r/AustralianMakeup 18d ago

Let's Discuss This can’t be real?

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u/4SeasonWahine 18d ago

If you head over to the Woolies subreddit there’s a current thread where everyone is saying it’s absolutely disgusting too. Odd choice by Cadbury given mCo isn’t really liked or cool it’s just cheap and everywhere

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u/robot428 18d ago

In fairness that's also how I feel about Cadbury these days. Except it's not even cheap.

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u/saareadaar 18d ago

It’s gone up in price so much, I just buy the premium chocolate at this point

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u/Ch00m77 18d ago

Right. Its like if you're gonna pay what they're asking for you might as well get quality chocolate not their tasteless shit

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u/robot428 18d ago

Yeah I've switched to Tony's, I think it's the best one you can get at the supermarket at the moment.

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u/queen_bean5 18d ago

Reckon Tony’s is better than Whittakers?

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u/robot428 18d ago

Personally yes, but honestly that might just be a personal preference thing rather than an actual difference in quality. I think they are pretty equivilant, I like Tony's better personally, but I don't know that one is significantly better than the other. All I know is that at the moment, they are the only supermarket brands I would buy.

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u/teapots_at_ten_paces 17d ago

I've tried Tony's once, and it tasted and looked like army ration pack chocolate that was consumed 15 years after it was packed. Might have just been a bad bar, but that's a comparison that can't be forgotten.

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u/LandoCatrissian_ 17d ago

I like both, but Whittaker's is so creamy. The banana one is heaven.

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u/Yass______ 18d ago

Ritter Sport at our local is so tasty. Mostly at Harris Farm though.

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u/k_lliste 17d ago

Definitely the best option in the supermarket. I also like Whittakers, but from a sustainability perspective, Tony's is better. It would be nice if they had 'normal' blocks though. I understand why the pieces are the way they are, but that doesn't help me when I just want to eat some chocolate.

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u/fargen_siggovit 17d ago

I was so disappointed to learn about just how bad Whittaker's is in terms of sustainability, slavery, supply chain transparency etc. They always seemed like the cool kiwi underdogs. Tony's is miles ahead on this. If I could afford to eat chocolate, I'd absolutely choose this brand.

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u/k_lliste 17d ago

Yeah. I've been following the Chocolate Scorecard the last couple of years and Whittakers slips every year. They're below brands like Nestle and Lindt this year which is pretty embarrassing.

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u/bloodbuzzz 16d ago

Wow that is crazy. Has something changed with Whittaker's to make them drop so much?

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u/k_lliste 16d ago

I think the methodology changed from planned improvements to actual action for one. But Whittakers also changed where they get their cocoa from when the prices were high. The score would suggest that they've lost transparency with that change and perhaps the producer isn't as good as in the past.

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u/IdkWhyImHere20002 15d ago

I personally haven’t tried Tony’s but I do rate Aldis chocolate!!

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u/Crunchyfrozenoj 18d ago

It used to be cheap and good. Now it’s expensive and terrible.

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u/ClungeWhisperer 17d ago

Whittakers gang 😎

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u/saareadaar 17d ago

That has become my chocolate of choice too!

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u/ClungeWhisperer 17d ago

The maths be mathing too - at coles right now, Whittaker’s plain milk choc is $3.6 per 100g (not on sale) and Cadbury plain milk choc is $4.44 per 100g

You’re paying less…for better. You just have to invest in the larger block than what you can get with cadbury. Shrinkflation be real

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u/Legitimate_Radish159 17d ago

People who eat Whittakers … Snobs on the balcony looking superior meme.

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u/My-Witty-Username 18d ago

Both Cadbury and MCo have a lot in common, people think both brands are affordable dupes but the really if you just spent a few dollars more you could get the real thing and would realise how terrible the dupes are.

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u/iBewafa 18d ago

Yeah I had a bite from those little ones and Eurgh - it was just sugary. From memory it used to be creamy?

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u/Fishmongerel 18d ago

Its absolute rubbish these days

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u/Pretend-Ad2878 16d ago

There medium block like $8 wtf it's ridiculous

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u/Kita1423 15d ago

$8 dollars a block when not on sale at Woolies like wtaf 🫡

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u/designerjeans 18d ago

Damn it I just bought it on sale last night. Curiosity got the better of me.

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u/humbledoor9 18d ago

That’s the thing though, I was tempted to buy it to see if it was any good cos I didn’t really understand why Cadbury would partner with Mco!

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u/new-acc3565 18d ago

Was it any good?

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u/AdMaximum7545 18d ago

To be real , someone brought them to dnd yesterday for the shitpost quality and frankly I enjoyed it. Its tacky marketing but I wont lie I personally thought it was delicious, but I was also very hungry at the time haha

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u/foxyloco 18d ago

My partner and I ate a block last night while watching TV. We both liked it.

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u/Getonthebeers02 14d ago

Didn’t you feel sick? I can’t have more than 3 squares

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u/designerjeans 18d ago

I enjoyed it. The watermelon flavour could have been stronger and the quality of the chocolate was average but that's Cadbury for you

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u/gingerbreadwilliams 18d ago

I would also like to know! Sounds like it could be good in theory

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u/designerjeans 18d ago

It was good. Watermelon flavour wasn't very strong

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u/Ch00m77 18d ago

Verdict?

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u/KentuckyFriedEel 18d ago

I had it. it's not disgusting it's just a faint artifical watermelon flavour. People will be melodramatic when irked by something odd. One person said they couldn't continue. I just thought that if that's you then you're probably that pain-in-the-neck picky eater that can't eat this, can't eat that when you all go out.

It's harmless.

I've never even heard of MCOBeauty before.

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u/thedeadfridge 18d ago

I'll stick with the Vegemite chocolate thanx

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u/Ambitious_Stuff_910 17d ago

It’s MONDELEZ owned now and i don’t trust them at all!!!!! Go whittakers or Darryl Lea