Milk Tray

In 1916 a half pound deep-lidded box was introduced with a purple background and gold script, which has undergone minor changes in the century since it was introduced. In 1924 a one-pound box was introduced, and by the mid-1930s the Cadbury's Milk Tray assortment was outselling all its competitors. It has remained one of the most popular boxes of chocolates in the UK where it sells over 8 million boxes per annum.

Raspberries & Cream:

White cream filling with raspberry pieces covered in milk chocolate.

Caramel Softy:

Milk chocolate with caramel interior.

Hazelnut Swirl:

A whole roasted hazelnut in a whirl of milk chocolate.

Honey Crunch:

Honey flavour milk chocolate truffle with crunchy pieces.

Fudge Duet:

Vanilla flavour fudge covered with milk chocolate.

Orange Truffle:

Orange segment-shaped chocolate truffle with a hint of orange flavour, enrobed in milk chocolate.

Perfect Praline:

Milk chocolate with a soft praline centre.

Salted Caramel Charm:

Chewy caramel enrobed in sea salt and milk chocolate with a drizzle of white chocolate.

Truffle Heart:

Milk chocolate with a soft cocoa truffle filling.

White Truffle:

A white chocolate truffle wrapped in milk chocolate.

Exotic Delight: Milk chocolate with Turkish delight jelly filling, previously known as the Turkish Delight, it was renamed in 2013 and dropped from the selection in late 2015 as part of a 100th anniversary revamp of the design and chocolate selection. The "Exotic Delight" was replaced with the "Apple Crunch".

Toffee Charm: Chewy toffee enrobed in milk chocolate drizzled with white chocolate. Re-formulated as "Salted Caramel Charm".

Nutty Heart: Milk chocolate with a soft caramel centre enrobing a whole roasted hazelnut. Due to complaints about the selection having too many chocolates containing both nuts and caramel, the "Nutty Heart" is now filled with a smooth cocoa truffle filling and has been renamed "Truffle Heart".

Lime Cordial, also known as "the wee barrel" because of the shape. The shape was continued and replaced with toffee filling which has also since disappeared.

Apple Crunch: Apple flavour white chocolate truffle with cinnamon crunch.

Strawberry Temptation: Milk chocolate with a smooth strawberry filling and a layer of vanilla creme. Called "Strawberry Temptation" until 2015.

Surprise Parcel: Milk chocolate with a smooth white chocolate truffle centre.

Between 1947 and 1981 a Milk Tray Bar was available which featured 8 different centres.{{cite web|url=https://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/sitecore/content/cadburydev/com/website/home/the-story|title=The History of Chocolate|work=cadburyworld.com|access-date=10 September 2016}}

From 1968 to 2003, and since 2016, the chocolate is advertised on television by the 'Milk Tray Man', a tough James Bond–style figure who undertakes daunting 'raids' to surreptitiously deliver a box of Milk Tray chocolates to a lady. The original tagline was And all because the lady loves Milk Tray.{{cite news |title=And all because the lady loves Milk Tray... polo neck-wearing Cadbury's hero returns to TV during X Factor |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/07/and-all-because-the-lady-loves-milk-tray-polo-neck-wearing-cadbu/ |access-date=16 September 2020 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}

Actor Gary Myers, who is most recognisable as the action figure, starred in 11 of the commercials between 1968 and 1984.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businesslatestnews/9120221/Cadbury-sweet-facts-in-pictures.html?image=6 "Cadbury sweet facts: in pictures], The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2020 James Coombes assumed the role in 1987. Kidderminster born actor Alan Riley was the Milk Tray man in 2003, in an advert which featured actress Sienna Guillory. Coombes assumed the role again in 2016. A memorable scene of the man jumping from a cliff top into the sea was performed by stuntman Alf Joint who had previously doubled for Sean Connery’s 007 in Goldfinger (1964).{{cite book |last1=Freese |first1=Gene Scott |title=Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |page=1921}}

Martin Grace, Roger Moore's stunt double in the James Bond films, performed stunts for some of the early Milk Tray commercials, including leaping from a bridge onto a speeding train and climbing dangerously along the roof.{{cite book |last1=Freese |first1=Gene Scott |title=Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |page=110}}

The music, The Night Rider, was written by Cliff Adams, who also wrote the music for Fry's Turkish Delight advertisements.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/nov/01/guardianobituaries "The Guardian obituary of Cliff Adams"]. The Guardian. published 1 November 2001 The music was recorded commercially by Alan Hawkshaw on the album "27 Top TV Themes" (Studio 2 Stereo, 1972). This album has been re-released on CD (EMI 7234 4 98171 2 8). Alan Hawkshaw was the pianist on the original sessions with Cliff Adams, for the advertisements. A medley of three separate arrangements of the theme, based on the authentic scores as used in the commercials from 1968 to 2010, is commercially available, performed by London Music Works, on the album "Great British TV Themes" (SILCD 1357).

The entire campaign of television advertisements ranked at number 11 on ITV's "Best Ads Ever" list in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkbox.tv/server/show/nav.943 |access-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead |title=Best Ads Ever: Milk Tray Man|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305130459/http://thinkbox.tv/server/show/nav.943 |archive-date=5 March 2009 }} The specific Avalanche advert ranked at number 48 in Channel 4's UK wide poll of "The 100 Greatest TV Ads" in 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/greatest_ads/|title=The 100 Greatest TV Ads|year=2000|publisher=Channel 4|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010618095141/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/greatest_ads/|archive-date=18 June 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=5 August 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.uktvadverts.com/facts/?list=ch4 |title=Fun Facts |work=uktvadverts.com |access-date=27 May 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090819/http://www.uktvadverts.com/facts/?list=ch4 |url-status=dead }}

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