Quality Street chocolates

@allknowing (140382)
India
February 7, 2025 10:31pm CST
My niece who lives in Australia was down recently with her husband and as usual she brougth me a few goodies. One of them always is Quality Street chocolates. Strangely these chocolates never tasted as good as those she always brought for me earlier. Although the packing is the same they could be made in different countries including India I do not think they picked them up from India and so wonder why the quality does not match that of what they brought for me earlier. Any idea?
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@sallypup (62664)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Feb
Those still sound tasty to me.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
Comparatively they are of poor quality
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@sallypup (62664)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Feb
@allknowing I'm sorry.
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• India
8 Feb
These were my favourite chocolates during my childhood. The chocolates in these , came in different colours and shapes. My favourite among those were the green coloured -chocolate with coconut filling .Used to choose that one whenever I got the opportunity. These days , I do not get to see them except in super malls. The last time I had them , I did notice they were also getting packed in India. As far as quality goes , never found any major difference between ones from foreign and from India. Perhaps with inflation , the ingredient quality may have been slightly lowered or it could be one of those batches that missed the quality checks.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
I have been eating these chocolates for years and I can certainly find the difference in quality. I too like those coconut filled chocolates.
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@shaggin (73750)
• United States
8 Feb
They could be using lower quality ingredients now
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
That is quite likely and the price may have been increased
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@JudyEv (345642)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb
Does it say on the tin where they were packaged/made? I'm very familiar with these.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
9 Feb
This w as not a tin. It was a printed cardboard The picture just depicts chocolates but earlier I have had both cardboard and tins You can see the photo here of what I received
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@JudyEv (345642)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb
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@somewitch (1993)
8 Feb
They might have started using ingredients of lower quality or it could just be the season, I think chocolate doesn't taste as good in summer. It could be heat that messes with it, and it's pretty hot in Australia at the moment. I tend to avoid chocolate when the weather is hot, unless it's ice cream.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
I tend to believe they have used cheaper ingrediient than them tasting differently at diffierent seasons
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@somewitch (1993)
8 Feb
@allknowing If your niece brought these chocolates before during this season and they tasted better than this time, I would guess it is the cheaper ingredients too.
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@missLola (12)
8 Feb
Love quality street, always get a tin at Christmas something we do here in the UK. Roses are similar to quality street. My favourites are the strawberry cream and orange. The tins used to be a lot bigger when I was younger.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
9 Feb
@missLola They were in a paper/carboard box
@allknowing (140382)
• India
9 Feb
What I got this time was not a tin
9 Feb
@allknowing were they in a box or just loose?
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@AmbiePam (95848)
• United States
8 Feb
Maybe they changed the recipe slightly to make them cheaper to make? Like when they changed the flavor of Coca Cola, but so many people protested that they changed it back.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
Many manufacturers do this but not all will get back to their original quality even if there is a protest.
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@RebeccasFarm (91914)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Feb
These and Roses are my favorites.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
I have had a box of Roses brought by my niece and they were original
@Dreamerby (6418)
• Calcutta, India
8 Feb
I haven't eaten these but I would eat any chocolate with relish and delight lol! even eclairs!
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
I too am a chocolate foodie and love eclairs
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@Beestring (14886)
• Hong Kong
8 Feb
Quality Streets chocolates used to be quite good. But I haven't had them for a long time. I usually have Lindt dark chocolates these days.
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@allknowing (140382)
• India
8 Feb
I have been eating these for a while now The last lot was two years or so ago.
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