Cadbury's Dairy Milk - Yuk?

Yaayuh! · 5 Jul 2020 at 04:43

They changed Cadbury’s Caramel at some point in the last 5-10 years too. It used to be a lovely sweet and silky caramel, now it taste bloody awful.

We had the displeasure of receiving a plastic Cadbury’s box of crap at Christmas and thought “well, I suppose I’ll at least have the Caramels”. Nope, not even they were palatable.

Clearcut · 5 Jul 2020 at 06:00

The Darkmilk is actually quite nice.

Minxy · 5 Jul 2020 at 08:37

Clearcut said:
The Darkmilk is actually quite nice.

I tried this and thought it was over rated, couldn’t work out what all the fuss was about. Cadburys have really gone off the boil. I prefer Lindt but they charge an arm and a leg for it.

Ayahuasca · 5 Jul 2020 at 09:47

chroniclard said:
They said it hasn't. Tastes the same to me.

LOL, case closed then because they said so.

Surely the ingredients can be compared between then and now?

james.miller · 5 Jul 2020 at 11:35

Of course the ingredients can be compared. This argument has gone on for nearly a decade now, don't you think somebody would have found something by now?

I guess it's easier for some people to believe Cadbury's is lying than believe a bunch of people convinced the recipe has changed without a scrap of proof could be wrong.

randal · 5 Jul 2020 at 11:45

They publicly admitted changing the recipe for Dairy Milk in 2019, and the two times I cited before that.

The news reports at the time had someone from Cadburys marketing team saying words to the effect of "our research shows the new recipe is more popular".

Let me get my coffee and I'll dig you out some links.

james.miller · 5 Jul 2020 at 11:46

You'll find the 'change' in 2019 was the release of the reduced sugar Dairy Milk which is sold alongside regular Dairy Milk - it's not a replacement for it.

rendal said:
They replaced raisins in Fruit and Nut with sultanas, then said everyone preferred it. Nobody did.

As much as it might have been a bad move, they changed the fruit, not the chocolate.

randal said:
They replaced Dairy Milk in a lot of products with a cocoa mix that they said everyone preferred. Nobody did.

And this is replacing Dairy milk for a different recipe in some products (wasn't Cream Egg one of them?). This is not changing the recipe for Dairy Milk itself.

edit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodand...-Cadburys-owner-changes-Creme-Egg-recipe.html

Yep, in 2015.

Outrage as Cadbury's owner changes Creme Egg recipe
Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate is no longer used for Creme Eggs' shell

Dis86 · 5 Jul 2020 at 12:11

@james.miller The suspicion seems to be not that they've changed the recipe but rather the quality of the ingredients.

Mason- · 5 Jul 2020 at 12:20

robfosters said:
I’m finding I’m starting to like dark over milk more and more as I get older. Both my grandparents loved it too.

Is it an age thing. More refined palette as you age or the like?

I have a bit of a theory with that. I think as we age we become more tolerant of 'bitter' tastes. I can remember as a kid, hating dark chocolate, beer (lager + bitter) and coffee. As an adult I love these flavours. To me they all have a 'bitter' taste, that I've grown to like as I've gotten older.

Orionaut · 5 Jul 2020 at 12:27

Dis86 said:
@james.miller The suspicion seems to be not that they've changed the recipe but rather the quality of the ingredients.

Maybe it needs the "Special Ingredient"

robfosters · 5 Jul 2020 at 12:37

Mason- said:
I have a bit of a theory with that. I think as we age we become more tolerant of 'bitter' tastes. I can remember as a kid, hating dark chocolate, beer (lager + bitter) and coffee. As an adult I love these flavours. To me they all have a 'bitter' taste, that I've grown to like as I've gotten older.

Yeah, as a kid I hated Marmite. Absolutely love the stuff now.

robgmun · 5 Jul 2020 at 13:35

Clearcut said:
The Darkmilk is actually quite nice.

It's ok as far as manufactured chocolate goes, but I really don't see the point when they already make Bournville, which essentially taste the same.

bliss · 5 Jul 2020 at 13:39

VincentHanna said:
Whittakers is the best chocolate

I bought some during lockdown and it's so good

https://www.whittakers.co.nz/

I had a few bars of this while I was in HK last year, and loved it! Where can I buy it easily in the UK? :eek:

I think I had the coconut and hokey pokey slabs.

TrannyBill · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:52

robgmun said:
It's ok as far as manufactured chocolate goes, but I really don't see the point when they already make Bournville, which essentially taste the same.

I personally think that the Darkmilk tastes like a really poor quality Bournville

james.miller · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:57

Darkmilk is creamier and sweater than bournville. I like both but they are definitely not the same.

VincentHanna · 6 Jul 2020 at 00:29

bliss said:
I had a few bars of this while I was in HK last year, and loved it! Where can I buy it easily in the UK?

I think I had the coconut and hokey pokey slabs.

Already posted a link

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/33739025

builder22 · 6 Jul 2020 at 02:31

I haven't really noticed the difference....although I do remember I used to try make a cake of dairymilk last longer by letting the pieces melt in your mouth, rather than chewing...to savour the flavour

...can't remember doing that recently so maybe that's because it's not as good now

**** knows

Digital X · 6 Jul 2020 at 02:43

I'll pop out tomorrow and grab a bar to try. White chocolate is my goto and has been for donkeys years. Love the stuff!

Shadowness · 6 Jul 2020 at 06:19

Digital X said:
White chocolate

No such thing! But you enjoy it

Ryan-3 · 6 Jul 2020 at 10:15

Whatever Mondelez touch turns to ****. Although it becomes "more healthy," as it becomes smaller with less in.