What the fuck has happened to roses??

[DaanSaaf]

'D'h brought some home for me. They're vile
The dairy milk are disgusting and the caramel bite tastes like petrol.

Why?? Fuckers

Roses were always disgusting, really over sweet, so I can't imagine them being worse. There isn't even one I like. I hate Quality Street too, the chocolate is nasty.

I was given a box of milk tray last year - hands down the worst box of chocolates I've ever had the misfortune of receiving- and they used to be the cheap old favourites!! Horrible, greasy texture and disgusting fillings. Apple crunch?? Wtf?? Kraft if you're reading this thread, you really do need to sort it out before the business goes down the drain.

@MiddlingMum try chopping the ends off and searing them in boiling water for a couple of minutes.

One of my DDs bought me a 'tin' of Roses at the weekend and I was so dismayed when I opened them last night. The wrapping, the taste, the lack of choice

TK Maxx has some really lovely German /Italian chocolates in amongst their Christmas food section . Most of them are really low priced and the ones I’ve tried have been far nicer than disappointing Roses and Quality Street .

Yes, if OP had given the proper noun 'Roses' the capital letter it should have had, we would have known she wasn't referring to flowers!

I cant believe Aldi choc is palm oil free, this has made my life!!

Does anyone know any other brands or specific chocolate that is PO free? It’s really not clear online. I read that if the saturated fat content is over 50% they it’s basically palm oil

Last year I bought a tub of Sainsbury's own chocolates (obv a Quality Street/Roses rip off). £3.50 and I think they were nice enough.

Anyone had them this year?

The little kinder bars are still the same. I have four one most days. Best served from the fridge, hidden in the veg drawer where no one else goes

"half a Pritt stick"

I agree about the Sainsburys chocs, not had them this year, but they were surprisingly nice last year

@MiddlingMum try chopping the ends off and searing them in boiling water for a couple of minutes.

I hope everybody realises that comment is about flowers, not chocolates. Although searing Roses chocolates in boiling water can only improve their flavour

Lidl chocolate doesn't have palm oil listed on their ingredients but I forgot to check the E numbers - E472e is palm oil !

I think Hotel Chocolat claims to be environmentally friendly.

Oh an Aero mint doesn't have palm oil - at least I couldn't see it on the bar I picked up last night., I discarded Cadbury, Galaxy and Mars as they had Palm oil in the ingredients!

MiddlingMum I mistook it for chocolate! I was really curious but couldn't find your earlier post explaining

I had visions of two crunchies being spliced together...
(for what reason I do not know )

Kraft are too busy giving MN 100k to mine our data and making the chocolates as cheap as possible

So glad so many of us feel the same, hopefully they will get the message when sales drop.

The comment about Luzoacade...I thought my taste buds had changed as hadn't tried it in years..It's now vile.

I guess we all have to move on from Cadburys which is a shame as it was a good brand.

Regarding palm oil, I found out very recently (to my immense surprise) that while it has indeed caused terrible deforestation, it's not actually a sound idea to boycott it. This link explains a bit more about why, instead, consumers should be calling for companies to give a rigorous commitment to sustainable palm oil:

www.wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil

Of course, it tasting shit in chocolate is a separate issue!

Old news, Roses have been rubbish for about 3-4 years.

Cadbury used tho be the only milk chocolate I liked, but it's been getting worse for a few years now, and for the last 2 Christmases the Roses tin was barely touched.
You can't even give them away! All of their chocolate seems to have gone the same way. Someone bought me a Dairy milk eater egg, and after 1 bite I was done. So as not to waste it, I used it in baking, but have asked to never be bought any Cadbury chocolate again.

This year, I haven't bought any, and won't ever again.

It tastes awful, so claggy and greasy. Really disappointed and , but probably better for my health!

Cadbury now tastes as though there's a glass and a half of oil, not milk, in each bar.

Kit kats bogging too now :-(

I can just see them now in the lab: "What, they're STILL buying this shite?! Shove in another scoop of aspartame, some K-Y jelly and half a Pritt Stick. That'll slow the fuckers down a bit." brilliant! It didn’t work for coco pops though, they took the sugar out of them and now they’re foul so I buy Tesco’s version instead - they’d better not mess with crunchy nut cornflakes