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Tony’s chocolonely egg is not an egg

173 replies

GHSP · 31/03/2024 13:00

Aibu to feel ripped off. Square box makes you think you have a normal egg. Actually you have a flat egg. An ellipse. A squished egg. All the pictures are face on so you don’t get to see the profile from the side, which would show it’s not a proper egg.

Kids asked why they didn’t get proper eggs.

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Ratfan24 · 31/03/2024 20:52

I noticed the Thornton egg was rather small and flat compared to the packaging, it also made a big deal of having 8 chocolates with it. Shrinkflation.

SauronsArsehole · 31/03/2024 20:56

I once opened an egg and it it looked like the eye of Sauron only more arsehole-y and that’s how my user named was formed.

honesteasterbunny · 31/03/2024 21:00

It’s nothing to do with palm oil why Tony’s is more ethical. All the big brands don’t have traceability of where their cocoa comes from - they’ll claim they do but they don’t really, it’s a spin of certain data, and all the big ones have a huge reliance on child labour, because their purchasing practices don’t enable families to earn a living income. Tony pays a premium on top of the Fairtrade premium to enable a living income and tackle child labour more effectively. though any slightly bigger cocoa company will pretty much always have some child labour.

lots of info here for comparing companies:

https://www.unseenuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Chocolate-Scorecard-2023.pdf

https://www.unseenuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Chocolate-Scorecard-2023.pdf

DdraigGoch · 31/03/2024 21:51

HoneyButterPopcorn · 31/03/2024 20:52

They had an empty window with a preachy comment inside.

You’d already bought the ‘good guys’ chocolate and probably read the back. You don’t need your little kids opening up a window to a lecture over breakfast.

I thing they did out two chocolates in a subsequent window though.

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Oh, that.

I think that the double-filled window was the previous one, which probably said something about whether to eat both in one go or save one for later. I forget.

Londonrach1 · 31/03/2024 21:54

HelloMiss · 31/03/2024 13:06

I've never tried this chocolate! Is it any good?

Not nice. We binned the rest of the box. Was a gift to dd and no one liked it.

Ratfan24 · 31/03/2024 22:08

SauronsArsehole · 31/03/2024 20:56

I once opened an egg and it it looked like the eye of Sauron only more arsehole-y and that’s how my user named was formed.

Just don't put your finger in it!

PoochiesPinkEars · 31/03/2024 22:08

Montezuma's and chococo have gone down an absolute storm in our house this year. Also no palm oil.
Also, taste much better than Tony's (which I find pretty tasteless personally, tastes of sugar and fat but not cocoa).

So deffo recommend for next year.

Namedilemma6 · 31/03/2024 22:12

Pigeonqueen · 31/03/2024 13:07

I was very underwhelmed with it. Tastes like 1980s Yorkie.

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Exactly this. I quite like the orange one with salted caramel but I recently bought a new one that supposedly had some kind of paste. Hazelnut I think. So I was so excited about a praline taste and texture. Well, let’s just say the factory apparently didn’t add it to my bar which was tooth-crackingly rock hard as usual with the odd fleck of something other than chocolate. I really think the brand is overrated. The messaging is obviously great but I also find it irritating I can’t break it into a neat strip, esp when calorie counting. (I know it’s designed like this to represent inequality.)

Can you tell I’m hormonal?

FluffyFanny · 31/03/2024 22:12

LividAA · 31/03/2024 13:11

I’m sick of Toneys.

Have all the ethics you like, but when your chocolate is crazy-paved, you can’t break it into bits and it spoils the experience.

I have recently thrown some away because I just couldn’t be arsed with it, and that’s unheard of.

Yes! I agree! I don't buy the bars for this reason- I want even squares in straight lines!

CornflakeGirl18 · 31/03/2024 22:23

I bought one for DP so after reading this I got him to open it just to see what it was like! I'm more disappointed by what seems to be excessive packaging for a flattened egg.

Newsenmum · 31/03/2024 22:25

MrsWombat · 31/03/2024 20:49

My 9-year-old loves Toney's chocolates. I think he's been radicalised watching a few YouTube videos or adverts about illegal child labour. He's definitely been learning about palm oil and orangutans in school.

I'm glad I got him the bag of small eggs along with a normal cadburys one, rather than the large Toney's egg he really wanted. He relented when I pointed out the large price difference in the price per 100g on the SEL.

Because more ethical stuff more. Cheap is cheap for a reason.

Onelovelyone · 31/03/2024 22:28

It’s really nice chocolate and the ethics behind the brand are great too. My favourite is the milk chocolate - try it!

Derbyshiresoloparentwingingit · 31/03/2024 22:32

I absolutely love Tony's chocolate and am fussy about food in general! I much prefer it to the too sweet Cadburys and too sickly lindt for example. I tend to buy it when on special offer and hide it from my kids :D

MammaTill2Pojkar · 31/03/2024 22:33

Looks fine to me, it's still egg shaped and hollow 💁

mangobananasmooothie · 31/03/2024 22:39

Dd asked for one of these, such a rip off - huge box and the egg is really small and flat plus a few tiny eggs at the bottom. I was disappointed but she loves the story behind it - ethical chocolate and all that so can't fault that.

ToxicChristmas · 31/03/2024 22:43

TheIceQween · 31/03/2024 13:21

Ooops…

I got those and was SO disappointed! Thought they tasted awful and binned half of them.

PontiacFirebird · 31/03/2024 22:55

Montezuma's and chococo have gone down an absolute storm in our house this year. Also no palm oil.
yy I love Montezuma chocolate it’s my favourite.
Tonys is toooo sweet.

sociallydistained · 31/03/2024 23:04

I bought it for myself and enjoyed it all!

NoisySnail · 31/03/2024 23:07

PontiacFirebird · 31/03/2024 22:55

Montezuma's and chococo have gone down an absolute storm in our house this year. Also no palm oil.
yy I love Montezuma chocolate it’s my favourite.
Tonys is toooo sweet.

ALDI has no palm oil

rhianfitz · 01/04/2024 00:02

I really love their chocolate especially the one with bits of caramel

QueenOfHiraeth · 01/04/2024 00:05

HelloMiss · 31/03/2024 13:06

I've never tried this chocolate! Is it any good?

No, it tastes like cooking chocolate

Mrssheepskin · 01/04/2024 07:15

I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce the name of it and what it means!?

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 01/04/2024 07:26

Seems fine it's hollow innit

WittiestUsernameEver · 01/04/2024 08:24

Mrssheepskin · 01/04/2024 07:15

I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce the name of it and what it means!?

Choco... lonely

Because they 'lonely' in the market by being very ethical.

PoochiesPinkEars · 01/04/2024 08:24

I wonder why they called it chocolony (sp?), it conjures up images of someone all sad and lonely crying into their chocolate for me. 🤣

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