The bag gets opened for the film. It is empty before the opening credits have finished. Nobody is quite sure who ate them all, and nobody is asking.
Galaxy Minstrels are smooth Galaxy milk chocolate in a thin, crisp shell that gives a little crack before the chocolate takes over. Nobody eats one Minstrel. They go in handfuls, usually while promising to save some for later. Later never arrives.
If you grew up passing a bag of these along the back seat on a long drive, you already know. This is the UK bag, and it ships from within Canada, so the habit can carry on over here.
A: It is an 80g bag. Enough for a film night, provided nobody else spots it first.
Q: Are Minstrels a good thing to send as a gift?
A: For anyone who grew up in Britain, very much so. Tuck a bag into a parcel with a few other favourites and watch how quickly they ring to say thank you.
Q: Is Galaxy the same as Dove chocolate?
A: Galaxy is the British name for the chocolate sold as Dove in some other countries. Minstrels themselves are a Galaxy thing, and the one people remember from home.
More about Galaxy Minstrels
Minstrels belong to a very particular corner of British life: the cinema foyer, the newsagent counter, the motorway services stop where everyone gets back in the car with something they did not need. They are the sharing bag that never really gets shared.
People in Canada go looking for them because the taste is so specific. Galaxy chocolate has its own smoothness, and the shell gives Minstrels a texture that is hard to explain to anyone who has not had one. You either remember it or you are about to find out.
The 80g bag is a good size for one film, or for two people who are honest with each other. Keep it somewhere cool and dry, away from a sunny windowsill, and it will sit happily in the cupboard until the next night in. Some people scatter them over a birthday cake. Most never get that far.
Galaxy makes a fair bit more than Minstrels, and the smooth bar is the obvious one to pick up alongside. Plenty of people make up a small box of British chocolate at once, a bag of these, a bar or two, and something for the person who insists they do not like sweets.
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