Fry’s Turkish Delight

A milk chocolate bar with a jelly center is what best describes Fry’s Turkish Delight. What flavor jelly, you ask? Good question. Unfortunately, glancing at the wrapper provides no answer. The only clues its purple wrapper present are that it is “full of Eastern promise” and that it is “as good as ever”, which one would hopefully assume given that the bar has been in existence since 1914 (more on that later). The mystery behind the Turkish Delight was enough for me to want to try it.

The Fry’s Turkish Delight bar consists of a thick layer of red/purple jelly surrounded by a thin layer of milk chocolate. The jelly, to me, has the perfect consistency since it is soft and chewy. After taking a bite, I still had no idea what the jelly flavor was. So with the help of my friend, Google, I was able to find out that the jelly is flavored with Otto of Roses, which is basically rose oil. Further research reveals that the Fry’s Turkish Delight was invented in 1914 by J.S. Fry & Sons. The company later merged with Cadbury but kept the candy’s original name. The bar itself, at 1.8 ounces, is really small for a bar of chocolate. I would equate it to the size of about two fun-size Snickers bars.

I bought the Fry’s Turkish Delight bar for $1.61. A little pricey for such a small bar of chocolate. At first, I was not a fan of this bar, but after several bites, it started to grow on me. It’s actually not bad. I especially like the uniqueness of it. When do you ever see chocolate bars with jelly centers or rose flavored candy?

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