Help me settle an argument re: Christmas chocolates

[Puppymonkeybaby1]

We're going to my parents for Christmas and splitting the food shop between us (4 people plus baby) I've been tasked with getting puddings and sweets.

I said, in passing, something about a tub of Quality Street and DH has kicked up a fuss because 'they're rank'. They're not, he just doesn't like them.

AIBU to say that the only true Christmas sweets are either Roses or Quality Street and these new kids on the block (Heroes & Celebrations) are just pretenders to the throne??

Umm, just to be pedantic Milka isn’t a ‘quality German brand’, it’s made by mondelez you know the people who fucked up cadburys

*previously kraft

Sorry I massively dislike all of them. I'd rather spend the money on a small box of Lindor.

Quality street, roses, heros and celebrations. All rank and I'd have them well hidden if we had any. So depressing to eat and inevitably you eat them.

Sainsbury’s do a nice own brand tin of sweets.

@SchadenfreudePersonified It was Felicity Loudon and she launched The Secret Chocolate Company Ltd but I don't think it's actively trading.

HuskyMcclusky
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I don't think they do tubs, but Kernow chocolate is delicious. It's hand made in Cornwall and they support ethical cocoa growing. Also their packaging is all recyclable, none of those nasty plastic packets that Roses seem to come in.

I don't know about Roses (except that they're all now identical which foxes the colour-blind) but Quality Street "plastic" wrappers are cornstarch and therefore edible which may be my party trick. Don't eat the foil.

I think they’ve all gone down hill
We buy matchmakers
Lindt
Maltesers
After eight
Thornton’s Viennese truffles
Hotel chocolat
I’m also very fond of marzipan and liquorice all sorts

"But ... but ... what do you eat on Christmas Eve and before?"

We don't. We aren't big chocolate eaters in our house anyway.

"You don't make people share their chocolate presents?!"

There are only three of us and we don't make each other share. We just tend to share our goodies anyway. I will buy OH some Stilton for example, but we will all have some. Obviously he gets first dibs and eats more than we do, but it isn't exclusively his.

At the tail end of Xmas (1980s) when there were only disgusting orange & strawberry creams left in the Roses tin, my sister and I used to sit on each other and force feed them into the other's mouth. Happy days...

Ferrero Rocher all the way for Christmas in our house ..but yes I agree you also need a box of QS. I also agree roses are not as nice anymore.

Wouldn't touch Quality Street or Roses, they're both crap, Imo. Heroes/Celebrations all the way.

It's not the same without a proper tin either. I'm not a fan of these new-fangled tubs.

If I want to indulge in sweets over Christmas I would far rather have Liquorice Allsorts and jelly babies.
My chocolate of choice would be the dark chocolate Belgian chocolate truffles from M and S.

Those praline shell shaped chocolates are my MIL's favourite.

@SchadenfreudePersonified

lovecocoa.com.

I think this may 2nd what you are looking for

*May be even

I remember Neopolitans and Biarritz.

Sorry but I would go NC if you brought Quality Street into my home.

@jaffalong, I noticed after Christmas last year the Hotel Chocolat sales are not as good as before. Much less available and small reductions. I am wondering if it is because they have now opened outlet shops and so shift surplus stock there?

@Marmite27, yes, and pretty sure Milka was a Swiss company originally. It tastes crap now. Aldi's chocolate better than milka. My favourite German chocolate you can rarely get in the UK also tastes bad now. Gutted.

Quality Street are made by Nestlé so are banned from our house.

We really like Lindt Dor, so usually have loads of those. Also Hotel Chocolate but they are very expensive. I do go past the HC factory shop at least once a week and sometimes buy from.there. They've got a good deal on Halloween themed chocolate at the moment!

I bought QS a couple of years ago and they were yuck. Sticking to Celebrations here.

And Ferrero Rocher.

I love those Anton Berg marzipan ones too.

Dancinghouse and anyone else who mourns the loss of Mingles (best chocolates ever!) - try the new mint Lindors. They definitely have a hint Mingles about them.