Fry's Orange Chocolate Cream

[mikey4444]

There is a discussion going on, on my Facebook page, about the absence of the Orange variety of Fry's Chocolate Cream. I hadn't realised that they had stopped making it, until I went to check this morning.

Can anyone remember when they last bought a bar ?

[jno]

Discontinued 2015, says Wikipedia, presumably by the American owners

There are currently two variants of Fry's Cream:

Fry's Chocolate Cream[3]
Fry's Peppermint Cream[4]

Over the years, other variants existed:

Fry's Five Centre (orange, raspberry, lime, strawberry, and pineapple), produced from 1934 to 1992.[5] Five Centre was also sold with a combination of orange, coffee, vanilla, lime, and raspberry centres. It is probable that other combinations were sold at one time or another.[6]
Fry's Strawberry Cream.
Fry's Pineapple Cream.
Fry's Fruit Medley - from the 1960s.
Fry's Orange Cream - created in 1800s and discontinued 2015.

An unsuccessful mid-1990s relaunch attempt also saw new variants available under the modernised "Fry's Spirit" branding for a while:[7]

Fry's Spirit Berry Margarita
Fry's Spirit Piña Colada
Fry's Spirit Velvet Dream (cream liqueur)

[EcclesCake]

Yes. Never.

Chocolate and orange are a vile combination for me, the best thing about getting a Terry's Chocolate Orange for Christmas as a child was unwrapping it and doing the tap, it was never like in the adverts though.

[mikey4444]

I can remember my Dad's sweetshop selling all the various varieties in the 1960's. The factory where it was made was only a few miles up the road. The Lime Cream was my favourite.

The Pina Colada and Pineapple ones sound intriguing !

[mikey4444]

It seems that the rot set in, in 2010, when Cadbury shut the Keynsham factory down and production was moved to Poland.

[-SharonA-]

I loved this chocolate!! I grew on this. I still bulk buy from Poundland.
But I have not seen the other flavours for a long long while.

[mikey4444]

Sharon....if you can afford these, you won't be disappointed. In the 60's, we used to sell these by the quarter, and very popular they were too. A sweetshop here in my Village used to sell them until about 10 years ago, but they are not getting difficult to find retail.

I bet Harrods sell them though !

http://www.beechsfinechocolates.com/fruit-creams/

[albaqwerty]

last time I bought a bar for Fry's must have been about 5 years ago.
Was most disappointed in the flavour and texture.

Where have the decent sweet-shops disappeared to?
the ones here you could see the sweeties in the jars and ask for a 10p mix or something similar?

[albaqwerty]

*where, not here

[sapelesam]

Bring back Spangles.

[mikey4444]

Alba....those sweetshops are still around, although they are getting hard to find. There are still "proper" sweetshops here in the Valleys, and Swansea Market has 2 first class ones.

[albaqwerty]

Mikey, our last local 2 closed (sob)
one a few years ago, the other in March upon the death of the owner.

[mazie]

Mikey Amazon do the Beeches chocolate

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beechs-Fine-Chocolates-Chocolate-Violet/dp/B008E4R9M6

[mikey4444]

Mazie....yes thanks. I don't use Amazon these days, but they are available elsewhere, like ebay.

Buying them mail order can be very expensive though.

[zebo]

I am annoyed that we can't buy Schweppes Bitter Orange any longer, thought they has discontinued it until I saw in the the Alsterhaus in Hamburg.
Terry's chocolate oranges always remind me of my 50th birthday present from OH,that was it, especially as he knows that I detest them, his mother bought me one every Christmas. If you poke a phillips screwdriver tip into the top and tap it firmly it will break as per the adverts!

[mikey4444]

Zebo....there are things as Terry's Chocolate Lemons !

[Mamyalynne]

That was a limited edition Mikey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%27s_Chocolate_Orange#Product_range

[mikey4444]

Mamy....flipping heck !

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting too the Apple came first, like all good stories.;-)

[mikey4444]

Yes, I saw that ! I would have liked to have tried a chocolate apple !