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And where does the Galaxy Ripple fit into this hellscape.

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[–] adam_y 11 points 1 year ago

Look, sometimes I just want to spaff chocolate shards all over myself whilst I'm eating. And I don't appreciate being judged for it.

Maybe I like having to lick my finger in order to dab up the mountain of shrapnel that remains in the wrapper. Have you considered that?

Perhaps I actually like eating a treat that sounds like it was named dangerously close to something related to dandruff...

[–] Z3k3 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The flake came first so the question should be what's the point in the twirl when the flake exists

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

Tidier flake

It's the flake+

[–] Z3k3 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mess us part of the experience

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's all about the crumbs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Flake is the Twirl 0.1 beta, before they fixed the chocolate shard issue in an update.

[–] Psaldorn 6 points 1 year ago

Flakes were "invented" by a worker picking the accumulated chocolate off the part of a machine where the conveyer belt ended and the chocolate got scraped off at the end.

Twix was invented by a Scottish granny who wrote a letter to Mars saying she melted Mars bars over her shortbread fingers and everyone loved them.

Twirls are superior though, unless you're eating a flake in a bath and the crumb catastrophe can be ignored.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because a 99 Twirl sounds ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not as ridiculous as a 99 that costs £1.98

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The marketing team didn't understand basic inflation.

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

Firstly, Galaxy and Cadbury chocolate taste different, so a Ripple and a Twirl which are the same type of product are of different tastes, similar to a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar and a Galaxy bar.

But a flake is different, and not just a naked twirl. Different and increased crumbly texture as well as different type of chocolate, you supposedly can not melt a flake, unlike a twirl which you can.

And Flake always had the better adverts when I was a kid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

you supposedly can not melt a flake

Challenge accepted!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ripple is in my opinion the top tier one although I only ever see it now in 4 packs and that means the pack is treated as one snack for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate tastes like chocolate never tasted before. That’s the point of a Flake.

But if you’re happy with chocolate that tastes secondhand then sure by all means have a Twirl.