To those who like English chocolate I have to say that while any chocolate is nice I fear can't really agree.

Now that DID change, but probably with age. When I was younger I liked English chocs, but recently I find that it really doesn't work for me and I can appreciate the greater sophistication of some other manufacturers.

French Swiss or Belgian Artisan chocolates which melt in the mouth without leaving that horrible greasy residue are infinitely preferable to my taste.

English chocolate is often too sweet and vanillary, and to be honest not really chocolatety enough.

A nice dark Criollo 80% single estate chocolate is much niced

Quote from: Melody Maia on January 25, 2011, 12:13:23 PM
On a recent road trip I bought my son a Dove chocolate bar. After a lifetime of crappy Hershey bars, his eyes flew open and he exclaimed "Why didn't anybody tell me about this! This is the food of the gods!"  Anyway, there is some decent American chocolate out there. It isn't all Hershey bars, kisses and M&Ms.

Oh, that reminds me. My ex once applied to a job at M&M Mars. Along with the company materials, they provided a box with one of each if their products. That left quite an impression!

XD I've tried all sorts of American chocolate hoping to find one that I like, but I haven't so far. =X  Dove (dark) is the only one I can really stand.  Everything else...not so much.  And nothing is as good as Maltesers. XD I could eat the hell out of some of those...and kinder eier or the kinder hippos.  Mostly the Maltesers.  T.T I wish we had them here.

Quote from: VeryGnawty on January 25, 2011, 12:23:39 PM
And then there is my weakness:  Ferrero Rondnoir.  I'm not sure what "rondnoir" means, but I imagine that it translates into "makes you weak in the knees"

I'm not really sure, but I believe "Ferrero Rondnoir" translates as "blacksmith round-black".

Quote from: LukasGabriel on January 25, 2011, 12:39:41 PM
XD I've tried all sorts of American chocolate hoping to find one that I like, but I haven't so far. =X 

I've been to America a couple of times and never found chocolate I liked it was horrible I don't know how Americans cope 

I'm not huge fan of chocolate but now and then it's great.

Try Scharffen Berger made in Berkeley, it was a bit better before they sold it to Hershey's, but it's still pretty OK. 

XOX Truffles Inc. in the Castro makes homemade truffles in 27 yummy flavors, and Joseph Schmidt Confections in the same area is also very good. 

This one. So much. Oh god, I love it!!!!

Yes, I also like more "manly" candy, such as this:

The candies are salty licquorice, and the white stuff on them is pure salt. If you have any kind of small wounds in the mouth, this will sting slightly. Eating them with a canker sore in your mouth is pure madness.


These things are soooo freakin' good!!! I've always loved these, ever since I first tasted part of one when I was like 3. Sweet licquorice, not the same as the ones above.

Pixie, try chocolove's chilis and cherries in chocolate.  It's really good!



And it's really hard to beat some black liquorish!

Quote from: E on January 25, 2011, 12:41:43 PM
I'm not really sure, but I believe "Ferrero Rondnoir" translates as "blacksmith round-black".

Well, "round black" would certainly describe the candies.  They are round and black.

Ferrero is the brand that makes them.

I've always been sorta indifferent toward chocolate.

At times I don't mind it, but rarely if ever find myself craving it.

I will say that I've been vegetarian for 18 months and was full fledged vegan for around four of those months and when vegan found myself missing quite a bit, milk chocolate wasn't really one of those things.

Very interested if seeing how things might change if I transition.

Quote from: Nathan. on January 25, 2011, 12:43:50 PM
I've been to America a couple of times and never found chocolate I liked it was horrible I don't know how Americans cope 

I'm not huge fan of chocolate but now and then it's great.

I cope by having my parents send me copious amounts of chocolates and candies from England. Otherwise, I generally don't eat chocolate (or ice cream for that matter--I'm not fond of our ice cream either. xD) unless it's 70% dark or more. 

@ Pixieboy:  I love that sweet licorice stuff!   I tried it at a candy shop in Norwich and about died.  It was so, so, so good.  I also tried this sour candy called Snot Shots that was made in China and it was really sour, and terribly good.

Quote from: VeryGnawty on January 25, 2011, 01:14:17 PM
Ferrero is the brand that makes them.

I know - we get some of their stuff over here, too. The ones we get are pretty good.

Yeah Ferrero is good stuff.

If I'm going to eat chocolate, tend to prefer the dark stuff most of the time. My little brother/roommate can't stand dark chocolate.

I have family and friends who are right there with him and I for one don't understand it. To me there's no comparison between a well made dark chocolate and any other type.

Yes...I love chocolate...positively crave chocolate at times. But then I read the labels and drop them in horror when i see how much saturated fat is in them.

If I didn't read the labels I'd be doomed...and fat.

I went to Switzerland once back in high school and fell in love with Cailler Frigor chocolate. I brought back a whole bunch with me and put it in my freezer, but my family ate it all in a day! I was so mad. I had a work colleague bring some back a few years ago and it was great. 20 years between bites of the same brand!

I have tried Lindt, but I have never liked it. Too fatty and not enough chocolate flavor for my taste.

Quote from: tiffany_marie on January 25, 2011, 01:30:14 PM
If I'm going to eat chocolate, tend to prefer the dark stuff most of the time.

I agree.  The darker, the better.  Milk chocolate has no taste.

Quote from: Melody Maia on January 25, 2011, 02:58:12 PMhave tried Lindt, but I have never liked it. Too fatty and not enough chocolate flavor for my taste.

Have you tried these?


Extra dark chocolate, 70%...
There are no words for how good those are...

Quote from: Miniar on January 25, 2011, 03:32:11 PM
Have you tried these?


Extra dark chocolate, 70%...
There are no words for how good those are...

No, I don't think so. Just the standard dark chocolate. I'll give it a shot next time I see a Lindt store.

Quote from: Melody Maia on January 25, 2011, 06:17:32 PM
No, I don't think so. Just the standard dark chocolate. I'll give it a shot next time I see a Lindt store.

Take it from a true chocoholic those lindor are as good as it gets in mass produced chocolate. Only thing better is some of the exclusive hand made brands and at many tens of dollars a bar for the most exclusive brands they certainly aren't cheap.

This is stuff pretty darn good too:

the 99% stuff is serious chocolate.... I can't eat it without a coffee to sip with it, and even then I can only eat a little at a time...

Dang Elias! I want to try that salty licorice.

Lee: I never met another person who tried Chocolove. That stuff is pretty good. I like how there are poems on the inside of the wrapper.

I like chocolate, but I'm nowhere near as crazy about it as my mom is. I guess I can take it or leave it most of the time.