The best chocolate bar is..

[red socks]

 Star bar. Mmmmmmmm

[london_red]

Not sure about all the fruit & nut love.

White chocolate is the mutt's nuts, still nothing beats a Milkybar.

[Bewster]

Not sure about all the fruit & nut love.

White chocolate is the mutt's nuts, still nothing beats a Milkybar.

Agreed about nuts and fruit.

We have a shop down here called Montezumas - a family run chocolatier. They do milk, white and dark chocolate buttons which are bigger than a £2 coin and are fabulous. They also do amazing chilli chocolate and an Eton Mess bar.

[Ardiles]

A refrigerated mars bar

I have to agree.  We had a seemingly limitless supply of liquid nitrogen in the inorganic chemistry laboratory at university.  And over the course of my final year, we undertook a number of vitally important research projects with it...including the submerging of the complete range of commercially available chocolate bars and then carrying out a taste test.

After a rapid freezing (to -196 °C), all of the bars would shatter if dropped from a height of a few inches.  But it was the Mars bar that responded best.  Particularly the caramel layer which was brittle to start with, but would then melt as it warmed up in your mouth.

[Sippo]

Terry's Turkish Delight

[Bewster]

I have to agree.  We had a seemingly limitless supply of liquid nitrogen in the inorganic chemistry laboratory at university.  And over the course of my final year, we undertook a number of vitally important research projects with it...including the submerging of the complete range of commercially available chocolate bars and then carrying out a taste test.

After a rapid freezing (to -196 °C), all of the bars would shatter if dropped from a height of a few inches.  But it was the Mars bar that responded best.  Particularly the caramel layer which was brittle to start with, but would then melt as it warmed up in your mouth.

And you're an accountant now ?

[BruceChatwin]

What's everyone's opinion on Bounties? I always find it very depressing to open a box of Cadbury's Celebrations and find only a sea of them leftover at the bottom, as occurs regularly in our household.

I've always thought of them as kind of like the Marmite of the chocolate world.

[dagrumpymunki]

Cadbury's Country Style.

I really miss them. The biscuit and raisin Yorkies just aren't an adequate substitute.

[Bob's Orange]

Funny you mention Biscuit and raisin Yorkies Lumps as these are my personal favourite. In Ireland Cadbury's do a Tiffin bar which is really good but you can't get it in England unfortunately.

Honorary mentions to Double Decker, Toffee Crisp, Caramac and Boost bars which were always my picks when I dabbled in the chocolate bar section.

[Ardiles]

And you're an accountant now ?

Most of my year moved in to something Finance related, I think.  If we were German it would be a different story, but there were very few jobs out there in pharmaceuticals etc., and those that there were were not fantastically well paid.

[Ardiles]

What's everyone's opinion on Bounties? I always find it very depressing to open a box of Cadbury's Celebrations and find only a sea of them leftover at the bottom, as occurs regularly in our household.

I've always thought of them as kind of like the Marmite of the chocolate world.

This reminds me of the world's best Scottish joke.

Female patient: 'Doctor, doctor, my cha cha smells of coconut!'
Doctor: 'Aye, Bounty!'

Just brilliant.

[herthab]

Can anyone remember Cadbury's Old Jamaica?  It was a blend of milk and dark chocolate,  containing rum soaked raisins. That was lovely chocolate!

[Ginginho]

Galaxy
Cadbury's Creme Egg
Snickers
Cadbury's Buttons

I used to love Yorkies as a kid, but they're just not the same now, same as Wispa's.

Oh and chocolate in the fridge? You might as well put your red wine in as well you heathens!

[Bewster]

Most of my year moved in to something Finance related, I think.  If we were German it would be a different story, but there were very few jobs out there in pharmaceuticals etc., and those that there were were not fantastically well paid.

I used to work for Pfizer and a lot of the finance guys there had Chemistry/Engineering degrees.

[dagrumpymunki]

Funny you mention Biscuit and raisin Yorkies Lumps as these are my personal favourite. In Ireland Cadbury's do a Tiffin bar which is really good but you can't get it in England unfortunately.

That Tiffin bar, which did come out here for a while but seemed to disappear inside 6 months, was pretty much what Country Style used to be, Dairy Milk with biscuit pieces and raisins. It come in gold foil in a red and white gingham sleeve, and was my childhood favourite.