To tell you about Galaxy Ripples

[HildaZelda]

Grrr! Galaxy Ripples seemed to be one of few remaining chocolate bars that hadn't changed and been ruined. Until today. I bought one to have with a cuppa at lunchtime and what's happened? It's turned into some sort of disgusting waxy shit. It was like cheap cooking chocolate. I actually threw half of it in the bin. Obviously the palm oil has 'got it'.

RIP Galaxy Ripple

I can’t suggest a palm oil free chocolate, but I can suggest the ultimate chocolate crispie cake recipe (no chocolate required):

4 oz butter
4 oz icing sugar
4 tbsp golden syrup
6 tbsp cocoa
6 oz rice crispies/cornflakes

Melt butter. Add golden syrup. Sift in cocoa and icing sugar. Wait til all melted and melded together. Boil a teeny bit if you want it sticky. Add cornflakes, mix, decant.

@SneakyGremlins I'm with you there!
Milka remains unchanged and just as delicious!

Milka will be next unfortunately as they're owned by Mondelez.

Oh. I thought I was imagining this!

Ritter chocolate is palm oil free, I think, and so is Lidl fruit and nut (others there may be too, but that’s what DH hoovers up). I try and avoid palm oil, much to DDs disgust as it means no nutella, many biscuits and chocolate and even cheese savouries! It’s bloody everywhere. On the plus side our local Iceland does label things as palm oil free which makes it easier to avoid.

Yep - I recently had the heart-sinking experience of the waxy-palm-oil-laden Ripple. It was so claggy I could barely swallow. Gutted.

There really isn't much left in old-school chocolate world that isn't ruined now that Cadbury and Galaxy are fucked. And I don't always want a flipping Green and Blacks or Lindt whatever, even though they are still - thank the lord - unscathed.

I have started eyeing up the Hazelnut Ritter Sport as an option, or possibly the LIndor Hazelnut/Caramel thingy with three 'mounds'.

But failing all else - Tunnocks Tea Cakes are marvellously just as incredible as they always were -although I have never got the Tunnocks Caramel wafer madness as they literally chew like they are stale-

Galaxy chocolate has been horrible for years hasn't it?

What? I just ordered ripples in my supermarket shop

It's a bit expensive and I've only found it in Ikea (or Germany!) but it tastes very similar to the old Cadburys www.scandikitchen.co.uk/product/marabou-mjolkchoklad-200g/?gclid=CjwKCAjw7cDaBRBtEiwAsxprXSgbNTse6HYLWAx6evqVjb6uUGNlWH4WV88O6RblV8WwzxJy7aHaLBoCT24QAvD_BwE

Aldi chocolate is nice - especially Moser Roth.
The Ritter coconut bar is amazing.

I've never had a Tunnock's teacake.

Not the teacakes, the wafers. Much nicer.

Waitrose was nice but something has changed recently, it is like the Green & Black crap, although no mention of palm oil, just a slimy feel in the mouth and not as chocolatey. Last one I bought is waiting to go back to the shop, it is revolting.

I used to get the Lidl chocolate but it got very sweet for some reason so that is off my list.

Lindt contains palm oil now.

Divine chocolate doesn't have palm oil if anyone is interested although it isn't divine but is edible.

Ritter Sport macadamia is nice, and the rum raisin one. Expensive though.

Someone pleeeeeease start a petition! I'm far too shy

Divine used to be my go-to bar but they’ve changed the milk chocolate one to 55% cocoa so it tastes less sweet. Very disappointing.

Im glad milka is ok. That will keep my Turksh corner shop in business.

It’s weird how angry it makes me that these foreign companies bought our beloved chocolate and ruined it. Shame on Cadbury’s for selling out.

oh no not another one

theyre just ruining it all

It’s weird, as I’m a massive chocolate addict (not joking!) and I can’t tell the difference between “old style” and new.

Probably because I eat it so fast I can’t taste it

Where is Moser Roth chocolate from? I think it's either Aldi or Lidl. We had some at Christmas 2016 and that was nice (the milk chocolate).

They have started putting palm oil in chocolate now? I thought palm oil in general was frowned upon because of deforestation and wiping out orangutans and what not?

It’s hapoened to Cadbury’s buttons too. Bought a bag last week and I swear they tasted liked they’d been dipped in coconut oil. Disgusting! First time I’ve ever thrown chocolate away!

Don’t they understand that people would pay more for nice chocolate. They are cheapening it and ruining it. The ripple was one of the last ones that were edible.

I swear to God, I threw away Easter Eggs this year. THREW THEM OUT in a bin. They weren’t even good enough for rice crispy buns. For fuck sake somebody do something.

I just opened a Terrys choc orange..... someone gave it to me, haven’t had one for years... they’re like slices of wax! Vile