cadbury egg's!

[Pedal Wench]

Which pop stars? I can get flakes at world market in town. Do you have a Cost plus world market?

I worked for a year with the Bee Gees (way, WAY back when) and they would get a case a week - I had one every day we worked together, and we were working 6 days a week! (Oh to be young and have a fast metabolism!)

**running off to the nearest Cost Plus... I never thought they would have them!...*

[SnappyPix]

Since Cadbury in the US is made by Hersheys, is it different?

Cadbury's chocolate recipe does differ from country to country - the chocolate here in NZ is definitely different to back home in the UK. Not
quite as creamy.
I was at a dinner party a few weeks ago and one of the women there worked for Cadbury's (didn't get any free samples though, sadly!). I actually asked her if the recipes differed and she confirmed that they do - US, UK and Australasia chocolate each have a slightly different taste, to suit the different palates.
I remember quite a few years ago that there was a move by the European Union to make the UK rename their chocolate because it contained too much milk fats or not enough cocoa solids, or some such - they argued it was too sweet and creamy and not really chocolate at all.
I'm afraid that even if you pinned me down and tried to force feed Hershey's down me, I still couldn't eat it - it tastes so different to the chocolate I'm used to (and I'll save you the description of what it actually does taste like!)
Creme eggs are so sweet they give me toothache - as do Mars Bars!
The tastiest chocolate though is Galaxy. Galaxy caramel eggs leave Cadbury's creme eggs standing by the wayside.
I SO miss Galaxy ripples. Much creamier and yummier than Cadbury's flake.
OMG - I want chocolate and I want it NOW!!

[Lise]

Lindt makes this incredible combination: Dark chocolate, orange, and some kind of nut. I picked it up one day at an unlikely spot, and darned if I can remember where! Oh, wait, maybe it was that Osco over on Damen...all this talk has made me want to taste that again! It may be the perfect combo, although I really like that chocolate + chile taste!

[mellic]

The reason why cadbury chocolate is a different texture is because they vary the ingredients slightly so they don't melt as easily in the Aussie climate.

I am not a huge fan of the cadbury creme eggs. I love the chocolate with crunchie (honeycombe) in it. At easter they make these mini crunchie eggs and you suck the chocolate away until you have all these little bits of honeycomb left in your mouth - yummo!

One of my friends from the UK brought some galaxy chocolate when she was visiting and that is really nice. I really like a variety which they called pestels I think and they were just like these giant mm's.

[tattiefritter]

One of my friends from the UK brought some galaxy chocolate when she was visiting and that is really nice. I really like a variety which they called pestels I think and they were just like these giant mm's.

Mellic, Do you mean "Minstrels", big chocolate discs with a hard shell ("Melt in your mouth not in your hand").

I'm not a fan of Galaxy chocolate (was brought up to think cadburys was best - not really keen that now either) but I love Minstrels, our vending machine at work doesn't have them (just checked) so I can resist. It does have Flakes though but Flakes are best in ice-cream in a cone or 99s as they are called here. No idea why they are called 99s but they were the height of sophistication from the Ice Cream Van when I was a kid.

[Pedal Wench]

Mellic, Do you mean "Minstrels", big chocolate discs with a hard shell ("Melt in your mouth not in your hand").

I'm not a fan of Galaxy chocolate (was brought up to think cadburys was best - not really keen that now either) but I love Minstrels, our vending machine at work doesn't have them (just checked) so I can resist. It does have Flakes though but Flakes are best in ice-cream in a cone or 99s as they are called here. No idea why they are called 99s but they were the height of sophistication from the Ice Cream Van when I was a kid.

Ooh -- please expand this Flake in ice cream cone concept. Mixed into the ice cream? Sprinkled on top? Inside the cone? Do tell!

[tattiefritter]

Its basically just stuck in the ice cream, its generally not a full size flake, though I have used them before, you can get the gist from this link:

http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/.../ice_cream.htm.

The Flake 99 is on the left. Putting it in the ice cream made it less likely to melt (obviously) and also more brittle so it flaked easier, brilliant for getting chocolate all over your clothes. I used to use the flake as a spoon and prolong it for as long as possible.

The blurb below also tells why it is called a 99, you learn something every day!

I think McDonalds may have done a Flake McFlurry with the Flake broken into the Ice Cream, I know they have definitely done a Creme Egg McFlurry and a mini-egg McFlurry. McFlurry ice cream is not my favourite though.

[Blueberry]

They come from a Southern Season in Chapel Hill, NC. They do mail order off their website (www.southernseason.com), but I don't think they have everything on their website that they have in store. These are in a glass jar on their candy counter (which is a very dangerous place to visit...). You could call and ask if they would mail order these - their service is usually very good (I've send gifts, etc).

Carrie Anne