I'm not a huge chocolate eater! I do like white chocolate, though. Like white chocolate truffles. If I do eat "regular" chocolate, I like lots of fruits and nuts. The fruitier, the better (I like fruit candies best, yum!). :)
My Russian-born co-worker gave me a giant white-chocolate-and-raspberry bar for Xmas - a genuine Russian one. I thought I would hate it, but one day when I had the munchies, I opened it and had a bit - and it was surprisingly good. I only just finished it off the other day.
LOL, I love coffee-flavored chocolates! I guess I don't like soft fillings that much unless they're fairly non-sweet.
Have you tried that bacon chocolate? It's actually good! I like weird flavors - tea, ginger, curry, wasabi, lavender, cardamon, coriander, etc. Chili chocolate is getting popular but all of the ones I've tasted so far have been kind of flat.
Oooh, that bacon chocolate may be a little too weird for me! On the other hand, my friend Pam's candied bacon is really tasty, so who knows?
I tried a green tea chocolate, but I think the chocolate kind of overwhelmed the tea flavor. There's a spicy Green & Black bar, but I think that's only conventional "sweet" spices.
The bacon bar is surprisingly tasty, if you like smoky flavored stuff! It's not really any weirder than getting chocolate chip pancakes and bacon at IHOP. I've never had candied bacon - that sounds delicious!
I've had really good Earl Grey chocolate. I'm not a huge fan of Earl Grey tea because the begamot can be cloying, but it works really well in chocolate. Unfortunately it seems that green tea is either overwhelmed or absolutely revolting in most candies... I bought some random Japanese "Green Tea Milk" chocolate once, and it tasted like vomit. x__x
Raspberry with chocolate is heavenly. My mum and I always fight over the raspberry truffles.
Also, the best chocolate shop in the world is in Augusta, Maine, swear to god. It's called Kennebec Chocolates and if you're ever Downeast, you must go there.
Hazelnuts go well as a match and seem to be more of a European thing. Lindt has a lovely dark chocolate with candied orange bar, and another that's dark chocolate with pear (yum!) Also Ritter Sport makes a wonderful chocolate/marzipan bar. For dislikes, I don't care for raisins, much.
Dipping chocolate with fresh fruit (strawberries, bananas, etc.) is the best. :D
MMM yeah, Lindt. They also make a 85% chocolate bar that's dark and bitter and rich, and oh-so-awesome. This question is making me really want chocolate... luckily I have to go grocery shopping today (Friday) so I think I will engage in some self-indulgence. ;)
I love dark chocolate, but the 85% is actually a little too much for me. The other half adores the super-dark stuff though, so we do have it around the house occasionally.
So many interesting responses to the poll. Sweet! ^_^
Oh my goodness! The Z Chocolate products look utterly decadent. The descriptions alone are enough to trigger a craving. I bet they were wonderful--although they certainly seem to be something best suited to a special occasion! ^_^
Sometimes, simple is good ... a really good dark chocolate bar with almonds is a fine, fine thing! I think maybe I don't like more than a couple of added ingredients.
I love chocolate, but definitely prefer the European kind. It just seems creamier and more chocolaty ^_^ Milk chocolate is my favorite, especially with a creamy milky filling inside... but it only works for certain brands, like Kinderschokolade or Yogurette (yogurt and strawberry filling in milk chocolate... sooo yummy). Hazelnuts and raisins are also nice, and recently I discovered that almonds aren't so bad either. But no peanuts for me. Apart from the fact that my stomach doesn't seem to like them, their taste just doesn't go well with chocolate.
European chocolate often does seem to have a better texture. One of the reasons I like Chocolove more than some of the other brands that I can get easily (I buy chocolate mostly at Whole Foods, with my other groceries) is its smooth, rich texture.
I like dark chocolate best, but European milk chocolate is much nicer than U.S., generally.
As per added flavors, liqueurs are always a winner, but I adore soft citrus-y fillings, and for fruit, cherries, strawberries and real orange pieces nom nom nom. Can't stand nuts in chocolate, or anything hard like nougat or toffee etc. Don't know why. I think I like to suck and have it all go gooey and melty in mah mouth!
LOL! But see, I figured they were - that's why I made the poll! I wanted some cheerful chat in the bleak midwinter (except I guess for you, it's the smoldering midsummer!).
Yes, telophase was saying the much same thing about savoring the chocolate slowly, and not liking nuts and stuff because of it!
I guess I need to try the spicy chocolate ... so many people seem to like it! Ginger is the only really spicy kind I've tried, although Green & Black makes an orange-spice bar, Maya Gold.
Well, I'm not that big on sweets, including chocolate. I always get shocked looks when I mention this :)...
But I really like a local manufacturer's Christmas chocolate, which is milk chocolate with bits of dried fruits, almonds, and gingerbread/cookies mixed in. YUMMY! Though even with that, a single bar of chocolate can last me several weeks...
In general, I tend to like milk chocolate with some kind of nuts in it.
I'm rarely shocked by individual tastes. After all, my friend Michael and I - both Jewish - joke that taste-wise, we hardly make up a real Jew between the two of us: he doesn't like Kosher-style pickles and I don't like chopped chicken liver spread, both of which are very popular and traditional.
Pistachio and lavender are two of my favorite additions to chocolate. Otherwise I prefer it as dark and as bitter as possible. No chocolate was ever hurt by adding chili peppers, either.
So where do you get your chili chocolate? Is there a brand you like, or is it all locally made?
(Yes, yesterday smilla and I met downtown for lunch and dessert ... I had a chocolate/ginger cupful when she had the lavender confection. It was a deeply cool shop - very similar in spirit to the one my family visited in Stockholm last summer, but funkier.)
No, I was looking for a recommendation! Also, I was thinking chocolate bars ... I ought to try it with hot chocolate at home. I like putting in a little black pepper when I make spiced cider or chai.
Alas, no. Lindt makes a sort of dark chocolate with a cherry chili filling, but I do not recommend it; the cherry was a miscalculation. If I ever run across a decent spicy chocolate bar, I will let you know.
I like putting in a little black pepper when I make spiced cider or chai.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-30 04:22 am (UTC)I like finely chopped almonds or even hazelnuts. But peanuts are Right Out.
My friend Kat keeps trying to get me Black & Green's Ginger, but it's not the same - harsher and not as darkly creamy as the Chocolove.
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Date: 2009-01-31 03:52 am (UTC)No wonder those brownies you made seemed so perfect to me! I don't like nuts in brownies either!
I like the nuts in my chocolate to be in quite small pieces, so the chocolate is the main flavor.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-01-31 03:53 am (UTC)The thing is, I don't think of chocolate as soft, so I don't mind finely chopped nuts in it. But I agree with you on baked goods!
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Date: 2009-01-31 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 04:01 am (UTC)I think that's it, exactly! And my eating technique varies, depending on whether it has stuff in it or not.
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Date: 2009-01-30 05:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 03:54 am (UTC)Ooooh, that's too bad! I don't like nuts in cake or cookies very much at all!
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:11 am (UTC)Now I'm craving brownies.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:25 am (UTC)I didn't used to like fruit, but for some reason the cranberries work for me.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 03:56 am (UTC)I like fruit candies too, but I don't really like white chocolate! It doesn't have any of that bittersweet, complex flavor that I love in chocolate.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:35 am (UTC)This is really giving me the munchies. >_>
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Date: 2009-01-31 04:03 am (UTC)I think that mix of flavors may be part of it! You should try that Endangered Species Wolf bar sometime - it's really good.
Raspberry dark chocolate can be good too.
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Date: 2009-01-31 04:00 am (UTC)My Russian-born co-worker gave me a giant white-chocolate-and-raspberry bar for Xmas - a genuine Russian one. I thought I would hate it, but one day when I had the munchies, I opened it and had a bit - and it was surprisingly good. I only just finished it off the other day.
LOL, I love coffee-flavored chocolates! I guess I don't like soft fillings that much unless they're fairly non-sweet.
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 04:07 am (UTC)Oooh, that bacon chocolate may be a little too weird for me! On the other hand, my friend Pam's candied bacon is really tasty, so who knows?
I tried a green tea chocolate, but I think the chocolate kind of overwhelmed the tea flavor. There's a spicy Green & Black bar, but I think that's only conventional "sweet" spices.
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Date: 2009-01-31 05:01 am (UTC)I've had really good Earl Grey chocolate. I'm not a huge fan of Earl Grey tea because the begamot can be cloying, but it works really well in chocolate. Unfortunately it seems that green tea is either overwhelmed or absolutely revolting in most candies... I bought some random Japanese "Green Tea Milk" chocolate once, and it tasted like vomit. x__x
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Date: 2009-01-31 05:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-30 05:08 am (UTC)Also, the best chocolate shop in the world is in Augusta, Maine, swear to god. It's called Kennebec Chocolates and if you're ever Downeast, you must go there.
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Date: 2009-01-30 05:37 am (UTC)Dipping chocolate with fresh fruit (strawberries, bananas, etc.) is the best. :D
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Date: 2009-01-30 01:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 03:12 am (UTC)I love dark chocolate, but the 85% is actually a little too much for me. The other half adores the super-dark stuff though, so we do have it around the house occasionally.
So many interesting responses to the poll. Sweet! ^_^
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Date: 2009-01-31 04:09 am (UTC)Hmm, pear! I''ve never had that as a flavor with chocolate before!
Raisins aren't my favorite thing in chocolate either!
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Date: 2009-02-01 04:12 am (UTC)Sometimes, simple is good ... a really good dark chocolate bar with almonds is a fine, fine thing! I think maybe I don't like more than a couple of added ingredients.
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Date: 2009-01-30 08:41 am (UTC)Milk chocolate is my favorite, especially with a creamy milky filling inside... but it only works for certain brands, like Kinderschokolade or Yogurette (yogurt and strawberry filling in milk chocolate... sooo yummy). Hazelnuts and raisins are also nice, and recently I discovered that almonds aren't so bad either. But no peanuts for me. Apart from the fact that my stomach doesn't seem to like them, their taste just doesn't go well with chocolate.
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Date: 2009-02-01 04:15 am (UTC)European chocolate often does seem to have a better texture. One of the reasons I like Chocolove more than some of the other brands that I can get easily (I buy chocolate mostly at Whole Foods, with my other groceries) is its smooth, rich texture.
I like dark chocolate best, but European milk chocolate is much nicer than U.S., generally.
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Date: 2009-01-30 09:53 am (UTC)As per added flavors, liqueurs are always a winner, but I adore soft citrus-y fillings, and for fruit, cherries, strawberries and real orange pieces nom nom nom. Can't stand nuts in chocolate, or anything hard like nougat or toffee etc. Don't know why. I think I like to suck and have it all go gooey and melty in mah mouth!
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Date: 2009-02-01 04:18 am (UTC)LOL! But see, I figured they were - that's why I made the poll! I wanted some cheerful chat in the bleak midwinter (except I guess for you, it's the smoldering midsummer!).
Yes, telophase was saying the much same thing about savoring the chocolate slowly, and not liking nuts and stuff because of it!
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Date: 2009-01-30 04:53 pm (UTC)Other flavorings/ingredients: Aztec (cinnamon, cayenne, very dark and not sweet); raspberries; chai spices; champagne (as in truffles). Etc.
:P
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Date: 2009-02-02 02:56 am (UTC)I guess I need to try the spicy chocolate ... so many people seem to like it! Ginger is the only really spicy kind I've tried, although Green & Black makes an orange-spice bar, Maya Gold.
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Date: 2009-01-31 10:06 pm (UTC)But I really like a local manufacturer's Christmas chocolate, which is milk chocolate with bits of dried fruits, almonds, and gingerbread/cookies mixed in. YUMMY! Though even with that, a single bar of chocolate can last me several weeks...
In general, I tend to like milk chocolate with some kind of nuts in it.
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Date: 2009-02-02 03:00 am (UTC)I'm rarely shocked by individual tastes. After all, my friend Michael and I - both Jewish - joke that taste-wise, we hardly make up a real Jew between the two of us: he doesn't like Kosher-style pickles and I don't like chopped chicken liver spread, both of which are very popular and traditional.
That Christmas chocolate sounds interesting!
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Date: 2009-02-01 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-01 05:16 am (UTC)Oh, man. Why isn't there a closer store than Washington, D.C.?
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Date: 2009-02-02 03:05 am (UTC)So where do you get your chili chocolate? Is there a brand you like, or is it all locally made?
(Yes, yesterday smilla and I met downtown for lunch and dessert ... I had a chocolate/ginger cupful when she had the lavender confection. It was a deeply cool shop - very similar in spirit to the one my family visited in Stockholm last summer, but funkier.)
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Date: 2009-02-02 03:07 am (UTC)I just add it when I make hot chocolate at home . . .
(Do you have a recommendation?)
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Date: 2009-02-02 03:10 am (UTC):-)
No, I was looking for a recommendation! Also, I was thinking chocolate bars ... I ought to try it with hot chocolate at home. I like putting in a little black pepper when I make spiced cider or chai.
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Date: 2009-02-02 04:50 am (UTC)Alas, no. Lindt makes a sort of dark chocolate with a cherry chili filling, but I do not recommend it; the cherry was a miscalculation. If I ever run across a decent spicy chocolate bar, I will let you know.
I like putting in a little black pepper when I make spiced cider or chai.
Nice.