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I'm writing an article about two local chocolatiers right now and man, am I loving it right now. last night I had NORI chocolate (yes! the seaweed!), truffle oil chocolate, tobacco chocolate (!), hot pepper chocolate and lots of other delights. anyway, i'm not trying to gloat about it or anything, but I was wondering what your favourite chocolate is.

also, I'm not trying to get you to do my homework or anything, I've already selected the subjects for my article, I'm just in a chocolatey mood right now.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

chocolate, people!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

better stock up on some clearasil.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I really got the tongue-on for Cardomon Chocolate and also Spanish Cinnamon Chocolate over the holidays!

But my all time fave is still Lindt 85% Cocoa, for the hardcore serotonin addict.

― The River Kate (kate), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, I didn't even notice that whole american chocolate thread! WHAT A COUNTRY

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

s1ocki's day job:

http://www.ghata.com/oatlands/images/chocolate.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Whats with all the chocolate talk today?

― El Spinktor (El Spinktor), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I just put chocolate milk into my coffee for a change. But then I skimmed the chocolate milk thread, and kinda wished I hadn't.

― The River Kate (kate), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Tea chocolate. I've only had it once, almost a year ago, but it was the greatest thing EVER.

― cis (cis), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I had chai chocolate last night, it was amazing.

there's also this earl grey tea available here that is superb.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

MMMmm praline. In the supermarket the other day they were selling koko. Which seems to be raw cocoa bean extract, a waxy black-brown cone - I was going to buy it, but then I thought it might kill me.

― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

you should've bought it!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I just put chocolate milk into my coffee for a change. But then I skimmed the chocolate milk thread, and kinda wished I hadn't.

The full fat version is so much tastier.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 January 2004 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Gots to be dark chocolate. Lots of bitter and lots of sugar. Strangely, I'm not a huge fan of richness.

― Leee Majors (Leee), Thursday, 29 January 2004 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

There's an excellent chocolatier here in Brooklyn-- Jacques Torres, down on Water st. in DUMBO--they make a little dark pastille flavoured with earl grey tea that's very subtle and delicious. My fave-rave of all time, though, is the Ritter Sport marzipan bar. The bitter chocolate is a perfect counterpoint to the marzipan, and the two together have a very pleasing texture.

― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I have chocolate cravings every second of every fucking day.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely chocolate bubble tea!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I mix instant hot chocolate mix with coffee sometimes. Shit's intense.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

My sister got my mom this hot chocolate bubble bath stuff for Christmas, and my mom was like, "UGH! Why would I want to BATHE in Chocolate?! That's disgusting!"

My mom's not too good pretending she likes her gifts.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 29 January 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Well I admit I share her sentiments.

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

thought you might show up here, antexit! yeah, rittersports are great.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Tobacco chocolate sounds ideal for kids who aren't used to the taste of cigarettes yet.

― robster (robster), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

there was regular tobacco chocolate and the fancier "monte carlo cigar" chocolate!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I got gold, frankincense and myrrh flavoured chocolate for Xmas (really) but it just tasted a bit orangey. Nice enough, and with real gold leaf stuck on it.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooh get you - Little Lord Lasagneroy.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I have been really craving dark chocolate...What's the best of the chocolate you can get at Trader Joe's?

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Trader Joe's usually has varieties of death chocolate that might as well be molded cocoa beans (I approve, of course) -- the best bars seem to be various imported European ones sold as impulse buy items at the cash registers. THEY KNOW ME SO WELL.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Now I have a reason to go to TJs!

― Leee Majors (Leee), Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

you know what's great? I forget the name but here you can get these fancy chocolate bars that come in plastic tobacco pouch-like things. they're so good. chocolate with actual mint leaves! earl grey! pink peppercorn! wowee

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Those are Dolfin. I love their peppercorn but wouldn't mind it pepperier.

Trader Joe's has a newish lot of varietal chocolates, very interesting to the serious taster.

― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I have been really craving dark chocolate...What's the best of the chocolate you can get at Trader Joe's?

Go directly to the Valrhona. You want the 71% cacao one that has the red highlight on it.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Chris!

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

chris is otm--valrhona is the best chocolate around.

very funny you should mention that, I was just talking about the history of valrhona today. I'm freshly back from another visit to a chocolatier.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 29 January 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe someone has a better job than me, hmph.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

my teeth are going to fall out!

best find today: homemade caramilk-style bars, made with this insane salt/vanilla caramel (they sell jars of the stuff in the shop for $10!)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

here's some stuff I learned about chocolates today.

according to my friend the pastry chef/dessert maker, the best chocolates should have a shell so thin that it just contains the ganache within. that is the sign of an expert chocolatier.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I am sorry to say that I don't like chocolate very much. Maybe I need some of this posh chocolate that costs lots of money?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

try valrhona!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 30 January 2004 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Homemade Caramilk bars! Slutsky, you're to turn in your press card if you didn't ask them how they get the caramel into the Caramilk bar.
Any thoughts on new chocolate bars--ie ones that've been introduced in your lifetime, and their space with the candy bars of the canon? The last new and really unique chocolate bar I remember liking was the choclair--which, needless to say, deserves double kudos for being both a tasty chocolate bar and the namesake of a TOTALLY AWESOME rapper.

― antexit (antexit), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:26 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, this isn't worth a thread, but

TS: Bill Murray and the Baby Ruth in Caddyshack vs. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful with the Mars bar

― antexit (antexit), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I still find Cadbury's dairy milk (i.e. what some of you wouldn't actually allow to be called "chocolate") gives me that feeling of total chocolatey satisfaction whenever I have a piece.

The poncey Xmas chocolate was the one in a pouch.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 30 January 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

antexit, I asked, but it was off the record so I cannot reveal the secret, nor my sources.

funny how you mention new chocolate bars--remember that one, "sidekick," that was marketed as like the executive/office worker chocolate bar? a colleague of mine just expressed a great deal of enthusiasm for them yesterday, esp in a stoned context.

choclair I was never that nuts about, it was always a better rapper name than chocolate bar.

& I do love cadbury! fruit & nut is one of my favourite bars, goofy name notwithstanding!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

now eating: the Caoba milk chocolate, which is pretty fucking omg hfs wtf.

http://www.chocmail.co.uk/images/018_elrey_mainpic.jpg

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 31 January 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

a french friend tells me that milk chocolate is "in" right now in france

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 31 January 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I like white chocolate a lot.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 31 January 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm kinda meh on white chocolate.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

OK.

How do you feel about dark chocolate?

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Valrhona's "Le Lacte" milk chocolate has 40% cocoa solids (twice the average) and is pretty great. Not too sugary at all, which is my usual complaint about milk chocolate.

These are my favorite white "chocolate" treats. Squeeze the skull and red goo splurts out:

http://www.sweetiebag.com/product_images/full/SkullCrushers.jpg

― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

love dark chocolate!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Good.

I do too, but all chocolate makes me really thirsty, especially dark. It's really good though.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm kinda meh on white chocolate.
Well technically it isn't chocolate (because it doesn't contain cacao). I used to eat a quarter kilo every day! Then I stopped and lost four kilos.
A local chocolatier here makes flower chocolates! (With real violets) They're absolutely yummy.

― nathalie (nathalie), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I'm so into the Ritter Sport milk chocolate/butter biscuit this holiday weekend

― A B C, Thursday, 27 November 2008 06:57 (seventeen years ago)

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― yellowcard holds the text of a yellow card warning (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 27 November 2008 07:03 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

lindt dark chocolate w/ 'a hint of salt' - not sure i can recommend it as such but you should certainly try it

― the polka-dot jersey shore (haitch), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 05:01 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

got some rapunzel 70% cacao at the Grocery Outlet bc it was the cheapest of the chocolates and why bc it looked nice

holy crap, so good. hardly any bitter aftertaste. Those Swiss man, they sure do chocolate RIGHT

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 October 2012 20:46 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

try not to buy chocolate and other sugary things but green and blacks dark chocolate with ginger is so good

― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 6 June 2014 23:31 (twelve years ago)

^ the man speaks truth to chocolate

― Aimless, Saturday, 7 June 2014 00:35 (twelve years ago)

eight years pass...

Embarrassingly thin piece but...is American chocolate as bad as that piece describes?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/04/why-is-american-chocolate-so-disgusting-you-really-dont-want-to-know?

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:23 (three years ago)

For two decades now, every time a colleague has gone to the states and come back with some american chocolate for the office - usually hershey's - I've thought 'was it really as bad as I remember from last time? surely not', tried some, and reaffirmed that yes american chocolate is truly vile, and does indeed taste of vomit.

― ledge, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:32 (three years ago)

cardboard, sugar, vague hint of vomit, yup.

― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:50 (three years ago)

I've eaten sooooooooo much chocolate in the last few weeks. None of it American, thank God.

― Aw naw, no' an Antonioni wan oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:57 (three years ago)

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