SisterBliss
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Its been a bone of contention every year that the tins have got smaller and smaller, despite the same retail price.
I agree with you LATI that the centres are too sweet, and the chocolate is 'gaggy' since being taken over by the 'foreigners'. Also there are no hard centres anymore, and you can forget about the ones with nuts in !
Every year I would always expect to get a box of Black Magic, but since Rowntrees gave up the ghost, the brand is nothing like the original selection. Nut cracknell, nut cluster, toffee and mallow, marzipan, all much loved centres, but its all pap now. Its the same with the Guylian and Thornton chocolates and the ilk, the centres have descriptions like "sun kissed lemons in a blend of creamy guava juice", then you find its the same claggy centre as the "strawberry delight truffle" !
The only decent chocolates for me are Charbonnel et Walker, expensive, but their Salted Caramel truffles are to die for.
The red balls (lindt?) are rather nice. Not much that can go wrong here, until someone horrid meddles. (FIU)
Lots of marzipan here in the link. Flavours I`ve never heard of before. I`m not a fan of marzipan, I prefer nutty or caramel chocolate.
Everyone stop now. All this sweet talk is going to have me off on a sordid 'Garage run' to score a midnight fix. Someone will see me & tomorrow people will point.