How disgusting are Aussie sweets?
 

I'm quite partial to a Cherry Ripe myself, but saw this article in today's Telegraph suggesting that most sweets in OZ are barely disgestible.

Anyone got any fav aussie sweets - or are they really that bad??? :D

Aussie oddballs

Other countries' sweets are never quite as good as your own. But ex-pats or those who want to know how teeth-rottingly good British sweets are (we lead Europe in consumption), should go to the retro-sounding www.cybercandy.co.uk, which specialises in American and Australian sweets. Australian sweets really are a breed to themselves.

What to make of Pascall Clinkers, Pollywaffle (described by one reviewer as "perhaps the least edible form of food to be found anywhere, ever. It is an affront to humanity. I would rather eat chocolate-coated glass") and Caramello Koala ("cute little marsupial made of chocolate and filled with creamy caramel. You'll have to unwrap one to discover how anatomically correct it is." Probably not as risqué as it sounds.)


Phil

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hehehehehe Well, I discovered my local corner shop has "Golden Crumbles" which are Violet Crumbles in UK packaging and even made in Australia, so definitely the real thing. I was chuffed to bits and bought 5!!! My (English) husband reckons that Aussie chocolate tastes like Dog Chocolate but he is wrong! ;)

I miss:

Chicos (chocolate jelly babies)
Spearmint Sticks
Snakes Alive
Chocitos
Jaffas
Fantails
And most of all, Violet Crumble.

Michelle

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I think squirms are very yummy. Chocolate wise I rate Dove triple chocolate very highly.

Katie

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The Golden Crumble that Superdrug sells is a Violet Crumble in disguise.

Bananas, Life Savers, Fruit Tingles, Minties, Kool Mints, Bellis apricot fruit bites, Black Jelly Beans, Musk Sticks, Licorice blocks, ................. etc

Morrison's sell Darrel Lea soft eating licorice which is one thing I really miss. They also sell genuine Anzac Biscuits, most supermarkets do Vegemite now and Tesco sell Arnott's Tim Tams as has been well documented. I don't think the fare on offer is too bad but I was brought up on them!

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Alas, Australia is going the same way as the UK. Nestle took over Rowntree's of York (to get the Kit Kat, Polo Mint etc) and they have taken over some of Aussie's best such as Hoadley's, Allen's, MacRobertson's etc.

You end up with most of the brands in bothcountries being owned by Nestle, Masterfoods (Mars, Dove, Galaxy etc) and Cadbury Schweppes. Campbell's took over Arnotts and now all the biscuits have been reduced in size and all the sweets everyone has named above are not as good as when I was young. The globalisation of the sweets market!

OzTennis :)

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I love Cherry Ripe too - but did you know that if you eat the kingsize one you would be seen to be over the limit if breathalysed :eek: :D

Starbursts are basically the same as UK ones, but has a cherry one too.

Dove chocolate equates to Galaxy.

As to others - there are nice ones, and crap ones - like anywhere..


What confused me (doesn't take much) is that sweets are called lollies here, as are lollies...........

Cas

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Very true,
the stuff here is not the same as years back, Milky way tastes totally different the stuff inside walnut whips is different and my favs are gone completely (Texan bars, Amazing rasin, bars)

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http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/acatalog/96.jpg

Lurve the Violet Crumbles!!

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I'm going to have to try violet crumble. Is it like a crunchie bar?

Katie

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Ooh, thanks for that pic! I am pregnant so I think it's entirely acceptable to go to the local shop and buy in some more supplies, don't you? :p

Michelle

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My Husband reckons it's like a turd covered in dog chocolate :cool: but I think it more like "old fashioned" homemade honeycombe covered in chocolate. Similar to a Crunchie but not as "fizzy" if that makes sense?

Michelle

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Hi Michelle

I'm pregnant too and having loads of choccie cravings so yep I agree with you. I will do the same tommorrow. I love honeycomb, esp the old fashioned kind. I also want to try cherry ripe too.

Katie

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They were selling Violet Crumbles in our local Morrisons last week!

I really miss Rocky Road! YUM

Claire
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I normally have a big bag of Jaffas in my desk, and eat away while i'm at the computer :D

Australian sweets aren't as bad as that quote made out. But then again I have been here a while, and tastes do change :D
But, I've always loved the Cherry Ripes :)

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Anyone ever noticed that Caramello Koalas are always the first to be sold out when the kids do the fund-raising thingo ????

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Nope, it's the King size freddos :D

Or wait, is that just me eating them all? :p

According to the ingredient list, the chocolate shouldn't taste all that different, apart from the fact that Aussie chocolate contains more cocoa and more milk and no vegetable oil lol. Although I heard somewhere that it has more hazelnut flavours in it.

British Cadbury Dairy Milk:
Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Vegetable Fat, Emulsifiers (E442, E476) Flavourings. May contain traces of nut, wheat & soya. Cocoa Solids 20%, Milk Solids 20%

Australian Cadbury Dairy Milk:
Full Cream Milk, Sugar, Milk Solids, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, 476), Flavours. May contain traces of nuts. Cocoa Solids 26%, Milk Solids 27%

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I had M&M's at the weekend. They definately didn't taste as nice as in the UK. But then it may just be a matter of taste, what you are used to.

Katie

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Don't think anybody got the play on words at the end......but you sound like you kow your lollies :D

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didn't really find the chocolate that much different but the jelly sweets are truly disgusting. mind you not such a bad thing, my kids hardly ate any of them whilst we ere there:)

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I just tried one of the Cadburys Boost bars which have recently been launched over here. (been available in the UK for probably 15 yrs)
This used to be my favourite in the UK (so if I go past a british sweety shop I tend to buy one even though there about $3.50 a bar :scared: )
so them finally coming to OZ was a pretty exciting time :rolleyes:

I can honestly say having just tried one it is the only chocolate bar I have ever had to spit out and throw away, it was disgusting ( I should of realised given a plain bar of Cadburys is pretty rank over here...)
What a let down, I cant see the logic in releasing a product to a market, branding it identically to one that has sold for years elsewhere and completely changing the way it tastes :confused:
Surerly they either decide to sell them into the OZ market for one of two reasons:
a) Because of demand from people who have eaten it in the UK (I dont know of it being sold elsewhere in the world)
b) Because of its popularity and success elsewhere

Either way surerly it needs to taste the same ???

Rant over :eek:
There must of been to many E numbers in it :D

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Maybe not enough E Numbers, they often contain the flavouring :D


Seriously though, it may be too much Cocoa in it. I tried the 85% cocoa chocolate recently, and must admit that it didn't agree with my taste buds !!

But I think they need more here to stop it melting to fast.

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Thats odd. I've found that M&Ms to be one of the few "lollies" that taste the same as UK

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Actually, I have just had a phone call from Cadburys to explain it !

I emailed them to ask why it would be so different, and got a phone reply back within 20 minutes !! Whatever the chocolate is like, Customer Service is FAST.

It comes down to many things, one of which is the grass that the cows eat, which in turn provides the milk.

The recipe used is also different, to accommodate the results of tests done in the Australian market, to ensure that the final taste is suitable to the majority here.

So... the bottom line is that Australian and British taste buds are different.


Now... I wonder if they will give me a free tour around the Cadbury factory :D

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Strange, maybe it is just down to taste then.

Katie

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I reckon you should ask them for some free samples to get you used to the taste of Aussie chocolate.

Katie

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Now there is a thought. A free welcome pack from Cadbury's for every new arrival from the UK :D I'll work on it :D

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Or we could send them some samples of the UK stuff so they can see how much nicer it could taste :D

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I dont know if anyones realised this, Myer sell real swiss chocolate, about 3 different kinds including lindt and some belgian stuff for about the same as a aussie choccie bar.

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I didn't know that. Lindt is grogeous. Thanks I will look out for it when I am next in Myers. :D

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I'm not a new new arrival, although a few years ago I was a new arrival. Can you get it backdated as well ??? :D purlease ;)

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I went to Coles to get a few bits of shopping, I went to the lollies aisle and to my disappointment found they had sold out of violets crumble. It is on special this week. Over a dollar off, so grab it while you can.

Katie

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I do like Violet Crumble Bars. I miss them when I'm not in Australia.

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When in Tasmania a tour of the Cadbury's factory at Claremont near Hobart is a must.

Swiss, Belgian, French etc chocolate manufacturers tried to get a ruling from the EU that British chocolate should not be given the title chocolate because the cocoa levels are too low and the milk and non milk fat levels are too high or something like that. They lost their case and it can still be called chocolate in the UK.

I find Cadbury's in both countries pretty insipid (but still edible!) compared to Lindt, Milka, Ritter, Toblerone, Nestle etc but each to their own.

OzTennis :)

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It must come down to individual taste. We Aussies love our Cadbury! :D

Must say I'm looking forward to trying British Cadbury when I go to England at the end of the year, though :)

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You will have to let us know what you think. I have heard that some Aussies don't like the UK version :D

I was brought up on a lot of Swiss chocolate, as my dad worked in Switzerland :)

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Heehee, I fully intend to make a side trip to the Birmingham factory. For, er, research purposes, of course :D . Nothing at all to do with my unholy addiction to chocolate ;)

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Once upon a time .......... in Australia and the UK there was a famous product called a 1/4 lb block of Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate which had a 'glass and a half' of fresh creamy dairy milk.

Now..... it's metric equivalent is smaller and they have dropped their famous slogan because it doesn't have the glass and half anymore! Enjoy it nevertheless - 'because you are worth it' to pinch another slogan.

It's interesting from a marketing viewpoint (well I think so anyway :D ) how chocolate ads target woman and appeal to motives of self-indulgence.

'Why have cotton when you can have silk' is the subtle Masterfoods plea to eat Galaxy/Dove rather than the 'cottony' Cadbury opposition.

'And all because the lady loves Milk Tray' (after the James Bond exploits to get the choccies to the lady).

Do you remember when you had to love someone enough to give them your last Rolo? Well now the ad has changed, it's 'sod them' you have the last one, they're that good - a sign of the times I guess (me, me, me)

OzTennis :)

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I love Nestles mint slice - delicious

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I love all the milo products over here, especially the milo bars.

Haven't really found any sweets or chocolates that we don't like yet, maybe that's because I have such a sweet tooth and will eat anything!

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I emailed them to with my Boost episode :D
Opened the mail this morning to find a letter from pretty much saying the same as you were told about different taste buds etc.
They were extremely apologetic about my dislike for the bar and enclosed a $5 Coles voucher :D
So im off to Coles to buy $5 worth of Nestle ;)