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I saw a chocolate bar last night and I just had to grab it... I haven't eaten more than 2 bites of it, but I had to have it for some reason.

My favorite chocolate is probably Hershey's Dark, and so now I ask you people of NS, what is your favorite kind of chocolate and do you have a preferred maker of chocolates?

I love chocolate but I avoid all Nestle products because of their unethical practices in third world countries. Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott) to understand why.

I love chocolate but I avoid all Nestle products because of their unethical practices in third world countries. Read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott) to understand why.

Selling formula to third world countries doesn't sound so bad on paper... but in action yeah I can see it. Good think I'm not a fan of crunch bars...

Dark, omgz. Yum.

:fluffle:

No white chocolate??

Poll = Fail

Selling formula to third world countries doesn't sound so bad on paper... but in action yeah I can see it. Good think I'm not a fan of crunch bars...

One frustrating aspect of the practice is that much of the formula they sell is produced here in Victoria.

Cripes. They'll be boycotting Australia next.

I saw a chocolate bar last night and I just had to grab it... I haven't eaten more than 2 bites of it, but I had to have it for some reason.

My favorite chocolate is probably Hershey's Dark, and so now I ask you people of NS, what is your favorite kind of chocolate and do you have a preferred maker of chocolates?

My favorite kind of chocolate is dark. My favorite chocolateer is Ghirardelli.

No white chocolate??

Poll = Fail

I DID forget white chocolate :(

I DID forget white chocolate :(

Yecch.

Yecch.

It makes me sick, I'm not a fan either... but it IS chocolate and SHOULD be on the poll..

Yecch.

I don't know why so many people are so anti-white-chocolate...

...racists, all of you! :tongue:

You forgot, Cadburys, Bournville, Swiss, Belgian and Thorntons :(

And I'm not sure if white chocolate is chocolate, something to do with the amount of Cocoa.

OK OK, my poll sucks... its 3:30 am jeesh...

My favorite kind of chocolate is dark. My favorite chocolateer is Ghirardelli.
I sooooooooooooooooooooo miss Ghirardelli. :(

I'll go after just about anything chocolate, though I admit that after going home during the summer for a visit, I found that a lot of the US chocolates are now too sweet for me. I got used to Japanese chocolates I guess.

For Japan, my current favorite maker is Meiji, they make this, well, it's chocolate covered french fries that are just out of this world.

And I'm not sure if white chocolate is chocolate, something to do with the amount of Cocoa.

Technically, it's not (at least according the the USFDA), but it still uses the same ingredients as regular chocolate, just in different forms (cocoa butter rather than cocoa solids) and proportions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate

I sooooooooooooooooooooo miss Ghirardelli. :(

I'll go after just about anything chocolate, though I admit that after going home during the summer for a visit, I found that a lot of the US chocolates are now too sweet for me. I got used to Japanese chocolates I guess.

For Japan, my current favorite maker is Meiji, they make this, well, it's chocolate covered french fries that are just out of this world.

One of the things I like about Ghirardelli is that their chocolate isn't too sweet. It's also a reason I prefer dark chocolate. I seem to have lost some of my sweet tooth.

Anything in Belgium is probably better.

Technically, it's not (at least according the the USFDA), but it still uses the same ingredients as regular chocolate, just in different forms (cocoa butter rather than cocoa solids) and proportions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate

Those differences are crucial, though. As someone who's allergic to chocolate, I can still eat white chocolate. I'm allergic to cocoa solids but not cocoa butter, somehow.

I tend to prefer milk chocolate to dark chocolate, though dark can be good too as long as it isn't too dark.
I'm ambivalent to white chocolate.

As someone who's allergic to chocolate:eek:

{hug}

:eek:

{hug}

You're telling me. :p 'course I get the lame allergy.

Chocolate is a topic upon which I have much affection and many opinions!

The best DARK chocolate is actually in the baking section -- the bitter-sweet baking squares.

Cadbury chocolate FTW

it's chocolate covered french fries that are just out of this world.

:eek2:

As someone who's allergic to chocolate

My mom is allergic to both chocolate and caffeine. I'm so glad I didn't inherit those.

Shame about Nestle doing that. Although we don't get them in the UK, I do like Crunch bars. I'm also a huge fan of Hershey's...much better than Cadbury!

What's Hershey's?

Hershey's is a brand of chocolate here in the U.S. The chocolate is inexpensive, and while it isn't fantastic, it's fulfilling.

:eek2:
Seriously! It's sooo good.

Hershey's is a brand of chocolate here in the U.S. The chocolate is inexpensive, and while it isn't fantastic, it's fulfilling.

Oh, don't have it here in Finland. I usually eat either Marabou or Fazer chocolate. Here's info on Fazer:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazer

We only get Marabou in IKEA stores :D

We only get Marabou in IKEA stores :D

Really? Here it is in pretty much every store.

Seriously! It's sooo good.

Like so very many things in Japan, it sounds weird as hell but probably is very good.

Rubbishy english chocolate.:D

Is it chocolate? Yes? Then it's my favorite. And heaven help those who come between me and it.

I like dark chocolate. If I can't have Belgian chocolate, then I go for Scharffen Berger or Ghirardelli.

Dark is my preference, and Hershey's and Nestle's but a pale shadow of good chocolate. Try Ghirardelli (http://shop.ghirardelli.com/?cid=Track100), Lindt (especially their Lindor truffles) (http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/shop_lindt_page2.html?gclid=COHtiuat7ZYCFQEoGgodEQPcrw), Leonidas (whose white chocolate is exquisite!) (http://www.leonidas-chocolate.com/?gclid=CMP_8_Ot7ZYCFQHHGgod5l4Krw) or Godiva (http://www.godiva.com/welcome.aspx).

Yecch.
CHEAP white chocolate tastes like lard. GOOD white chocolate is delicious.

I saw a chocolate bar last night and I just had to grab it... I haven't eaten more than 2 bites of it, but I had to have it for some reason.

My favorite chocolate is probably Hershey's Dark, and so now I ask you people of NS, what is your favorite kind of chocolate and do you have a preferred maker of chocolates?

Sooner or later, the chocolate always wins. *nod*

Chocolate is one of those foods where you really do seem to get what you pay for. Hershey's will fulfill your basic chocolate cravings, but that's about it; if you want real chocolate satisfaction, it'll cost you.

My favorites honestly tend to be the handmade truffles from little local chocolatiers - every time I've gone to a non-chain gourmet chocolate shop and bought myself my one truffle, it's been fantastic.

Chocolate is one of those foods where you really do seem to get what you pay for. Hershey's will fulfill your basic chocolate cravings, but that's about it; if you want real chocolate satisfaction, it'll cost you.

My favorites honestly tend to be the handmade truffles from little local chocolatiers - every time I've gone to a non-chain gourmet chocolate shop and bought myself my one truffle, it's been fantastic.

Perhaps you've just built the event up in your mind into some phantasmagorical experience focused on the One Truffle?

I don't eat chocolate very often, but when I do have a craving, I tend to buy little and eat it very, very slowly to maximise enjoyment. Some people think my self-control is edging on madness... :)

I just had a sweet sweet double decker, Wheres the option for cadbury's?

CHOCOLATE! woo!

I like dark chocolate. If I can't have Belgian chocolate, then I go for Scharffen Berger or Ghirardelli.

Oh, Belgian chocolate is so good. But I used to hoard Swiss chocolate every time I went down there. Wish I could remember the brand, but I can tell you it's from this one little chocolate shop in Interlaken.

Mmmm... chocolate. Orgasmic!!

dark chocolate! :)

I enjoy chocolate, preferably Belgian, and as dark as possible. In the morning I eat a bite-sized piece with my espresso.

Perhaps you've just built the event up in your mind into some phantasmagorical experience focused on the One Truffle?

I don't eat chocolate very often, but when I do have a craving, I tend to buy little and eat it very, very slowly to maximise enjoyment. Some people think my self-control is edging on madness... :)

One truffle to rule them all, eh? :tongue:

I'm sure the anticipation makes it that much more exciting, but I'm pretty sure that if I ever stopped being dirt-poor and could afford to buy a whole box of truffles, I'd enjoy every one of them just as much. (There's a confiserie in my area that makes these amazing little truffles filled with raspberry ganache...I could happily eat those forever. *drool* )

I enjoy nearly all forms of chocolate.

Why is the poll not multi-choice?

I dislike the implied slighting of certain chocolate types voting in such an unjust poll would create, so I will boycott the poll!

One truffle to rule them all, eh? :tongue:

This is a divine thought.

I'm sure the anticipation makes it that much more exciting, but I'm pretty sure that if I ever stopped being dirt-poor and could afford to buy a whole box of truffles, I'd enjoy every one of them just as much. (There's a confiserie in my area that makes these amazing little truffles filled with raspberry ganache...I could happily eat those forever. *drool* )

As if a musician would ever make decent money....

Perhaps it's just my take on enjoying things in very long and pleasurable episodes. Too much of a good thing in too short a space of time can lose it's goodness, though maybe chocolate can fall into the same category as music and cheesecake as pure sensory pleasure without diminishing ("auditory cheesecake" is perhaps the best phrase to describe music I've ever read).

You forgot, Cadburys, Bournville, Swiss, Belgian and Thorntons :(

And I'm not sure if white chocolate is chocolate, something to do with the amount of Cocoa.

Bourneville is owned by Cadburys.

A chocolate thread with no mention of malteasers? Blasphemy! I love them. So yummy. Not the white ones though.

Thorntons continental dark selevtion is amazing.

Oh and Divine bars! Divine by name and nature. And Fairtrade.

all kinds for me, but if you're in the UK you have to check out (yes, i am serious - you must do this) Montezuma's Secret Squirrel truffels. they're just :hail:

Scharfenberger (sp? I'm such a bad German-American), Teuscher's, and See's. Yes, See's. It's not my fault, my dad worked there when my mom was pregnant. I was born addicted!

Classic milk chocolate is perfect for me. :)

I am a milk chocolate fan, but I am as surprised as other posters that white chocolate failed to make the poll.

I don't eat chocolate very often, but when I do have a craving, I tend to buy little and eat it very, very slowly to maximise enjoyment. Some people think my self-control is edging on madness... :)
Oh, I don't know... have you made a half-pound box last four months? ;)

I wish you could have been able to pick more than one option in this poll. Still chocolate is amazing. Except white chocolate, that's not even real to me...

My mom is allergic to both chocolate and caffeine. I'm so glad I didn't inherit those.

I'm actually allergic to caffeine, as well. And I'm lactose-intolerant.

Chocolate, caffeine, and milk. Sucks, eh?

I'm actually allergic to caffeine, as well. And I'm lactose-intolerant.

Chocolate, caffeine, and milk. Sucks, eh?

Yeah it does... that can make certain things a whole lot less fun.

Yeah it does... that can make certain things a whole lot less fun.

Like... life? ;)

I think the funniest part is the fact that I work in a coffee shop, where I can consume approximately, oh... 5% of what we sell. Steamed soy. That's about it.

Like... life? ;)

I think the funniest part is the fact that I work in a coffee shop, where I can consume approximately, oh... 5% of what we sell. Steamed soy. That's about it.

Wasn't thinking specifically about life but yeah, it would. I was thinking fo something a little more specific lol...

Cadbury's milk chocolate is nice - although Galaxy choc makes a nice change of taste from it, never tried Hershey's and Belgian choc is scrumptious! I especially like Cadbury Bournville choc and Crunch bars... rawr - yummyyy!!!