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Just opened one of my Christmas presents to myself — a box of Queen Anne chocolate covered cherries (milk chocolate, not that dark bitter stuff) — and I can’t believe what I see. My box of chocolates has two layers of candy (as usual), but there are ONLY 5 (five) candies underneath that cellophane cover. The bottom layer is the same thing — five chocolate covered cherries. Now, as Larry the Cable Guy might say . . . “That ain’t right.”
Everything is being down-sized, but when “they” start messing with our chocolates, it’s time to start some kind of riot — or at least a demonstration!
True, I only paid $.97 for that box of goodies at Wal-Mart, but that’s what I always paid for them about this time of year. I rather enjoy the cheaper versions of this type of candy more than the expensive Godiva ones at the mall. But . . . is there much difference NOW in price? Gee, that works out to something like . . . 10 cents a bite (one candy = one bite).
Actually, the cost per bite is much higher if you remove the candies that are broken and have leaked all the good cherry juice — so, you end up with a crunchy cherry bite. That’s not REAL bad news — at least it wasn’t that bad when you had closer to 16 candies in the box. So, they’ve cut the product portion by half and left the cost the same. What’s wrong with this picture? Was this done on purpose, do you suppose? Or maybe now that so many items we consume come from overseas, perhaps the packers in China misunderstood. I don’t pretend to know the Chinese words for 16 and 10 — but surely they can’t be that confusing. Yeah, I bet it was done on purpose by some profit-mongering, chocolate hater, monopolistic capitalist some place.
Just checked my Queen Anne box. I need to apologize to the Chinese — this fine product is manufactured by World’s Finest Chocolate, Inc. at 4801 South Lawndale in Chicago, Illinois. Next to that information is this statement: “REAL CHERRIES — may contain pits or pit fragments.” Yep, it’s a USA product all right. I need to stop complaining here and go online to let queenannecandy.com know my feelings. If you have found this problem with your chocolates — please contact them, too. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE UNITE!
But first . . . another bite . . . yummmmmmmm!