There's a little market down the street from the Massachusetts Historical Society that tends to stock random imported candies from the UK. For a few months, they were regularly carrying one of my favorite chocolates from my time in Aberdeen, minstrals, and every time I stop in for an iced tea or granola bar, I check to see if they have any. No luck in recent weeks, but their most recent shipment included one of the most intriguingly-marketed chocolate bars Britain has to offer: the Yorkie bar. As depicted above, its current packaging sports the slogan "it's not for girls," along with the appropriate signage for those not able to grasp the meaning of the text.
Hanna and I agree that the chocolate is quite tasty, and that our double-x chromosomes did not impede us in the least from enjoying it.
you should link that road sign you found -- what was it... "welcome to york where the candy is tasty and the men are hot"?
ReplyDeleteIt was at the York railway station: "Where the men are hunky and the chocolate's chunky." At least, as reported on Wikipedia (see entry linked in post).
ReplyDeleteThe old Yorkie thing has been going over here for a while- along with "not for handbags" and similar slogans. I think it supposed to say that its chunky, manly chocolate. It is weird though. They are my boyfriend's favourite, and he likes to joke that I'm not allowed them. Ha ha. Anyway I hear a while ago that if you write to their head office and complain that you think it's sexist they send you a box of unlabelled bars!! Could be worth a punt..
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ReplyDeleteHehe. Thanks for the suggestion Beth! Free chocolate is always worth a punt :).
ReplyDeleteI saw those at Stop & Shop once.
ReplyDeleteI was also tempted to try one on the "oh yeah?!" principle, but didn't actually get around to it.