Author Topic: Chocolate addicts thread (Read 10283 times)

chera · « **on:** October 18, 2006, 06:56:33 AM »

Do you like chocolate? Do you love chocolate? Do you get high from chocolate?

I'm a mad addict for chocolate - dark chocolate. I liked milk chocolate when I was a kid, and was too cheap and didn't know any better. I liked hot chocolate when I was a kid too, but eventually, I started preferring cappuccino over coco, and then espresso over cappuccino. I generally prefer it straight, without nuts, and never with rum, orange, raisins, or fruit.

My favorites so far have been Ghiradelli 72% and Hershey's 65% with Cacao Nibs. Ghiradelli's 72% is very smooth and creamy, with little sourness/acidity/astringency. Yet it is has a very strong "chocolate-nature". Probably the best straight chocolate I've ever tasted.

Hershey's 65% with Cacao Nibs is incredible. More bitter than Ghiradelli's 72%. The cacao nibs add this wonderful nutty crunch to it. A fantastic chocolate; I prefer it over Ghiradelli 72%. But it is a bit hard to find.

Lotte 85% is surprisingly good. No astringency, and not sweet at all. But it is hardly bitter at all. The taste isn't as complex or rich as I would expect from that high a percentage of cacao. Lindt 70% is very bitter and powerful, but has a very distinct sour/acid/astringent taste. Meiji 99% is unbearable. Incredibly bitter with a powerful sour aftertaste. Wonderfully unique, but not really edible.

shadowstar · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2006, 02:13:39 PM »

Chocolate is EVIL.

But, it's just so darn good

I love it, but of course, I only eat it once in a while. The fact that you don't eat it all the time makes it taste better too, don't you know? Heehee. Milk chocolate is my favorite, but I also love some dark chocolate once in a while.

Mayo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 18, 2006, 03:35:16 PM »

I

chocolate so much! I first had to have white chocolate 'cause of something weird, then after something, I was able to have milk chocolate.

Now, I love a~all chocolate! Love cappuchino and hot chocolate. ^_^

Chera:heart: for making this thread.

Tuffty · « **Reply #3 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:26:10 PM »

White chocolate is my favourite, but I'm not impartial to either milk or dark either! My favourite chocolate would be either Chunky KitKat Peanut Butter, Mint Aero and Toblerone

JFC · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2006, 04:44:15 PM »

Dark chocolate has the most of the real chocolate flavour because it has the largest concentration of cocoa solids. White chocolate, for example, doesn't have any cocoa solids, and thus isn't considered to actually "be" a type of chocolate by cooks/candymakers. Plus, out of all the choices, dark chocolate has the most of the anti-oxidants that the doctor's are saying the body needs. The higher the percentage of cocoa solids, the better.

sumper · « **Reply #5 on:** October 18, 2006, 05:49:51 PM »

i've read a report that said rich people like dark chocolate, probably because it goes good with wine. the middle class likes milk chocolate *drooool* and poor people and the lactose intolerant like white chocolate and pancakes. aliens don't like chocholate.

chocolate · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2006, 06:22:19 PM »

I admit I'm chocolate addict

-I bought all kinds of chocolate from 100-yen shop in Namba but most of it wasn't so good.

I like Trinidad 75% -sold only in Lidl. They have also Ecuador 70%. Also it is studied that flavonoid-rich dark chocolate is really good for health.

nazokage · « **Reply #7 on:** October 19, 2006, 05:54:07 AM »

What ! I have to choose one type!! no way i love chocolate always have always will i am sure!!!!

chera · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2006, 01:46:57 AM »

Lindt Excellence 85% is wonderful! It's got this incredibly rich complex nutty taste. The most subtle, barely there hint of sweetness. Awesome - much much better than Lotte 85%. The taste just lingers and lingers.

Ghiradelli 72% has just been dethroned: Long Live Lindt 85%!

Also bought but not yet tried are Guylian Belgian Dark Chocolate (no sugar, Maltitol instead) and Hershey's Extra Dark Pure Dark Chocolate with 60% Cacao.

Necha · « **Reply #9 on:** October 29, 2006, 12:40:34 PM »

I love milk chocolate! I eat it everyday... >_<
I know it's not good, but I just can't stop it... It's too good to stop...

MurasakiNeko · « **Reply #10 on:** October 29, 2006, 08:39:18 PM »

Where's the "all chocolate types" choice?

Well I chose Dark chocolate because all that cocoa is good for your heart and other parts of your body, it tastes splendid and rich.

One brand of chocolate I really hate is Hershy's. It tastes cheap and mass-produced. it's not supposed to taste mass-produced. Nestle and Godiva are one of the best brands, mostly because they're not American.
Dark champagne truffles are my absolute favourite. mmm i'll be ordering some candies from australia next week, it would have been 6 years since i tried my favourite candies.

RatBastich · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:48:42 AM »

Chocoholic 4 Life!!!!!

Even though I love all chocolate, I gotta go with dark chocolate as the one I like best.

linlin · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2006, 04:49:58 PM »

milk chocolate:heart:
i dont really have a favorite brand though .. i love chocolate .. not just plain chocolate chunks.. milk, cakes, ice cream.. i love them all chocolate flavoured..

but like arian said.. chocolate is evil

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Blu-Cherri · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2006, 09:57:25 PM »

I lvoe milk and white chocolate best!
I voted for milk cause I can eat mroe of it at once, whereas I find white chocolate hard to eat a lot of at once.

Though I do love these milk+dark chocolates I've been having recently, they're mostly milk so it's all good

Ericks · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2006, 10:00:59 PM »

White chocolate please.

Princess Pudding · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2006, 10:04:06 PM »

I used to LOVE white chocolate, but lately, I've been hooked on dark chocolate!

cege2006 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:36:09 AM »

god all sorts of chocolate owns me...and halloween makes it so much easier to get *chomps on a twix*

metoice · « **Reply #17 on:** November 02, 2006, 10:36:23 PM »

white chocolate <33

germ · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2006, 11:33:28 AM »

I love white chocs..they are the best ^^

chera · « **Reply #19 on:** November 09, 2006, 06:13:50 AM »

Try this out: Nestle Treasures Renew. It's 50% cocoa, with crunchy cocoa bits and a creamy filling. This stuff is good, with a rich creamy semi-dark chocolate taste. The roasted cocoa bean filling adds a nice natural crunch. A tad bit too sweet, though. It's 40% sugar, and unfortunately, they load it up with palm oil.

Not as good as Hershey's Cacao Reserve 65% with Cacao Nibs, but that variety of Hersheys is hard to find.

I wish Lindt would make an 85% with cacao nibs - just the thought of it makes my head explode.