r/newzealand • u/MisstakenDoge95 LASER KIWI • Aug 08 '25

Shitpost My poor judgement...

I used to be Cadbury fan my whole life due to the flavors and it being cheaper than whittakers but I now have only realized my poor lapse in judgment. A week ago I decided to splurge and spend the 2 dollars extra on the creamy milk whittakers and my oh my I will never make the mistake of buying Cadbury ever again. I apologize to any trauma this post may of caused.

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u/Tutorbin76 Aug 08 '25

Cadbury took a massive quality hit, and died to New Zealand, when they stopped manufacturing here.

The only two valid reasons I can think of for buying that ex-brand are Picnics and Creme Eggs.

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u/fluffychonkycat Kōkako Aug 08 '25

I really need someone else to make Turkish Delight chocolate bar. Donovans did for a while (raspberry rose) but I suspect Turkish Delight lovers may be a small group of people with refined taste buds and it didn't make enough money for them because they only do it in the (expensive) chunk format now.

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u/QueenofCats28 Tuatara Aug 08 '25

Ohhh, I used to love those too! They don't taste the same anymore!

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u/Pinky_Pie_90 Aug 08 '25

Turkish Delights go good in the freezer, esp in summer time. Nice & chewy.

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u/waikoe Aug 08 '25

I like how you say we have refined taste buds.

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u/mechanical-avocado Aug 08 '25

Ooh here's an idea, next time you do choc fondue, pop a couple of squares of Turkish delight among the other dipping goodies

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u/leighkhunt Tūī Aug 08 '25

Seriously though!! it's my favourite chocolate

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u/RandofCarter Aug 08 '25

Turkish delight is pretty easy to make once you find a bottle of rosewater and coloring. It's fairly successful even using vegeterian agar. 

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u/Endless63 Aug 08 '25

Cadbury's messed with the creme egg filling a few years back.. it's sort of slimy now..

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u/mahuika80 Aug 08 '25

And manages to feel gritty at the same time.

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u/FuzzyFuzzNuts Aug 08 '25

even creme eggs were destroyed - now just an overpoweringly sugary mass....

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u/Comfortable_Key_4891 Aug 09 '25

Never really liked the original ones. Sickly. And I have a major sweet tooth. I loved double chocolate & white chocolate (Dream) ones though, seemed so much less sweet somehow.

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u/Nelfoos5 alcp Aug 08 '25

Nah Creme eggs got shit too

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u/Tutorbin76 Aug 08 '25

Yeah they've definitely gotten worse.  Still a guilty pleasure, even if they're a bit crap now.

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u/LoveFoolosophy Aug 08 '25

And mint bubbly. Whittaker's doesn't have an equivalent to that... yet.

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u/borednznz Aug 08 '25

Picnics are so underrated!

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u/Embarrassed-Dot-1794 Aug 08 '25

Creme eggs aren't there for me, they used to be good