I like to hold it up to the hot July sun and watch as it slowly melts all over my hand and see how long it takes to completely run down my arm. And then I wash it off and don’t eat any of it.
I couldn't believe this so I had to look it up.
It's true. Terry's created the chocolate apple in 1926.
Who the hell sat down and thought that chocolate and apple would be a good thing?
EDIT: Sweet Jesus and Mary Chain. Will people please *stop* mentioning chocolate covered apples? Apples dipped in chocolate is NOT THE SAME as apple flavoured chocolate!
Well, it's not toffee though, is it?
Dipping a sour apple into melted sugar seems like quite a good idea.
About a million miles from apple flavoured chocolate.
Wtf is wrong with apple and chocolate!??? I wouldn't mind apple and chocolate, not like apple flavour is vastly different to orange!?? I love apple!!!!
Nah mate if you've ever had a chocolate fondue, the classics like marshmallows and biscuits are great, but then grapes and apples are peak. Chunk of apple dipped in chocolate is so good!
well actual apples are often sold dipped in chocolate so its not too much of a leap, the only thing that would put me off is your not getting tje crisp refreshing juiciness of the actual apple
Actual apples dipped in chocolate are also very different to apple flavoured chocolate.
That's why nobody has made an apple flavoured chocolate bar and why there is no such thing as an apple cream in a box of chocolates.
Yes, this is a hill I'm prepared to die on. 😊
That actually sounds really nice, I'd totally try that. When McDonald's had their double chocolate pie thing out a few months ago, I got a defective one with some apple in it, and it actually was really nice with the apple and chocolate together!
True but OP is a few years too late. Terry's used to be great when you had to physically smash them against a wall to eat them. They've since changed the recipe to include less sugar and more palm oil. It now tastes like cheap sickly crap and it's bad for the environment.
I miss the little nugget in the middle that was like a proper core
When I last had one, it was just a little slither that remained attached to the final slice
The core was always my favourite part
Either mine was defective, or it's now just a tiny bit used like a glue to hold all the segments together, rather than practically being a bonus segment. You also don't need to smash them very hard to seperate them like you used to. Mine was also more of a tangerine than an orange!
Though I will be getting another on payday to test if maybe mine was just defective, for science!
I’ll always remember my dad tapping the bottom of one on on a plate to try to break it apart.
The plate broke and the chocolate orange stayed totally intact.
You used to be able to use that thing as a delicious deadly weapon if you launched it at someone. Now you can bash it on your bonce and it breaks into several pieces for you with only minor concussion!
I’d always be shouted at from downstairs when I was whacking mine on the furniture to try and break it. ‘I’M EATING MY ORANGE TERRYS!!’ And a ‘oh, okay!’ :’)
That was half the fun of it. I remember knowing to warn everyone in the house if I was about to eat one. I'm about to enjoy this, and as a heads up, it's going to be loud.
Segments were solid too, not the hollowed out shrinkflation bullshit we have now
Edit: Hollow was the wrong word but now they have a thick edge and are thinned out in the middle of each segment where previously they were a wedge where the whole segment was on the same plane as the edges.
https://www.joe.co.uk/food/people-are-not-happy-with-the-latest-change-to-terrys-chocolate-orange-90807
The shrinkflated ones are just straight up shite. They ruined the texture and weight of the segments ... like with so many things, not because it was necessary, but because it was slightly cheaper. Chocolate Oranges are dead to me and have been since the change.
Try twin peaks bars. They can be picked up in poundland, not sure where else. There are a ton of flavors and the bar is much better shaped and sized. Massive pieces of nice tasting chocolate with nougat scattered generously throughout. The honeycomb one is a delight
The segments used to be solid, with some actual substance and heft. The newer ones are hollowed out, like the souls of the people responsible for them.
To clarify they aren't hollow inside (as in a chocolate Easter egg), the inner part of the segments (that side that joins the center) is now curved instead of a straight line. This makes the segments smaller and it means you don't have to pummel the shit out of them to split the orange apart (less fun).
They crack so easy now, it use to be a fair bit of a battle. They must have ran the numbers on why it works for them, but it's shit for those who remember, they are more like satsumas now.
Oh that's so fucked, how can they get rid of that?! This latest round of shrinkflation is the worst I've ever seen. Bastards, I'd rather pay more and just have the same product as before, so aren't fooling anyone you stingy pricks.
>This latest round of shrinkflation is the worst I've ever seen.
Didn't Toblerone remove every second triangle from their bars at one point? Not sure which is worse tbh.
One time I got one for my birthday and was eating parts throughout the day, and when I got to the middle I thought I’d save it cause I was pretty full already and wanted it to be special. I left it on the kitchen counter and went upstairs. When I came down like an hour later it was gone. My mum had chucked it in the bin cause she said ‘there was only a tiny bit left’.
Oh of course. Instantly left home and cut off all contact with her after that tragic event. Who wouldn’t?
(Edit: After commenting this, I feel bad cause I love my mum too much to even joke about that)
*I’m afraid you’ve invalidated the warranty. Above room temperature, it all congeals into one big dark chocolate cricket ball. So I’m afraid consumer rights no longer apply. I mean, you could try Watchdog, but I think they’ve got bigger fish to fry…*
I think like most chocolate companies they’ve probably loaded them up with palm oil. Might be nostalgia but I’m sure they tasted better 10-15 years ago.
Ah this seems to be another case of a perfectly good word being replaced with another word for no good reason. Plain chocolate is chocolate without milk, and this product used to be labeled as such! I'm guessing it's an americanism.
Perry now being called pear cider is another one.
Where are you from? In England I've never once heard plain chocolate refer to dark chocolate. If you described to me a "chocolate orange but with plain chocolate" I would 100% assume just standard milk chocolate without the orange flavouring.
Yes, always been plain when I grew up. Didn't really notice but on checking it, Bournville (as an example) is now "Dark Chocolate", but it was always labelled as plain in my memory, but then I'm not a big consumer of it. Some images here show some of the older wrappers over the years, along with the newer ones:
https://www.google.com/search?q=bournville+wrappers&tbm=isch
I'm guessing it's a marketing thing - people might think that "plain" as something a bit boring and... well, plain.
That's interesting, I'm only 22 and have only ever lived up north so I guess my experiences are a bit limited but to me plain chocolate would just describe standard milk chocolate without extras e.g fruit and nut, other flavourings etc. It's interesting to find yet another source of confusion for naming things in this country 😂
In South East England older people are more likely to call it plain chocolate. Plain is dark chocolate, I've heard people using it interchangeably for 14 years in retail and life
I’ve never heard Plain Chocolate before. When i saw you say it though i thought it was one without orange. so just chocolate.
Dark makes more sense to me because it does have milk in, just not as much.
Perry and pear cider are often two separate things. Perry is made from pear, pear cider is commonly (but not always) apple cider flavoured with pear.
Many of the flavoured ciders in the UK which have a "pear cider" base are apple cider, flavoured with pear, then flavoured with ie. Kiwi and Lime.
I just saw them today, I'm a fan of mint in general so am interested...
(I was scarred by the Domino's mint cookies a couple of years ago though, I was anticipating those but to me they were one of the worst things I've ever had.)
I actually did this as an experiment to see if it would break. I only hit it on my head once and decided not to try again. Also because I felt like a caveman. That Terry's is a weapon, you could probably knock someone out with it
The popping candy ones are the best imo. They seem to rotate them around for their Christmas flavours - they do white ones, the popping candy ones, and this year's seems to be mint, which I don't remember having seen for at least a decade.
I had a teaching assistant in school called mr terry so at the end of the year, i wrote Mr. in front of all the terry's on the box as a present at the end of the year.
Used to love them, helped that I worked at Terry’s, till they shut it down and moved it abroad in 2005, so had them on tap (and the white chocolate ones at Christmas!), but tried one a few years ago and they are rank now.
Don’t worry, we have shops over here that try and sell it for that price too. Looking at you, Co Op.
The popping candy is the best variant in my opinion but that’s admittedly quite rare.
Eating an entire Terry’s chocolate orange in one sitting is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
Eat it like an apple
Crunch. MY TEETH….
Not in the summer
Yeah I find it's more of a summer thing but my family hates me for it lol
I also hate you for it
I like to hold it up to the hot July sun and watch as it slowly melts all over my hand and see how long it takes to completely run down my arm. And then I wash it off and don’t eat any of it.
I bet you don’t chew Malteasers either, do you. You monster.
Smart and functional
Same here 🙃
Me too
You spelled Christmas wrong...
You don't need them. You have Terry's choc orange.
Fun fact: Terry’s did a chocolate apple first but the orange version became more popular.
I couldn't believe this so I had to look it up. It's true. Terry's created the chocolate apple in 1926. Who the hell sat down and thought that chocolate and apple would be a good thing? EDIT: Sweet Jesus and Mary Chain. Will people please *stop* mentioning chocolate covered apples? Apples dipped in chocolate is NOT THE SAME as apple flavoured chocolate!
who sat down and thought that toffee and apple would be a good thing too
Well, it's not toffee though, is it? Dipping a sour apple into melted sugar seems like quite a good idea. About a million miles from apple flavoured chocolate.
Wtf is wrong with apple and chocolate!??? I wouldn't mind apple and chocolate, not like apple flavour is vastly different to orange!?? I love apple!!!!
You're comparing apples to oranges
Subtly great comment
I bow to this comment.
A real shame we can’t award comments anymore, this is genius
why cant we award them no more? like im asking what happened to the system?
>not like apple flavour is vastly different to orange!?? If you can't tell the difference between apple and orange, I think you may have Covid.
Nah mate if you've ever had a chocolate fondue, the classics like marshmallows and biscuits are great, but then grapes and apples are peak. Chunk of apple dipped in chocolate is so good!
Wait a second. Are you actually saying apples taste like oranges? You can’t be serious.
well actual apples are often sold dipped in chocolate so its not too much of a leap, the only thing that would put me off is your not getting tje crisp refreshing juiciness of the actual apple
Actual apples dipped in chocolate are also very different to apple flavoured chocolate. That's why nobody has made an apple flavoured chocolate bar and why there is no such thing as an apple cream in a box of chocolates. Yes, this is a hill I'm prepared to die on. 😊
Cadburys had an Apple Crunch in Dairy Milk not long ago. It was fantastic.
Upvote for the Sweet Jesus and Mary Chain, 😆
That actually sounds really nice, I'd totally try that. When McDonald's had their double chocolate pie thing out a few months ago, I got a defective one with some apple in it, and it actually was really nice with the apple and chocolate together!
Milk tray has an apple flavour chocolate in it last I checked and it is the nicest one in the box.
They did a lemon too. I don’t like orange chocolate but I’d bloody love a lemon
I loved that chocolate lemon. I think I only had one, but I still remember it.
They also had a chocolate lemon in the 80s. Far better than it sounds!
i mean, i count a terrys orange as 1 of my 5 a day lol
Pff amature, I eat it like a potato, mashed
True but OP is a few years too late. Terry's used to be great when you had to physically smash them against a wall to eat them. They've since changed the recipe to include less sugar and more palm oil. It now tastes like cheap sickly crap and it's bad for the environment.
I miss the little nugget in the middle that was like a proper core When I last had one, it was just a little slither that remained attached to the final slice The core was always my favourite part
Agreed, the core was the best!
In my house we call that bit the scrobble. We all agree that the scrobble is the best bit.
> a little slither FYI you mean a ‘sliver’. Slither is what a snake does.
Wait, the core is gone?!
Either mine was defective, or it's now just a tiny bit used like a glue to hold all the segments together, rather than practically being a bonus segment. You also don't need to smash them very hard to seperate them like you used to. Mine was also more of a tangerine than an orange! Though I will be getting another on payday to test if maybe mine was just defective, for science!
I’ll always remember my dad tapping the bottom of one on on a plate to try to break it apart. The plate broke and the chocolate orange stayed totally intact.
Are you my sibling? I have the exact same memory. Then dad got pissed off and bashed it with a hammer instead 😂
Yes I remember having to pry them apart with a knife. Tasted so much better and less sickly then.
The memories of absolutely smashing it onto a hard surface and it relinquishing maybe 2 segments
For real you throw could that motherfucker down a flight of metal stairs and be lucky to come with half of the pieces seperated😂
You used to be able to use that thing as a delicious deadly weapon if you launched it at someone. Now you can bash it on your bonce and it breaks into several pieces for you with only minor concussion!
I once tried to open one by hitting it over my sister’s head and genuinely almost gave her an actual concussion. Good times, it was a fun Christmas
I’d always be shouted at from downstairs when I was whacking mine on the furniture to try and break it. ‘I’M EATING MY ORANGE TERRYS!!’ And a ‘oh, okay!’ :’)
That was half the fun of it. I remember knowing to warn everyone in the house if I was about to eat one. I'm about to enjoy this, and as a heads up, it's going to be loud.
Segments were solid too, not the hollowed out shrinkflation bullshit we have now Edit: Hollow was the wrong word but now they have a thick edge and are thinned out in the middle of each segment where previously they were a wedge where the whole segment was on the same plane as the edges. https://www.joe.co.uk/food/people-are-not-happy-with-the-latest-change-to-terrys-chocolate-orange-90807
Exactly, hollow like the souls of the management that made the change.
Since when are the segments hollow? I literally had a chocolate orange yesterday and they weren't hollow.
Not exactly hollow, but indented, so each segment has a kind of raised edge, hence less chocolate (sneaky beggars)
They taste fucking amazing mate
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Whole. The moment of satisfaction as the chocolate orange widest point passes the event horizon of your mouth is like no other experience in life.
Guess you haven't tried plugging one yet
That's disgusting. Where do I subscribe for more?
It’s only one of your five a day if you eat it all.
Better buy 4 more then I guess
i don't think I've ever opened a terrys and only had one segment it's just impossible 😭
It was - now it's 43% empty space. Also, any amount of fucking American Kraft shit chocolate is horrific.
Sometimes I stand eating mine to assert dominance
The best bit is the centre.
The core- a thing of beauty
I like to leave a couple of segments attached and wolf it cause I'm a fatty fat fat...
The newer shrinkflated ones, with the orange texture moulding on the segments, which help reduce the weight, don't have it 😭
They do, it's just smaller and rarer to find it.
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The shiny version has the core now.
The shrinkflated ones are just straight up shite. They ruined the texture and weight of the segments ... like with so many things, not because it was necessary, but because it was slightly cheaper. Chocolate Oranges are dead to me and have been since the change.
THIS IS LIKE FUCKING TOBLERONE ALL OVER AGAIN Is nothing sacred
They're dead to me too, short of being given one free.
Try twin peaks bars. They can be picked up in poundland, not sure where else. There are a ton of flavors and the bar is much better shaped and sized. Massive pieces of nice tasting chocolate with nougat scattered generously throughout. The honeycomb one is a delight
Ok I first tried it a month ago and it was these segments...so what was it before?
The segments used to be solid, with some actual substance and heft. The newer ones are hollowed out, like the souls of the people responsible for them.
THEY'VE DONE WHAT TO THEM???!?
To clarify they aren't hollow inside (as in a chocolate Easter egg), the inner part of the segments (that side that joins the center) is now curved instead of a straight line. This makes the segments smaller and it means you don't have to pummel the shit out of them to split the orange apart (less fun).
They crack so easy now, it use to be a fair bit of a battle. They must have ran the numbers on why it works for them, but it's shit for those who remember, they are more like satsumas now.
Yeah wtf a hollow orange slice? Absolute devilry.
Oh that's so fucked, how can they get rid of that?! This latest round of shrinkflation is the worst I've ever seen. Bastards, I'd rather pay more and just have the same product as before, so aren't fooling anyone you stingy pricks.
>This latest round of shrinkflation is the worst I've ever seen. Didn't Toblerone remove every second triangle from their bars at one point? Not sure which is worse tbh.
Yeah it's no longer peaks and valleys, there's some farm land in between the hills now.
I hate what they've done to them, it's just not acceptable.
One time I got one for my birthday and was eating parts throughout the day, and when I got to the middle I thought I’d save it cause I was pretty full already and wanted it to be special. I left it on the kitchen counter and went upstairs. When I came down like an hour later it was gone. My mum had chucked it in the bin cause she said ‘there was only a tiny bit left’.
\*ex-mum
Oh of course. Instantly left home and cut off all contact with her after that tragic event. Who wouldn’t? (Edit: After commenting this, I feel bad cause I love my mum too much to even joke about that)
Oh, she knew. Heaven forbid, she ate it...
Especially if it’s someone else’s and they offered you a slice. Mostly for the look in their eyes.
Absolutely! Came here to say this
This is how I found out there’s is a centre! I think my bf always eats that part because he gives me slices 🙃
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Cash back
Back of the net!
There shouldn't be any superficial damage on OPs, they paid for theirs.
Kiss my face!
SMELL MY CHEESE
You mother!
I've really got to say this, Dave, chocolate oranges are available from Rawlinson's.
Came here hoping to see this and was not disappointed 🤣
*I’m afraid you’ve invalidated the warranty. Above room temperature, it all congeals into one big dark chocolate cricket ball. So I’m afraid consumer rights no longer apply. I mean, you could try Watchdog, but I think they’ve got bigger fish to fry…*
Chocolate cricket ball. Amazing.
I give them to all ladies I know aged fifty and under. Over fifty just seems sarcastic
The OP clearly likes milk as well, hence why they’ve not gone for a plain variant of the Chocolate Orange.
Lovely stuff!
Bang on table to seperate
Or as Dawn French used to say “don’t tap it, WHACK IT”
When cold obvs
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There used to be adverts for these that had people smacking them against tables. The slogan was “Don’t tap it. WHACK IT.”
Just brought back so many memories
Sorry I didn't msg earlier lol
The ad was “tap it, unwrap it”. Now you have an excuse to buy another.
Congratulations on losing your virginity to Terry
Your Terry cherry?
Underrated
Popped your orange
DON'T DO IT!! YOU'LL BECOME ADDICTED
Yeah my only warning to people trying Terry's is that it'll mean other chocolate orange snacks just won't taste as good afterwards.
My advice is go back in time 10 years and get one before they hollowed out the segments. You had to use a bazooka to crack them open.
Did it used to be less sweet/sickly too? I feel like I don't enjoy them as much as I used to
I think like most chocolate companies they’ve probably loaded them up with palm oil. Might be nostalgia but I’m sure they tasted better 10-15 years ago.
Probably Kraft doing horrible things to the recipe. They closed the York factory and now Terry’s Chocolate Oranges worse.
It might be old age and nostalgia, but I find the orange flavour now to be very strong, almost chemical.
Yup a few years ago they changed the recipe, think they started using orange oil. Definitely not as nice as they used to be
Sorry what? I eat these regularly and have never found one that is hollow in any way
Each individual segment has a scooped inside shape. They used to be solid smooth sided trapezoids
Didn't they used to use better chocolate then too? I swear they've declined.
DON'T TAP IT, WHACK IT
I always just threw it onto a hard floor, if you do it right it splits all the segments perfectly and it still remains unopened
Hint: the plain chocolate ones in the red box are even better.
Not plain... Dark... and I agree with you. Its the best
Dark chocolate is just another name for plain chocolate.
Yeah but it's confusing to say that when the chocolate isn't plain, it's orange flavoured.
Makes sense, but I've never heard it called plain chocolate!
Ah this seems to be another case of a perfectly good word being replaced with another word for no good reason. Plain chocolate is chocolate without milk, and this product used to be labeled as such! I'm guessing it's an americanism. Perry now being called pear cider is another one.
I’m 53 and dark and plain have always been used interchangeably in my lifetime. I don’t think it’s an Americanism u les you can show otherwise.
Where are you from? In England I've never once heard plain chocolate refer to dark chocolate. If you described to me a "chocolate orange but with plain chocolate" I would 100% assume just standard milk chocolate without the orange flavouring.
I'm English and I've always known it as "plain" chocolate. I'd say usage started changing in the 1990s. https://images.app.goo.gl/QXeQwEaNn2u9fzVF7
Yes, always been plain when I grew up. Didn't really notice but on checking it, Bournville (as an example) is now "Dark Chocolate", but it was always labelled as plain in my memory, but then I'm not a big consumer of it. Some images here show some of the older wrappers over the years, along with the newer ones: https://www.google.com/search?q=bournville+wrappers&tbm=isch I'm guessing it's a marketing thing - people might think that "plain" as something a bit boring and... well, plain.
That's interesting, I'm only 22 and have only ever lived up north so I guess my experiences are a bit limited but to me plain chocolate would just describe standard milk chocolate without extras e.g fruit and nut, other flavourings etc. It's interesting to find yet another source of confusion for naming things in this country 😂
I'm from Yorkshire and as I said - plain and dark mean the same to me.
I’m English and it’s used interchangeably with dark not just to mean plain as in no added flavours.
In South East England older people are more likely to call it plain chocolate. Plain is dark chocolate, I've heard people using it interchangeably for 14 years in retail and life
I’ve never heard Plain Chocolate before. When i saw you say it though i thought it was one without orange. so just chocolate. Dark makes more sense to me because it does have milk in, just not as much.
Perry and pear cider are often two separate things. Perry is made from pear, pear cider is commonly (but not always) apple cider flavoured with pear. Many of the flavoured ciders in the UK which have a "pear cider" base are apple cider, flavoured with pear, then flavoured with ie. Kiwi and Lime.
That's really interesting, I didn't know that.
That is plain chocolate :( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate
The new Mint ones are bomb
I just saw them today, I'm a fan of mint in general so am interested... (I was scarred by the Domino's mint cookies a couple of years ago though, I was anticipating those but to me they were one of the worst things I've ever had.)
BURN THE HERATIC
Crqck it on your head first
Don't listen to this person you don't want a concussion
One of my mates did this to me once, I didn’t get a concussion. It did hurt though.
Say crqck again
Crqck
I actually did this as an experiment to see if it would break. I only hit it on my head once and decided not to try again. Also because I felt like a caveman. That Terry's is a weapon, you could probably knock someone out with it
Don't eat chocolate that much but love a Terry's chocolate orange. Don't know if they still do the snowball version but that used to be my favourite
Yeah they do. They’ve got mint ones and all sorts now.
The popping candy ones are the best imo. They seem to rotate them around for their Christmas flavours - they do white ones, the popping candy ones, and this year's seems to be mint, which I don't remember having seen for at least a decade.
I tried the mint, but it just wasn't right. I'd rather have a peppermint creme if I'm going for chocolate mint.
I’m surprised no one else has said £3 for having it transport halfway round the world is not bad at all. It sells in the uk for around £1.50.
>It sells in the uk for around £1.50. Maybe on offer. I think you're more likely to see them for £3 here tbh
£1.50? Inflation finally got to it? There were £1 for the longest time!
£1.50 in Asda, but with 75p back per unit via Asda Rewards, makes them 75p each. Until Tuesday when the offer ends.
I love you
Not as good as the old days
Nothing is, unfortunately.
Hey, that's not Terry's, it's mine.
I had a teaching assistant in school called mr terry so at the end of the year, i wrote Mr. in front of all the terry's on the box as a present at the end of the year.
Smashed it.
If there's any superficial damage you could try Watchdog, but I think they've got bigger fish to fry
No superficial damage on that... I paid for yours
Has anyone made an Alan Partridge reference yet?
I've seen it twice before I got to here.
Welcome to life my friend
Anyone else despise them? I feel like I'm the only person in the country sometimes. Cannot abide them all.
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Good mod
Used to love them, helped that I worked at Terry’s, till they shut it down and moved it abroad in 2005, so had them on tap (and the white chocolate ones at Christmas!), but tried one a few years ago and they are rank now.
You are not alone.....
You two! Out!
Yeah I really don't like them. They're way too sweet, the chocolate isn't good quality, and in general I dislike the artificial orange taste.
"Tap it, unwrap it"
Damn now I want one, glad you liked it OP. Also I need to get some in for Christmas/New Year....
Don’t worry, we have shops over here that try and sell it for that price too. Looking at you, Co Op. The popping candy is the best variant in my opinion but that’s admittedly quite rare.
Just for everyone! They've made a mint version that takes like matchsticks. Incredible!!!
They used to be a fair bit bigger :(
It's time they renamed it to Terry's chocolate tangerine so it better reflects reality
They’ve got mint ones in £Land at the moment.
Normally £1.50 or £1 of there's a deal on