This post is about chocolates - the ones that I have had a lot in my past and I will continue to have them without restrictions. This might be a short one as compared to previous reads.
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1. Cadbury Crackle
I had when I was a kid and I have it now whenever I am about to fly to Mumbai. I believe and follow that before leaving the house for any key event or travel it is auspicious to have something Sweet. If I am in Mumbai, I will have Curd and Sugar. I have been in Chennai for the last 5-years and Crackle was my go-to Sweet.
2. Amul Bitter Chocolate
I am a big dark chocolate fan. I like things which are Bitter. I have had loads of different dark chocolates - some from Pondy, some from Europe, few from Goa, etc. They were like once in a while. The Amul chocolate which takes the list is the one I have regularly. I got this a year back - 90%. Before this, there was Amul Bitter chocolate - 75%. Dark chocolates are considered to have health benefits too and I used to have this daily before going to the office.
3. Parle Melody
This is more of a toffee kind of thing. These can be found on office tabletops or my office drawer. There is a famous advertisement where the actors keep asking - 'Melody itni Choloclaty Kyun Hai?' I don't know the answer but I find Melodious.
There was a revival of Melody in my Engineering days. My bestie and close friend group used to like this a lot and so I got a company to have it whenever and wherever I wanted it. The second push was in Mahindra where I used to keep this in my fridge and office drawers. Mostly having it after lunch.
4. Cadbury Gems
Here comes another Cadbury product - Gems. The best and most attractive part about Gems is the varying color it comes in packed as one single entity. If you had a sibling whos fav color was different then yours then you would have enjoyed it, otherwise the elder one gets what he/she likes. I used to break the outer shell just a bit and then consume it - just for fun. It is really good to see Gems getting new promotional videos.
5. Cadbury 5 Star
This is a sticky chocolate bar and doesn't melt easily kept outside of the fridge. There was a 5-star Caramel flavor launched a few years ago and I liked it more than the traditional one.
If you observe - this is the third Cadbury product on my list. Cadbury also came up with a celebrations pack - it will have a collection of 8-12 different Cadbury products packed into a gift box. This still sells a lot during Rakshabandhan and Diwali. I like the concept - this must have been a big changer for Cadbury in terms of profits.
One last thing - Cadbury is associated with the tagline - 'kuch meetha ho jaye aaj pehli tarikh hai'
6. Nestle KitKat
It is a wafer biscuit or a bar covered with chocolate. Like Gems, this promotes sharing and caring. There would be packs of different sizes. You just can't buy and have a KitKat as is - you have to follow a set method to open the pack and then cut it off in different parts or different fingers.
Kitkat is also associated with the tag line - 'Have a break, have Kitkat'. Below is an illustration of how to and how not to have a KitKat. Recently they have launched Kitkat dessert delight - never had it though. Let me know if you have tried it out.
7. Cadbury Perk
I don't want to count how many Cadbury products I am adding. Perk is again wafer bar dipped in chocolate. I used to go to Perk whenever I didn't feel like having 5-star. Perk holds a special place in my life now. They used to write that Perk comes with glucose energy and so I made it part of my long-distance running. I used to have a bite of it and then disappear for long runs. This is part of the Marathon running kit and I have one every 10-12 km.
8. Nestle Milky Bar
This was complimentary to actual dairy milk. I don't have this now anymore. I can't understand now why I liked it 2 decades ago. I just know one friend, Roshni, who likes white chocolates. Yeah, this is white chocolate and I would never think of having it again. Sorry!
9. Snickers
This is more of a recent sensation or rather a Chennai sensation. In Chennai, I used to go shopping with my flatmates at weekends. We used to buy a week's grocery and related items on weekends. The supermarket guys are smart and they know that the chocolate rack should be put close to the counter. There used to be a queue for billing and naturally, the eyes wandered here and there. That is when picking up a snicker bar became a habit. Obviously, I liked it and so it became a regular affair. Nowadays it comes in different variants - plain, nuts, almond, etc. Try it every weekend.
10. Cadbury Eclairs
If you have been to big Bazar/DMART before the intrusion of digital payments, then you know what eclair is. This is used to come for 1 rupee and whenever there is no change at the counter at the supermarket they used to give us Eclair. They might have changed but still prefer to give Eclair, obviously, they made a huge profit of it, anyways. I have been given Eclair far more than what I have purchased on my own. Nowadays I have moved Melody and haven't had one for a long time. Tomorrow seems a good time to grab one.
If you guys liked it - I request you to get out of the house (with a mas) and go grab your fav chocolate.
Looking forward to your comments.
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