To say some chocolates are distinctively middle class?

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MIL asked us if we thought our ferrero rocher tower was "aspirational" and said she knows ferrero rochers to be the aspirational chocolates of the working class.

This baffled me. My family has always sort of transcended class - my mum was upper middle, my day was very working class. But he was a doctor and she a nurse. We were probably lower middle growing up if I had to put a tag on it, but our mixed extended family meant that we weren't aware of what was "posh" or MC / WC. We certainly wouldn't have known which chocs has the markings of which class.

Therefore MNers - lightheartedly - tell me which chocolates you view as typically middle class? We discussed it as a family and we couldn't come up with a single one!

Guylians

The seashell ones

Leonidas & Prestat are middle class chocolates. Cadbury’s & Nestle are distinctly lower class. Ferrero Rocher are wannabe chocolates for lower middle-class people who imagine themselves of greater social standing than they are.

Aside from all the bullshit middle class chocolate convo how was your mum upper middle class if she was a nurse? Do try harder

Lindt or Green & Black I guess.

Quality Street are lower class too. Alongside the likes of walnut whips

Gulyiian is disgusting, super sweet, cheap chocolate these days.

A tub of Quality St or Roses at Christmas is working class. Tub sod anything really. It’s the huge quantity that’s vulgar darlings.

*Tubs of

Chocolates are all enjoyable to whomsoever likes the taste.

Shuffles off to find the Roses and Lindt ball thingies which are for scoffing round the TV.

Neuhaus and Fortnums are for enjoying with smart acquaintances and people who are bovvered. The yummy unctiousness of Cadburys et al are for one's quiet and intimate moments either alone or with one's closest friends who would never give a flying fuck and would tuck in with glee and genuine pleasure.

I was pleased to get some Lily O'Briens once but didnt like them at all. Sticking to MC Thorntons now and anything else not silly prices. They have mucked up Matchmakers so will never buy them again.

@CaveWoman1 there is nothing classier or more likely to guarantee upward social mobility for a woman than nibbling off the walnut and gently emptying the cavity of filling. That is the correct way to ensure enjoyment of a walnut whip.

Terry’s chocolate orange has been devastated. DD got one at Christmas and I was horrified. It’s all been hollowed out in the guise of segment design but it’s half the chocolate weight, I’m sure. Used to be glossy and solid. Those were the days.

No not BU.

Tony's is repellent and greasy as are many of the mid range brands. g and b are now owned by Mars and taste disgusting. Guylain was always ghastly sweet along with other now widely available Belgian type offerings eg Valrhona.

I do like Lindt,esp their dark choc and hazelnut and chocolate one.

Hotel Choc over rated and massively overpriced but nicely packaged and not over sweet . The new Thorntons.
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Fortnum & Mason….good chocolate.

Personally I'd say Thorntons selection boxes are the chocolate of choice for the sophisticated posh confectionery cognoscenti such as myself.
They go great with a bottle of blue WKD and a rollie too.

My terribly posh friend kindly got these in for coffee after lunch when we went round on Boxing day Very U Chocolates

Homemade chocolate truffles - shop bought at a push.

Aside from all the bullshit middle class chocolate convo how was your mum upper middle class if she was a nurse? Do try harder

Ever watched 'Call the Midwife'? See also Florence Nightingale.

Ferrero rocher fall into the same category as vienetta. Was posh in the 80s and a luxury treat. Not so much now. They are nice though and sadly missed by my gluten free self.

Charbonel

@SoftSheen lots of upper middle class girls in the 50s/60s/70s went into nursing. Many of them were clever enough to have gone into medicine. Times have changed and nursing has suffered irreparably since the nice, clever girls went into medicine.

Laderach Swiss chocolate is delicious and I think posh. I could be wrong though!!

@Lessofallthisunpleasantness

Apparently Ferrero Rocher saved Nutella...... Is this true or an urban myth?

I love that you have a Ferraro Rocher tower!

This is true they also bought foxes biscuits, a family member works for them and they get loads of treats from all the brands they own including Kinder at Christmas/ Easter

@Benjispruce5

Terry’s chocolate orange has been devastated. DD got one at Christmas and I was horrified. It’s all been hollowed out in the guise of segment design but it’s half the chocolate weight, I’m sure. Used to be glossy and solid. Those were the days.

I noticed that! Really mean, skinny little segments, Shame on you, Terry's.

The only advantage being the chocolate orange isn't deadly to dogs.

Son bought me some 90% bitter dark chocolate, and that was almost like a drug.. had to keep it well out of reach of dog.