Hershey vs Cadbury: cast your vote here!
Posted by Jon on Mon 27 Apr 2009Categories: Food | [13] Comments
UPDATE: Cadbury emerges the clear winner in our tasting. You can still cast your vote at the bottom of the post!
Over 300 people came to our chocolate tasting this morning, and a resounding 74% of participants said their preferred chocolate was Cadbury Dairy Milk.
Interestingly 71% of people raised in North America preferred Cadbury chocolate – so it’s not just “what you grew up with”!
Here’s a few photos from the morning’s event:
On Tuesday 28 April the RSC will host the bout of the century: Hershey’s vs Cadbury. Which is the public’s preferred chocolate?
The venue: the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, home of the RSC.
The contenders: in the purple corner, and weighing in at 49 g, Cadbury Dairy Milk. In the brown corner, at 43 g, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate.
The referees : the general public, who will express their opinions of their preferred chocolate in a blind test. A team of chemists from Keele University have analysed the chocolate and its different chemical properties, and will also analyse the results of the opinion poll on the day.
It would hardly be fair to limit this poll to the lucky few who walk past Burlington House at 10.30 on Tuesday, however. So we’re throwing the poll open to the entire world! Speed your preferred chocolate to success by casting your vote below:
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Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 11:49
will you also test some chocolates?
Thu 7 May 2009 at 22:43
Cadbury vs Hershey is a second league contest.
Why not add some Belgian and Swiss chocolates?
Fri 8 May 2009 at 14:28
Michael Taylor says it. Before I had scrolled down to his comment I had already thought what the outcome might have been if Lindt had been included.
As you know, the UK (i.e. the UK confectionery lobby) forced the EU to accept its vegetable-fat-containing products to be permitted to be sold in the EU as chocolate.
Quote from a 2003 BBC report:
“The dispute started 27 years ago when Britain, Ireland and Denmark joined the EU and refused to adopt the standards requiring chocolate to contain only cocoa ingredients.”
Fri 8 May 2009 at 14:31
PS. Sorry, here is the link to the BBC report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2664877.stm
That Nestle welcomed the ruling (assuming the report is accurate) is not entirely surprising, given their extensive UK interests.
Sat 9 May 2009 at 11:34
Living on the other side of the pond, my vote on main stream manufacturers, is based on the taste of Cadbury products in the UK. The same products (if available) lack something in North America that would probably even out the vote.
Mon 29 Mar 2010 at 19:35
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Thu 5 Aug 2010 at 16:58
Cadbury’s is the best. i’ve even been to birmingham england and went to the Cadbury factory. it’s a combination of Wonka and hershey park. my 2nd favourite day in europe, it even beat out france. it just didn’t beat visiting my 7 uncles!
Mon 20 Sep 2010 at 22:26
“Cadbury vs Hershey is a second league contest.
Why not add some Belgian and Swiss chocolates?”
Cadbury and Hershey’s may be second league, but I find them both superior to most Belgian and Swiss chocolates. (Which I do still love).
Thu 3 Mar 2011 at 19:30
It’s a crying shame that there are no Cadbury’s Cream Eggs any more but instead bitter Hershey’s Cream Eggs have taken their place.
I did once complain to Hershey about the taste of Cadbury’s chocolate made by Hershey and received the standard ‘different places, different flavors’ response, referring to the difference sources of the ingredients.
It’s probably due to the abundant cornucopia of toxins in the animal feed in the USA and all the hormones in the cattle.
I will have to find a reasonably priced importer.
Fri 1 Apr 2011 at 07:04
“Cadbury and Hershey’s may be second league, but I find them both superior to most Belgian and Swiss chocolates. (Which I do still love)”
Someone needs a thorough refining of his/her taste palate. On the same yet different note, You probably prefer Pisswater beer Budlight over a plethora of quality microbrews out there.
Sat 28 May 2011 at 15:24
Hersheys is disgusting. Cadbury’s is creamy and delicious. x
Sun 24 Jul 2011 at 02:50
I’m an American who happens to love both. Cadbury comes out front in my opinion. Cadbury tastes more ‘real’ than Hershey’s.
The best chocolate is from Belgium though
Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 18:12
Having grown up with Cadbury’s, it’s obviously going to be a little biased. What from I have tasted of Hershey’s (They very occasionally have it in the supermarket) I find it still a good chocolate, but a little too sweet for my taste.
I’d probably put Cadbury’s just ahead then.