Yorkie is the British bar which proudly proclaims that “it’s not for girls!” Based on that slogan, I had sort of figured that Yorkie was going to do something like cram every conceivable candy bar filling into one bar, or something similarly ridiculous. But nope, it’s just plain milk chocolate. I’m really not sure what makes that female-inappropriate, since on the whole women tend to appreciate plain chocolate more than men. Yorkie is slightly bigger (and thus higher in calories) than your average single-serving candy bar, so I guess that could be it? Anyway, it’s highly probable that I’m overthinking what amounts to a silly (and potentially offensive) marketing gimmick.
What about the bar? Well, as I said, it’s just plain milk chocolate. The wrapper describes it as “chunky milk chocolate”, which is something else that puzzles me about this candy – it’s pure chocolate, no chunks. In North America, “chunky” is generally only used to denote something with chunks (at least in the context of candy), but I guess that’s different over there in the UK. But again, I digress.
So how’s the chocolate? It’s not bad, actually. It kind of reminds me of a slightly inferior version of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. It’s sweet and creamy, with a similar taste and consistency to Cadbury’s product. I don’t think it’s quite as good, though if I had tried this without knowing what it was, I certainly could have been fooled into thinking it was Dairy Milk.
Manufactued by: Nestle
Calories (68 g bar): 367
You’re an idiot! And you’re why those “UK people” laugh at us ‘North Americans’. ‘Chunky’ in this context refers to the fact that the chocolate bar consists of 5 large chunks of chocolate – there’s nothing to suggest that there are additional ‘chunks’ of any other substance.
And as far as the “potentially offensive” marketing gimmick, you are again an idiot! That is SARCASM!!!
Good God! Please don’t ever travel abroad! Or if you do — please don’t tell anyone you’re American!
Wrong! Mirriam Webster defines “chunky” as ” heavy, solid, and thick or bulky,” which is what the word chunky in the description of this bar is referring to — not to the segments. I just was just making an observation about the usage of the word chunky in North America versus the UK.
And I was being facetious in my comments about the slogan, which I think is fairly clear.
Oh, also: I’m not an American, I’m a Canadian. But thanks for commenting!