So I’ve pretty much been able to avoid this problem until
now, but it's day seven so I’m going to tackle a subject that I’ve ranted about
before. No, not cheap tasting chocolate or how I believe all chocolate from my
childhood is somehow smaller. Not even wondering why it’s always the toffee
left in the Roses tin never the creams (though that one does annoy me and keep
me up at night). No, these are common complaints and by now surely you readers
know there is nothing common about me.
On reflection that last line seems a bit pretentious, makes
it sound like I believe I have blue blood running through my veins (the royal
kind, not the cold kind. Though pretty much the same I guess #burn). No what I
meant was that the things that annoy me usually don’t appear on a sane person's
radar, probably goes to show how small my problems actually are. What annoys me
is the repackaging of old products as new or different for holiday periods. We
saw it for Halloween and once again we get it for Christmas.
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| At least the woollen design will keep them warm in these chilly times. |
I’ve noticed the worst for this is probably Cadbury who have
released a few cardboard tube share boxes. Now I know you’ve adopted that
lovely woollen look for your packaging but it doesn’t make it new. The worst so
far has been the tubes of Buttons and Fredo Faces I show you today. Neither is
very good as share boxes go either. They contain individual bags of the sweets
which isn’t exactly very share friendly. You’re more likely to have a bag to
yourself than if they were loose in the tube. The Buttons are even just their
usual mini bags; it just comes off as rather lazy.
Surely a better idea would be a big bag of them inside the
tube that you could tip out into a bowl or something. Instead I would have to
open each individual bag and pathetically fill the bowl in small quantities.
Then you have the added disappointment that they are all the same flavour. One
product does understand however, that’s the Terry chocolate Orange segsational
boxes. These are great as there are all six different flavours of the orange
without having to buy their bigger brother versions. Great, if like me you want
to try all the different varieties but don’t want the guilt of six whole
oranges to yourself.
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| Sample sizes are always welcome, all the taste non of the guilt! |
Lastly we have Kinder bar minis, got to be a bit of a
hypocrite on this one and say I actually like these. Firstly they are loose in
the tube so you can just tip them out in an impressive sharing display. Plus
they are rather new as you can’t get the Kinder bars in this size. Each piece
is like a mini snack and you don’t get the problem with the larger bar that
often feels sickly sweet and provide the unnecessary guilt trip. No, two blocks
of gorgeous kinder white and milk chocolate is the right amount as far as I’m
concerned.
Not quite sure where this post has gone really. The main
idea is that often around this time of year we get the usual share boxes panic
buy. A concept that should have been left to variety chocolates like Roses or
Heroes, yet companies decided we needed the creation of tubes filled with the same product. This
is just rather dull after you’ve had a few of the same tasting Dairy Milk
button. Perhaps I’m the problem; I do get bored very quickly after all. I guess
it does get rid of the problem I alluded to earlier when you go hunting for the
Purple One only to find some bugger has nicked them all!
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| I'm guessing a Reindeer, but honestly could be a goat |
Overall, whilst the idea of share boxes is great and all can
we please ensure we respect the tradition of variety in these boxes. Cadburys
shame on you!
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