Not-orangey chocolate orange - has anyone tried one?

[PickupperPenguin]

Terry’s have brought out a non-orange chocolate orange and I’ve been given one at work. The proper ones are my favourite, and this one is… OK. Upon googling (slow evening 😄), I’ve learned that it’s also smaller AND more expensive than ordinary actually-orangey chocolate oranges.

AIBU to wonder why you’d buy a smaller, more expensive version of a chocolate orange that isn’t even orange flavoured? What were Terry’s thinking? Where did they do their market research and who TF decided that what chocolate oranges needed was less orange?

I will still eat it in its entirety, because chocolate 🤷‍♀️ but really?

Also, I’m sure in the early 2000s they did a white chocolate version with multi-coloured crunchy sugar in it - wish they’d bring those back instead!

I saw this and thought, what the fuck?! It’s just a chocolate ball 😩

I don’t know if they still do them but I used to like the boxes of chocolate orange slices in different flavours - popping candy and honeycomb were the best.

They've brought them out in the flavours in the selection bag. DD hates orange chocolate so was thrilled with the milk chocolate one I found for her.
I like the toffee crunch ones

The original chocolate orange was a chocolate apple which was not apple flavoured. Or orange.

They were doing a freebie TCO the other week on the website, first 1000 people to apply or whatever.

There was a choice between original which I like, mint which is horrid, and this new one. I did a quick Google before choosing which one I wanted and the reviews for the Milk one weren't great. I ordered the program. Let's see if it actually arrives.

I would not mind a giant original TCO though, like if they started making them in different sizes like Toblerones do giant ones for Xmas .

I would LOVE a giant original TCO! (Also appreciate the abbreviation 😄)

As someone who is allergic to orange so can't have chocolate orange, I'm glad Terry's have brought out new ones. I've not tried the milk chocolate one yet but I love the mint one 😀

Ah I hadn’t thought of allergies at all, apologies! Glad you can enjoy a TCO now 😊

It's an easy oversight 😀 It's like Jaffa cakes, the orange ones will always be the best but at least I can have the cherry ones.

Thanks for the heads up, OP. I was thinking of getting one but won’t bother now x

I can’t stand chocolate orange so was hoping the mint one would be good. No idea if it is.

The mint one is great, tastier imo than the orange version.

I like the mint one, better than the orange in my opinion. I've not tried the plain milk.

The milk one is vile!

I haven't tried the plain, but the mint is extremely minty! One per year is enough and I love chocolate and mint together.

I used to love the Terry's Chocolate Lemon. I wish they'd bring that one back!

I loved the white one. It was my absolute favourite.

I wish they'd do a white chocolate mint one though.

We liked the blue TCO here; have bought more than one! DD's favourite is the popping candy one, I like the mint one although DH says it's too minty so he prefers the original.

There’s lots of non orange chocolate they can have 😂

The mint one is incredible!

DS has one for his stocking, he loves getting the choc orange with the knitted cover every year, but doesn’t like the chocolate orange. He will actually eat it this year much to his siblings’ disappointment.

I hate orange chocolate (except, weirdly, I love Jaffa cakes) but love chocolate in the shape of things, so have always envied TCO eaters.

The mint one sounded good but was disappointing, I fear the milk one would also be rubbish as the base chocolate just isn’t very nice.

I am VERY excited about the non orange, orange as I hate flavored chocolate (mint and popping candy as well ) and every year I miss out as my MIL always knits really cool Christmas covers for them, there's no point in making me one (she always makes a little bag with coins in or something but it's not the same), this year I'm getting one for the first time!!! Woo hoo!!

The mint one is definitely the best 😊

The milk just seems a bit pointless. Generic chocolate. So I haven't actually got round to trying it!

My DS doesn't like orange flavoured chocolate so he is getting one of these in his stocking. Can't have a stocking without a chocolate orange in! I'm struggling to find a white chocolate one for DH though - have got a milk for one child, dark for me, non-orange for other child but need the white for DH!