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Makes my mouth water lol

Thanks, Liz

I just knew there was a brazil nut in there once!

I hate orange sweets, toffees, coffee flavoured, strawberry flavoured, coconut....I don't think I'll buy them now!

Quality Street was launched in 1936 by Halifax confectioner Mackintosh's, the name being inspired by a play of the same name by J. M. Barrie. 'The Major' and 'Miss', two figures inspired by the play's principal characters, appeared on all Quality Street boxes and tins until 2000. 'Major' and 'Miss' were originally modelled by Iris and Tony Coles, from Chingford, Essex, children of commercial artist Sydney Coles who created the brand's image.

The brand was acquired by Nestlé when they bought Rowntree's in 1988; indeed, the brand was one of the reasons for this takeover[citation needed].

In recent years, individual larger versions of the more popular chocolates have been manufactured and sold separately, as an extension to the brand. In particular the Milk Chocolate Hazelnut has been marketed individually as The Big Purple One, due to its traditional purple wrapper, there was also The Big Green Triangle and The Big Orange Crunch released quite recently.

Quality Street are often associated with the Christmas period in Britain, Ireland, and Canada and are bought as gifts throughout the season; in the latter country it is an important part of the ethnic identity of British heritage. In Western Norway, it is called "Shetlandsgodt" (Shetland Sweets), because it often was brought home by fishermen visiting Shetland. In Iceland it is traditionally known as "Mackintosh."

Quality Street in popular culture
In the "Training" episode of The Office, the David Brent character states that his band used to perform a political reggae number titled "Equality Street".

The British Folk Metal band Skyclad's 6th album Irrational Anthems features a song titled "Inequality Street".

On the "Odd One Out Round" of the last episode of HIGNFY hosted by Angus Deayton in October, 2002 reference was made to the revelation in the news that Saddam Hussein was a fan of the chocolates. Paul Merton quipped that "I suppose he just likes dressing up as the bloke on the tin".

Contents
The sweets within the box have changed and evolved over the years. There are currently 12 flavours of the individually wrapped sweets,with a menu all of which are either chocolate or toffee based, as follows:

Current Sweets
Milk Chocolate Hazelnut with caramel (the 'Purple One')
Chocolate Noisette Pate (the 'green triangle')
Chocolate Toffee Finger (gold wrapped stick)
Toffee Penny (gold wrapper)
Vanilla Fudge (pink wrapper)
Strawberry Delight (red circular wrapper)
Coconut Eclair (blue wrapper)
Caramel Swirl (yellow frustum)
Milk Choc Block (green wrapper)
Orange Crunch (hexagonal orange wrapper)
Orange Creme (orange circular wrapper)
Toffee Deluxe (Brown wrapper)
Suprise (Pink wrapper)


Former sweets
Purple One (the original 'Purple One' with brazil nut, replaced with hazelnut version)
Chocolate Strawberry Cream (now replaced with Strawberry Delight)
Chocolate Toffee Cup (now replaced with Caramel Swirl)
Hazelnut Cracknell (red wrapper) (since removed)
Hazelnut Eclair (since removed)
Chocolate Nut Toffee Cream (since removed)
Malt Toffee (replaced with toffee deluxe as a "new" flavour)
Milk Chocolate Round (now replaced with Milk Choc Block in green wrapper)
Chocolate Peanut (blue wrapper, since removed)
Coffee Cream (brown wrapper, same size and shape as the strawberry cream)
Gooseberry Cream (green wrapper light green fondant with a touch of Gooseberry Preserve covered in milk chocolate)
Apricot Delight (blue wrapper, square chunk, apricot flavoured jelly covered in milk chocolate)
Toffee Square (metallic pink wrapper, a small square of very hard toffee)
Chocolate Truffle (brown wrapper, square chunk, a soft truffle filling covered in milk chocolate)
Smarties (ordinary cardboard box of Smarties)

Don't do much choccy eating these days Daff......but in my heyday I could get through quite a few of those purple ones, but they always had a hazlenut in, never known them to be any different......

.....trouble was my Daughter liked them too, then my DiL's.......and then I noticed that there were fewer of the purply ones in there.....and started on my second favourite which was the gold foiled squishy caramel one......then the lilac diamond fudgy one......and so on......

but.......big sigh......those days have gone.......but have you seen those really big ones.......we buy one each for fun for our DiL's at Christmas.....

...I wondered why, when dredging the last, least liked chocs in a tin, I suddenly apparently liked nuts in chocolate - it's because there aren't any!!!! LOL

Tell him to take you out then....and buy you some big 'purple sweets' lol

The Purple One definitely had a brazil in it - I think they should be taken to court over it!

Talking of showing age; I used to love the makeweights you found in boxes of chocolates. I also loved lime barrels (Milk Tray) and the cherry ones in Black Magic both seem to have disappeared.

The bar of chocolate that was like a lot of different chocolates stuck together.

The different flavours in the Fry's bar.

How I miss them!

EDIT: Husband says it was never a Brazil; always a Hazelnut. He should know, he always pinches them first. AND the CHEEK of it; He says we should all get out more LOL

you can buy the jumbo purple ones,,,they have hazlenuts too.

I love them too :))
A bit like Walnut whips, you used to get a nut inside and on top.
I cant remeber which kind it is.ie celabrations/heroes but they cut out on the more expensive ones.

I don't remember if they did actually have a brazil nut in but I do know I was disappointed when I had one at christmas.

Lol Mummo.... mine would go mouldy if I did that, lol.....

Julia, I am thinking of writing a strong letter of protest to my MP, lol ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxxxx

Daff - I do not eat them often enough to notice a change. But now you come to mention it, the one that I had at Christmas only had a small hazelnut in it. But, this is wrong surely. The Purple One is shaped like a Brazil, not a Hazelnut. Surely this comes under the Trades Description Act LOLOL
Julia in Derbyshire

Doesn't seem to matter which one you like , there are never enough in the tin is there, lol.
Your right about sweets being expensive, over 10 bob for a bar of chocolate ( love to show my age, lol)
Will let you into a secret..........when l do buy a tin of sweets l always pick out my favourites then hide them so no one else can have them , ha ha .

wmsl TW, just can't imagine you spitting it out, lolol........ I am sure they had brazil nuts in them... just shows how often I have them, lolol!!

But I was very disappointed!

Love

Daff xxxx

~~~~~~ to Birdi.... you have to start sooner, so that you are well practiced by Easter, lolol!! ;¬))

That's disgraceful.

I haven't had a 'purple one' in years. Must do some research this Easter.

We've said for a long time that chocolate is not what it used to be. AND it's very expensive now.

Lol McAnne, I like the toffees best.... but have a dodgy tooth, so don't want to risk it....

I don't *know* any others, lol... looks like I shall have to pig out and find another to love........ *sobs forlornly*

Or maybe I shall just have crumpets with jam..... that should satisfy the sweet craving... I rarely get one, but I am going to blame the steroids, cos I can ;¬))

Love

Daff xxx

Wasn't it always a hazelnut?

I love them but never liked nuts much so always sucked the caramel off the nut and spat it out.

(well, not spat exactly, gently removed it from my mouth and wrapped it in the paper)

I luuuuuurve the green triangles, especially the big ones you can get now lol

Blimey Daff you found a half sized nut ??? you were lucky !!!

Last one i tried had no nut at all - they used to be my fav but i've moved alligence to the green triangle now ;O) xxx

In the tin of toffees... you know the one... well, my friends will know that I don't have a very sweet tooth.... and I just fancied a choccy... so nipped upstairs and opend a tin of chocs left over from Christmas.... and as I am partial to the Purple one when the mood takes me, I had one... couldn't believe it... so have now eaten 4, just for research, you understand.

There is NO WAY there is a brazil nut in there any more... it is a measly little half sized hazelnut..... and I love hazelnuts normally... but this.. well. Defies description.

So, my question is.... how long ago did the nuts get changed and downsized??? lol

Love

Daff xxxx