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One of the strangest confectionery delights to grace the
counters of the local newsagents in the 1970’s was the Milk Tray chocolate bar.
A whole box of Milk Tray Chocolates molded together into one
bar, with 9 different centers to choose from:
Coconut Ice
Turkish Delight
Crème Strawberry
Almond Swirl
Caramel
Coffee Creme
Lime Barrel
Fudge
It was always difficult to keep your favorite to last, but I
loved the – Lime Barrel and Fudge
.
I must admit my least favorite was Turkish Delight, so I always
ate this first, to get it out of the way.
There was only one down side to this incredible invention,
sometimes if you were very unlucky the chocolate bar broke and split causing
the crèmes to spread and infect the other choc’s. It was heartbreaking to open a bar and
discover that the ‘best’ one (Lime Barrel) had been obliterated.
Our Sunday School teacher gave me a bar every Sunday when I attended church, together with the magazines
‘World of Wonder’ and ‘Look and Learn’ . To be honest I loved the magazines but
the Milk Tray Bar was the real treat.
My two sisters’s used to fight over which chocolate they
wanted and that still left 7 for me.
It was a timeless classic that still brings a smile to my
face.
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