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Brown French Fancies are the worst...

143 replies

UniBallEye · 17/09/2021 12:57

And yellow are the best!

I've just opened a box here and there are 3 brown - they always get left to last.

My personal favourite is the yellow.

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621CustardCream438 · 17/09/2021 12:59

Totally agree. I love Easter when they do boxes of just the lemon ones!

FreddyMercurysCat · 17/09/2021 12:59

Agree with you that the brown ones are the worst.

Pink are the best though

UniBallEye · 17/09/2021 13:00

DD thinks pink are the best, I eat all the yellow ones and we leave poor old DH with the brown ones!

I must look out for the Easter boxes of all lemon ones, that sounds great.

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ArblemarchTFruitbat · 17/09/2021 13:01

Agree totally. Yellow, pink, brown.

A while ago they were doing boxes of a single colour but haven't seen those for ages.

Also, the correct way to eat them is from the bottom up so you are left with a yummy square of icing and synthetic cream.

RhodaDendron · 17/09/2021 13:02

No no no! Yellow are third place. Pink brown yellow all the way.

NellyTimes · 17/09/2021 13:02

The white frosted fancies that come out at Christmas are the actual best though.

Etinox · 17/09/2021 13:02

Yellow are the best. Anything chocolatey that’s not a bar of chocolate is a disappointment tbh. Citation: liquorice allsorts

WoozySnoozy · 17/09/2021 13:03

@NellyTimes

The white frosted fancies that come out at Christmas are the actual best though.
Oh yes these win hands down
CalamityGladys · 17/09/2021 13:03

It’s Halloween soon- they do bright orange ones

ditalini · 17/09/2021 13:03

No! Yellow tastes the way lemon washing up liquid smells.

Pink then brown then yellow.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 17/09/2021 13:04

Nope, the pink ones are definitely the worst.

Yellow, brown, leave the pink ones for someone else.

The worst ever are the orange ones that will surely be out soon for Halloween.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 17/09/2021 13:05

I got the frosty fancies in Tesco yesterday. They are amazing!

SirenSays · 17/09/2021 13:05

Yellow are definitely the best ones! It's always the brown ones left in the box here.

Ginghamize · 17/09/2021 13:05

YA all being VvV U
Yellow
Brown
Pink

Also did anyone else use to call them Fondant Fancies ? we did as children but I only just realised they weren't actually called that.

TakeYourFinalPosition · 17/09/2021 13:05

Nah, the official order is white, pink, yellow, brown.

Thankfully DH likes brown the best, so he has those, I have the pink; and we share the yellows.

Thestreets · 17/09/2021 13:05

@RhodaDendron

No no no! Yellow are third place. Pink brown yellow all the way.
Agreed!
Tibtab · 17/09/2021 13:06

Not a fan of the yellow! I like pink best.

NutellaEllaElla · 17/09/2021 13:07

YABINCREDIBLYU

Brown is the best.

We could still be friends as I can eat all the brown ones. However maybe we can't be friends 'cos i'll still eat them all. Sorry bout that.

UniBallEye · 17/09/2021 13:07

I've never seen white ones. Disclaimer - I rarely actually have Mr Kipling ones but usually end up with Aldi or M&S as I shop there mostly. Now I feel I am missing out on lots of exciting French Fancy excitement.

@Etinox I also LOVE liquorice allsorts but again the brown ones are the worst!

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Pinkbonbon · 17/09/2021 13:08

Ooh that's a good point - the orange ones with drizzled chocolate at Halloween are my fave too.

But yeah the chocolate ones last definately.

nanbread · 17/09/2021 13:08

I like yellow and pink equally.

Don't like the white ones at all though. Controversial!

NutellaEllaElla · 17/09/2021 13:08

@Ginghamize

YA all being VvV U Yellow Brown Pink

Also did anyone else use to call them Fondant Fancies ? we did as children but I only just realised they weren't actually called that.

Only the Kipling one's are called French fancies no? Own brand are fondant fancies? Fondant fancies is the generic name.
znaika · 17/09/2021 13:08

Yellow are the best! Brown everything are the worst. Chocolate icecream = shit. Chocolate cake = average, every other cake (excluding vegan) = loads better
Chocolate on it's own or in a Mexican mole is good. Every other time it's the worst option. This is Zaika's law.

PrincessMaryaBolkonskaya · 17/09/2021 13:12

Orange then yellow then pink then brown.

I will seek to remedy the fact that I haven’t tried the white ones ASAP.

Has anyone seen fiendish fancies (orange) yet? I’m desperate Sad

BelieveInRainbows · 17/09/2021 13:17

White Christmas ones are the best! Then it's pink, yellow, brown. I'd put the orange halloween ones just above the brown ones.

Asda do chocolate and orange fancies, it's a mr kipling signature collection I think. They are yummy!