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Feb 22, 2020 - 9:41 AM
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Tall Guy
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Pah The Lion bar is a pale imitations of the Picnic bar. Cadburys had the Picnic out in 1958, and it took Rowntrees until the 70s to come up with a rival. Talk about dragging your feet. Ok, they're both nice enough. It'll be interesting to learn what our esteemed candy bar thread panel thinks of your assertion, Paul. I've not seen the Picnic bar at my local Brit market, but I'll grab a few the next time I'm there; if that search comes up empty, I will buy a sackful of the things when I'm next in London, which should be this November. You would have laughed had you attempted to lift my sweets-filled hand luggage the last time I was over there. If I may chip in as a minor authority on both the Picnic and the Lion bars, I think they’re quite different animals. There are always one or two main ingredients in a chocolate bar that attract me to it, and one of them is usually chocolate, funnily enough. (That may be why I’ve gone off certain products that Kraft/Mondelez ownership/meddling has ruined for me, including [sob] the Creme Egg.) What sets the Picnic aside and slightly above the Lion Bar is the presence of raisins. I’m not sure they have those in all territories. The Lion Bar’s other distinctive ingredient is caramel infused wafer. Maybe that’s two ingredients. Whatever. I’m pretty much with Paul on this one, but I wouldn’t be as emphatic, because I do like a Lion Bar.
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