Why do flakes not melt

Flake's are a welcome treat all year round, but this is the amazing reason they're the best chocolate fix on a hot day. There's nothing more annoying that trying to enjoy a slab of chocolate in the summer and it turning into a melty mess.

Yes, no matter how hard you try with the power of an oven, a microwave or the sun; a flake won't melt. According to ScienceFocus, due to a different arrangement of fat and cocoa solids to normal milk chocolate, the melting fat in a Flake isn't able to lubricate the cocoa particles to the point where they can flow.

In basic terms, this means that the way the fats are clumped together with the sugar means it doesn't melt when heated. Our minds are blown. We trialled the whole thing at Cosmo HQ and compared it to the amount of time it takes Cadbury's buttons to melt. Above is our findings oooh it's like a science experiment at school, innit?

Speaking about why the Flake doesn't melt, Cadbury told us: " The reason it's difficult to melt is because, for nearly a century, we have deliberately controlled the final manufacturing process to ensure the folds of the bar crumble in the mouth.

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