Damn, British candy is good.

[student_trap]

ive always loved chocolate, but have recently totally gone off milk chocolate, its been all about the dark chocolate for a couple of months now!

My favourite has to be any dark variety of Greene & Blacks!!! I usually go for the 70%, as the 85% is that little bit too bitter...i still eat it sometimes though! Next up would have to be lindt, although again especiall for the 70% cocoa bars.

You can apparently tell a good quality bar of chocolate by the osund it makes when you break it, a quality bar will make a 'snap' sound whereas a cheaper bar (such as cadburys or nestle) makes a 'thud' when broken.

The newest thing for me though is Greene & Blacks Chocolate Ice Cream, it is the king

 

[®îçhå®?]

Best things:
Strawberry Laces
Flying Saucers
Mars
Milky Way
Crunchie
Jelly Tots
Milky Bar Buttons
OOOHHHH i love living in Britain. (Still want to live in the States though).

 

[®îçhå®?]

You can apparently tell a good quality bar of chocolate by the osund it makes when you break it, a quality bar will make a 'snap' sound whereas a cheaper bar (such as cadburys or nestle) makes a 'thud' when broken.

If it is warm, it normally falls apart whilst it snaps if it is cool.

 

[mpw]

If you haven't had a Peanut Butter Kit Kat you haven't LIVED!!!

On your recommendation I hunted one of those down last night. No sale, I still say the KitKat Caramac is the top KK.

Question for the US contingent;
Has the Glaswegian trend for deep frying chocolate bars in batter caught on over there yet?

 

[kretzy]

Question for the US contingent;
Has the Glaswegian trend for deep frying chocolate bars in batter caught on over there yet?

Don't know about the US, but it's certainly made its way here, most fish and chip shops will do it. I've had a deep fried Mars Bar a few times. It was good, but I could feel my arteries clogging just at the site of it. I think they'll deep fry just about anything you like though.

 

[Borjan]

I just came close to having to change my underwear. Why wasn't that there when I visited in 2001?!!?! And why isn't there one in London?!?!!

Okay, you need to come around to Turnham Green. West London. Google "Chocolate Shop, Turnham Green". I go there everyonce in a while, if only to sit and smell the place.

Its a proper choclate shop, and one that I think you'll find does some damn fine chocolate milkshakes. One time I reached the end, and all the chocolate that they had stuffed into there hadn't liquidated properly, so I had to munch on this ball of gooey dark chocolate leftovers on the end of my straw!

 

[floriflee]

Question for the US contingent;
Has the Glaswegian trend for deep frying chocolate bars in batter caught on over there yet?

I haven't found any places that do it here (there's probably a few in the U.S. somewhere), but I know of people that own turkey fryers that deep fry their own candy bars, twinkies, pizzas, etc, etc, etc.

Never tried it myself, but the hubby insists that it's good.

 

[Black&Tan]

Question for the US contingent;
Has the Glaswegian trend for deep frying chocolate bars in batter caught on over there yet?

Yes it has arrived, but mostly at State Fairs. I remember seeing it almost 2 years ago, deep fried Snickers and Milky Ways. Also, deep fried Twinkies. I won't go near them, though. If you're unfamiliar, Twinkies are a cylindrical yellow cake, stuffed with a sugary white cream. They're far too sweet for my tastes.

What has stuck in my mind, even to this day, is the image of Weird Al Yankovik, in the movie UHF, eating a hot dog, using a twinkie instead of a bun. Uggh!

 

[Black&Tan]

I found the web address for Thorntons the other day. I'm really thinking about placing an order for some chocolate covered toffee. Yum! while we can get various English chocolates here in the grocery stores and specialty shops (in the USA), there's nothing quite like Thornton's toffee.

 

[krimson]

If you haven't had a Peanut Butter Kit Kat you haven't LIVED!!!

Strawberry Kit Kat is so much better... too bad i've only seen them in japan.

 

[Queso]

Okay, you need to come around to Turnham Green. West London. Google "Chocolate Shop, Turnham Green". I go there everyonce in a while, if only to sit and smell the place.

Its a proper choclate shop, and one that I think you'll find does some damn fine chocolate milkshakes. One time I reached the end, and all the chocolate that they had stuffed into there hadn't liquidated properly, so I had to munch on this ball of gooey dark chocolate leftovers on the end of my straw!

Turnham Green you say? That's round the corner from the Pitcher and Piano on Chiswick High Road isn't it. Hmm, if only I hadn't lost that client in Hammersmith I would have the perfect excuse to get down that way
I think I'll just make the excuse and go anyway, but don't tell the other half.
Thanks for the tip!!