Archive for November, 2006

Retromercial: 1969 Cadbury Flake Ad

This commercial may be nearly 40 years old, but it still make me hungry…

Oh.. and the “How Many Sexual Innuendos Can You Spot?” game is fun too.

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Posted by Dom on 30 Nov 2006 at 11:11 PM in Misc | Comments (2)

Cadbury Highlights

“Smooth milk chocolate with no added sugar”
Yes, you read that right. This is chocolate with no added sugar…
“Excessive consumption may produce laxative effect”
Er….Ok. So what does it contain?

A quick glance at the ingredients on the wrapper reveals the number one ingredient is “Sweetner (Maltitol)”. A quick search of Wikipedia reveals:
“Maltitol is a sugar alcohol [...]

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Posted by Dom on 28 Nov 2006 at 09:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (6)

After Eight Grand Marnier Straws

My first thoughts when I spotted these were along the lines of - “Surely some mistake?” and “Are they that desperate to increase their profits?”

I was in Edinburgh - in Woolies of all places - when these intriguing little chocolate straws waved to me from the shelf. I thought they’d make an interesting gift for [...]

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Posted by Simon on 26 Nov 2006 at 01:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (1)

Cadbury Dairy Milk Mint / Orange Chips

These two bars are the latest additions to the ever expanding Cadbury Dairy Milk range.

Both bars consist of standard Dairy Milk chocolate embedded with crunchy flakes of flavoured candy.
The first thing you notice about these bars is that the shape of the chunks is slightly different to other bars.

They’re squarer and less pronounced than the [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 Nov 2006 at 08:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (0)

Cadbury Time Out (redux)

Chocstress has already given her opinion of Time Out, but as I happen to have one myself, I thought I might as well give my opinion too!

Time Out has been around since 1992, but I don’t think I’ve ever been tempted by it before, so I didn’t really know what to expect.

But it only took [...]

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Posted by Dom on 15 Nov 2006 at 09:11 PM in Reviews | Comments (3)