To say the traditional way to eat after 8's is not to put the wrappers back in the box

[Aaaahfuck]

My partner thinks it's 'traditional' (he was being a bit jokey) but seriously I don't want to come to the box thinking it's half full but there's only 3 blood after eights left! AIBU to think the wrappers go in the bin not in the box?

I put them in the box....

Bin

I never remove them in the first place.

Ahhhhh!!!

Buy a second box and hide them!!

I'm currently eating them watching game of thrones. I've emptied the wrappers onto the sofa.

They're After Eight mints, you're far too early to eat them today!

@Alice you eat the wrappers??

I'm with Alice, you take the chocolate out and leave the wrapper behind. The wrapper never leaves the box.

It's after 8am!

XmasHolly - it's after 8 in the morning. The box doesn't stipulate which 8 o'clock - so I would carry on eating them OP! 🤣

wrapper stays in box, remove after eights one by one. never share a box with anyone then it isn't a problem.

Always take the wrapper out! Unlike my partner and daughter who like to con me into thinking the box is full 🙄

After Eights are the exception to the ‘never leave empty wrappers in the box’ rule. The wrapper stays in the box.

I don't take the wrapper out because otherwise they fall over when the box is half empty, but I also hate the disappointment when you think there are loads left but on closer inspection, some greedy pig has eaten them all.

The correct way is to remove the sleeve - with choc inside (without touching any of the chocs in the box) eat choc and discard sleeve

Wrapper stays in the box!

Wrapper stays in the box! An experienced consumer can tell how many are left by the weight of the box

Wrapper stays in box, to do otherwise is uncouth 🎅!

I put the wrappers in the bin. Too disappointing if you find there are none left!

We once had a box of factory seconds After 8s - no wrappers at all and the mint's had got so squidgy you could basically just scoop out minty chocolatey goo with yoyr fingers a spoon.

Apparently when they are made, the mint centres are hard like Kendal mint cake and they spray the chocolate on. They are then stored for a while. The centres contain an enzyme which gradually breaks down and softens the centres to a fondant consistency. Hence the box of factory seconds - either too much enzyme or been stored too long maybe.

I’m on the fence. I know what you mean about thinking the box is full when it’s not, but if you put the empty sleeves in the box it keeps the remaining ones upright...

I don't care what kind of sweet of biscuit it is, I cannot bear people putting empty wrappers back into boxes. But I have 'issues' with rubbish and such. I've never known there to be a tradition. But I think I remember my father putting the after eight wrappers back in the box.

Another vote for not taking them out in the first place.

This is the first year that I can remember that no-one has bought me a box of after 8s.

Box. Otherwise, you end up with a sitting room covered in wrappers (or around the fireplace after people screw up the wrapper, aim for the fire and miss)

All these people know how to behave themselves properly - sleeves come out when you pick your choc out of the box!!!!!!!!!