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debm55

(60,669 posts)
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 10:28 PM Apr 2023

What's your favorite chocolate candy? milk,dark, white , or I don't like chocolate candy.

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What's your favorite chocolate candy? milk,dark, white , or I don't like chocolate candy. (Original Post) debm55 Apr 2023 OP
Dark, definitely. It's also better for you. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #1
As a "supertaster" I find it somewhat bitter. Milk chocolate for me. Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #3
Is there a reason why it is better? I always thought all chocolate was bad for you. debm55 Apr 2023 #4
Chocolate sn't bad for you; it's the sugar. Dark chocolate is better Ocelot II Apr 2023 #9
Oh my, I never that. Thanks Ocelot II for giving me that information. It is very interesting. debm55 Apr 2023 #10
Although true, beware the source of your dark chocolate True Dough Apr 2023 #14
Plus which the theobromine (food of the gods) relieves some depressions. niyad Apr 2023 #17
The Biggest Difference... ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #60
Professor, thank you for the post. I didn't know that about the dark chocolate. debm55 Apr 2023 #63
A Couple Things I Should Have Added ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #76
Definitely dark. It's also better for me. unweird Apr 2023 #7
All of the above FoxNewsSucks Apr 2023 #2
White chocolate for me tastes too sweet. debm55 Apr 2023 #5
Ditto nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #13
Technically it isn't chocolate at all Clash City Rocker Apr 2023 #22
Get out--it's not chocolate???? and all my life, I thought it was. Thanks for that information. debm55 Apr 2023 #25
dark gopiscrap Apr 2023 #6
Milk chocolate, for sure! napi21 Apr 2023 #8
Whenever I buy Milano cookies... ailsagirl Apr 2023 #73
love the dark chocolate Milano cookies debm55 Apr 2023 #77
And the Milano Mint Chocolate cookies are also great ailsagirl Apr 2023 #87
Dark over milk, but the manufacturer matters too. RockRaven Apr 2023 #11
Right, and THANKS, elleng Apr 2023 #27
Dark Glorfindel Apr 2023 #12
Date milk. -- make it yourself. Guava milk Tetrachloride Apr 2023 #15
Dark, or bittersweet, of course. niyad Apr 2023 #16
niyad, isn't bittersweet used for cooking. I tried it once and I was very surprised at the bitter debm55 Apr 2023 #23
It may have been straight baking chocolate. It all depends on the percentage of cocoa niyad Apr 2023 #26
Baking chocolate is unsweetened. If you're using it to make something like fudge Ocelot II Apr 2023 #28
It was straight and it was unedible. Spit it right out.Have no idea what I was making but it called debm55 Apr 2023 #30
Any, plus ganja, plus some Trips. Nt Baked Potato Apr 2023 #18
You must be prepared at all times SonofDonald Apr 2023 #37
Yes, always! Baked Potato Apr 2023 #38
Let's get something straight right now: Laffy Kat Apr 2023 #19
Sorry-------- debm55 Apr 2023 #20
As a child I often drank chocolate milk. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #21
Thanks.strawberry milk is terrible debm55 Apr 2023 #24
Strawberry milk is pretty weird. Do you remember Flav-R-Straws? Ocelot II Apr 2023 #29
No I don't remember them. Did they have that powdered stuff in them? debm55 Apr 2023 #31
IIRC, part of the inside of the straw was lined with a flavored candy Ocelot II Apr 2023 #32
I hated white milk as a child, and still do. Different Drummer Apr 2023 #81
Milk choc.. northoftheborder Apr 2023 #33
Thank you, debm55 Apr 2023 #34
Dark chocolate. I just had a Dove ice cream bar with dark chocolate. I'm addicted Deuxcents Apr 2023 #35
My husband loves those. debm55 Apr 2023 #88
Good thing there's only 3 in the package or I'd be in real trouble 😋 Deuxcents Apr 2023 #89
He buys two for him. Usually they are BOGO. He says he can't pass a sale. debm55 Apr 2023 #90
So do I! I won't confess how many I had at one time when they were bogo.. Deuxcents Apr 2023 #91
Milk chocolate SonofDonald Apr 2023 #36
Dark. CozyMystery Apr 2023 #39
I prefer dark chocolate; the best dark chocolate I've ever had: Backseat Driver Apr 2023 #40
Dark Chocolate! At least 72% to %85. I will take like %60. electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #41
Does chocolate have lead in it? debm55 Apr 2023 #92
Unfortunately, yes, lead and cadnium. There were studies done last year (or earlier this year)... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #94
Now that you mention it, wasn't Hershey's one of the brands they were telling people not to buy? debm55 Apr 2023 #95
Idk. Some Lindts, Trader Joe's, others. Yw! electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #97
But earlier this year, they were talking about the ingredients in Hershey's. I going to do a search debm55 Apr 2023 #98
Just did a quick search on "is Hershey's chocolate safe" It stated that they found above average debm55 Apr 2023 #99
got it. 👍 electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #100
Dark, then white GPV Apr 2023 #42
GPV, I think you are the only person on here that likes white. Didn't at one time they have a debm55 Apr 2023 #93
True story! I retired from a chocolate company. sanatanadharma Apr 2023 #43
my mom worked for mars when she was young. mopinko Apr 2023 #101
Yes, please MissMillie Apr 2023 #44
When I say I don't really like chocolate, I get cranky when people say: Oh, you've never betsuni Apr 2023 #45
Is there really that much difference.? Sometimes chocolate here has a waxy taste. What is the taste debm55 Apr 2023 #50
Instead of light or dark, I go by country of origin. lark Apr 2023 #46
I like sweet over bitter. Milk chocolate for me. Emile Apr 2023 #47
I like milk chocolate. But there is one candy that is dark chocolate that has raspberry filling. Oh debm55 Apr 2023 #48
I love almonds, hazelnuts, cashews or pistachios in dark chocolate but Ghirardelli has electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #54
electric, yes that is the name. Thank you! debm55 Apr 2023 #56
Yw. Glad to help. : ) (possibly spelled wrong) electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #57
I like dark chocolate best. n/t area51 Apr 2023 #49
Dark chocolate! Mad_Dem_X Apr 2023 #51
Dark chocolate I like best but I also like milk chocolate Raine Apr 2023 #52
Dark Luciferous Apr 2023 #53
Hershey's Skittles Apr 2023 #55
Hi Skittles! Professor said that Hershey's has a dark chocolate with toffee and almond bits. Going debm55 Apr 2023 #64
I have not seen that Skittles Apr 2023 #67
I don't know where you live, but it you get a chance go to Hershey, PA. I live in Pittsburgh and debm55 Apr 2023 #69
good old Hershey's (with almonds) Kali Apr 2023 #72
Yes debm55 Apr 2023 #78
Chocolate, not so much...but I will have a piece of See's dark chocolate.... Tikki Apr 2023 #58
Some chocolate,especially homemade,,has an really waxy taste to it. I pass on buying the homemade. debm55 Apr 2023 #65
And the 'check out counter' chocolate has a chemically after taste... Tikki Apr 2023 #66
Tikki, the only time I bought homemade chocolates was from a woman at work. She made them on the debm55 Apr 2023 #68
Milk Chocolate For Me ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #59
I don't think I have seen the Symphony chocolate. Sounds very good. Maybe, I don't live in their debm55 Apr 2023 #62
Milk, usually. Dark if I need to cover something. sakabatou Apr 2023 #61
sakabatou, I love milk chocolate covered strawberries. debm55 Apr 2023 #70
Milk chocolate by far mvd Apr 2023 #71
Peanut M&Ms LudwigPastorius Apr 2023 #74
Milk chocolate for me, too. debm55 Apr 2023 #80
With nuts, is my pref. intrepidity Apr 2023 #96
Yes, truffles are good. debm55 Apr 2023 #103
See's Hekate Apr 2023 #75
I have seen a couple of mentions of See's. Is it regional? debm55 Apr 2023 #79
I had to look it up. It was created in California a century ago (knew that) & is sold in 20 states.... Hekate Apr 2023 #83
Thanks for the information. I never got the deal with Godiva--they did have a good marketing group debm55 Apr 2023 #85
My favorites, in order: Different Drummer Apr 2023 #82
I don't even know why they sell that white chocolate. Going to the store after Easter and seeing all debm55 Apr 2023 #84
They had a chocolate exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago 20 years ago TexasBushwhacker Apr 2023 #86
we have a building in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh called Phipps Conservatory. I used to take debm55 Apr 2023 #105
dark, esp choc covered candied citrus peel. mopinko Apr 2023 #102
I don't think I ever had orange peel in candy. Can you please give us a rundown on the taste. Is it debm55 Apr 2023 #106
same stuff. mopinko Apr 2023 #107
Dark chocolate definitely. yellowdogintexas Apr 2023 #104
I asked someone earlier if they remember a pink chocolate. I vaguely remember a pink bunny and cross debm55 Apr 2023 #108

Ocelot II

(130,560 posts)
9. Chocolate sn't bad for you; it's the sugar. Dark chocolate is better
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 10:35 PM
Apr 2023

because there's less sugar than in milk chocolate, and there are good nutrients in the chocolate itself. Dark chocolate is rich in disease-fighting antioxidants. It can help reduce blood pressure and lower the risk of heart disease.

Studies show that dark chocolate — when it is not loaded with sugar and saturated fat — is indeed a heart-healthy chocolate treat and more. “Eating chocolate is healthy when it is dark chocolate,” says Poulina Uddin, MD, a cardiologist at Scripps Clinic. “Studies show that eating a small amount of dark chocolate regularly can benefit your health.
https://www.scripps.org/news_items/5317-is-dark-chocolate-healthy#:~:text=Dark%20chocolate%20is%20rich%20in,healthy%20chocolate%20treat%20and%20more.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
10. Oh my, I never that. Thanks Ocelot II for giving me that information. It is very interesting.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 10:37 PM
Apr 2023

ProfessorGAC

(76,723 posts)
60. The Biggest Difference...
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 08:14 PM
Apr 2023

...is that dark chocolate is significantly higher in cocoa solids.
Cocoa has a lot of flavenols, and those are well-known for having circulatory benefits.
Also, cocoa is reasonably high in fiber. The higher cocoa solids, the higher the fiber content. Fiber is both heart & digestive system friendly.
Milk chocolate tends to have less cocoa powder & more cocoa butter. The butter has nowhere near the nutritional benefits as the powder.
It's the richness of the cocoa that makes it healthier.

ProfessorGAC

(76,723 posts)
76. A Couple Things I Should Have Added
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 09:01 AM
Apr 2023

Flavenols exhibit what's called tautomerism. This is a phenomenon where a labeled hydrogen (usually) can flip from spot to spot giving the molecule 2 different functions. (Many amino acids do this.)
These are known to create less bacterial adhesion of bacteria in the urinary track, hence reduced urinary infections.
Also, studies have shown that diets high in flavenols (mostly from fruits & vegetables) inhibit cognitive decline with age.

Clash City Rocker

(3,546 posts)
22. Technically it isn't chocolate at all
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:07 PM
Apr 2023

Because it doesn’t contain cocoa particles. It’s just cocoa butter mixed with sugar.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
25. Get out--it's not chocolate???? and all my life, I thought it was. Thanks for that information.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:12 PM
Apr 2023

gopiscrap

(24,735 posts)
6. dark
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 10:33 PM
Apr 2023

I spent most of my first 14 years in Europe and never knew there was anything other than dark chocolate

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
73. Whenever I buy Milano cookies...
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 12:02 AM
Apr 2023

it’s always the dark chocolate because it has more taste than the milk chocolate flavor.

But otherwise, I prefer milk chocolate (as in Milk Duds)

RockRaven

(19,388 posts)
11. Dark over milk, but the manufacturer matters too.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 10:37 PM
Apr 2023

So a good milk chocolate might be preferable over a lousy dark chocolate. It depends.

White? GTFOH.

elleng

(141,926 posts)
27. Right, and THANKS,
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:31 PM
Apr 2023

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White? GTFOH.

DARN, could have picked up bar of dark w orange @ CVS today, but wasn't thinking clearly!

debm55

(60,669 posts)
23. niyad, isn't bittersweet used for cooking. I tried it once and I was very surprised at the bitter
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:07 PM
Apr 2023

taste of it. Or maybe it was cooking chocolate.

niyad

(132,483 posts)
26. It may have been straight baking chocolate. It all depends on the percentage of cocoa
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:30 PM
Apr 2023

and sugar. I prefer chocolates with cocoa above 72 percent. But each person has their own preference. I am lucky to have locally produced Chocolove bars.

Ocelot II

(130,560 posts)
28. Baking chocolate is unsweetened. If you're using it to make something like fudge
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:38 PM
Apr 2023

you have to use a lot of sugar. Straight baking chocolate is very bitter, pretty much inedible by itself.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
30. It was straight and it was unedible. Spit it right out.Have no idea what I was making but it called
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:44 PM
Apr 2023

for it.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
21. As a child I often drank chocolate milk.
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:06 PM
Apr 2023

When I was in kindergarten, we'd get a milk snack in the middle of the morning, and I always got chocolate milk. Well, one week I decided to be good and ordered white milk, and just hated it.

I don't understand the current hate for things like chocolate milk. Or cow's milk in general.

Ocelot II

(130,560 posts)
29. Strawberry milk is pretty weird. Do you remember Flav-R-Straws?
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:42 PM
Apr 2023

They were straws that flavored milk as you sucked it through them. I remember the strawberry flavored ones which were kind of terrible.

Ocelot II

(130,560 posts)
32. IIRC, part of the inside of the straw was lined with a flavored candy
Thu Apr 6, 2023, 11:49 PM
Apr 2023

that dissolved in the milk that went through it. It wasn't a powder. If you spat the milk you sucked in back out through a strawberry straw, the milk in your glass would turn pink.

Deuxcents

(26,946 posts)
91. So do I! I won't confess how many I had at one time when they were bogo..
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 08:07 PM
Apr 2023

Got 2 new ones in the freezer as I was at the store yesterday!

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
36. Milk chocolate
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 12:50 AM
Apr 2023

But there are many different flavors of milk chocolate

I like them all but the milk chocolate hersheys uses in their “Mr Goodbar” is my favorite hands down for a candy you can buy anywhere

I like dark also but I remember reading only a week or two ago that some darks were found to have high levels of lead in them.

We can’t have anything nice.

Backseat Driver

(4,671 posts)
40. I prefer dark chocolate; the best dark chocolate I've ever had:
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 02:38 AM
Apr 2023

Ethel M chocolates - anyone else been to the cactus garden and factory in Las Vegas?

electric_blue68

(26,876 posts)
41. Dark Chocolate! At least 72% to %85. I will take like %60.
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 02:57 AM
Apr 2023

Lindt. Gherahilli Tuescher, Val Rohn, I know I'm screwing up the spellings sorry!

Ben & Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk, or Chocolate Therapy
Talenti's Dark Chocolate Chip Gelato

And we have a chocolater Jaque Torres who set up shop in the early ?'00s-
wonderful dark chocolates, dark chocolate ice cream, double chocolate chunk cookies with walnuts. Chocolate bark with almonds, pistachios, and hazelnuts.

I always preferred dark chocolate from the first time Hersey's Special Dark came out in those little Halloween candy bar size in the ?early '60s.

I still do love milk chocolate and peanut butter Reese's.
But Trader Joe's introduced their own
"Reese's" type and THEN they made a dark chocolate version about ?5 yrs ago. Yum!

As you can see. I'm crazed about dark chocolate! 😄🥰

However I have cut down bc of lead, cadnium issues 😕

electric_blue68

(26,876 posts)
94. Unfortunately, yes, lead and cadnium. There were studies done last year (or earlier this year)...
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 10:51 PM
Apr 2023

A bunch of brands were listed as unsafe, or less unsafe.
I'm not sure if any one that was tested is totally safe.
Some had high levels of both, others had less of one or the othet. Maybe.
I took screengrabs.

Actually now I remember this was posted here on DU. Almost positive

I will just eat less. Try to cut down by 65 - 75%. Sigh.
Maybe I'll eat vanilla, or butter pecan, and add high quality bittersweet chunks, or nibs in.
Talenti's gelato, or sorbet has a dark chocolate with tiny chocolate pieces. They're very dark chocolatety!
They also make a blackberry version with those same tiny pieces. Not that easy to find at least in my current nabe, but I know at least place in the Bronx where I did get it (where I briefly lived).
Sure more places in Manhattan like While Foods would have it. I'll see.

I may ask my clinic to have least, and cadnium levels tested at least as a baseline. Circumstances have had me eating a lot less chocolate than in the past 35 yrs or so.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
95. Now that you mention it, wasn't Hershey's one of the brands they were telling people not to buy?
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 10:55 PM
Apr 2023

Thanks for posting that.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
98. But earlier this year, they were talking about the ingredients in Hershey's. I going to do a search
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:04 PM
Apr 2023

tomorrow.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
99. Just did a quick search on "is Hershey's chocolate safe" It stated that they found above average
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:10 PM
Apr 2023

levels of lead and minerals in the dark Hershey's chocolate. Report was from www.pennlive.com

debm55

(60,669 posts)
93. GPV, I think you are the only person on here that likes white. Didn't at one time they have a
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 10:46 PM
Apr 2023

strawberry flavored chocolate? Vaguely I remember a light pink chocolate cross and bunnies. but that was years ago.

sanatanadharma

(4,089 posts)
43. True story! I retired from a chocolate company.
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:42 AM
Apr 2023

True story! I retired from a chocolate company.
When I was interviewed for a retail store manager position, I was introduced to the owner of the company.
The owner asked me if I liked chocolate.
I replied, "I can take it or leave it".

Nonetheless I was hired; managed a retail store, became the production manager, then the buyer, plus facilities and equipment management and repair, deliveries, trade shows, catering, more.

I can still take or (usually) leave chocolate, preferably dark.

mopinko

(73,731 posts)
101. my mom worked for mars when she was young.
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:13 PM
Apr 2023

1st job after business school. she talked about it often. she loved getting to eat the rejects.
was a loyal mars customer all her life, but i hold a grudge for her. they made her quit when she got ENGAGED. 1940.

betsuni

(29,080 posts)
45. When I say I don't really like chocolate, I get cranky when people say: Oh, you've never
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 09:19 AM
Apr 2023

tasted really good European chocolate, not that gross American stuff. YES I HAVE. I don't like coffee that much either.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
50. Is there really that much difference.? Sometimes chocolate here has a waxy taste. What is the taste
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 12:38 PM
Apr 2023

of European chocolate like? Thanks.

lark

(26,081 posts)
46. Instead of light or dark, I go by country of origin.
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 09:26 AM
Apr 2023

Belgian chocolates are what I love - light, dark, white - they are just so much better than anything made here that I've found.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
48. I like milk chocolate. But there is one candy that is dark chocolate that has raspberry filling. Oh
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 11:19 AM
Apr 2023

so yummy

electric_blue68

(26,876 posts)
54. I love almonds, hazelnuts, cashews or pistachios in dark chocolate but Ghirardelli has
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 01:46 AM
Apr 2023

a very nice dark choicolate w raspberries. So does Trader Joe's.

Raine

(31,179 posts)
52. Dark chocolate I like best but I also like milk chocolate
Fri Apr 7, 2023, 03:40 PM
Apr 2023

and white chocolate though that one I like the least.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
64. Hi Skittles! Professor said that Hershey's has a dark chocolate with toffee and almond bits. Going
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:28 PM
Apr 2023

to look for it. Don't live too, too, far from Hershey. PA. I should be in their market.

Skittles

(171,724 posts)
67. I have not seen that
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:41 PM
Apr 2023

but I will check it out

there's just something unique about Hershey's, I love that stuff

debm55

(60,669 posts)
69. I don't know where you live, but it you get a chance go to Hershey, PA. I live in Pittsburgh and
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:49 PM
Apr 2023

we would take my son to Hershey Park. It's an amusement park, but they have all kinds of edibles made with Hershey's chocolate. I think the bar was called Symphony.

Tikki

(15,142 posts)
58. Chocolate, not so much...but I will have a piece of See's dark chocolate....
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 07:34 PM
Apr 2023

nuts and chews if it shows up.

Just like coffee....chocolate tastes oily to me.

Tikki

debm55

(60,669 posts)
65. Some chocolate,especially homemade,,has an really waxy taste to it. I pass on buying the homemade.
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:30 PM
Apr 2023

Tikki

(15,142 posts)
66. And the 'check out counter' chocolate has a chemically after taste...
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:36 PM
Apr 2023

which leaves me with not many chocolate choices so I just move on to other candy.
I like any kind of red hots. But I don't eat much candy these days.

Tikki

debm55

(60,669 posts)
68. Tikki, the only time I bought homemade chocolates was from a woman at work. She made them on the
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:43 PM
Apr 2023

side for Christmas and Easter. I bought brandied cherry in chocolate. I bit into the chocolate and the it was horrible. But the inside was delicious. So, I bit off the tops, threw it away, drank and ate the brandied cherries and threw the rest away. My bad.

ProfessorGAC

(76,723 posts)
59. Milk Chocolate For Me
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 08:09 PM
Apr 2023

While my favorite is the Toblerone bar. But, I hardly ever see them around here.
So, my go-to is Symphony with toffee & almond bits. It's Hershey's premium brand. Profoundly more creamy than regular Hershey bars and a better flavor.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
62. I don't think I have seen the Symphony chocolate. Sounds very good. Maybe, I don't live in their
Sat Apr 8, 2023, 09:21 PM
Apr 2023

market, though I do live in PA.

LudwigPastorius

(14,738 posts)
74. Peanut M&Ms
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 12:08 AM
Apr 2023

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Mr. Goodbar

Baby Ruth

Nestle's Crunch

Butterfinger

I believe these all contain milk chocolate.

I like dark chocolate, but there's too much caffeine in it for me.

intrepidity

(8,582 posts)
96. With nuts, is my pref.
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 10:55 PM
Apr 2023

Your list has all ones I like.

As for See's, Nuts and Chews. But the truffles are great too, ngl.

There's hardly a sweet I wouldn't enjoy.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
83. I had to look it up. It was created in California a century ago (knew that) & is sold in 20 states....
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 02:50 PM
Apr 2023

The product is very, very good. As far as I can tell, the company is still using good, fresh ingredients. Yes, it is expensive — but so is all good chocolate. I hope the company never outgrows its original intent and recipe.

Since I’m a Costco shopper (over 20 years), I’ve sampled the boxed chocolates they sell, with mixed results. For awhile their Kirkland-branded Belgian chocolates were divine, then something shifted and we got brand names of Belgian chocolate that were not as good. For candies by the bag … Godiva by the bag isn’t as good as See’s in my opinion.

Costco sells See’s gift cards, but not the candy itself. That’s fine with me — I am willing to wait to get to a shop in a mall, and pick and choose my own assortment. Mmmmmm.

I am in California. My sis lived a long time in Mass., then NY, and doesn’t know See’s, so to a certain extent it is regional.





debm55

(60,669 posts)
85. Thanks for the information. I never got the deal with Godiva--they did have a good marketing group
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 02:55 PM
Apr 2023

to sell them as top grade chocolate.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
84. I don't even know why they sell that white chocolate. Going to the store after Easter and seeing all
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 02:52 PM
Apr 2023

Aisle of Misfit Rabbits.They are all white chocolate. Someone told me it was for people who were allergic to milk or dark. Milk chocolate is my favorite.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,204 posts)
86. They had a chocolate exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago 20 years ago
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 05:18 PM
Apr 2023

It was fascinating. It started with showing what the cacoa tree looks like, the pods etc, to the history of chocolate, the introduction of sugar and later milk, the manufacturing process, etc. Most of the chocolate we eat is blended to produce a certain flavor, so a Hershey bar always tastes like a Hershey bar, but cacoa from different countries tastes different. At the end of the exhibit, of course, they had bars of single source chocolate. Some were fruitier, some nuttier. Wonderful exhibit.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
105. we have a building in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh called Phipps Conservatory. I used to take
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:28 PM
Apr 2023

my students there, We had a class on chocolates and then they would take us on a tour. One part of the tour included a room set up like South America, waterfalls real trees. They showed how the chocolate was harvested and made . What I found really interesting is the tapioca as if the cutter is not careful it can be poisonous. If you are ever in Pittsburgh you showed visit. It is beautiful and open year round. They also had a Japanese room with bonsai trees and trees native to Japan. After one visit I got 3 Japanese fire trees.

mopinko

(73,731 posts)
102. dark, esp choc covered candied citrus peel.
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:16 PM
Apr 2023

i have that bitter gene. love dark coffee, dark chocolate, hoppy beers.
i was the 6th of 7, and had an aunt that would bring a big box of fannie may fruit and nuts when she’d visit. that peel was usually the last to go, and i developed a taste.
i thought that was weird, but they tell me it’s very popular. it’s their #1 seller for father’s day.

debm55

(60,669 posts)
106. I don't think I ever had orange peel in candy. Can you please give us a rundown on the taste. Is it
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:33 PM
Apr 2023

like the stuff in put in fruit cake? Thank you.

mopinko

(73,731 posts)
107. same stuff.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 07:21 AM
Apr 2023

fm’s is a long strip. but i’ve had small chunks from other places.
i like candied citrus peel in general. i make a white fudge at xmas that i make my own peel for. i’m the only one who likes it, but i’m the cook. usually have clementines so that’s what i usually, but lemon is good, too.

yellowdogintexas

(23,696 posts)
104. Dark chocolate definitely.
Sun Apr 9, 2023, 11:18 PM
Apr 2023

Milk chocolate tends to give me heartburn, for some reason. Bad heartburn.

I like 60% and higher cacao content; I use 100% cacao for baking unless the recipe calls for a sweetened variety

White chocolate is a nice ingredient to blend into frosting, but I don't like very much to just sit down and eat it.

Years ago I used to bake a White Chocolate Cake which was very similar to an Italian Cream Cake with the white chocolate folded into the batter. (melted and cooled of course)

debm55

(60,669 posts)
108. I asked someone earlier if they remember a pink chocolate. I vaguely remember a pink bunny and cross
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:34 PM
Apr 2023

I was wondering if it was strawberry flavored.

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