Cadburys in Ireland - Original Recipe?

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Irish lovely people,

Can you tell me if it’s true the Cadburys over there is the original recipe (before Kraft took over and pumped it full of palm oil)?

I’m coming to Dublin in a couple of weeks and if you have original Cadburys I plan on buying A LOT. Not all of it, I’ll leave some for you.

Thanks!

Someone bought me a big mint crisp at Christmas because it used to be one of my favourites and most of it is still in the fridge. It's gross now. Before that I hadn't eaten Cadburys in months because it's horrible so I would say unless UK Cadburys is some how even worse Irish Cadburys isn't nicer.

Buy a chocolate called 'Butlers' in Ireland. It is still a milk choc but much higher quality.

You know, I don’t know of this is true about the Freddo but I have recently been buying them by choice as I’m trying to reduce my intake with the smaller portion size.

I’ve said to DH the taste is creamier than the palm oil Cadbury bars we buy in England.
I thought it was perhaps because theyd put less rubbish in chocolate designed for kids.
They taste like Cadburys used to.

Nor me. Tasteless slime.

Yes!
I buy big boxes Mint Crisp on Amazon when I’m feeling spendy.
They seem to only sell it in England at Christmas now in giant bars (not that I mind the size!) so Amazon is my only source.

In general though I agree chocolate that Cadbury chocolate is not what it was.

Best alternatives for simple non flavoured chocolate I have found is Milka alpine or Lindt’s big gold bar.

Not so mad on Chocoloney.

What products are made with the better crumb plz? Desperate.

It’s horrid stuff now, nothing like the chocolate in my childhood. UK cadburys must be shocking if the Irish version tastes better.

I still like Dairy Milk and it still melts in my mouth. Keep trying to switch to two squares of plain chocolate but it doesn't have the right mouth feel.

A lot of chocolate feels like eating a warm candle these days. It’s the completely wrong texture, so soft and waxy.
I only eat Waitrose own brand dark chocolate now, it’s all a bit sad really.
Chocolate used to be wonderful!
I keep seeing adverts for Ribena online…they’re harping on about nostalgia: how it tasted years ago. That tastes absolutely rank now it’s filled with chemical sweeteners.

I’ve only noticed a difference with the 8 square bars. Mint Crisp etc. The rest is exactly the same.

I don't ask my SIL to bring back cadbury dairy milk any longer as the quality has dipped to nearer UK standards in recent years.

Cadburys don’t even have the word chocolate on the front on the purple wrapper.
They can’t legally.
What a shame.
What faceless, nameless Kraft / Mondalez executive decided to alter and ruin Cadbury’s chocolate ?
They bought the company because it made great products loved by consumers.
Why change the product then ?
That faceless, nameless Mondalez executive is a gobshite.

I bought some Mini Eggs in Iceland and they were ok.

A few weeks later I bought another bag and they were yuck.

So I wondered if the ones I'd bought in Iceland had been hanging around since last year and were an older recipe!

But I bought Lidl's copy the other day and they are much nicer.

Part of the waxiness is down to the emulsifiers used as much as palm oil. These are one key difference from the olden days. This is also why UK and Irish chocolate may taste different even though they appear to have the exact same ingredients, the percentages of each component used are not listed, and may differ. I haven't tasted UK cadburys but I think the Dairy Milks here in Ireland are horrible. Flake and twirl are ok, I imagine this is because the ingredients ratios have to be different to create the aerated or flaky effects.

Marks and Spencer’s. Their regular chocolate is great but their ‘kit kats’ are something else.

Thanks @WonderfulSmith I know where I'll be going later. 😋

Yes! I’m going to buy ALL the Easter eggs 😂 Thank you!

ETA - noooo I’ve just looked properly it’s got palm oil in. Shattered dreams!

I do and I’m going to pop in today, thanks!

Excellent, thanks for that I’ll look out for it. Any tips on where to buy?

They have coffee shops everywhere and they sell boxes of chocs. (and individual chocs so you can try first to make sure you like it).

Butlers Cafe (chocolate shop too ) give you a chocolate when you buy a drink- you choose the one you want.
Their cappuccino is lovely.
They also do delicious toasties but I think they have sadly dropped their magnificent mushroom one.

It does still taste though, maybe give one a go if you're over (unless the use of palm oil is an ethical dilemma)

Different doesn’t necessarily mean better, does it?
Or did your husband specifically say that they make a different, better crumb for the Irish market?
I have read up a bit on this since I was last on here out of interest and according to every source, the only difference in the way Cadbury’s chocolate is manufactured worldwide is the milk- not the quantity but different milk from different cows produces a slightly different taste. It doesn’t necessarily make it taste better or worse, it just might not be what you’re used to.
Logically, why on earth would they make chocolate to a superior recipe just for the Irish market anyway? It doesn’t make any sense.
It’s not Willy Wonka’s Factory we are talking about. The ingredients are there on the back and the nutritional information indicates that the quantities are more or less the same as well as the ingredients being identical.

Three of my uncles worked in Cadburys in Coolock. Two met their wives there. I still have a few cousins and in laws working there.
Out of interest, I’ll ask them. They are going to think I’ve lost the plot but I’ll report back 😅

@BlackMilk No, different doesn’t mean better. That is why I said it was a matter of opinion. Maybe the milk has a higher fat content in one, I don’t know, I just said it was different, because it is.