Toblerone is more addictive than crack
- Thread starter George P Burdell
- Start date
Chocolate that comes with a kid?! What will they think of next?
my sister went to turkey for vacation and brought back a 400g milk honey toblerone. god it was delicous. eat slowly though. while there is better chocolate, toblerone is still very very good.
I used to eat that stuff as a kid - pretty good, but not great.
I live above a candy store that has imported chocolates. Though they do still sell toblerone for the novelty value, but I've never seen someone buy one. I've seen more people buying the jalapeno lollipop.
I live above a candy store that has imported chocolates. Though they do still sell toblerone for the novelty value, but I've never seen someone buy one. I've seen more people buying the jalapeno lollipop.
I work for a Swiss company and we used to get TONS of Toberlones sent over to us in our weekly parts shipments. Not a fan, especially of the white chocolate ones. I just don't like the texture and they're too rich for me. But, I definitely prefer them over the Swiss Army cheese cans they send us from time to time. That stuff is friggin' disgusting.
Just work it off at the SAC!
Originally posted by: interchange
Just work it off at the SAC!
You're right, I should go there more often and work my lazy ass off
. BTW it's called the CRC now.
AnitaPeterson
Diamond Member
- Apr 24, 2001
- 5,978
- 474
- 126
Toblerone is good...
I didn't like it that much when I was a kid, but I like it a lot nowadays.
The funny part is, a Canadian food producer is getting Toblerone to make very similar trapezoidal (not triangular!) chocolate, sold under the generic name President's Choice... which, of course, is cheaper than the brand-name, although they taste the same.
No matter what North Americans say, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium* are still the Holy Trinity of chocolate.
*edited for mistake... now I'm thinking of the chocolateries I visited in Brussels, ten years ago... mmm... but expensive as hell.
I didn't like it that much when I was a kid, but I like it a lot nowadays.
The funny part is, a Canadian food producer is getting Toblerone to make very similar trapezoidal (not triangular!) chocolate, sold under the generic name President's Choice... which, of course, is cheaper than the brand-name, although they taste the same.
No matter what North Americans say, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium* are still the Holy Trinity of chocolate.
*edited for mistake... now I'm thinking of the chocolateries I visited in Brussels, ten years ago... mmm... but expensive as hell.
AMCRambler
Diamond Member
- Jan 23, 2001
- 7,714
- 31
- 91
Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Toblerone is good...
I didn't like it that much when I was a kid, but I like it a lot nowadays.
The funny part is, a Canadian food producer is getting Toblerone to make very similar trapezoidal (not triangular!) chocolate, sold under the generic name President's Choice... which, of course, is cheaper than the brand-name, although they taste the same.
No matter what North Americans say, Germany, Switzerland and Holland are still the Holy Trinity of chocolate.
Hmm, not sure where you're getting that. Go to any store that specializes in chocolates and find out how many come from Germany, Switzerland or Holland. You probably won't find many. Ask a good chocolatier where they get their couverture and they'll likely tell you Belgium or France. Italy has some outstanding chocolate as well.
My favorites in no particular order: Valrhona, Green and Black's, Dagoba, and probaly El Rey.
AnitaPeterson
Diamond Member
- Apr 24, 2001
- 5,978
- 474
- 126
oops, mindfart, I meant to write Belgium, not Holland in my previous post... probably was thinking earlier about "Benelux", because I mentioned it in a class last week... corrected now...
Um, no... I usually hate to make blanket statements like this, but France, Italy, and easily beat out stuff coming out stuff from Germany, Swizerland and Belgium, atleast on average. I'm sure there are good chocolatiers in all these countries, but if we're talking stuff available in retail, Germany has Hachez, Belgium has Pierre Marcolini. It's hard to compete against France (represented by Valrhona, Michel Cluizel, Chocolat Bonnat, Pralus), and Italy (Amedi, Domori).
Honestly, labelling chocolate by countries (like saying "swiss" chocolate or "Belgian" chocolate) is not very useful IMO. There's great producers in a lot of countries (like schaffen Berger and E guittard in the US, and El Ray from Venezuela, and Santander from Columbia.
My Personal favourites : El Ray's Gran Saman , and Michel Cluizel (I like most of their chocolate bar range).
Honestly, labelling chocolate by countries (like saying "swiss" chocolate or "Belgian" chocolate) is not very useful IMO. There's great producers in a lot of countries (like schaffen Berger and E guittard in the US, and El Ray from Venezuela, and Santander from Columbia.
My Personal favourites : El Ray's Gran Saman , and Michel Cluizel (I like most of their chocolate bar range).
Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Toblerone is good...
I didn't like it that much when I was a kid, but I like it a lot nowadays.
The funny part is, a Canadian food producer is getting Toblerone to make very similar trapezoidal (not triangular!) chocolate, sold under the generic name President's Choice... which, of course, is cheaper than the brand-name, although they taste the same.
No matter what North Americans say, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium* are still the Holy Trinity of chocolate.
*edited for mistake... now I'm thinking of the chocolateries I visited in Brussels, ten years ago... mmm... but expensive as hell.
By Green and Black's , do you mean their Organic Chocolate (I don't know if they make any other). I'm surprised you like it ; I really dislike it.
:thumbsup: to the rest of your list though.
:thumbsup: to the rest of your list though.
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Toblerone is good...
I didn't like it that much when I was a kid, but I like it a lot nowadays.
The funny part is, a Canadian food producer is getting Toblerone to make very similar trapezoidal (not triangular!) chocolate, sold under the generic name President's Choice... which, of course, is cheaper than the brand-name, although they taste the same.
No matter what North Americans say, Germany, Switzerland and Holland are still the Holy Trinity of chocolate.
Hmm, not sure where you're getting that. Go to any store that specializes in chocolates and find out how many come from Germany, Switzerland or Holland. You probably won't find many. Ask a good chocolatier where they get their couverture and they'll likely tell you Belgium or France. Italy has some outstanding chocolate as well.
My favorites in no particular order: Valrhona, Green and Black's, Dagoba, and probaly El Rey.
I like it. There's better.
Personal preferences: Hachez, Nuehaus. Ritter for an excellent candybar-like experience.
Personal preferences: Hachez, Nuehaus. Ritter for an excellent candybar-like experience.
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 24K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 20K
-
-
-
Facebook
Twitter