Comments on: Candy Review: Fry’s Turkish Delight

By: kikamo

kikamo — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:42:30 +0000

i saw the lion, the withch, and the wardrobe a couple months ago, and it made me want to try turkish delight. my only problem, is that all the recipes i’ve found online for it dont look, or sound like the kind Edmund had.

His was round balls, and looked like jelly, while all the ones i’ve seen are cubes, anf frankly, they look like they’d be hard.

so, if anyone finds a good recipe for it, you should let me know.
:) thanks!

By: Dragon-chan

Dragon-chan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:05:06 +0000

I’ve never tried Turkish Delight that wasn’t handmade, but it probably isn’t even comparable. I had a fifth-grade teacher that made really good Turkish Delight and brought it in for us sometimes.

By: Ross McKenzie

Ross McKenzie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:21:54 +0000

Hi Blog readers , I actually made the “Turkish Delight” for the Narnia film – it is authentic , original and handmade without gelatine – just takes lots of time to cook . Chocolate has never been part of the delight experience traditionally and historically prcursors to Turkish Delight existed in Persia 1000 years earlier than it was popularised as Turkish Delight in the Sultans Palaces of Turkey – all the countries of what was the Arabian Peninsular have versions and it exists as far west as Libya on the African Mediterranean coast , through Turkey obviously and up in to Europe in Greece , Romania and Bulgaria . All countries have their own flavour preferences based on local tastes – I understand you can buy a delight flavoured with Hashish in Morocco and Urban legend has it that the tem “Turkish Delight ” was coined by an English traveller returning from Turkey who could not remember the local Arabic name for the sweet – makes a believable story .

I have a small business making “Loukoumi” the Greek word for the Delight and apart from the commonly accepted flavours such as Rose , Lemon , Orange Mint and such like also make even more ancient combinations such as Honey and Fig as well as Pomegranate .

I hope you find this background interesting and will be happy to respond to questions .

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:35:05 +0000

I grew up in Britain and LOVE Frys Turkish delight. When I moved to Canada, the BIG TURK was too chewy for my taste–which may have been warped at an ealy age. thank heavens –here in the USA, the World Market is an hour away or I’d be sick on it by now, and they don’t always have it in–but I will stop by when in the city and buy a couple of DELIGHTS–and I like the purple color too!!!

By: carol

carol — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:35:20 +0000

I remember my first Frys candy bar, it was about 4-5 years ago. I love to try new and different foods and boy did I hit the jackpot on this one….love it!

By: jon

jon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:06:47 +0000

One of my favorite chocolate bars since I was a child is the Big Turk. It is chocolate coated Turkish Delight, made by Nestle Canada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Turk

By: albert

albert — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:09:42 +0000

I love Fry’s Turkish Delight..In fact I’m eating some now.(the fact that I searched for Fry’s Turkish Delight in google before finding this article I wont mention). I guess it is something you have to get used to… and I dont think normal Turkish delight is better, I hated it first time I tried it.. Mmm Fry’s Turkish Delight

By: Kirstie

Kirstie — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:32:29 +0000

The way to enjoy Fry’s turkish delight is to let the chocolate to melt in your mouth, it compliments the jelly much better then. Cadbury also do a dairy milk with turkish delight in the UK but its not as good due to the chocolate to jelly ratio being different.

I live 10 minutes from the Cadbury factory, its great you can smell the chocolate when the winds blowing the right way (yum!). The factory shop isn’t so great on the waist line though!

By: Hakan

Hakan — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:28:41 +0000

Being originally from Turkey, and living in the US, it was very hard for me to find real Turkish Delight at local stores in Texas. Finally, my wife found a website which sells the real deal, authentic Turkish Delight and we have been a loyal customer since then :) They carry two best known Turkish brands; Haci Bekir and Gulluoglu. Haci Bekir is the oldest Turkish Delight manufacturer in Turkey, and they have been in same business for about 5 generations. Gulluoglu is the best Baklava Brand but their Turkish Delights are extremely tasty also. Anyway, just wanted to share this info, because this site saved our lives about our Turkish Delight addiction :) By the way the store I mentioned is Turkish Corner and they ship from Brooklyn, New York.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:33:47 +0000

I prefer this turkish delight to the more “traditional” versions. I agree, it has to be cold first! One of my fav chocs too!