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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by emma69
I don't want chocolate very often, I have a savory, not a sweet, tooth
Same here. I haven't had a chocolate bar in probably 15 years. Does nothing for me.

Savory/salty is the way for me. I like Chex Mix.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 9:52 am
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Duncan Hines Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate frosting out of the container with a spoon

I'm not a huge chocolate person, but I do prefer milk chocolate to dark/bitter chocolate. Usually with a glass of red wine.

Cheers.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
Duncan Hines Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate frosting out of the container with a spoon

I'm not a huge chocolate person, but I do prefer milk chocolate to dark/bitter chocolate. Usually with a glass of red wine.

Cheers.
A good dark chocolate ( > 70% cocoa) and a nice glass of Porto

Learnt to appreciate the % of cocoa when i visited a Salon du Chocolat nearly 20 yrs ago. One lady , owner and artisan of chocolat in Paris , taught me a lot about cocoa and the mfrg of chocolate. Too bad the salon has become too big these days to have that type of one-on-one interaction.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:45 am
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I like dark but not too dark, the 85% stuff is too much, it loses something.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 12:05 pm
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dark premium chocolate.

Or if there is nothing else available ... peanut M&M's.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 12:31 pm
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I'll just say....yes!
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 12:59 pm
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I start each and every day with half of a trader joe dark chocolate bar. It is the first thing I do in the morning. They are made in Belgium and I have heard by a very respected chocolatier who does private label for TJ. They come in a 3 pack and are very good. If having milk chocolate I will go for Lindt. Love Perugina Baci too.
Cooks Illustrated did a chocolate chip blind test and I think Guittard won. Or maybe it was Ghirardelli.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by dodo
A good dark chocolate ( > 70% cocoa) and a nice glass of Porto

Learnt to appreciate the % of cocoa when i visited a Salon du Chocolat nearly 20 yrs ago. One lady , owner and artisan of chocolat in Paris , taught me a lot about cocoa and the mfrg of chocolate. Too bad the salon has become too big these days to have that type of one-on-one interaction.
Chocolate and cognac is great as well.

Am not a fan of dark chocolate, love milk chocolate. Even though there is a great chocolatier down the street from me, mind you love his chocolates, I still like a bite of snickers/ flakes/kitkat and cadbury milk chocolate.

Though I tend to side with savory.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 1:19 pm
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I love dark chocolate. I took a chocolate making class once and we tasted chocolate as the Aztecs drank it (it was horrible - no sugar in it at all). In the class I made dark chocolate pyramids with a cardamom cream filling. They were amazing!

I do not like milk chocolate. I am not tempted at all by it. Not fond of white chocolate either, though I do enjoy white chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies every now and then.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
although there is a chocolate shop in venice that makes hot chocolate by melting chocolate, with zero milk
There are a couple of places in Toronto that do that - you know I am having a really bad day when I sneak off there!
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 2:15 pm
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Preferably dark and preferably Belgian. I used to say I'd settle for anything chocolate, but then I had some truly awful stuff I bought in Ghana.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 7:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Yahillwe
Chocolate and cognac is great as well.

Am not a fan of dark chocolate, love milk chocolate.
I must try with those VSOP bottles we brought home
No milk chocolate for me but some nice dark "truffles au chocolat" will disappear fast in my house
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Old Sep 25, 2014 | 12:15 am
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Some of the Lindt truffles are very good...I think Kohl's carries them around Christmas.

While in Mongolia, of all places, I got to try some former east-bloc chocolates imported from Poland and they were good (mostly of the filled type).

Peanut butter flavor M&Ms are a triumph of sorts of American ingenuity, and maybe they'll bring back the peanut butter/strawberry jelly ones of a few years back.

Cadbury seems to have the most straightforward of the milk-chocolate recipes, followed by Nestle and then Hershey (which has staked out a unique Hershey taste).

As with beers, I'm sure there's a small-batch craft maker somewhere that runs circles around the mass-marketeers, but too much research in this area is dangerous for me.
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Old Sep 25, 2014 | 12:56 am
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Dark chocolates when there are no lemon/key lime bars, fruit tartes, creme brulees, cheesecakes, macarons (good ones), or various pastry treats at hand.
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 1:58 pm
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When you add flavors (like orange, even nuts), it becomes difficult to make valid comparisons. "Pure" dark chocolate IMHO is the best; I've tried several Swiss brands, Belgian etc., but find DOVE the best.
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