THERE are few things in British life more iconic than a Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
The familiar sweet treat has been around for decades, showing up in Christmas stockings and finding its way onto the buffet table at our New Year’s Eve parties.
It’s impossible to imagine never throwing the wrapped spherical chocolate on the floor to break up the segments, or fighting our siblings for the coveted ‘core’ piece.
But one woman has shocked the internet after claiming she’s never eaten one in her whole life.
TikTok user Alex Murphy has attracted 1.6million people to her recent clip, which shows the American trying a chocolate orange for the first time.
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She captions her clip: “My boyfriend will never forgive me after this…”
Alex sits at her kitchen counter wearing a blue top and pastel green hoodie.
She holds up the iconic boxed chocolate as the text reads: “American trying weird British foods.”
Alex claims her boyfriend bought her the treat, which she describes as an ‘apparent Christmas classic’.
She then begins opening the box and lifts out the wrapped ball-shaped chocolate inside.
“British people just have really strange chocolate,” she says.
Alex then asks: “Is it actual fruit?”
And her boyfriend jokes: “It’s one of your five-a-day.”
The TikTokker is stunned by the ‘strange’ chocolate and can’t seem to understand why Brits love it.
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“It’s heavy,” she says, looking at her boyfriend in confusion.
Peeling back the Terry’s sticker, she lifts the chocolate orange and stares in awe.
“Oh my God, it’s huge,” she exclaims. “Look at that.”
Alex gives it a good sniff and decides to give it a try - but that’s when Brits go mental.
Instead of bashing the chocolate orange on her work surface to separate the segments, Alex lifts it to her mouth and takes a big bite out of the whole thing.
The chocolate orange begins to disintegrate and pieces fall out of her mouth.
Alex lifts her fingers to her mouth, having hurt her teeth in the process.
TikTok users in the UK can’t get over her weird technique and had to set things straight.
“You did not just BITE into a chocolate orange,” replied one offended user.
“You wouldn’t eat a normal orange like that so why eat a chocolate orange like that,” asked a second.
“I’m actually crying. YOU DON’T BITE INTO A CHOCOLATE ORANGE,” a third typed aggressively.
All Alex could say in response was: “Orange and chocolate what!”
