UK: Liqueur chocolate law is scrapped - meaning under 16s can now buy them - Polidicks

Children will be allowed to buy liqueur chocolates after a change in the law, prompting MPs to raise concerns about under 16s developing a taste for spirits. [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/07/23D8DF9D00000578-2864399-Children_will_be_allowed_to_buy_liqueur_chocolates_and_alcohol_l-m-2_1417971159106.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2864399/Here-come-alco-chocs-16s-allowed-buy-liqueur-chocolates-law-scrapped.html[/url]

it was banned in the first place?? what a joke

[QUOTE=LVL FACTORY;46662316]it was banned in the first place?? what a joke[/QUOTE] You had to be 16

cool, loopholes are fun

[QUOTE=LVL FACTORY;46662316]it was banned in the first place?? what a joke[/QUOTE] Yeah, I remember when I ate one of these for the first time when I was a kid, it tasted like shit.

Do they have alcohol in them?

[QUOTE=proboardslol;46662345]Do they have alcohol in them?[/QUOTE] Of course. They're hollow chocolates filled with liquor

[QUOTE=proboardslol;46662345]Do they have alcohol in them?[/QUOTE] Article says there is alcohol but very little amount.

[QUOTE=matt.ant;46662353]Of course. They're hollow chocolates filled with liquor[/QUOTE] holy shit that sounds delicious

I've had some of these before Some of the flavors were a bit too strong for my tastes, but others didn't taste that bad.

I never saw this rule being enforced, ever. I used to try one of my mum's boyfriend's chocolate liqueurs that we'd bought from Hotel Chocolat in plain sight and it never seemed to be a problem.

I've always loved these.

These are disgusting. Waste of good chocolate.

[QUOTE=.Isak.;46662366]holy shit that sounds delicious[/QUOTE] It is. You've never tried them?

I like liquor. I like chocolate. I do not like liquor inside of chocolate.

Not sure why anyone would want these in the first place, they're awful.

Depends on the quality of the chocolate and liquor used.

The bailey's ones are good, but the rest are pretty terrible.

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;46662456]It is. You've never tried them?[/QUOTE] I've never seen these in the US. I could see how they'd be gross if you fill it with a strong whiskey or something, but rums and sweet liqueurs would blend well with chocolate.

"Oh hell yes! I am going to get motherfuckin' crunk," said William, who was also an alcoholic. He ate and ate, devouring the chocolates in an attempt to satiate his lust for that liquid buzz that he knew was coming. He could taste the faintest hint of his beloved whiskey buried in the chocolate, and he sent it to his mighty gut to be refined down into a form that his alcohol-deprived veins craved. Then it happened. Around the hundredth or four hundredth chocolate bottle, William felt the stirrings of protest deep in his gut. Without warning, he violently retched a brownish-black fountain of partially digested chocolate on to the neatly organized pallets of fine chocolate product he was raiding from. Just then a door to his right flew open, and then the lights flicked on. "Aw, what the fuck is this shit man? What the fuck?" said the night watchman who had been pulling double duty as a custodian. "I just wanted.." William began, before vomiting once more. "Man get the fuck out! You nasty motherfucker, go suck dick under a bridge or something for some booze money you nasty fuck!" exclaimed the night watchman, "these are for children and you fucked all them up! Get out!" William died later that evening, having been deathly allergic to chocolate because William was actually a dog in disguise.

They used to sell the cherry brandy ones in Poundland [IMG]http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/walkers-cherry-brandy-1-400x295.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/walkers-cherry-brandy-2-400x274.jpg[/img] I liked them

I must admit, I've never eaten branded chocolate liqueurs that are branded to the alcohol. Normally I just find it's branded chocolate (normally posh stuff) with some unnamed booze inside it. I imagine that, unless the chocolate were branded also, brand-name chocolate liqueurs would be nasty.

If you're going to eat liquor chocolate at least get the best one: [t]http://online.idea.rs/images/products/442/442104839l.gif[/t]

Those are the nastiest things to stumble upon inadvertently. The kind of stuff they put in random chocolate assortments and you're unaware of which ones contain liqueur. It's like a real life version of Bertie Bott's flavour beans. You never know what you'll end up tasting but you pray for anything but that stuff.

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;46662462]I like liquor. I like chocolate. I do not like liquor inside of chocolate.[/QUOTE] Yeah but kids aren't buying them because of the taste. They are buying them because "Tee hee ALCOHOL! I'm so cool"

Reminds me of the time when I was in primary school and won a bottle chocolate liqueur that somehow managed to make its way into the raffle that kids could win, and the adult responsible for the raffle gave it to me, I was about 7-8 too, boy did I get pissed, not knowing what it was.

You'd think it'd be a good combination. If one's great and the other's great it would only make sense for it to be even better, no? Nope, hated every single one I've had. (not had many) A bit silly for the ban to be lifted though. What's stopping them from buying tons of liqueur chocolates and just dumping the alcohol somewhere?

[QUOTE=Perl;46662700]You'd think it'd be a good combination. If one's great and the other's great it would only make sense for it to be even better, no? Nope, hated every single one I've had. (not had many) A bit silly for the ban to be lifted though. What's stopping them from buying tons of liqueur chocolates and just dumping the alcohol somewhere?[/QUOTE] If you have enough cash to buy like 20 of these for a single shot, you have enough cash to hire a homeless guy to buy you 750ml.

[QUOTE=.Isak.;46662530]I've never seen these in the US. I could see how they'd be gross if you fill it with a strong whiskey or something, but rums and sweet liqueurs would blend well with chocolate.[/QUOTE] You can buy them in the US, my father and I often eat these. We usually get ones filled with brandy but I have had rum and whiskey ones before. Whiskey one isn't as you suspect. To anyone wanting to try these, you really need to have a taste for bitter things. Otherwise you probably will not like them.

The best way to stop teenage drinking is to outright bar them from it and never let them talk about it, that's the only way - not something sensible like introducing it at a younger age to understand alcohol. Nah, just let them hit 18, go hogwild and fuck their liver