Cadbury Double Decker
I decided to do a little experiment when I bought myself a Cadbury Double Decker. I bought three of them and having a little wager with myself that I knew what the response would be, I gave a bar to each of two friends of mine. Both duly responding by announcing; “Ohh! I haven’t had one of these in ages.”
I won the bet.
Double Deckers are one of those bars. We kind of ignore them when we choose our chocolate. But, when it actually occurs to us to buy one, we can’t understand why we left it so long. We binge on them for a couple of weeks and then leave them once again, to be ignored on the Sweet Shop shelf.
I guess the name is so apt in more ways than one. Just like the proverbial (double decker) bus; you wait for ages and none appear, then numerous ones arrive all at once.
The lower deck of this bar is crispy crunchy cereal and the upper deck is a chewy nougatine; all wrapped in milk chocolate.
It’s a mighty filling bar and not one you could eat if you are trying to have a conversation at the same time. If the phone rings while you have a mouthful of Double Decker there is little chance that the caller will still be there by the time you have finished chewing. A return call usually prompts a friend informing you that they just called a wrong number and heard nothing but muffled yumming noises.
The two things that make this bar so scrummy are 1. the cereal is indeed very crispy and 2. the nougatine has the perfect level of chewyness. Added with the smoothness of the chocolate, this bar has it all.
I wouldn’t recommend chilling a Double Decker, it would just become TOO chewy.
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Posted by Chocstress on 20 Sep 2006 at 12:09 PM
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September 20, 2006 : 10:40pm
Oh, your comment about not chilling it has made me ponder on the idea of what it would be like if slightly heated, so that the nougat melts goes soft…
September 20, 2006 : 11:51pm
Oooh, I sense another “deep fried” experiment coming on!
September 23, 2006 : 9:40am
Ohh! I haven’t had one of these in ages!!!
(and Dom …. no)
September 27, 2006 : 9:16am
I gave in and bought one yesterday, but no melting or deep frying took place you’ll be glad to know!
September 28, 2006 : 8:12pm
Can you provide the chocolate smell too please? I am trying to lose weight and your photos are keeping me going on my chocolate highs, but I need that heady perfume too!!
September 28, 2006 : 9:56pm
Iccleanne - I think we should both go out and buy another and try your great idea of melting it slightly.
(We are still trying to convince Pewari to deep fry one)
Miss L - the smell of chocolate….mmmmm :)
January 8, 2007 : 4:04pm
For some reason, ‘muffled yumming noises’ sent me into a fit of helpless giggles. I should probably go to bed now.
I wonder if there’s any chance of a Crunchie bar review? *continues skimming the archives*
June 26, 2007 : 11:10pm
But what ever happened to the raisins?
Shock, horror!
So confident was I that Double Deckers contained at least 3 or 4 rasins I was willing to bet 50 quid with my partner that they do, I know this for sure as this is the nicest thing about a DD. My partner claims these bars are his favourite but how can that be? he hates raisins.
Off I went and bought a couple so as to prove this to him & call in the cash!
Oh My!!!! ‘I really haven’t had one of these in ages’ YES they removed the rasins in 1986.
June 19, 2008 : 3:15pm
I was trying to work out why I find these so goddam addictive…then I found out the truth…
They are flavoured with a hint of coffee.