Chocolate

[WHOLMAN2]

Dark rules. The darker, the better. Milk chocolate is a distant second.

No offense, but American chocolate doesn't compare to European chocolate.

:cool: Truffles. :cool:

[Maczebus]

I go along with that.

If it's just pure chocolate you're eating, then the darker the better. Milk chocolate, not quite so good, and I don't have white chocolate. Too sweet.
Milk chocolate in a bar like snickers is fine though.
Interestingly (hmm sort of) I had the dark chocolate mars bar when they were out. I didn't work well in my opinion.

I tend to get some good 85% cocoa solids made by Lindt.

[DoctorJones24]

Originally posted by WHOLMAN2
No offense, but American chocolate doesn't compare to European chocolate.



If by "American" you mean Hershey's and Nestle, then sure. But if you mean "expensive gourmet melt in your mouth" stuff, then you can find upscale shops in most U.S. cities that are every bit as good as anything in Europe.

Two night ago, I had dinner at a little Italian restaurant in Toledo, OH, and for desert they had a this brilliant chocolate mousse inside dark chocolate shells, with white chocolate shavings on top and raspberry syrup drizzled over the whole thing. Ungodly.

[bungadiri]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24
If by "American" you mean Hershey's and Nestle, then sure. But if you mean "expensive gourmet melt in your mouth" stuff, then you can find upscale shops in most U.S. cities that are every bit as good as anything in Europe.

Two night ago, I had dinner at a little Italian restaurant in Toledo, OH, and for desert they had a this brilliant chocolate mousse inside dark chocolate shells, with white chocolate shavings on top and raspberry syrup drizzled over the whole thing. Ungodly.
The doctor is right. You can find some very good locally made chocolate in most cities of any size and some really exceptional stuff here and there.

And for chocolate that you can buy in your local grocery chain, Dove chocolate is way better than Hershey's etc.

[Ceebs]

Originally posted by WHOLMAN2
No offense, but American chocolate doesn't compare to European chocolate.

None taken. I bought my first kilo of Valrhona Guanaja Lactee a couple of weeks ago, and I doubt I'll ever buy anything made on this side of the pond again.

Can anyone vouch for Scharffen-Berger or Callebaut? Chocolatesource.com has a lot of interesting, fancy-sounding brands, and as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as having too much chocolate in your cupboard to cook with...

[Sachsen]

I love Ritter Sport.

http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC074098/germany%20ritter%20sports.jpg

[Neapolitan]

Belgian Chocolate for me. Doesn’t matter what the colour, it’s all good..!

[bigredfutbol]

Belgian Chocolate for me. Doesn’t matter what the colour, it’s all good..!

I'll second that.

[Ash II]

Belgian Chocolate for me. Doesn’t matter what the colour, it’s all good..!
Belgian chocolate is pure heaven.

I haven't had particularly good US chocolate experiences, but I'm willing to try other types if and when I'm back over there.

[Belgian guy]

You'd think that having the best beer, chocolate and fries in the world would be enough to keep this country together. :D

[nekkibasara]

Can anyone vouch for Scharffen-Berger or Callebaut? Chocolatesource.com has a lot of interesting, fancy-sounding brands, and as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as having too much chocolate in your cupboard to cook with...
Scharffen-Berger is probably the best baking chocolate that you can buy in the US. Their bars made for consumption are a little worse than Lindt, but still excellent.

[Ash II]

You'd think that having the best beer, chocolate and fries in the world would be enough to keep this country together. :D
Well exactly. You point that out to your compatriots.:D

[firstshirt]

according to some so called experts the best chocolate is french made, Maison du chocolat.
A couple sites listed an Italian chocolate as numer 1 called Amedei. When people think of Belgian chocolate they usually think Godiva but after living there for a year, there are much better local stores that make their own that are much better. I am a big white chocolate fan

[Belgian guy]

according to some so called experts the best chocolate is french made, Maison du chocolat.
A couple sites listed an Italian chocolate as numer 1 called Amedei. When people think of Belgian chocolate they usually think Godiva but after living there for a year, there are much better local stores that make their own that are much better. I am a big white chocolate fan

Yup, most Belgians buy their chocolate from small, local chocolatiers.

[nicephoras]

Pierre Marcolini all the way. Those truffles and the white chocolate rasperry pieces are fabulous.

[Sinko]

So sad all this anti-Hershey's sentiment.

Perhaps you minds would change about Hershey's quality after you've tried this:

http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/images/flavors/pf_nuggets_specdktruffle.jpg

They're particularly good with a strong cup of coffee.

Coming in a close second for me is:

http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/images/flavors/pf_nuggets_darkalmnd.gif

And then how could anybody have a negative word to say about the company that brings you this:

http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/images/flavors/pf_York_PP.gif

My sentiments toward Hershey's has only a little to do with the fact that I grew up less than an hour away from Chocolate Town.

[96Squig]

Honestly, with Lindt, Ritter Sport and Milka available in most parts of the US, I can't believe how anybody can honestly buy Hershey's. It's like self-torture to eat it.
That said, the Belgians are making the best beer and chocolates, but the Dutch and Germanics (D, A, CH) are better at selling it :-)

[Barbara]

Chocolate is like pizza and sex. Even if it's not great, it's still chocolate (or pizza, or sex.) It's all good.

[Belgian guy]

Honestly, with Lindt, Ritter Sport and Milka available in most parts of the US, I can't believe how anybody can honestly buy Hershey's. It's like self-torture to eat it.
That said, the Belgians are making the best beer and chocolates, but the Dutch and Germanics (D, A, CH) are better at selling it :-)

Pretty much, yeah. Oh well, that just leaves more for us to enjoy, I guess.

[TheSlipperyOne]

Chocolate is like pizza and sex. Even if it's not great, it's still chocolate (or pizza, or sex.) It's all good.

Combining all 3 is the way to go.