![]() Heroes, of course, have been around for nowhere near as long as Cadbury's other selection though they now feel like they have been available for a long, long time. Toffee Deluxe (replaced by Honeycomb Crunch, reintroduced and then replaced by Chocolate Caramel Brownie)Ĭrispy Truffle Bite (John Lewis stores only, black and gold recyclable foil) ![]() Mint Fondant (pale green wrapper, same as strawberry crème but with a mint crème filling) Smarties (ordinary cardboard box of Smarties, a 2004 promotion only)Ĭoffee Cream (brown wrapper, same size and shape as the strawberry cream) ![]() Toffee Square (metallic pink wrapper, a small square of very hard toffee)Ĭhocolate Truffle (brown square chunk, a soft truffle filling covered in milk chocolate)įruits of the Forest Creme (pale purple wrapper) Gooseberry Cream (green wrapper, light green fondant with a touch of Gooseberry Preserve covered in milk chocolate)Īpricot Delight (blue wrapper, square chunk, apricot flavoured jelly covered in milk chocolate) ![]() Milk Chocolate Round (now replaced with Milk Choc Block in green wrapper)Īlmond Octagon (purple wrapper, replaced with Vanilla Octagon, but the latter is now discontinued as well) Malt Toffee (replaced with Toffee Deluxe as a "new" flavour) Honeycomb crunch (discontinued in 2018 to re-introduce Toffee Deluxe) Purple One (the original 'Purple One' with Brazil nut, replaced with hazelnut version)Ĭhocolate Strawberry Cream (now replaced with Strawberry Delight)Ĭhocolate Toffee Cup (now replaced with Caramel Swirl) It’s worth noting that many of these experienced minor alterations while others were dropped altogether. Unsurprisingly, given that the brand has been around for the best part of 85 years, there have been many flavours that had to be sacrificed to make way for the current crop. The Purple One The Green Triangle Toffee Finger Strawberry Delight Caramel Swirl Milk Choc Block Orange Chocolate Crunch Orange Creme Fudge Coconut Eclair Toffee Penny and Chocolate Caramel Brownie. If you bought a tin this year, the chocolates that you would find are as follows: The brand was acquired by Nestlé when they bought Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988. He also introduced new technology, the world's first twist-wrapping machine, to wrap each chocolate in a distinctive wrapper.īy using a tin, instead of a cardboard box, Mackintosh ensured the chocolate aroma burst out as soon as it was opened and the different textures, colours, shapes and sizes of the sweets made opening the tin and consuming its contents a noisy, vibrant experience that the whole family could enjoy. Quality Street chocolates (Image: Manchester Evening News) Rather than having each piece separated in the box, which would require more costly packaging, Mackintosh decided to have each piece individually wrapped in coloured paper and put into a decorative tin. His idea was to cover the different toffees with chocolate and present them in low-cost, yet attractive, boxes. Harold Mackintosh, the inventor, set out to produce boxes of chocolates that could be sold at a reasonable price and would, therefore, be available to working-class families. Barrie's play of the same name.ĭuring the time of its creation, only the wealthy could afford boxed chocolates made from exotic ingredients from around the world with elaborate packaging that often cost as much as the chocolates themselves. We begin with Quality Street which was founded way back in 1936 and named after J. So without further ado, let’s feast on these lost, but not forgotten, chocolates. It may be that one of your picks of the past will be included below that you would happily swap with one of the current confectionery choices that have either survived the test of time or been introduced more recently. Chocolate tubs are a staple of Christmas snacking (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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