Sorry but this just tastes like perfumed soap water to me! (Cadbury Fry's Turkish Delight)

Member Name: kittybuttons

Product:	Cadbury Fry's Turkish Delight
Date:	08/06/09 (66 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Is covered in Cadbury's chocolate

Disadvantages: Urgh

As most people who read my reviews I have a bit of a sweet tooth to say the least. I pretty much love all chocolate and sweets available on the market and do love to try some of those international brands out there too. So shock horror that this review is going to be on something sweet which I detest - Turkish Delight!

Turkish Delight, yep you guessed it, originates from Turkey and is called 'Lokum' there. It has been around since the 15th century and was introduced to the Western world in the 19th century by a traveller who called it 'Turkish Delight.'

The traditional Turkish Delight is a soft sticky jelly like food. It is normally pale pink in colour and is usually flavoured with rosewater or lemon and dusted in icing sugar. It sometimes contains chopped nuts, often pistachio.

Fry's, a British chocolate company established by Joseph Fry around 1759 decided in produce this item for the mass market and in 1914 Fry's Turkish Delight was born. This Turkish Delight consisted of the traditional block of pink rosewater flavoured jelly like sweet stuff covered in a thin layer of chocolate. As J. S. Fry & Sons has now been taken over by Cadbury's, that chocolate is now Dairy Milk. It can be bought in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

I first encountered this product as a young child as it was one of my grandfathers favourite sweets. I didn't like it but upon seeing the bright purple packaging on the shelf in a supermarket recently, I decided to try it again as I know my taste buds have changed since then.

The bar is wrapped in vivid purple foil, it really stands out on the shelf. The style of writing the colouring almost makes me think of 'eastern promise' and Turkey itself.

The bar itself is a rectangular shape and measures a few inches across. It would certainly fill you up if you were looking for a snack. Just from looking at it all you can see is the chocolate and it could contain any filling but it you put a little bit of pressure on it, you see that the chocolate layer is very thin as it cracks and gives way to a intriguing hint of pink. When you bite into it you get to see the deep pink jelly which I have to admit looks very tasty though I find this is not the case!

When you first open the packet you are hit by what I find a strange smell for a chocolate bar, a sweet perfumy smell, it certainly is very interesting. However after getting through the creamy Dairy Milk chocolate (which I must unfortunately say is the best part) you reach the perfumed jelly. This is just strange to me and tastes like I'm eating perfume. Rosewater is a common ingredient in perfume and this is probably why. It just tastes wrong and almost 'soapy.' I have to admit I was quite disappointed but this as it was one of those things that I wanted to like!

If you do like or think you would like Turkish Delight then fear not as it does have it's benefit, mainly that it is 92% fat free. It contains 185 calories and 3.7g of fat for a 51g bar which is pretty good.

It can be bought from most supermarkets for 44p a bar and can also be bought in multipacks.

Although I do not like it I know many people who do so I say give it a go!

Summary: Fry's Turkish Delight