Kit Kats are dead to me

whatausername · 2023-04-25T14:03:22+00:00

Good when I was a kid, a bit crap in recent years, awful now. What other foods have turned to rubbish?

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 25/04/2023 15:04

Ribena.

CardinalCopia · 25/04/2023 15:05

Irn Bru and Lucozade. It wasn't broke and it didn't need fixing.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 25/04/2023 15:07

Sour cream and onion Pringles. Every so often I try one hoping it will taste as it did in the 90s when they were still sour cream and chive. But they don't. They're dead and our love is but a memory now.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:07

Kit Kat's lost me when they stopped wrapping them in foil.

Most chocolate is crap these days IMO - up until a couple of years ago, I'd do pretty much anything for a bar of chocolate and probably had a bar of chocolate every day. These days I very rarely buy it.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:08

Also, Twiglets. Do they actually put any marmite on them?

givemecoffeenow · 25/04/2023 15:08

Sunny D juice. I know it’s unhealthy lol but used to taste fab.

givemecoffeenow · 25/04/2023 15:09

Also don’t know if it’s just me but most chocolate doesn’t taste as good as it used to 😕

euff · 25/04/2023 15:10

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:07

Kit Kat's lost me when they stopped wrapping them in foil.

Most chocolate is crap these days IMO - up until a couple of years ago, I'd do pretty much anything for a bar of chocolate and probably had a bar of chocolate every day. These days I very rarely buy it.

This. I'm a chocoholic and used to find it very hard to resist. You can put them in front of me and most of them just don't have that pull on me now.

Cantthinkofaname2203 · 25/04/2023 15:14

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:07

Kit Kat's lost me when they stopped wrapping them in foil.

Most chocolate is crap these days IMO - up until a couple of years ago, I'd do pretty much anything for a bar of chocolate and probably had a bar of chocolate every day. These days I very rarely buy it.

Yep this.

mini eggs used to be a huge pleasure. So did going to the shop and getting myself a can of coke, packet of crisps and a chocolate bar. Now I’m not bothered at all.

mondelez and their Americanisation of chocolate, replacing the cocoa butter with palm oil.

Mr Cadbury would be turning in his grave.

ComeOnThenFanny · 25/04/2023 15:20

Tony's Chocoloney is the way to go. It's really expensive, I only get it when it's on offer - but my god, it's worth it.

YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake · 25/04/2023 15:20

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:08

Also, Twiglets. Do they actually put any marmite on them?

This. I always loved twiglets. Had some at Christmas and they barely tasted of anything. So disappointed

PuffinPuffinPenguin · 25/04/2023 15:21

Nestle Black Magic. The last box I had was decent enough. This one is barely edible. All Nestle chocolate seems to have gone horrible, so I'm not surprised about KitKats.

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whatausername · 25/04/2023 15:22

ComeOnThenFanny · 25/04/2023 15:20

Tony's Chocoloney is the way to go. It's really expensive, I only get it when it's on offer - but my god, it's worth it.

I tried two bars and was underwhelmed. It's nice relative to Kit Kats and Mars Bars but otherwise it doesn't excite me :-(

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SirenSays · 25/04/2023 15:25

whatausername · 25/04/2023 15:22

I tried two bars and was underwhelmed. It's nice relative to Kit Kats and Mars Bars but otherwise it doesn't excite me :-(

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Same. Didn't live up to the hype at all for me. I don't bother with kitkats except the peanut butter chunky ones! They're so good

ItsThePlayBusDingDing · 25/04/2023 15:28

Wham bars.

They used to be so sour, and sticky enough to glue your jaw together.

So disappointing now.

givemecoffeenow · 25/04/2023 15:30

Also is it just me or is cheese just not the same anymore?

notquitesoyoung · 25/04/2023 15:32

I am not a lover of salt generally beyond missing it if it isn't in bread but they need to put the salt back in Twiglets - they just taste burnt now. Totally ruined.

squishee · 25/04/2023 15:36

Peanut Butter chunky ones are addictive though!

OnlyTheBravest · 25/04/2023 15:37

Schloer, Lucozade (original and orange) and Ting. Put the sugar back. They taste terrible.

Not sure what has happened to Twiglets but they are off the list of Christmas nibbles. The new recipe is revolting.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/04/2023 15:37

notquitesoyoung · 25/04/2023 15:32

I am not a lover of salt generally beyond missing it if it isn't in bread but they need to put the salt back in Twiglets - they just taste burnt now. Totally ruined.

I hadn't thought about the taste, but they do taste burnt, don't they?

FlamingoQueen · 25/04/2023 15:42

Salt and vinegar Pringles - used to love them, now seem to make my lips go white! Can’t eat them.

youngestisapsycho · 25/04/2023 15:45

ALL soft/fizzy drinks have been ruined by sweeteners...

ReadersD1gest · 25/04/2023 15:46

ComeOnThenFanny · 25/04/2023 15:20

Tony's Chocoloney is the way to go. It's really expensive, I only get it when it's on offer - but my god, it's worth it.

Lots of people say this, but I was distinctly underwhelmed.

Wereeaglesdare · 25/04/2023 15:48

Easter eggs too are just sugar now Cadbury with the chick used to be amazing
Macdonals chips taste like nothing and actually make me sick now which is worrying.
I was starting to doubt whether I had damaged my taste buds or it was them ageing but this thread makes me realise it is all the crap they take out n add in.

Cantthinkofaname2203 · 25/04/2023 15:49

ComeOnThenFanny · 25/04/2023 15:20

Tony's Chocoloney is the way to go. It's really expensive, I only get it when it's on offer - but my god, it's worth it.

No really don’t like it.

I’m a bit dubious about their claims as well.