Your favorite chocolate

[Muse]

I've bought and eaten some of the world's most prestigious (and expensive) chocolate. I have on my shelf Amedei Chuao, Amedei Porcelana. But I enjoy these relatively cheap chocolates far more:

Lindt Truffles (they are spherical, in multiple flavors, individually wrapped, weigh around 1/2 oz. each, come in bags, available at Costco and other places including online)

Mars' Dove Promises (~0.29oz each, individually wrapped, there are several flavors, the ones I've tried and very much enjoyed are dark chocolate and dark chocolate with almonds. Available in drug stores, super markets, online).

 

[shortylickens]

Yes.

 

[sandorski]

Cheap: Coffee Crisp
Pricier, but mainstream: Depends a lot on my mood, but usually is Toblerone Milk Chocolate or Lindt Strawberry White Chocolate.
Don't really have much experience with even higher priced specialty chocolates.

 

[Chaotic42]

I like the Cadbury Milk Chocolate. I'm not a dark chocolate fan.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't eat chocolate often; usually what I get my daughter for jul. I get her an assortment of boutique bars, and they're all pretty good, but no names stand out. For drug store chocolate, I like Chunky bars. They go well with coffee.

 

[Billb2]

I'm into bulk chocolate. (Let's not go there!)
Nestle semi-sweet chips or milk chocolate chips do me just fine.

 

[Chaotic42]

I don't eat chocolate often; usually what I get my daughter for jul. I get her an assortment of boutique bars, and they're all pretty good, but no names stand out. For drug store chocolate, I like Chunky bars. They go well with coffee.

Jul?

 

[John Connor]

Milk chocolate for sure. Lindt Truffles are good and I had four bags, now down to one. HAHA Cadbury is good too. Pisses me off Hersey sued them for some asinine reason and now Hersey makes the Cadbruy chocolate bar.

U.S chocolate is utter shit.

My mom and dad worked for a gourmet food distributor so I got to taste some of the finest food you had ever seen. Minus the gross crap like caviar. In fact, this company sold food to the Oscars.

 

[lxskllr]

Jul?

I've settled on "jul" as my term for the holiday season. It's longer than "xmas", covering Nov-Jan, and is more secular; a celebration of winter. It puts the heathen back where it belongs :^D

Beware the Jólakötturinn. If you don't get new clothes before julaften, you could get eaten ;^)

 

[ControlD]

I like Ritter Sport and Milka when I can get them, but I am perfectly fine with Hershey's as well. I'm not much of a dark chocolate fan unless it is wrapped around a big fat mound of coconut.

 

[Feneant2]

There was an online store out of Quebec that sold European chocolate, I used to place large orders of 'close to expiry' half priced bars so I've tried many different ones (Cote d'Or, etc.). They've long closed but by then I had also realized that Lindt truffles were 100x better than any of the pricier stuff. Last time I went to New Hampshire, I bought a Styrofoam cooler and brought it back full of truffles to make gift boxes for the holidays.

 

[John Connor]

I've settled on "jul" as my term for the holiday season. It's longer than "xmas", covering Nov-Jan, and is more secular; a celebration of winter. It puts the heathen back where it belongs :^D

Beware the Jólakötturinn. If you don't get new clothes before julaften, you could get eaten ;^)

 

[Slew Foot]

That giant pound brick of belgian chocolate from Trader Joes.

 

[Muse]

I'm into bulk chocolate. (Let's not go there!)
Nestle semi-sweet chips or milk chocolate chips do me just fine.

Why not? I have bought several giant blocks of Guittard Gourmet Bitter Sweet, I have a lot on hand right now. It's very good indeed. But I don't like it nearly as much as Lindt Truffles or Dove Promise. I have bought other bulk chocolate, but it's not as good as that Guittard, which BTW isn't expensive at all.

 

[Muse]

There was an online store out of Quebec that sold European chocolate, I used to place large orders of 'close to expiry' half priced bars so I've tried many different ones (Cote d'Or, etc.). They've long closed but by then I had also realized that Lindt truffles were 100x better than any of the pricier stuff. Last time I went to New Hampshire, I bought a Styrofoam cooler and brought it back full of truffles to make gift boxes for the holidays.

That would be smart. In my experience, chocolate does not go bad. If it's got fillings in it, sure, it can, but if pure chocolate, I can't recall tasting rancidity.
Yes, the Lindt Truffles are excellent. I don't like the white chocolate ones as much, it's just OK. Costco sells bags with 5 flavors, I get those on sale around November.

That giant pound brick of belgian chocolate from Trader Joes.

Might be alright. I haven't ever bought chocolate at Trader Joes that really pleased me, though.

Milk chocolate for sure. Lindt Truffles are good and I had four bags, now down to one. HAHA Cadbury is good too. Pisses me off Hersey sued them for some asinine reason and now Hersey makes the Cadbury chocolate bar.
U.S chocolate is utter shit.
My mom and dad worked for a gourmet food distributor so I got to taste some of the finest food you had ever seen. Minus the gross crap like caviar. In fact, this company sold food to the Oscars.

When I was a kid I really liked Cadbury Milk Chocolate, IIRC it was Canadian. Yes, most U.S. chocolate is pretty terrible. I think the Mars' Dove Promise might be American, maybe not. I think the dark chocolate ones (haven't tried the others) are really really good.

 

[Muse]

blooper

 

[Muse]

Bump

 

[Nashemon]

I tried to be a chocolate connoisseur once. I bought a ton of it. Different brands, origins, flavors, prices, colors. Couldn't tell a lick of difference one way or another. They all came out the same.

 

[Crono]

I haven't tried a ton of brands, but my favorite is Amedei's Cru bars (single origin). Very subtle flavors and notes depending on origin (terroir) like you get in good tea, coffee, or wine. I also like Amano, which is another bean-to-bar chocolate maker. Their Ocumare bars are excellent.

I used to buy Lindt a lot, especially their milk and white chocolate bars before I became a vegan. Their 70% cocoa bars I eat once in a while, and they aren't bad but not as nuanced as some of the more expensive chocolates. Green & Black's is another I like for similar quality and price. Both have good availability and aren't super premium like Amedei. Plenty of supermarkets and grocery stores carry them. Nói Síríus (Icelandic chocolate) is what I get half the time I visit Whole Foods. Not too expensive for a nice, thick bar of dark chocolate to keep in my drawer at work. Probably would be good for baking, too.

I also make my own chocolate bars, though not entirely from scratch (Navitas cacao powder as the base). I really need to try roasting beans when I get the time.

I've been meaning to try Valrhona chocolate. I'm adding Valrhona Abinao and Pedregal bars to my list of chocolate to try (note to self: make a list of chocolate to try ).

 

[DaveSimmons]

In order:

1. See's Candies
2. Cadbury milk chocolate with roasted almonds
3. Dove promises (milk)
...
852. Hershey bar

 

[boomerang]

My favorite is free chocolate. Chocolate that somebody else paid for.

 

[Muse]

I haven't tried a ton of brands, but my favorite is Amedei's Cru bars (single origin). Very subtle flavors and notes depending on origin (terroir) like you get in good tea, coffee, or wine. I also like Amano, which is another bean-to-bar chocolate maker. Their Ocumare bars are excellent.

I used to buy Lindt a lot, especially their milk and white chocolate bars before I became a vegan. Their 70% cocoa bars I eat once in a while, and they aren't bad but not as nuanced as some of the more expensive chocolates. Green & Black's is another I like for similar quality and price. Both have good availability and aren't super premium like Amedei. Plenty of supermarkets and grocery stores carry them. Nói Síríus (Icelandic chocolate) is what I get half the time I visit Whole Foods. Not too expensive for a nice, thick bar of dark chocolate to keep in my drawer at work. Probably would be good for baking, too.

I also make my own chocolate bars, though not entirely from scratch (Navitas cacao powder as the base). I really need to try roasting beans when I get the time.

I've been meaning to try Valrhona chocolate. I'm adding Valrhona Abinao and Pedregal bars to my list of chocolate to try (note to self: make a list of chocolate to try ).

Now, this is the kind of post I was hoping to see when I started this thread very early this morning. Thank you!!!

I have gotten Amano Ocumare in the past and I did like it. This was over 4 years ago. But I was not overwhelmed by Amedei or Amano. The delicate flavors, yes, I picked up on the fact that there was stuff going on in there that I did not perceive with less expensive chocolates, however I was generally unimpressed. One time over 30 years ago I came across a European chocolate, German, perhaps, maybe Swiss, that appeared at a distressed merchandise semi-super market near where I lived. I bought a number of bars and thought they were terrific. I went back hoping to get more but they had all disappeared! A similar thing happened involving that store with some high end German bottled brews. They were delightful and opened my eyes and pallet to the greatness of European brewing.

One day back then I bought a large Hershey's bar at a local supermarket and I was so offended by it that I actually brought it back for a refund.

I haven't bought another Hershey bar, you may believe.

I will look for some of the chocolate and that cacao powder you mention, you are obviously something of an afficionado (I'd use that conosewer word, but would probably mispell it! ). There are Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in the vicinity, close by, and my favorite market, a 1/4 mile away, has a pretty big selection of imported chocolates. I have yet to be impressed by organic chocolate. I've been gifted it several times. I was gifted that Dove Promises chocolate this summer for my birthday and I was delighted.

My cousin makes chocolates and she uses Valrhona. I've bought and eaten Valrhona chocolate, but was not impressed. I also bought some of their cocoa powder, again not impressed. I have around 4 kinds of high priced cocoa powder on hand but from now on I am going to stick with my long time favorite, Droste. I think it's just plain superior to every other I've tried.

In order:

1. See's Candies
2. Cadbury milk chocolate with roasted almonds
3. Dove promises (milk)
...
852. Hershey bar

I used to buy a box of See's nuts and chews at my birthday some years ago. I liked Cadbury milk chocolate as a kid, maybe I'll give it another try, but I think I bought one a few years ago and was disappointed. Maybe I was just having a bad day, it happens. Dove promises, yes!!!

My favorite is free chocolate. Chocolate that somebody else paid for.

"The fox provides for himself, God provides for the Lion." -- William Blake

There's something to that.

My mom and dad worked for a gourmet food distributor so I got to taste some of the finest food you had ever seen. Minus the gross crap like caviar. In fact, this company sold food to the Oscars.

I used to work temporaries and one brief assignment was at a very small warehouse and the guy's company imported fine foods. He gifted each of us with IIRC one good sized fine chocolate bar and I'll never forget what he told me. He said that the best chocolate, the well refined stuff, when broken, breaks cleanly and you can see the purity of it, the broken surface is like smooth glass. The inferior chocolate's broken surface is rough, however. I asked him to suggest a quality chocolate I might buy, and his reply was "Lindt..." He said it in such a way that I knew he could have named many more but he figured he'd just stop there.

 

[sandorski]

Now, this is the kind of post I was hoping to see when I started this thread very early this morning. Thank you!!!

I have gotten Amano Ocumare in the past and I did like it. This was over 4 years ago. But I was not overwhelmed by Amedei or Amano. The delicate flavors, yes, I picked up on the fact that there was stuff going on in there that I did not perceive with less expensive chocolates, however I was generally unimpressed. One time over 30 years ago I came across a European chocolate, German, perhaps, maybe Swiss, that appeared at a distressed merchandise semi-super market near where I lived. I bought a number of bars and thought they were terrific. I went back hoping to get more but they had all disappeared! A similar thing happened involving that store with some high end German bottled brews. They were delightful and opened my eyes and pallet to the greatness of European brewing.

One day back then I bought a large Hershey's bar at a local supermarket and I was so offended by it that I actually brought it back for a refund.

I haven't bought another Hershey bar, you may believe.

I will look for some of the chocolate and that cacao powder you mention, you are obviously something of an afficionado (I'd use that conosewer word, but would probably mispell it! ). There are Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in the vicinity, close by, and my favorite market, a 1/4 mile away, has a pretty big selection of imported chocolates. I have yet to be impressed by organic chocolate. I've been gifted it several times. I was gifted that Dove Promises chocolate this summer for my birthday and I was delighted.

My cousin makes chocolates and she uses Valrhona. I've bought and eaten Valrhona chocolate, but was not impressed. I also bought some of their cocoa powder, again not impressed. I have around 4 kinds of high priced cocoa powder on hand but from now on I am going to stick with my long time favorite, Droste. I think it's just plain superior to every other I've tried.


I used to buy a box of See's nuts and chews at my birthday some years ago. I liked Cadbury milk chocolate as a kid, maybe I'll give it another try, but I think I bought one a few years ago and was disappointed. Maybe I was just having a bad day, it happens. Dove promises, yes!!!

Hershey bars are quite nasty in comparison to Cadbury. We didn't have Hershey bars where I lived in Canada as a kid, but had Cadbury. I constantly saw Ads for Hershey bars though and really wanted one. Eventually I got my chance to try the elusive chocolate the Ads had convinced me was awesome, only to be disappointed. This experience amongst other similar ones really made me cynical to advertising at a young age.

 

[Muse]

Hershey bars are quite nasty in comparison to Cadbury. We didn't have Hershey bars where I lived in Canada as a kid, but had Cadbury. I constantly saw Ads for Hershey bars though and really wanted one. Eventually I got my chance to try the elusive chocolate the Ads had convinced me was awesome, only to be disappointed. This experience amongst other similar ones really made me cynical to advertising at a young age.

It is true. At the age of 12, during class break I used to run down to the local pharmacy a block away and buy a milk chocolate Cadbury bar, either with hazelnuts or almonds, can't remember which. It was delightful. I never enjoyed Hershey bars that way and I can't stand them now. Are Cadbury still good? A poster in this thread said that they are made by Hershey now and no longer good.

 

[Gryz]

Yes, most U.S. chocolate is pretty terrible.

This.
I don't think I have ever tasted anything "chocolately" in the US that even tasted remotely like chocolate. Very sad.

Try Leonidas.
https://www.google.nl/search?newwin...X&ved=0ahUKEwjx2Yj6_rXPAhXEvRoKHUK2BXEQhyYIIA