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How does NS like its chocolate? In my opinion, the darker the better.

In order:

Milk
White
Sparta
Dark

Milk Chocolate>White chocolate>Dark Chocolate> The brain of a clown :eek: (Don't ask how I know:p)

too bad The Chocolate Goddess aint here to see this...

I like Dark the most, and I quite like White as well. Not milk, though. It leaves an odd taste.

How does NS like its chocolate? In my opinion, the darker the better.

I like milk chocolate.

What? No love for creamy chocolate?

Rain. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA)

Rain. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA)

God damnit...

:upyours:

God damnit...

:upyours:

It was inevitable. Deal.:p

All of the above!

If I have to choose, milk is my favorite, but I like pretty much any chocolate other than ludicrously potent super-dark chocolate - that stuff is just too bitter for me.

All of the above!

If I have to choose, milk is my favorite, but I like pretty much any chocolate other than ludicrously potent super-dark chocolate - that stuff is just too bitter for me.

godiva dark chocolate rasberry truffles.

Greatest thing ever...

How does NS like its chocolate?

Yes, please.

godiva dark chocolate rasberry truffles.

Greatest thing ever...

*droool*

I don't know if it's possible for them to be better than Lindt's seasonal chocolate carrots/icicles (made of milk chocolate blended with hazelnut cream), though. Those things are like pure, edible happiness.

And even they run up against stiff competition in the form of the dark chocolate pomegranate truffles I once got from a random little hole-in-the-wall confisserie in Chicago...

Oh, chocolate, how I love thee.

*droool*

I don't know if it's possible for them to be better than Lindt's seasonal chocolate carrots/icicles (made of milk chocolate blended with hazelnut cream), though. Those things are like pure, edible happiness.

Ohh, very nice.

And check your TGs woman!

70% cocoa with bits of fruit stuck in so I can pretend its healthy

Mmmm, dark, then milk, then white.
And either Godiva or Leonidas.
If you're going to eat it, eat good Belgian chocolates. The white chocolate tastes wonderful, rather than the cheapass waxy crap they call white chocolate in the US.

godiva dark chocolate rasberry truffles.

Greatest thing ever...

Ohhhh, baby....
Have you tried the Godiva ice cream of the same name?
Also the raspberry white starfish?
Also the key lime truffles?
Also the strawberry cheesecake truffles?

*starts jonesing for Godiva*

Ohhhh, baby....
Have you tried the Godiva ice cream of the same name?
Also the raspberry white starfish?
Also the key lime truffles?
Also the strawberry cheesecake truffles?

*starts jonesing for Godiva*

*droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool*

I find the key lime ones a bit too...I dunno, not exactly artificial, but not exactly real either...I guess the best way to describe it is both too sweet and too tart at the same time.

I'm vegan, no chocolate for me XD

I'm vegan, no chocolate for me XD

I'm so sorry.....

Don't feel sorry for me, I am sorry for you...

Milk chocolate for me. Especially the Lindor milk chocolate truffles. Mmmmmm..HEAVENLY!

Rain. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA)

WhereTF is Colbert when you need him?!?

Dark, and the higher the lead content, the better. :)

Dark.

They're all good though. Except Sparta (?).

God damnit...

:upyours:

I know, right? I wanted to post it!

Dark.

They're all good though. Except Sparta (?).

But have you tried Sparta?

I'm vegan, no chocolate for me XD

Splain pleaz! Chocolate = cocoa beans, neh? Where's the animal by-products? If vegans can't have chocolate, why would ANYONE EVER be a vegan?

But have you tried Sparta?

I wikied it. It didn't have an article, mind explaining?

THIS IS SPARTA!

*kicks CM into pit*

enough explanation? :p

Splain pleaz! Chocolate = cocoa beans, neh? Where's the animal by-products?

.....milk...

THIS IS SPARTA!

*kicks CM into pit*

enough explanation? :p

Sparta has reached Chuck Norris played out.

This: http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/shop_lindt_toffee.html = Excellent!

Sparta has reached Chuck Norris played out.

I know, but I needed a joke option and I couldn't get as far as option 9.

Roses and Cadbury Milk Trays - almost impossible to get here in the US, but soooooo good. And Smarties, proper Smarties, not those nasty sour things Americans think are so good.

I have to say we really are deprived of really great chocolate in the US. Lindt and Ghirardelli are both good but one time my mother's friend went to Germany and brought back the most amazing chocolate ever. I couldn't read the label but it was in a purple wrapper and said "milka" or something, so I assume it was milk chocolate. Man it was so good though.

I need to go to Europe and just indulge in chocolate.

I need to go to Europe and just indulge in chocolate.

Whenever my grandma goes to England (not much, anymore), she brings back candy. Smarties and Roses and Fruit Pastilles and... all yummy candies. I need to see if I can get some of those in Canada - not too far from the border.

Love both milk and white, hate dark, don't care about Sparta either way.

I recently found a cafe here that has awesome coffee and - even better - the most amazing 7-layer Valrhona chocolate cake I've ever tried. It's simply devine.

Ohhhh, baby....
Have you tried the Godiva ice cream of the same name?

Dear god, I remember when the dark chocolate raspberry ice cream came out... I might have scarfed the whole carton if I hadn't thought it would kill me.

I'm vegan, no chocolate for me XD

My best friend's vegan, and she can eat chocolate. Just not milk chocolate. In fact, I have before me this very nice dark chocolate bar which has no animal products. *tempts*

cool kids do drugs and eat milk chocolate, and so, being a cool kid, I eat milk chocolate. Oh, and I like it the most.

mmmmm
I like white chocolate
Mint Chocolate
and Chocolate with nuts

I haven't yet met a chocolate I didn't like. Is it moving? How fast can I run? Do I stand a chance of catching it?

If the answer to the last question is yes, I like that chocolate.

When I visited London, I was fortunate to come during a time when the Magnum ice cream company was releasing its "Seven Deadly Sins" bars. Revenge (raspberry and dark chocolate) was the best use of chocolate on ice cream I have ever seen. It truly was "a dish best served cold."

I haven't yet met a chocolate I didn't like.

Who has? Is their such a thing as chocolate that tastes bad?

dark chocolate about 60% with some caramel is heaven.

milk if it's not cheap (blame Ruffy)

I have only had white chocolate once that didn't make me vomit, and it was still way too sweet.......I don't think white chocolate should be called chocolate because it doesn't have cocoa and therefore sucks ass.

I have only had white chocolate once that didn't make me vomit, and it was still way too sweet.......I don't think white chocolate should be called chocolate because it doesn't have cocoa and therefore sucks ass.

The good stuff does have cocoa butter in it though.
BUt I agree it is usually too sweet to take in huge quantities.

Who has? Is their such a thing as chocolate that tastes bad?
Spoken as a person who has never tried Chinese 'chocolate' I take it.
Only chocolate I've ever tried where I took a bite, then another to make sure, then threw the rest violently into the bin cursing myself for my stupidity in buying that filth.
*shudder*

.....milk...

Okay, that explains milk chocolate, but there are others . . . what's in them?

OK, because I love you all, here's the recipe for drinking chocolate my wife and I extorted from a nice lady at the Wedel chocolate... joint? uh, the place where people gather to drink chocolate, I don't know if there's proper English name for it. This one. (http://www.wedelpijalnie.pl/nasze_lokale/warszawa_-_ch_arkadia/34) The stuff is heavenly and it's exactly as good as it's at that place, only several times cheaper and enjoyed at home.

INGREDIENTS:
200 ml milk, 3% fat
100 ml sweet cream, 30% fat (fresh, preferably UHT)
100 g half-sweet chocolate (dark, not milk, but not bitter)

Boil the milk mixed with the cream, add pieces of chocolate, stirring constantly, keep stirring while it simmers until the chocolate gets as dense as you like - I keep it on the flame until it resembles honey. Pour into espresso cups and enjoy!

.....milk...

Not in dark chocolate.

In the past I've considered taking cacao nibs and brewing them like coffee then adding sugar and milk (or preferably creme) until it reaches perfect. Anyone try that before? If so did it work?

In the past I've considered taking cacao nibs and brewing them like coffee then adding sugar and milk (or preferably creme) until it reaches perfect. Anyone try that before? If so did it work?

Why nibs, why not powder? Of course, it'd be pretty much standard recipe for drinking cocoa if you replaced nibs with powder...

grand mariner truffles are the trip.

i don't know what "sparta" chocklet is, but if its like totally bitter and unsweatened, yah, i may be totally wierd or something but i even eat that too.

basically the less sweetend the better up to but not quite totally without.

=^^=
.../\...

Mmmm, dark, then milk, then white.
And either Godiva or Leonidas.
If you're going to eat it, eat good Belgian chocolates. The white chocolate tastes wonderful, rather than the cheapass waxy crap they call white chocolate in the US.

Sigh....

Youre one of THOSE....

US chocolate is crap, if all youve ever eaten was made by Hershey, or Mars.

The same applies to beer.
"Budweiser" IS crap....

Ever heard of small local chocolatiers?
Local breweries?

Thats like eating at a Pizza Hut, and saying "American Pizza sucks!", and never eating at an authentic New York Pizzeria, or Chicago one.

You should know better.

I like my chocolate...expensive.

I like all chocolate, and i wish to overthrow the rich chocolate in response to it's control over the weaker chocolate.
*Marxist solution to chocolate situation is the best one*
lol Sparta.

IMO, it doesn't get much better than a chunk of Godiva 72% Cocoa (extra dark) and a pint of Storm King Stout.

I agree there is a huge range of chocolate in every country that varies from divine to pathetic, from expensive to cheap. No one likes Russell Stovers (sp?). Most everyone likes handmade truffles at excellent boutiques (like the one in Oakland I can never remember the name of... sells awesome gelato too? Anyone?)

However, I think there are several mid-range chocolates that are pretty good for their prices. Personally, I have always been partial to See's dark chocolate buttercreams, probably because my father used to be an engineer at the company and brought home boxes of "irregulars"--the candies that don't look pretty enough to sell--to my mom when she was pregnant with me. See's may be a large manufacturer now, but it was small when my dad worked there and they have some really tasty candy for a fairly low price.

Incidentally, while cleaning out a bunch of junk from our office yesterday my dad found a huge binder of original See's recipes he had. It makes you hungry just reading them, especially since the recipes yield huge amounts of candy--750 pounds of butter, anyone? ;)

I like milk chocolate.

Why nibs, why not powder? Of course, it'd be pretty much standard recipe for drinking cocoa if you replaced nibs with powder...

Among other things I've found nibs to be edible on their own (in smallish quantities), and coarsely ground nibs seem better to brew like coffee than powder.

Sparta. I'm not a chocolate fan.

Milk, then white, then dark.

Or all at once... ;)

Mmmm... Chocolate :fluffle:

Dark chocolate is best for eating straight and for fruit-related dipping, but milk chocolate goes better with peanut butter or ice cream.
White chocolate sounds like a good idea (or, at least, a half-decent one), but I've never tasted anything that got it off properly.