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Kit Kats are dead to me

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whatausername · 25/04/2023 15:03

Good when I was a kid, a bit crap in recent years, awful now.

What other foods have turned to rubbish?

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OnedayIwillfeelfree · 25/04/2023 16:48

Macvities Digestives. They taste like cardboard now.

3peassuit · 25/04/2023 16:50

Rowntrees fruit pastels. They’ve changed them and not for the better.

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whatausername · 25/04/2023 16:51

ReadersD1gest · 25/04/2023 16:43

Baileys. Used to be really thick and gloopy, now the texture's like water.

Oh now you mention it, that's true. I drank it so infrequently I never noticed but I do remember last time thinking it was watery and wondering why I'd ever drank it before.

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givemecoffeenow · 25/04/2023 16:51

I feel like I need a Time Machine when I go food shopping now 😢

Manzana · 25/04/2023 16:52

Malteasers, not malty, or chocolately, and turn into a wad of cardboard

Goodyetalso · 25/04/2023 16:53

I second Wham bars. They are shit now and used to be amazing.

I bought some Rolos the other day for the first time in a few years and they were disgusting - actually inedible. The caramel now has that rancid fat taste that Cadburys Caramel bars have had for about 10-15 years. Really disappointing. I thought it was bad enough when they made the toffee softer (those of you over 40 will probably remember that it used to be quite hard toffee when we were kids and it would take ages to eat a packet) but I honestly do not know what they have done them recently to make them taste so foul.

ttcat37 · 25/04/2023 16:53

Nobody’s asked what really matters. Where the fuck have beef and mustard brannigans gone??? 😡😡😡😡

Mostar · 25/04/2023 16:53

Most brands of muesli seem to have upped the raisin quantity of late. I now find myself having to pick out excess raisins for fear of dried-grape overload. Are they cheaper than the other ingredients? Is this a thing, or just my fevered imaginings?

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 25/04/2023 16:53

MarpleFan · 25/04/2023 16:41

Butterscotch Angel Delight - manna from heaven as a child, absolutely revolting now.

Yes! And it’s not as if they don’t already make a sugar-free version (even more revolting).

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 25/04/2023 16:54

Fruit Pastilles, Fruit Gums, Dairy Milk. Gone, all gone…

MaeMair · 25/04/2023 16:55

The lidl dupes are fantastic!

FancyFanny · 25/04/2023 16:56

Aren't the multipack KitKats still in foil and paper?

MaeMair · 25/04/2023 16:56

See also lidl twix!

Mostar · 25/04/2023 16:57

ttcat37 · 25/04/2023 16:53

Nobody’s asked what really matters. Where the fuck have beef and mustard brannigans gone??? 😡😡😡😡

This. 100%.

tobee · 25/04/2023 17:01

squishee · 25/04/2023 15:36

Peanut Butter chunky ones are addictive though!

Here here!

Goodyetalso · 25/04/2023 17:02

Chocciebiscuit · 25/04/2023 15:51

Cadbury’s Roses, they used to be so good back in the day & now they are horrible plus they have ugly packaging,

This grieves me every Christmas. I used to adore them but they have been vile for years and years now.

Blabla81 · 25/04/2023 17:02

Cornettos’s.

tobee · 25/04/2023 17:05

I feel like cheese footballs have upped their game recently. Got my usual box for Christmas and they tasted really fake cheesy for the first time in years! Grin

Cocteautriplet · 25/04/2023 17:06

Sadly our taste buds also die off as we age which is one of the reasons things seemed to taste so much more vibrant when we were kids.

AskMeMore · 25/04/2023 17:06

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 agree it is underwhelming. ALDI Mosser Roth is much nicer.

tobee · 25/04/2023 17:08

ttcat37 · 25/04/2023 16:53

Nobody’s asked what really matters. Where the fuck have beef and mustard brannigans gone??? 😡😡😡😡

Gone? Say it isn't so?

Twiglets have never been the same since they stopped being 8 inches long, came in a box and pierced the inside of your throat on the way down.

Curry ones were good though 👍

Flipz · 25/04/2023 17:09

So many! But think my number 1 would be Cadbury's Caramel - sooo much better in a paper and foil wrapper and the chocolate to caramel ratio was just right. Not enough caramel now <<we'll ignore the inappropriately sexualised rabbit>>

AutumnCrow · 25/04/2023 17:09

ComeOnThenFanny · 25/04/2023 16:13

You see, I love Flakes. But they're so messy to eat and they're tiny now!

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They belong in an ice cream, but that's all gone to shit too.

LadyEloise1 · 25/04/2023 17:09

Chocolate Kimberley biscuits.
They used to be slathered in chocolate.
Now there is a very thin substance enrobing them. Supposedly chocolate.

Iamnotalemming · 25/04/2023 17:10

Cadbury Fruit and Nut. Now contains barely any nuts.