Fry's Turkish Delight

this is a strange little guy: think of the chocolate covered orange slices (that type of gummi/jelly), but with a very floral taste. kind of rose-flavored. not a bad treat, but it's definitely not something i could eat all the time. the chocolate was a bit crumbly, not very smooth, and it kind of seemed like the ratio of jelly to chocolate was a little off (maybe could've used a tad more chocolate).

rating: 4

CurlyWurly

i wasn't sure what to expect from this bar, the wrapper just said milk chocolate with caramel centre. is it gooey caramel? chewy caramel? the bar is pretty thin, so i figured there wasn't much caramel in it, but i wasn't prepared for what i found:

that's only about half of the bar, but look at it! that is crazy. i like it. the caramel is chewy rather than gooey, and the milk chocolate coating is very thin, which is good. too much chocolate would have drowned out the already mild caramel. i generally prefer a more buttery caramel, but this is good. my only beef is that it's really not much for the size of the bar, what with the holes and all. very neat looking though, and fun to bite at weird angles.

rating: 6

Cherry Ripe

oh man, this was just a disaster. everything about this was unappealing to me. cherry and coconut? no thank you. but b.paul got it, so i had to try it. to begin with, this was clearly an old bar. the chocolate had bloomed. it had bloomed so much it was the most bloomed chocolate i have ever seen in my bloomin' life. bloom! yes, this chocolate had that. to make matters worse the texture inside was similar to what i imagine that of gummed particle board to be. whether this was from age or just simply the way it always is, i do not know. sigh. it's kind of painful to think about this.

rating: 1

Cadbury Crunchie

since seeing this on some foreign candy website i've been obsessed with trying to find it here, without having to order it online. luckily, there is a candy shop in town that i finally got to visit, and lo and behold - they had the Crunchie! while it's touted as a milk chocolate bar with a "honeycombed" center. the extra -ed on the end of honeycomb there leads me to believe that this is not true honeycomb, which the ingredients verify. it is simply a mixture of sugar, glucose and flavoring. but really, who cares right? after one bite i was totally hooked. not only is the texture awesome (kind of spongy or puffed, but crunchy, obviously), but the flavor is really very interesting. it's pretty sweet, but it also has a bit of a sour taste to it. not sour, as in it's gone bad or it's too tart, just kind of sour. and it's not a lingering sour, just a small hit of sourness, then sweet again. the milk chocolate is pretty good too, i'm usually not a fan of milk chocolates, but cadbury does make a nice, creamy chocolate, and generally not cloying or chalky. now i just have to try the Violet Crumble!

rating: 8

tidbits: Caramello and Heath

ah, the Caramello. this is my favorite kind of caramel: gooey. not stringy, or chewy, but gooey. and delicious. look at it up there, oozing out all over the place. delicious! i have always been a fan of Caramello since childhood, i used to buy them at the roller rink. this is Cadbury at its finest.

rating: 9

again, one of my favorites since childhood. probably due to the fact that my mom was a huge toffee fan, so we had these around quite often. it's pretty basic, crunchy english toffee coated in smooth chocolate. the toffee has a nice texture and the chocolate-to-toffee ratio is appropriate.

rating: 8