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The Purple One

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Finetoday · 24/12/2024 21:28

… is now a boring circular shape instead of a lovely domed oval shape !

Obviously I must have missed this or I wouldn’t have brought them 😭

They definitely don’t taste the same either ☹️

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Newusernameforthiss · 25/12/2024 01:02

They're absolute bullshit, aren't they
Wrappers: look shit
Purple one: no whole hazel, some cheap little shards
Loads of horrid cheap creams
They all look the same
Coffee etc gone
So so disappointing

EmeraldRoulette · 24/12/2024 23:29

ChristmasPudd1990 · 24/12/2024 22:43

Walks in thinking thread is about Prince. Walks out again 😏😁

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This!

Tomorrowistheday · 24/12/2024 23:27

I couldn't believe it when we opened our tub this evening.
I'd vaguely heard Quality Street had changed the wrappings. And I would have accepted the new dull, nondescript wrappings if they had tasted the same. But they are absolute rubbish tasting now as well!
I can't remember a Christmas without Quality Street but this will be the last. Just so disappointing.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 24/12/2024 22:46

They are all crap now. We don't bother with any of the 'tubs' anymore.

ChristmasPudd1990 · 24/12/2024 22:43

Walks in thinking thread is about Prince. Walks out again 😏😁

NameChanges123 · 24/12/2024 22:25

Fuck! That's my Christmas ruined then 😡

thecoffeeowl · 24/12/2024 22:22

The coconut has lost a lot of its essential coconuttyness. It’s just a bit chewy now. They can only push it so far. *shakes fist.

TianasBayou · 24/12/2024 22:22

Public Service Announcement: Coffee creams are exclusive to John Lewis.

I saw an old QS 'menu' and oh my, so sad to see what has gone. It is a shadow of what it once was.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 24/12/2024 22:21

I discovered this travesty this morning. Not happy. Also they have fucked up orange creams by turning them into a weird orange truffle thing. Why do Quality Street not realise that they have to keep the sweets exactly the same as they were in everyone’s childhood?

Ilikewinter · 24/12/2024 22:16

Craftycorvid · 24/12/2024 21:58

How many iterations of caramel/toffee do you need in chocolates? The new QS seems to be mostly caramel/toffee. Agreed the Purple One is a shadow of its former self and what is going on with the coconut one? Where’s the coconut?

I had 2 coconut ones my bag! I'm glad I only got bag and not a big tin, won't be buying them next year that's for sure.
Oh and Cadburys have lost the 'royal seal', not surprised!

Laiste · 24/12/2024 22:14

Just 10 minutes ago i discovered this for myself! It's changed shape and is smaller. Lesser.

Also just had the convo about the dull wrappers with DD3.

Even so i still think QS is better than Heros. Had a tub of those open the other night and 80% of 'em were flipping double deckers 😤

JetskiSkyJumper · 24/12/2024 22:07

They haven't taken the nut out? They are a different shape though.I'm not keen on QS as a whole so just bought a box of purple ones,

Dontwearmysocks · 24/12/2024 22:03

PerditaLaChien · 24/12/2024 21:39

Its a fucking travesty

And where have the big brown chocolate coated toffees gone? I miss those

Yeah those were soooo good. 😭

Craftycorvid · 24/12/2024 21:58

How many iterations of caramel/toffee do you need in chocolates? The new QS seems to be mostly caramel/toffee. Agreed the Purple One is a shadow of its former self and what is going on with the coconut one? Where’s the coconut?

BIossomtoes · 24/12/2024 21:52

Andsoitbeganagain · 24/12/2024 21:47

Agree. First they took the nut out. Then they ruined the chocolate, changed the shape and took off the pretty wrapper. As if doing away with the coffee cream and Turkish delight wasn't bad enough.

They’ve taken the nut out??! They were my dad’s favourite, he’d be turning in his grave if he had one.

Andsoitbeganagain · 24/12/2024 21:47

Agree. First they took the nut out. Then they ruined the chocolate, changed the shape and took off the pretty wrapper. As if doing away with the coffee cream and Turkish delight wasn't bad enough.

PussInBin20 · 24/12/2024 21:47

They’re rubbish now - mostly sickly creams 🤮

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 24/12/2024 21:46

Things have certainly taken a turn for a worse with this new Government.

But on the brighter side, the evenings are getting lighter, ☀

thecoffeeowl · 24/12/2024 21:45

No coffee (not that I miss them but my DH does) and yet they persist with the toffees. I like that you can buy a top up bag instead of another tin but it’s a slippery slope, at some point we as a nation will rise up and start a revolution. “Quality” my fat arse.

LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 24/12/2024 21:44

Quality street are grim these days, taste like chemical cleaner.

BIossomtoes · 24/12/2024 21:43

justforthisnow · 24/12/2024 21:36

All of them are the size of a Pixies fart these days. That's worse than whatever they've done to the shapes, which was bad enough.

😂

Toddlerteaplease · 24/12/2024 21:43

What?!!! It's bad e ouch that the wrappers are dull
And not shiny. But this is sacrilege!

Createausername1970 · 24/12/2024 21:43

Ah - is this Quality Street? I was searching my QS tub for a purple one earlier today but couldn't find it, so I thought maybe it was in Roses and I got the brands muddled?

But what the heck has happened to the wrappers? I know we need to cut down plastic waste, so the plastic wrappers have gone, but the colours of the QS foil wrappers have changed too. They are DRAB. They have sucked the joy out of them!

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 24/12/2024 21:40

I can hear my mother rolling in her grave! She would not be amused.

PerditaLaChien · 24/12/2024 21:39

Its a fucking travesty

And where have the big brown chocolate coated toffees gone? I miss those