Noel Radford left fuming after splashing cash on ‘stupid’ treats in Dubai & then realising it was an ‘absolute rip off’

DAD-OF-22 Noel Radford has been near fuming aft splashing the currency connected ‘rip off’ cocoa successful Dubai.

Just past week, we saw the begetter of Britain’s biggest family station a agelong rant aft helium was little than impressed with a high-end Sunday roast astatine a personage chef-endorsed restaurant whilst connected holiday successful the United Arab Emirates.

But Noel’s vexation connected his posh Dubai travel has present continued, aft helium was ‘absolutely ripped off’ successful the influencer hotspot.

Whilst connected the luxury getaway, the Radford patriarch went to the iconic Dubai Mall, the world's largest buying centre, located next to the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

But whilst astatine the mall, which has implicit 1,200 shops and unforgettable amusement experiences, the pie store owner was not blessed with his pricey treats.

Within caller months, the viral Dubai cocoa barroom from Fix Dessert Chocolatier has taken social media by storm.

So it’s nary astonishment that the Radford kids requested their parents to banal up erstwhile successful the skyscraper-filled city.

Noel, 53, and Sue, 49, bought 3 bars of the gooey, crunchy, loaded cocoa bars, which are stuffed with pistachio cream, a shredded filo pastry and milk chocolate.

But the couple, who unrecorded a 10-bedroom Morecambe home - known arsenic the ‘millionaire mansion’ - successful Lancashire, were near horrified astatine the price.

Posting online, connected their authoritative Radford account, the stars of the Channel 5 TV amusement 22 Kids and Counting asked their followers: “Is Dubai cocoa a rip off??”

Unlike her husband, Sue was impressed with their finds, arsenic she beamed: “Look what we got.”

The mum-of-22 held up 3 bars of the cocoa arsenic she asked her hubby: “Shall we archer them however overmuch they were?”

To this, Noel rapidly snapped: “No, we don’t, it’s stupid.

“This is the 1 happening the kids said ‘you indispensable bring back’.”

Noel past confessed that they spent £100 successful full connected conscionable 3 bars of chocolate, arsenic helium explained: “Two bars were astir £80.

“I don’t privation to accidental however overmuch due to the fact that it’s conscionable stupid.”

Sue past held up a smaller barroom that wasn’t arsenic “thick”, arsenic Noel confirmed: “That 1 was not adjacent £20.

“The different two, I’m going to accidental they were £40 each. 

“What a rip off. Absolute rip disconnected astatine £40 each.”

Sue tried to marque airy of the situation, arsenic she chimed in: “It is nice cocoa though. 

“Chloe bought immoderate backmost and she fto america person a enactment of it and it was truly nice.”

To this, Noel added: “But I deliberation wherever Chloe got hers from, she recovered it determination a spot cheaper than what we got. I deliberation due to the fact that it’s successful the mall.”

Radford fans respond

The TikTok clip, which was posted connected the authoritative @theradfordfamilyofficial, account, has intelligibly near galore open-mouthed, arsenic it was shared conscionable 17 hours agone but has rapidly racked up 82,700 views. 

Social media users were near stunned by the price of the cocoa and galore flocked to the comments to explicit this. 

One idiosyncratic said: “£40 got 1 barroom of chocolate? That is ridiculous.” 

Another added: “Shocking price.” 

A 3rd commented: “Crazy prices.” 

But astatine the aforesaid time, eagle-eyed cocoa fans were keen to constituent retired that the Radfords had so been ‘ripped off’, arsenic they hadn’t really bought the authoritative viral chocolate, but instead, a dupe. 

One cocoa person wrote: “That’s not the authoritative one…… it’s made by Fix Official Chocolatiers.” 

A 2nd claimed: “You got ripped off, they are not adjacent the archetypal ones.” 

Meanwhile, idiosyncratic other explained: “That’s not adjacent the existent 1 either, it's called a fix.”