I used to hate Turkish Delight until I bought my girlfriend some posh Turkish Delight for her birthday from Hotel Chocolat.

This stuff was basically pure Turkish Delight in powdered sugar, and it was lovely. It had a hint of lemon and rose, had a nice consistency, and while the sugar was annoying it was a lovely (albeit pricy) treat.

Her niece and nephew absolutely loved it too, and between the four of us the box didn't last too long. They weren't fans of the standard mass-produced chocolate one though. They thought it was too strong, and didn't like the fact that it was "like jelly".

No, Turkish Delight is wonderful. The crime is the monstrosity Cadbury call Turkish Delight.

See also https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cs-lewis-greatest-fict... and the HN comments:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10686217 (original post from 2015, 145 comments)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14563621 (repost from 2017, 125 comments)

As a kid growing up in the US, I liked “Aplets and Cotlets” a lot, so I could really empathize with Edmund. I suppose that if my parents had given us rose or bergamot lokum it would have been a very different story.

Like chocolate, bad turkish delight is a crime, but the good stuff is amazing. The stuff I've liked the most hasn't been from Turkey though.

Yup. lol.

I wanted turkish delight for years until finally spotting the Cadbury's turkish delight bar. Did not like it :)

I like it well enough now, but as a kid the consistency really turned me off. Also, that bar isn't really turkish delight.