that about the minstrels. Let the shell dissolve and you are left with a sore mouth at the end (but worth it). The peanut butter ones are from Holland and Barrett.

[@greamepenney5947]

Ruffles are simply the best.

[@Defender200tdi]

After Eight is a wafer thin mint served after dinner, the idea being it clears the pallet without being excessively filling after a big meal. Watch Monty Pythons Mr Creasote (the full version) and you will get the Idea. Don't let your daughter see it though!!!

[@seandonohue6793]

This selection is my absolute chocolate nightmare 😄. I really don’t like dark chocolate or mint chocolate. I almost wretched when I saw the Fry’s chocolate 😂

[@roddavis2876]

"Daim" bar was called "Dime" bar in the 1990's, as advertised by Harry Enfield of Armadillo fame.

[@KristoferOlsson]

Original name is Dajm, changed in 90s to daim First made in 1956 in Sweden by a swedish company Marabou.

[@martinwebb1681]

It was named DIME bar in the UK until 2005, then renamed DAIM bar to standardise the brand across countries.

[@mariamerigold]

Can someone in the comments send Steve and lindsey the popping candy Terry's pls? 😂

[@jessieb7290]

There’s a popping candy one! 😮

[@reactingtomyroots]

They actually make that? That sounds interesting. lol If popping candy is what I think it may be we refer to it as 'pop rocks.' I loved that candy as a kid.

[@kaydavis2310]

Can anyone remember the Frys chocolate bar where each piece/segment was a different flavour. Strawberry, orange, plain, peppermint and so on?

[@martinwebb1681]

Yes, but no mint was included. Original Fry's 5 centre was Raspberry, Lime, Vanilla, Coffee and Orange. Later changed in the 1970s to Raspberry, Lime, Pineapple, Strawberry and Orange. The bar was discontinued in 1992.

[@kaydavis2310]

@@martinwebb1681 Yes, that's the one. I just remember it had multiple flavours. Shame to hear its discontinued. My favourite chocolate bar.

[@martinwebb1681]

@@kaydavis2310 ... Yes, it was one of my favourites also.

[@michaelsullivan1631]

I ARGEE WITH YOU, I ALSO LOVE ORANGE AND MINT IN CHOCOLATE, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE ORANGE, I DIDN'T THINK THE MINT ONE WAS VERY GOOD. THE CHOCOLATE ORANGE WE HAD AT CHRISTMAS HERE IN UK WAS MORE OF A CHOCOLATE CRISP, IT WAS MORE CHRUNCHY THAN USUAL.

[@martinwebb1681]

You probably bought the one with the crunchy crispy bits in.

[@TheBlaert]

There are quite a few chocolate brands over here whose quality is nothing like it was years ago. Terry's in particular tastes nothing like it used to

It’s not Cad-berry, but Cadbury said in one go, with the bur pronounced as in burr, not bear. But enjoy them, anyway.

[@heathermurray9939]

The after eights, people would give them if you go to a party/ someone's house for a meal

[@SeanSenior-f8b]

Cadbury Flake me my mum and son love them. We even eat it the same. As we all have ritual eat chocolate. Like a Bounty do you eat it as is or eat all the chocolate first.

[@paulfri1569]

Flake is a old Fry's Chocolate bar 🍫

[@Jeni10]

Many chocolate brands have been swallowed up by Cadbury’s, which is sad for me, because I remember so many non-Cadbury’s chocolates from my childhood and teenage years: Fry’s, MacRobertson’s, Small’s, Rowntree’s, Hoadley’s, Red Tulip! and rather recently, our oldest established (1914) chocolate brand, Ernest Hillier. Nestle have also taken over many chocolate bars that they have since deleted, and Aussies have had multiple campaigns to bring them back. Taste magazine has created many recipes in an effort to revive these much loved and sorely missed favourites from caramels to chocolates to biscuits! Arnott’s is also on the deletion bandwagon, removing many of our favourite biscuits from their inventory!

[@vallejomach6721]

Nestle just makes foul muck...ruined Rolo, Toffee Crisp, Lion Bars, Kit Kat, Yorkie, Drifters...everything really...and the least said about Quality Street now, the better.

[@paulfri1569]

Male Fry's great again 🎉

[@kathchandler4919]

I love Fry's chocolate, all flavours but it never does well in hot weather, I think it probably doesn't travel well, shame, try it when you come here 🎉

[@martinwebb1681]

Keep it in the fridge, Fry's chocolate cream is delicious eaten cold straight from the fridge.

[@kathchandler4919]

@@martinwebb1681 I do, on a hot day though it can be a squashy mess by the time you get it home anyway though . Actually I keep any chocolate in a tub in the fridge , keeps it away from prying eyes till I'm ready to dish it out , ha ha 😂

[@martinwebb1681]

@@kathchandler4919 ... 😂... Sensible girl.

[@monero892]

After Eights better with a cup of tea or coffee

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Galaxy counters do not have the shell and are delicious

[@Sara_Louise]

It's not Terry's, it's mine!!!!! Lol

[@nikkijohnston2891]

Some of these chocolates are not overly heard of like that lolly thing more a tourist thing for place it came from. The pip and nut ive never heard of. Frys chocolates are evil lol and after eight mints you normally have at the end of a fancy meal.

[@paulfri1569]

Flakes and Crunchie bars are a Fry's Chocolate product 😊 Great for on the go or driving in a car 😅

[@hayee]

Anyone else remember when the Daim was actually labelled Dime? I don’t know why they changed the spelling but it was a long time ago now (90’s?)

[@deb4762]

I believe it was to align with Europe... Dime - Daim Marathon - Snickers They also changed the cleaning product Jif to Cif

[@vallejomach6721]

@@deb4762 There's quite a few when you think about it... Charmin bog roll > Cushelle Danone yoghurt > Activia Datsun > Nissan Lilt > Fanta Pineapple and Grapefruit (yea, way catchier name!?) Opal Fruits > Starburst Oil of Ulay > Oil of Olan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@foghornleghornish]

Anyone remember the advert for Frys Turkish Delight? Wonderful chocolate confectionery "full of Eastern promise"

[@susansmiles2242]

Fry’s Turkish Delight is one of my favourites

[@Millennial_Manc]

American adults seem to hate rose flavour Turkish delight but their kids love it (broad generalisation!)

[@hayee]

Yes!! It’s still the best chocolate bar around! Cadburys did do a good turkish delight bar but it had nothing on frys

[@joyridgway6398]

Yes, but I didn't like it.

[@BlueJay2929]

When we were young we used to sing Fry's Turkish Delight..makes you sick in the night 😅😅😅​@@susansmiles2242

[@bevbarrett8537]

The galaxy minstrels are nice sucked to the shell melts and the inside is so smooth we love them in the uk

[@VickyAitch]

Agreed. Suck them and/or have a hot drink (tea 😉) and the shell will thin, and the chocolate will melt. The only way to eat them!

[@martinwebb1681]

Galaxy counters are much better in my opinion.

[@lindadutton]

Prefer Galaxy Counters without the shell.

[@nadeansimmons226]

Cadbury has never been the same since been taken over by the American company

[@CaseyJonesNumber1]

When US company Kraft was negotiating to buy out Cadbury's (owners of the Fry's brand name), one of the things they promised was to keep open the Fry's factory in Keynsham near Bristol. As soon as the deal was done, they promptly closed the factory, making hundreds of workers redundant, at the same time moving production to Poland. Thousands of people in the area vowed never to buy Cadbury's products again. Can't blame them really, and Cadbury's chocolate doesn't taste anything near as nice as it used to.

[@paulfri1569]

A stab in the heart 😭

[@paulfri1569]

I'm a direct descendant of Elizabeth and Joseph Fry the founders of Fry's Chocolate 🍫 I'm in Australia though and the only way to honour the great brand is by creating a new Fry's Chocolate brand with a modern twist on the old classics 😎 I'm working on it and won't let my ancestors down 💪

[@101steel4]

Fry's five centre was my favourite back in the day. The original is sill lovely though.

[@vallee3140]

mine too

[@ToTheTower]

Wow, I'd forgotten that one. Yeah it was really good. Do you remeber the old packaging: With the foil and paper - much more classy ;)

[@martinwebb1681]

Oh God I loved the five centres bar, so sad they discontinued it. And yet they do the mint, peppermint and the orange centres, they discontinued the best one in my opinion. Bring back Fry's five centres.

[@stuartcook8823]

Why the stopped producing the five centres still upsets me to this day.

[@raycardy4843]

Yes! I really loved that one! I guess the closest you get to it now (if you can find it) is Cadbury's Milk Tray bar..!

[@lynzp7438]

Minstrels are better if you let the shell soften up in your mouth then bite into it as choc melts a bit. Its amazing.

[@Obi-J]

Even better with a hot cup of tea, coffee or cocoa, to help speed up the melting process. Just pop a Minstrel into your mouth and then take a sip of your hot beverage.

[@CurtisArden-l7h]

To add to these points, Minstrels offer a no-shell alternative. Called “Counters”

[@deeboneham2738]

Love anything made by Galaxy

[@carolineskipper6976]

How to really annoy fellow guests at a dinner party 101: Take an After Eight square out of its packaging, but leave the paper in the box.....thus confusing everyone as to how many chocolates are left in the box! This is a well known phenomenum!

[@duntalkin]

Heathen 😂

[@brocc0138]

From the Meaning of Liff by in incomparable Douglas Adams CANNOCK CHASE (n.) In any box of After Eight Mints, there is always a large number of empty envelopes and no more that four or five actual mints. The cannock chase is the process by which, no matter which part of the box often, you will always extract most of the empty sachets before pinning down an actual minot, or 'cannock'. The cannock chase also occurs with people who put their dead matches back in the matchbox, and then embarrass themselves at parties trying to light cigarettes with tree quarters of an inch of charcoal. The term is also used to describe futile attempts to pursue unscrupulous advertising agencies who nick your ideas to sell chocolates with.

[@reactingtomyroots]

haha yep, could see how that would be annoying!

[@LexAngel]

We used to pinch our parents' After Eights and leave the wrappers in so the could tell. Sure they did though!

[@emmsue1053]

I used wrap Ferro Rocher back up with a raw sprout inside. 🤣

[@katiperry8533]

After 8s were considered 'posh' in my family when I was young 🤣 We only ever got them at Christmas (after the main meal) and, even then, only 1 each

[@jessieb7290]

Yeah that and Ferrero Rocher

[@juliarabbitts1595]

My mum kept them hidden in a drawer, not with other chocolate. They only came out after special Sunday lunches when we had visitors, to help lunch go down (mint aiding digestion), and then one each

[@Jenel_79]

After Eight's are a kind of after dinner mint, they came out in the 60's but became hugely popular and the hight of sofistication at dinner parties in the 70's. They're meant to be a palete cleanser rather than a chocolate you just eat. Also, I'm guessing you've had them in the fridge, hence the "pull", if they were room temp then they would be very soft in the middle.

[@robertcreighton4635]

As a kid I used to wonder what would happen if I ate an after eight before eight. I was a twit 😂

[@DaveStreet-v2t]

It is always after 8 on a 12 hour clock

[@paulknox999]

I used to love raspberry ruffles as a child, havent had them for years. I have a need to find them and try them for old times sake now.

[@johnmannymoo8626]

I bought some on Amazon......hmmmm not the same😢

[@betagombar9022]

You'd probably find them in B&M or Home bargains

[@davesy6969]

Several years ago, i found an old-fashioned confectionery shop somewhere in Surrey that had raspberry ruffles and i bought an entire jar.

[@catherineturner2839]

My grandad used to give us these back in the 70;s/80's. You can get them in Poundland

[@julianaylor4351]

I've seen them in Poundstretchers, occasionally.

[@michaelcartwright1260]

"Can we just eat it?" 😂

[@nickdarke2138]

Man, I was addicted to Fry's Peppermint Cream as a child. Very fond memories of walking to the newsagent on a Sunday morning with my grandfather to pick up his newspaper and sometimes a small bar of Fry's to me too.

[@julianaylor4351]

They are now in three packs. 😋

[@kimarnill7648]

Thortons chocolate is my absolute favourite after Cadburys , oh I don’t know Lindt chocolate is fabulous though.😮

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

I love Monty Bojangles chocolate truffles...yum.

[@kimarnill7648]

@@no-oneinparticular7264I’ve never heard of them before, are they widely available ❤

[@beverleyringe7014]

Hate the taste of Thortons, Cadburys for me everytime.

[@johnleonard9090]

@@kimarnill7648seen them in Waitrose and possibly Sainsbury’s

[@martinwebb1681]

@@beverleyringe7014 ... I agree, you can't beat Cadburys chocolate.

[@SuzieLady]

Firstly, I can’t stand Fry’s bars at all. I’m not keen on fondant either. After Eights are great!They are fondant but really well done…From the fridge they have a great snap! Diam bars are tasty but as you said, they stick in one’s teeth! I’m not too keen on peanut chocolate bars. Galaxy minstrels are fabulous! Great video guys Suzie 😊 Ps. My aunt worked at Thornton’s. When she started they told her she could eat as much chocolate as she wanted!.. she soon got sick of chocolate lol😅

[@reactingtomyroots]

Eat as much chocolate as you want?! Man, that sounds dangerous. haha

[@jessieb7290]

They used to do these toffee cookies, then they took them off the market. They were the best cookies I’ve ever had. More like a florentine. But they called them cookies. Oh or the Thorntons champagne truffles 😋😋😋😋 good times. It’s funny looking back cause ages ago it was like they were the posh chocolate retailer before others like hotel chocolat came along.

[@rhonddalesley]

Same with me when I worked at Walkers with crisps and again when I worked at Jacobs biscuit factory in the chocolate dept! That wasn't as much fun as it sounds though because it has to be cool in there which isn't good when you're cold blooded lol. You also had to wear white cotton gloves so the chocolate doesn't melt and get your hands sticky which happened regardless so changing gloves was a regular thing.

[@IsobelIsobel123]

Who remembers vice versas? Do they still sell them? ❤ They are like minstrels, but some milk some white. The ones with white coating had milk centres and vice versa!

[@Janeswhitfield]

There was a bar that was similar,I can’t remember the name very nice

[@IsobelIsobel123]

@@Janeswhitfield I think I remember, too. Will have a Google later!

[@LastEuropaKiss]

I do, I always thought it made more sense to name them minstrels because of the "Black and White Minstrel Show".

[@reactingtomyroots]

That sounds good!

[@wessexdruid7598]

I remember making them - on the top floor of the Smartie plant, at York.

[@lynzp7438]

I love frys chocolate cream and they do a rasberry one which is nice too. Very addictive once you start eating them but very sticky

[@Obi-J]

Fry's still do the Orange cream as well but when I was a kid there used to be a "5 centres", one bar with 5 differently flavoured segments. The original 5 flavours were orange, coffee, vanilla, lime, and raspberry, which later changed to orange, raspberry, lime, strawberry, and pineapple. They have recently made both Coffee cream and Strawberry cream bars in limited edition runs but sadly, as yet, they've never made a single flavoured Lime, Vanilla or Pineapple(this was always my favourite flavoured segment) bar. Some people say they replaced the vanilla segment in the 5 centres with a blackcurrant one for a short time but I aren't sure if that's true or not. I had certainly never heard of such until quite recently.

[@roddavis2876]

They still make orange, strawberry, rasberry & coffee.

[@martinwebb1681]

@@Obi-J ... I used to love the Fry's five centres, and bought them all the time. I preferred the 1970s onwards bar over the earlier one. Always loved the Pineapple and Lime bits. Never known a Blackcurrant flavour and I had the bars regularly throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s right up till they were discontinued in 1992. I think that it's just one of those rumours someone started at some point then everyone just goes on repeating it.

[@saxon-mt5by]

Just send me your reject Fry's Chocolate Cream and the Thornton's Coffee Creams - my two favourites!

[@RitaB1628]

Snap!

[@stuartcook8823]

Watching the puzzlement and confusion when the Fry's Cream kicks in is great. It's definitely, as chocolate goes, a sophisticated and acquired taste. Stick with it, it's worth the effort.