Chocolate!
Nov 19, 2007 | 6:00 pm
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a US city that would be in the running for a chocolate DO? As I said above, I only brought up Chicago because I'm going anyway and staying at the Pen. The more I thought about this over the weekend, the more I thought it might really be fun. So ...
What are the nominees for US chocolate central? Hershey, PA? NYC? SFO - Ghirardelli?
What are the nominees for US chocolate central? Hershey, PA? NYC? SFO - Ghirardelli?
Link to the salon du chocolat
Jan 3, 2008 | 1:37 pm
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Wow! It's really good!
It's also kind of spendy...their price was $6.99. Ouch
I'll have to find a cheaper place to get another!
Jan 3, 2008 | 2:13 pm
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I saw this at Whole Foods the other day and picked one up out of curiosity. Though I posted in this thread a while ago, I hadn't read the recent comments about the Bacon Bar.
Wow! It's really good!
It's also kind of spendy...their price was $6.99. Ouch I'll have to find a cheaper place to get another!
Wow! It's really good!
It's also kind of spendy...their price was $6.99. Ouch
I'll have to find a cheaper place to get another!I don't think it gets any cheaper..but if you find a source let me know!
I bought my boyfriend one at the Vosges shop in Chicago for $7, and then saw them later at Whole Foods. It was pretty tasty. Even his 17 year old daughter who saw it and went into a "eww thats gross" diatribe, tasted a piece by accident, and ended up consuming half the bar.
Jan 3, 2008 | 9:11 pm
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Somehow my pack of 28 Meiji Black has become a pack of 14.
Those 20g blocks are a fine advertisement for Japanese sweets. ^
Jan 11, 2008 | 4:07 am
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I did seriously upset Airport Security several years ago. Had on an over-sized raincoat with lots of pockets all over. In those pockets I'd tucked 14 Cadbury bars (had to get one of each flavor), plus some Easter Eggs. What I didn't think of was they were each wrapped in foil.
Even after I took them all out, explaining I was a grandmother on the way home, they insisted on another very thorough wanding.
Romelle
My choice when main-lining chocolate is those big Ghardelli chunks one can buy very reasonably at Trader Joe's.
Even after I took them all out, explaining I was a grandmother on the way home, they insisted on another very thorough wanding.
Romelle
My choice when main-lining chocolate is those big Ghardelli chunks one can buy very reasonably at Trader Joe's.
Sep 24, 2014 | 6:27 am
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Chocolate Fix
How do you like your chocolate fix?
Do you go for;
Premium chocolate
Midmarket chocolate
Mass market basic chocolate
Chocolate with flavouring (orange, mint, sea salt etc)
Chocolate covering a biscuit/wafer
Do you have the same kind of chocolate each time or does your chocolate fix vary by time of day or mood?
Is there a chocolate you can't bear? I can't stand very dark or bitter chocolate. I just don't see the point of it.
When is your next fix?
Do you go for;
Premium chocolate
Midmarket chocolate
Mass market basic chocolate
Chocolate with flavouring (orange, mint, sea salt etc)
Chocolate covering a biscuit/wafer
Do you have the same kind of chocolate each time or does your chocolate fix vary by time of day or mood?
Is there a chocolate you can't bear? I can't stand very dark or bitter chocolate. I just don't see the point of it.
When is your next fix?
Sep 24, 2014 | 7:03 am
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Annoyingly, I love dark chocolate, but it's an incredibly effective migraine trigger (and for particularly nasty migraines, too - last time I had some of this, I managed to get lost a couple hundred yards from home.
Otherwise, I'm flexible. I love:
Next fix? There's some Waitrose Millionaire's Shortbread with my name on it at home...
* dangerous, as I have their outlet shop not too far from me...
Otherwise, I'm flexible. I love:
- G&B Maya Gold or Butterscotch
- Lindt Excellence Chilli
- Hotel Chocolat* Billionaire's Shortbread (and frankly, half the other things they do)
- Proper French profiteroles - filled with ice cream and covered in a thick, hot, dark chocolate sauce (which you save some bread to dip in too)
- The various chocolate spreads at Le Pain Quotidien
- M&S Belgian Chocolate Flapjack
- An obscure cardamom-flavoured chocolate that I've never found again
Next fix? There's some Waitrose Millionaire's Shortbread with my name on it at home...
* dangerous, as I have their outlet shop not too far from me...
Last edited by stut; Sep 24, 2014 at 7:45 am
Sep 24, 2014 | 7:45 am
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I don't want chocolate very often, I have a savory, not a sweet, tooth.
But when I do want chocolate, it is generally dark and ideally involves some caramel. I will also indulge in an English chocolate bar once every few months (Lion Bar, Toffee Crisp, Malteasers, Cadbury's caramel or fruit & nut, etc)
I also have a soft spot for dark chocolate covered orange peel or cherries, Charbonnel & Walker Rose & Violet creams, Quality Street (but only at Christmas) and Bendicks Bittermints (the latter are so very delicious and worth trying if you get the chance!)
I HATE chocolate with chilli, chocolate with salt, and caramel with salt - sweet should be sweet, end of!
But when I do want chocolate, it is generally dark and ideally involves some caramel. I will also indulge in an English chocolate bar once every few months (Lion Bar, Toffee Crisp, Malteasers, Cadbury's caramel or fruit & nut, etc)
I also have a soft spot for dark chocolate covered orange peel or cherries, Charbonnel & Walker Rose & Violet creams, Quality Street (but only at Christmas) and Bendicks Bittermints (the latter are so very delicious and worth trying if you get the chance!)
I HATE chocolate with chilli, chocolate with salt, and caramel with salt - sweet should be sweet, end of!
Sep 24, 2014 | 8:10 am
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There is a baker on Greys Inn Road, London that does a chocolate salted caramel brownie which is divine.
Otherwise I'm a purist and go for a pure chocolate bar. My favourite being G&Bs milk chocolate with a higher cocoa content than standard.
Sep 24, 2014 | 8:10 am
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i was impressed by vahlrona hot chocolate recently
although there is a chocolate shop in venice that makes hot chocolate by melting chocolate, with zero milk
i agree re unadulterated, i actually go as far as not liking a lot of european desserts. while i can have expensive taste for food and beverage, and i appreciate a good pastry chef in terms of preparation, for dessert i am really a plain chocolate, vanilla, lemon person. pretty much only other flavors when gelato/sorbetto.
although there is a chocolate shop in venice that makes hot chocolate by melting chocolate, with zero milk
i agree re unadulterated, i actually go as far as not liking a lot of european desserts. while i can have expensive taste for food and beverage, and i appreciate a good pastry chef in terms of preparation, for dessert i am really a plain chocolate, vanilla, lemon person. pretty much only other flavors when gelato/sorbetto.
Sep 24, 2014 | 9:04 am
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I love dark chocolate. Love it with caramel, with mint, with sea salt, or plain. Had a delist wasabi chocolate in Belgium. Cinnamon chocolate is great too. Mm chocolate. More please