Quality Street and Roses- how they used to be?

filthiestfis | 16:47 Sat 17th Oct 2009 | Food & Drink

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I think back to my childhood days (Hang on, I am still under 30) when Roses and Mcintosh's Quality Street used to be something special that you used to look forward to at christmas but nowadays you can buy them all year round and supermarkets like Tesco sell the large tins for a fiver.
I have noticed that the chocolates are crap now, whereas in the 80s they were much nicer! Or is this a touch of nostalgia? Have they always been the same chocolates?
I dont know. Perhaps I used to get excited about Roses because it was chocolate and I was a kid and loved the wrappers!
Ive recently tried both brands and the chocolates taste kinda cheap. Was it always like this?

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sara3

they both had coffee creams and neither do now, but they have like... 3 types of orange creams. bleuuurgh!

filthiestfis

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Yes there are no coffee creams and the orange and strawberry creams are sickly sweet. Not good.

Sachs

Hi filth, they're still special aren't they? lol!
I keep seeing them in Tesco & telling myself NO!!!!

Sachs

Milk Tray use to have that lovely waxy paper over the top of the chocholates when you opened them like an envelope shape, that was nice! :0)

petal54

things ain't what they used to be

Postdog

Nostalgia never is like the old days.

dove

The tins used to be twice the size of what they are now, and were normally anything form 9.99 to 12.99, I know this cos i have kept lots of old tins to keep me decorations in, the £5 malarchy is just a big swizz !!

Panic Button

I used to hate Quality Street - too much toffee.

The worst choccy was Montelimar in Black Magic - no one liked it.

woozer

The strawberry and orange creams used to be much nicer - they hada bit of jammy stuff in as well as the cream fondant - and yep they all seem to taste like "cheaper" chocolate - we didnt buy any last year for the first time ever and wont be buying them this year either - its a shame the kids (and I )used to love them but no one wants them anymore. Any suggestions for an alternative ?

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