Double decker chocolate bars

[Dr Jekyll]

Bought a double decker in Boots as part of a 'meal deal' and found it's been squashed. Tastes fine but looks like someone has sat on it. A colleague mentioned he bought one two weeks ago from a totally different shop miles away and that was the same. It doesn't look like a recipe change because the chocolate is actually split with the nougat oozing out. What's going on?

[cobra kid]

Same here as well.

Totes amazeballs.

[Uncle John]

Liking a Double Decker as I do I have noticed this lately, think they are just getting squashed in reality.

[anonymous-user]

I will hazard a guess

Cost Saving measure resulting in thinner card for the outer making it more likely to get squashed

The other one that may have a similar cause that annoys me is that the bags inside Kellogg cereals are now so thin they don't open neatly as easily as thicker ones did

[TooMany2cvs]

Dr Jekyll said:

Bought a double decker in Boots as part of a 'meal deal' and found it's been squashed. Tastes fine but looks like someone has sat on it.

[VW_Sam_]

Go for a Kit-Kat Chunky instead.. far more stronger than a Double Decker, you wouldn't see that getting squished

[Gary29]

What is it with Cadburys Dairy Milk these days as well? Rounded off corners? Less chocolate in the pack? Increased profits? Penny pinching motherfkers.

[Uncle John]

Gary29 said:

What is it with Cadburys Dairy Milk these days as well? Rounded off corners? Less chocolate in the pack? Increased profits? Penny pinching motherfkers.

Exactly that.

Bought a Twix today, must be a good cm shorter for each biscuit.

[Fluffsri]

Gary29 said:

What is it with Cadburys Dairy Milk these days as well? Rounded off corners? Less chocolate in the pack? Increased profits? Penny pinching motherfkers.

Arent these made by Hershys nowadays? Just looked in our T bar and all the DD have been eaten, the 2 I had were squashed as well?

[sgtBerbatov]

Fluffsri said:

Gary29 said:

What is it with Cadburys Dairy Milk these days as well? Rounded off corners? Less chocolate in the pack? Increased profits? Penny pinching motherfkers.

Arent these made by Hershys nowadays? Just looked in our T bar and all the DD have been eaten, the 2 I had were squashed as well?

Owned by Kraft. You know the American's though, they love turning a profit before making good chocolate.

[AlexRS2782]

Fluffsri said:

Arent these made by Hershys nowadays? Just looked in our T bar and all the DD have been eaten, the 2 I had were squashed as well?

They've been owned by Kraft since mid '09, although since then Kraft rebranded to Mondelez International. That's why we now have numerous "Dairy Milk with ..." products as it's a way of Mondelez marketing it's other products such as Oreo, etc.

Besides, it's not really even chocolate anymore. If you look at the ingredients list nowadays it's pretty much just re-hydrogenated vegetable fats, palm oil & vegetable oil bonded with some sugar syrup and a bare minimum amount of cocoa, plus whatever Mondelez owned product filling gets chucked in along with it. Of course that makes it much cheaper to produce.

A lot of products also now come with an allergy warning that wheat may be used as a replacement bonding agent in place of other ingredients too.

[48k]

I had a Double Decker today and whilst it was neither squashed or damaged with nougat oozing out, the bar has definitely been reprofiled and is flatter than it used to be.

[grumbledoak]

It's not Cadbury's and it's not chocolate. Vote with your wallets.

[Yipper]

Cadbury stuff has gone right downhill since the takeover. Leaves a funny taste in the mouth.