Things which AREN'T worth buying...?

Edwardia

hgotsparkle wrote: »

I'm addicted to the milk chocolate Chocco bar in Aldi. Its the best cheap chocolate I've tried, and the sqaures are massive, and just 99p for a big bar!

ASDA Extra Special Fairtrade organic Dominican Republic dark chocolate 100g bar 70% cocoa £1

ASDA Extra Special Fairtrade organic Dominican Republic dark chocolate with cocoa nibs 100g bar 70% cocoa £1

For me they are a bit sweet cos I'm used to 90% cocoa but I like the cocoa nibs.
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/910000855776

Re: tomato ketchup, did a taste teste on the organic ones Heinz v Tesco and Sainsbury's. Heinz uses tomatoes not 28%/29% tomato puree and no water whereas in both the own brands the first ingredient was water !!

Tillytrotter1

fionajbanana wrote: »

You can get a surprise box from HC with a free p&p code - just google Hotel Chocolat codes for £8. You get 6 punnets of chocolate. I got mine earlier this week I got £21 of chocolate for £8! A nice treat every couple of months or so. Included were the Dizzy Pralines, Milk choc caramalised hazelnuts and shortbread caramel cookie chocs!

None of these left unfortunately. Gutted, was really looking forward to them. Lucky you!

fannyadams

globetraveller wrote: »

Cheap tea bags. ( wish I could actually find a cheap brand I liked- I drink enough of it:rotfl:)

sainsbury's basics get a good write up
have you tried them?

Lip_Stick

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Although better than an American Hershey bar, which tastes like vomit

Lol, my mum bought some Hershey's Kisses and complained they tasted off. I had a sniff of them and they did indeed smell like sick. She agreed, moaning how horrid they were. A couple of days later I asked if she'd complained. 'No' she replied, 'I ate them'. :rotfl:

Scritti

Tallu wrote: »

I'm a philistine when it comes to chocolate! I even like asda smartprice! :-p

"Even" like Asda Smartprice??

Well, it's by far the best budget supermarket chocolate!

As a HUGE chocolate fan, I tried all the supermarket's budget choc last year as some people kept (and keep) saying how nice they were.

Well I found all of them to be absolutely rank - except the Asda one. In a different league to all the other ones - it was actually edible and even very pleasant, creamy and Galaxy-like.

A few other people on here said the same thing and mentioned how they were always out of stock so word must have got out.

Sure enough, it took 3 attempts to actually find some in stock and I soon found out why. A bargain for sure and a nice treat if you're superscrimping but would still like some occasional choc.

maman

Scritti wrote: »

"Even" like Asda Smartprice??

Well, it's by far the best budget supermarket chocolate!

As a HUGE chocolate fan, I tried all the supermarket's budget choc last year as some people kept (and keep) saying how nice they were.

Well I found all of them to be absolutely rank - except the Asda one. In a different league to all the other ones - it was actually edible and even very pleasant, creamy and Galaxy-like.

A few other people on here said the same thing and mentioned how they were always out of stock so word must have got out.

Sure enough, it took 3 attempts to actually find some in stock and I soon found out why. A bargain for sure and a nice treat if you're superscrimping but would still like some occasional choc.

I can't vouch for the milk chocolate but Aldi 70% Moser-Roth dark chocolate is great.

ringoroses

Although better than an American Hershey bar, which tastes like vomit

Hershey's is vile I agree, but Ghirardelli's is yummy-
especially the dark raspberry squares! I always bring a bagful back when I go to the USA.

I do love Moser Roth from Aldi in between though!

Scritti

maman wrote: »

I can't vouch for the milk chocolate but Aldi 70% Moser-Roth dark chocolate is great.

Just to confirm, I wasn't including Aldi or Lidl in that list - although both shop's cheap 30p (ish) bars are also awful and nowhere near as nice as the Asda budget milk choc.

Aldi's Choceur and Moser Roth chocolate is the real thing, proper chocolate to compete with the supermarket's standard chocolate and (in the case of Moser Roth) with Lindt or Green & Black's.

There's not many things I'd say are worth going to a different supermarket for when there is an alternative version available in my beloved Aldi but in the case of cheap 30p 100g milk chocolate bars, avoid Aldi's rubbish Dairyfine stuff and get a job lot from Asda (they sell out awful quick).

Edwardia

Lip_Stick wrote: »

Lol, my mum bought some Hershey's Kisses and complained they tasted off. I had a sniff of them and they did indeed smell like sick. She agreed, moaning how horrid they were. A couple of days later I asked if she'd complained. 'No' she replied, 'I ate them'. :rotfl:

I bought some Hershey's Kisses for my mother from Ocado and she said they seemed stale too and put them out for the badger poor thing.

jenniewb

Edwardia wrote: »

I bought some Hershey's Kisses for my mother from Ocado and she said they seemed stale too and put them out for the badger poor thing.

I thought chocolate was poisonous to animals, I know it is to dogs and cats.....