Cadbury Roses Carton - 290g

Roses sit right up there with the big Cadbury names in British sweet shops. They are the box people reach for when a bar feels too small and a hamper feels like showing off: the thank-you for a neighbour, the box for a visit to your nan's, the one on the coffee table when the family descends.

People in Canada go looking for them because of the wrappers as much as the chocolate. The rustle, the colours, the careful hunt through the pile for the one you actually want. A different assortment is a different assortment. This is the one from home.

The 290g carton is flat and tidy, easy to wrap and easy to post to someone a long way from where they grew up. Keep it somewhere cool and dry, well away from the radiator and the sunny windowsill, and close the flaps between raids, if there are any left to close.

Most people do not stop at the one box. A bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk tends to join it in the basket, along with a box of proper British tea to drink while the wrappers pile up.