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Go without chocolate? For more than an hour? Never.

Seriously, if you want to know about a serious chocolate addiction, my daughter once ate unsweetened baker's chocolate dipped in sugar rather than go without for a day.

How long can you go without chocolate? More than three or four days and I start craving it. *nod*

A poll is coming.!

Hee. I am chocolate. :p

For a fairly long time, actually.

But once I get a quantity in my possession, that quantity ain't gonna last long, and I'm gonna crave it for a solid week thereafter.

Aren't a few weeks and a month the same thing? That's about how long I lasted before I broke down this morning and had a Hershey bar for breakfast.
It's totally not my fault, the Halloween decorations in the supermarket were getting under my skin and I couldn't hold out any longer.

In principle forever; but of course one will start craving what one cannot get.
Chocolate however has no special appeal to me.

Aren't a few weeks and a month the same thing? That's about how long I lasted before I broke down this morning and had a Hershey bar for breakfast.
It's totally not my fault, the Halloween decorations in the supermarket were getting under my skin and I couldn't hold out any longer.

SO you fell of the wagon, eh?

SO you fell of the wagon, eh?
Yes, and it was good.
The best part of the wagon is falling off it a while later in an orgy of overconsumption.

my parents used to say if i ever cut myself, chocolate would come out of me... then again, they used to say that for ketchup, too :P


i can go maybe a day or two. its not chocolate bars per se, but cookies and biccies, etc. mmmm....

... I can go for as long as I don't encounter Chocolate.

if no one at work brings any in, then I can last for months.

so the longest would be about 7 months. the time between Easter and Halloween.

Haven't eaten chocolate in over a week. Longest record was three months (then again, I always like vanilla ice cream better).

Now that I've had Belgian chocolate, I can die happy, never having any other chocolate ever again. In fact, chocolate isn't something I need. I have a greater weakness for sushi, I need that at least once a week.

“Chocoholism”?

I’ve never even heard of chocohol. :p

Yes, I’m a pedant. No, I don’t care.

I'm not addicted. I can quite anytime I want.

Honest.

Back when I was still a Christian, I went all lent without chocolate.

Since then never that long :D

my parents used to say if i ever cut myself, chocolate would come out of me... then again, they used to say that for ketchup, too :P


i can go maybe a day or two. its not chocolate bars per se, but cookies and biccies, etc. mmmm....If that's not an endorsement for self harm then I don't know what is.

Yes, and it was good.
The best part of the wagon is falling off it a while later in an orgy of overconsumption.

... finding new and inventive ways to consume chocolate syrup eh?

“Chocoholism”?

I’ve never even heard of chocohol. :p

Yes, I’m a pedant. No, I don’t care.Pfft, you are so ignorant. Chocohol is found in Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur, and very tasty it is too.

And everyone also knows that the "correct" term you seem to be suggesting, chocolatism, actually means a baptism in holy chocolate into the church of the chocolatey trinity.

“Chocoholism”?

I’ve never even heard of chocohol. :p

Yes, I’m a pedant. No, I don’t care.

You beat me to it! but'll always have Chocochops (http://qwantz.com/archive/001086.html).

chocolate DOES contain caffeinne and other addicting substances and is in fact addicting.

Meh, not really a big fan of chocolate. I mean, I'll eat milk chocolate if I'm offered or it's there but I don't crave it and I detest most other forms of chocolate. But I have weird taste buds, apparently. I hate ice cream, too. =p

Though, I did come across the awesomest form of chocolate ever while visiting some relatives. They're these little, liquor stuffed chocolate shaped like bottles. You bite off the top, drink whatever delicious liquor is inside and consume the liquor soaked chocolate bottle. Ingenious!

Forever. I'm allergic. :p

(I get so many pitying looks every time someone finds out... but, meh. I've never eaten much chocolate at any point in my life, so.)

(And for the record, it's the cocoa bean I'm allergic to. So I can eat some forms of white chocolate, as most of them are completely synthetic, and contain only cocoa milk, at best - which seems to be, unless I eat huge quantities, fine.)

Forever. I'm allergic. :p

(I get so many pitying looks every time someone finds out... but, meh. I've never eaten much chocolate at any point in my life, so.)

(And for the record, it's the cocoa bean I'm allergic to. So I can eat some forms of white chocolate, as most of them are completely synthetic, and contain only cocoa milk, at best - which seems to be, unless I eat huge quantities, fine.)

Ignore their pitying looks. It's a disgusting substance that gets more hype than it deserves by these Chocofanatics. =p

I like black chocolate but I can last long without it.

I don't bother with Hershey's, Palmer's, or any of the cheap crap. I buy myself a box of good imported chocolates (Leonidas, Godiva) and eat one every few days... I can make the box last for months.

I don't Jones for it when I know it's right here where I can get it at anytime. If there is none in the house, then I'm likely to gorge when I get it. Weird, huh?

Indefinitely, since I have never specifically had a chocolate craving. The only cravings I sometimes have are when I am unusually hungry or dehydrated...which I think is normal. :p

I have a time-release chocolate implant.

I haven't had chocolate in a while. Well, I did have that Almond Joy yesterday, but I'm not counting that little think as chocolate.

I can go a few weeks.. not really in the mood for chocolate right now.

I don't bother with Hershey's, Palmer's, or any of the cheap crap. I buy myself a box of good imported chocolates (Leonidas, Godiva) and eat one every few days... I can make the box last for months.

I don't Jones for it when I know it's right here where I can get it at anytime. If there is none in the house, then I'm likely to gorge when I get it. Weird, huh?

Why don't you just go into the city and buy from a local chocolatier?

*ahem*

[culinary geek]

Dark chocolate has since been shown to not just be "candy" that'll rot your teeth (all food will, btw), but possessing vital nutrients such as iron and antioxidants. It is also an effective anti-ant home remedy: they will not cross a line of cocoa powder. Your daughter taking cocoa block (unsweetened chocolate) dipped in sugar was actually a good idea, though unsweetened chocolate dipped in cinnamon-sugar (cinnamon lowers blood sugar) would have been more traditional and better for her.

[/culinary geek] :D

Seriously, I don't let a day go by without eating a *dark* chocolate bar. And now that the weather's cooled off, I enjoy hot cocoa at least two or three times a week. I'm thinking about getting one of those tempering machines, buying up cocoa block (99% cacao) and making my own dark chocolate with honey sugar.

Notice I placed the emphasis on dark chocolate. Milk chocolate...yeah, that's not too good for you to have regularly. 'S gotta be dark, 70% or more. Lots of candy companies offer their chocolate bars in dark variety now, even M&M's, Milky Way and Reese's have gone to the Dark Side.

I recommend Dagoba Chocolates if you're concerned about the free-trade/organic issues, but Hershey's Special Dark is fine if you can't find Dagoba in your area.

Hello, my name is Skaladora, and I am a chocolate addict.

*hangs head in shame*

I really think you can get high on chocolate fumes! :p

Well, that's what I always say.

My Poll Option: I AM CHOCOLATE!!!

Hello, my name is Skaladora, and I am a chocolate addict.

*hangs head in shame*

Hello, Skaladora. Stick with our twelve-step program, and you can live without chocolate.

Hello, my name is Skaladora, and I am a chocolate addict.

*hangs head in shame*

Amen, brother!

These are hard times for us all.

Well, not really.

Hello, Skaladora. Stick with our twelve-step program, and you can live without chocolate.

What are those 12 steps, pray tell?

What are those 12 steps, pray tell?

We admitted we were powerless over chocolate—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His Will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to chocoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

It is advised that you practice these in order. If you don't, you will never be free of chocolate's power.

So, huh, godless agnostic heathens such as I are doomed to live a sinful, evil life, helpless victims of our own chocolate addiction?

;_;

*goes take a bite of chocolate to cope with the despair*

So, huh, godless agnostic heathens such as I are doomed to live a sinful, evil life, helpless victims of our own chocolate addiction?

;_;

*goes take a bite of chocolate to cope with the despair*

That is correct. Chocolate is the mickey of the devil, and it is clear you have been taking it for too long for you to ever go back.

I love chocolate, especially dark chocolate but it's so accessible at work so yeah I love it.

“Chocoholism”?

I’ve never even heard of chocohol. :p



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Chocohol:
Pour equal parts of Bailey's irish cream and chocolate milk over ice cubes in a highball glass, or pre-chill first and leave the ice, and serve.

Yummy.

Seriously, if you want to know about a serious chocolate addiction, my daughter once ate unsweetened baker's chocolate dipped in sugar rather than go without for a day.

Now that's addicted! What kind of sugar? Brown sugar, granulated sugar, confectioner's sugar, etc?

... finding new and inventive ways to consume chocolate syrup eh?
Actually ... it's icing.
Other than that, yes. Oh, oh, oh, yes.

I love good chocolate, which in the United STates, usually means imported chocolate, or a few domestic chocolatiers that are hard to find. However, almost an chocolate will do if it is surrounding a core of peanut butter. I'm particular;y fond of Sam's(Walmart) Choice Peanut Butter Cups.

I'll do whatever is necessary to maintain my B-CL(Blood-Chocolate Level).

Cheese, pasta, pork >> chocolate

I love the Sachertorte and the Gianduja, but if I have to choose, I'd go for Taleggio, spaghetti and Salamella Mantovana all the time.

I have chocolate in some form on a daily basis.

isn't that one of the basic food groups?

my body can't stand sugar in any other form, but has serious problems without chocklet in some form at least twice a day.

=^^=
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When I was 8, I was given a 250 g (half pound) bar of chocolate for Christmas. I ate it in one sitting. I was sick and couldn't look at chocolate for a year. My true love betrayed me! :(

When I was 8, I was given a 250 g (half pound) bar of chocolate for Christmas. I ate it in one sitting. I was sick and couldn't look at chocolate for a year. My true love betrayed me! :(

You have to treat chocolate with respect. I have eaten several 1kg bars of chocolate. You have to pace yourself.

I have never ever, not even once in my life, eaten any form of chocolate. To be sure, I've tasted chocolate, but the stuff absolutely terrible, and I've always spat it out. People have tried to make me eat chocolate because of this. Never works. Blech.

So I could go indefinitely without chocolate.

I have never ever, not even once in my life, eaten any form of chocolate. To be sure, I've tasted chocolate, but the stuff absolutely terrible, and I've always spat it out. People have tried to make me eat chocolate because of this. Never works. Blech.

So I could go indefinitely without chocolate.

Now I know what to buy you for christmas. :)

“Chocoholism”?

I’ve never even heard of chocohol. :p

Yes, I’m a pedant. No, I don’t care.

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/kawachi/cabinet/products2/godivachoco375ml.jpg

I dont realy like chocolate...

<piccy snip>
Shit, getting addicted to that must be harsh.

I don't eat it that much...

I love good chocolate, which in the United STates, usually means imported chocolate, or a few domestic chocolatiers that are hard to find.
I don't know where you live, but local chocolate shops are often good. There is a very tasty one in my town; it has the best truffles I've ever had.

But in general, imported chocolate is better. When I went to England, I was surprised by how much more types of candy there is over there. If we Americans are going to all die of blocked arteries anyway, you might as well die from the good stuff.

I'm fortunate enough to live in a well-chocolated town. We have no less than three European-style chocolatiers here, and the afore-mentioned Dagoba chocolate HQ is about 100 miles south of my locus.

My favourites, aside from Dagoba, are El Rey, Hawai'ian Vintage, Felchlin, Guittard, gianduja and Cacao Barry. Valrhona's okay, but Indonésie, when I can get it, is to DIE for. :fluffle: