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Terry’s Chocolate Orange have tried to switch things up by bringing out a new flavour of their iconic citrus-shaped snack, but a lot of fans aren’t having any of it.

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Its quality and deliciousness has remained tried and trusted throughout the years, but that hasn’t stopped Carambarco – the manufacturer behind the brand – from experimenting with different flavours and concepts.

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Then, in 2023, Terry’s went beyond the original orange flavour for the first time ever, bringing out the Terry’s Chocolate Mint ball.

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This week, however, shoppers have been left outraged after a new variation appeared in B&M stores across the country.

Introducing the Terry’s ‘Chocolate Milk’ without the orange.

Naturally, fans of the cult classic treat were outraged – and many were left wondering whether there was any point in it without the key ingredient.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Literally just finished national rioting

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If they had any sense, they would release a chocolate orange that doesn't have milk ingredients. Too many people can't have milk due to intolerance and allergies nowadays, and I miss being able to enjoy chocolate oranges around Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

recently became lactose intolerant (and less recently became disgusted with the dairy industry in my country) so I too would be excited about non dairy chocolate oranges

(though heavy metal contamination of many cocoa brands scares me too...)

[–] ChicoSuave 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The alternative to dairy milk is either a different milk like goat milk (which is why American chocolate tastes the way it does) or some emulsified oil like palm oil. Neither are great and would make a noticeably poorer chocolate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Not necessarily. I have had plenty of very good chocolate that uses cocoa butter and/or plant milks like oat milk in place of dairy. Or they could make their dark chocolate orange without milk with little to no difference in taste and texture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

What do all the vegan chocolate brands use? I assumed oat, but now I realise I may be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Outraged fans

The original flavour is still available and no one is forcing you to eat the new one, so...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah no one cares. It just seems like a bit of a pointless product but I guarantee literally no one cared.

Also it's only available in B&M stores and in the place like that you'll just be happy that you got a named brand product, and not some cheap knockoff brand.

[–] NickwithaC 2 points 2 months ago

Don't worry, no one is actually outraged.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd be all for a dark chocolate chilli bomb.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they did a chocolate lemon decades ago, but it was with dark chocolate, wasn't popular & got discontinued. I think they should try again but with white chocolate

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah white chocolate and lemon would make way more sense. Or white chocolate and raspberry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now you are talking! This sounds... inspid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone get Terry on the blower! We need this ASAP!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Preach!

Who's got Tel's number?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Did they make it smaller and more expensive again at the same time?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

What is happening to the world? Honestly why do I even live?

[–] Quicky 3 points 2 months ago

Remember when a chocolate orange didn’t have fucking hollowed-out concave segments? I do Terry, you greedy prick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This isn't the first time they had a non-orange ball. I remember raspberry flavored ones in the early 2000s and Wikipedia has a whole list of flavors, unless I'm not understanding what they meant.

EDIT: This was also in the USA. I didn't realize what instance I was on. I don't know what you had.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just eat a satsuma with slightly cooled pieces of cadburys twirl (the separate pieces in a bag, not a bar). Vastly superior imho....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would be happy with a fruit and nut one.

The issue with cadburys fruit and nut bars is that the individual squares are so small that they're practically all a piece of fruit or a piece of nut and very little chocolate (biggest first world problem ever). Seems like the chocolate orange slices would be large enough to fix this problem.

[–] Kyle_The_G 2 points 2 months ago

if its not broken don't fix it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I call publicity stunt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're always doing this pish. I once accidentally bought one that had popping candy in it and it was boke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I love finding all the weird experimental stuff in Home Bargains, like the Jaws and Back To The Future cereal (Jaws is sea-creature shapes rather than human limbs, sadly).