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Maltesers - chocolate to crispy ratio

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Icannoteven · 06/06/2024 15:56

Aibu to think that Mars have changed the ratio of chocolate to crispy stuff in their Malteser’s, or made the chocolate thinner somehow?

I’ve just bought a box and had a couple of maltesers where the chocolate was so thin you can see the crispy inside. The chocolate shell just doesn’t seem the same!

Maltesers - chocolate to crispy ratio
Maltesers - chocolate to crispy ratio
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TheRealSlimShandy · 06/06/2024 18:16

Bastards.
Revels may be the answer here.

OneTC · 06/06/2024 18:14

They're also horrible

OneTC · 06/06/2024 18:14

gwanmen · 06/06/2024 18:14

Oooohhh. Where do you get dark ones? Never seen them, are you in uk?

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Any supermarket. They are not rare

gwanmen · 06/06/2024 18:14

Kyogo67 · 06/06/2024 17:24

Dark choc ones are nicer and more chocolatey

Oooohhh. Where do you get dark ones? Never seen them, are you in uk?

CantBelieveNaive · 06/06/2024 17:39

@Icannoteven brilliant idea! Proper focus group purely for market research of course! 👅

britneyisfree · 06/06/2024 17:29

I'm gluten free now so haven't had malteasers in about 20 years but can see they deffo have a lot less chocolate!!!!

OneTC · 06/06/2024 17:28

Yeah I eat fucking tonnes of them and in the last few months the chocolate has gone thinner and the honeycomb is less consistent

Kyogo67 · 06/06/2024 17:24

Dark choc ones are nicer and more chocolatey

uniquestionss · 06/06/2024 17:13

An experiment!

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Icannoteven · 06/06/2024 17:09

C1N1C · 06/06/2024 16:17

Oh no... an excuse for me to go out and buy some...

You evil evil people!!!

I think everyone should go buy some, as an experiment. For science.

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AgentProvocateur · 06/06/2024 16:49

I would buy chocolate-less Maltesers if it was an option.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 06/06/2024 16:44

I think the chocolate's a lot thinner than it used to be. Peeling them with my teeth used to be really easy, now I usually have to suck the chocolate off.

ArabellaScott · 06/06/2024 16:42

I am not sure, OP. I shall have to go and conduct some research.

StepCombatAttack · 06/06/2024 16:41

I always bite all the chocolate off from around the Malteser before I eat the inside. This just wouldn’t be possible with such a thin shell. 😲

C1N1C · 06/06/2024 16:17

Oh no... an excuse for me to go out and buy some...

You evil evil people!!!

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Icannoteven · 06/06/2024 16:07

@gwanmen that was the worst of the bunch but most of them looked a bit more naked that usual. A bit sheer. I’ve just found this photo from the guardian in 2016 and this deffo shows a thicker chocolate shell😡

Maltesers - chocolate to crispy ratio
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Not1791 · 06/06/2024 16:05

Wonder if they're fewer calories per 100g?

A change in that data would confirm a change of recipe?

gwanmen · 06/06/2024 16:04

Wait was it a bad one or are they all like that?

gwanmen · 06/06/2024 16:03

That is outrageous. Definitely less chocolate there. Disgusting.

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Icannoteven · 06/06/2024 16:01

Me either @VolvoFan though it’s probably better for me , since chocolate triggers my migraines anyway but they just aren’t hitting the same! How annoying.

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shrinkingbee · 06/06/2024 16:00

Agreed!

Hermittrismegistus · 06/06/2024 16:00

I wish they'd make plain malteasers-just the malty ball.

VolvoFan · 06/06/2024 15:59

YANBU. My DH just told me this exact thing. He's not happy about it.