Could be a brand or just a type of chocolate

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    Anything from Aldi. Here in the US they put butyric acid in the chocolate. It’s partially because it’s what people associated with chocolate because if early Hersey production and partially because it increases the shelf life. It’s also the acid you find in rancid butter and vomit. European chocolate doesn’t do this and so you get a smoother chocolate without the gross bite.

    Before living near an Aldi I could only afford to get good chocolate on a rare occasion but even the junk Easter egg chocolates at Aldi are amazing and affordable! So now I can actually say I like chocolate!

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        Have you tried their little burnt caramel chocolate bars by the check out? The smokiness in the caramel with that smooth chocolate finish is to die for!

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        It’s so much worse than it sounds. On top of that, most Americans are born into this and find well made European chocolate too smooth and decadent which spurs the idea that it has to be exorbitantly expensive.

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          I can literally buy the cheapest stuff in my grocerie store here and it still tastes somewhat decent… Shouldn’t have to be expensive. Making decent chocolate isn’t exactly rocket science. But hey we are talking about the US where fresh bread apparently still is kind of rare and most people eat Wonder Bread (why it’s even called bread is beyond me though…)

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    Ethically sourced and not too sugary. I make sure to grab a selection of Tony’s Chocolonely bars whenever I’m in the Netherlands. It’s second to none.

    Belgian chocolate is of course also great. I love Galler, it’s good but not overly pretentious/expensive.

    Dark chocolate in small doses; if I want to go wild a milk chocolate with something salty (sea salt, salty roasted almonds, salty caramel, freaking corn flakes for that matter) is always a treat.

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    Dark chocolate here in the US. Also like unsweetened chocolate in savory things like chili.

    The fruit and nut Cadbury in England.

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    I know the question didn’t ask for it, but I don’t like chocolate, ha!

    But I love two specific types; salted dark chocolate or chilli dark chocolate. Especially with a glass of tempranillo. Brand don’t really matter, but generally the bigger brands just don’t do dark chocolate well and put way too much sugar in. I don’t have a sweet tooth and all other chocolates—including other dark chocolate—I don’t really care for.

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      Ooh yeah, same opinoins here. I’ve never tried chilli dark chocolate though - I’ll have to be on the lookout for that.

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    Tony Chocolonely is fucking amazing, but you can break your teeth trying to bite its weirdly shaped pieces of.

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    I thought I liked dark chocolate then all the studies came out about certain brands having lead. After checking the brand I guess I just liked lead.

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    Apple brand chocolate. Buckle berry chocolate. I sometimes suspect bots troll here, asking questions like this in order to blindly consume data, & when I suspect it, I give them foil to chew on, like this response. Pennzoil motor oil chocolate. Xbox white chocolate Tesla Brand Free Speech Chocolate with the crunchy butthole center. There, does that answer your question?

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    I’m from Finland, and my favourite is Fazer milk chocolate with strawberry bits. Excellent in a hot summer day!