Fings Ain't What They Used To Be... (Nestlé Yorkie Bar)

Member Name: minkypolly

Product:	Nestlé Yorkie Bar
Date:	07/11/09 (47 review reads)
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Advantages: Tasty, big chunks, satisfying

Disadvantages: Melts in your mouth too quickly

When I was little, my brother used to get a Yorkie easter egg every year, and it used to drive me mad. I was absolutely green with envy at the individually wrapped pieces of Yorkie - for me it was the ultimate chocolate, but I always seemed to end up with a Buttons egg or something more girly.

I think the other reason I always pined after Yorkies is that they are bigger than most other choccy bars, and as a wee pigsy child the fact hat a single chunk would be bigger than my mouth could handle was a definite attraction.

Over the years, the formulation changed a little - the chunks are still big and chunky (chunky chunks!) but whereas the chocolate used to be really hard and dense, it is now far creamier, and melts much quicker in your mouth than it used to. I think this happened when Rowntrees were bought out by Nestle, and for me Yorkie's haven;'t really been the same since. I still get a nostalgic urge to buy Yorkies these days but I am always disappointed by how sickly-sweet it is, and how quickly it disappears!

Their marketing is brilliant - I loved the "It's not for girls" campaign, and then was a sucker for the pink-wrapped "handbag packs". Its one of the only chocolate bars that you could actually describe as cool, in my eyes at least.

Something about the Yorkie brand really appeals to me, and even though I don't enjoy the softer bar as much as the rock-hard old one, this will always be one of my all-time favourites.

Summary: Bring back the old Yorkie!