Thorntons TSV

[ERICS MUM]

I love chocolate but these days all the "continental" chocolates are full of nothing but 'ganache', and truffle like gaggy centres - as so obviously demonstrated in the Thorntons hour.

WHERE ARE all the hard centre choccys like we used to get - especially in the Black Magic box ie butterscotch, nut cracknell, hard caramel - and the peppeermint, coffee, orange and marzipan centres. Ooooh and the toffee and mallow was to die for ! Those were what I call "proper" chocolate box fillings.

Now I groan inwardly when I am given a box of belgian "sea shell" chocolates. Cant stand 'em. Give me a Clarnico peppermint cream any day.

I couldn't have put it any better, I think the various flavours in the "posh" choclate ranges all taste very similar anve the same texture.

As well as Black Magic I also liked Dairy Box for milk choc, my fave was Nux. Does any chocolate company make those boxes with the pictures on anymore - they were usually thatched cottages or fluffy kittens. They really looked like a present. If QVC sold that sort of range they'd do really well (if they used good quality chocs).

 

[Brissles]

Oh the NUX BAR, Yessssssss ! I loved them toooo, I think it was replaced with the Lion bar.

The Cadburys Lucky Numbers were mentioned - fabulous.

There ought to be a campaign "BRING BACK PROPER CHOCS IN A BOX " Perhaps we should employ JFs hubby - he single handedly (allegedly) brought back the Wispa bar - let him get to work on re-introducing the traditional centre !