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!). :)
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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 04:35 am (UTC)This is really giving me the munchies. >_>
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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 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: 2009-01-30 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: 2009-01-30 04:53 pm (UTC)Other flavorings/ingredients: Aztec (cinnamon, cayenne, very dark and not sweet); raspberries; chai spices; champagne (as in truffles). Etc.
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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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