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Most of the American crap you listed only loosely qualifies as chocolate. Iโm American and I donโt buy it.
Lindt is the good stuff. And the coconut version of the top middle item.
Lindt isnโt that good. They market themselves as premium but they kind of fail from a flavour perspective. Completely flat and uninteresting.
They changed the recipe a decade or so back. They were quite good before, not anymore.
Didn't the CEO say he wouldn't even eat that shit?
I wouldn't call it shit, but it's very overpriced. It's like luxury brands like Gucci and what have you, you're paying for the brand and the quality isn't necessarily better. I'm no connoisseur or anything, but I've had some really good high quality chocolate a few times, and the depth in flavour you get is just something Lindt doesn't have.
With cacao harvests suffering due to global warming, and the working conditions generally being shit (slave labour, even) my approach is to treat chocolate like the luxury it is; splurge on it on occasion, get something from a reputable seller, if there's an artisanal chocolatier locally you can support local business and have a better idea of where the ingredients are from.
Itโs the most ubiquitous chocolate we have in every store that isnโt Hersheys or Nestles trash. If you have a better suggestion that isnโt more pricy, then let us know.
Like I said, I treat it as a luxury. I buy from a local artisan, it gets expensive so I don't eat a whole lot. Flavour is fantastic and I know it's not from slavery, so that's all that matters to me.
I don't judge anyone for choosing Lindt. I just personally can't.
I think that was Campbell. But maybe them too and I'm ootl.
I like the the dark chocolate in the blue wrapper. No bitter anftertaste and the cool truffle center is lovely. But hey, you have another suggestion on a cheap-ish chocolate thatโs worth the calories, that is welcome.
Hershey's chocolate is so disgusting. They literally add vomit flavor to it.
It genuinely does taste like vomit. The the yanks have the audacity to laugh at British food!
They actually add that flavor to it because that's what their chocolate is known to taste like. And it's known to taste like that from going bad in WW2 rations.
So when I say that they add vomit flavor, that's not a joke. They literally add vomit flavor. It's so bad.
Edit: Butyric acid, I think or something like that
Yep, a colleague brought some back years ago when he visted the states and I tried some, I ended up spitting it out.
It's technically not even chocolate, it's "chocolate-flavored candy". I'd still fuck up a s'more though.
Completely unasked-for protip if you ever find yourself in Zurich - do the Lindt Home of Chocolate tour (building is fucking gorgeous and the tour is pretty cool), but don't be a sucker and visit the shop in the lobby. There's a factory outlet at the back of the property.
I know as a random American, chances are you won't need this information, but I feel I got played when I walked out with my fancy bag of redic-balls expensive chocolate a few months ago (part of that was the CAD > CHF exchange rate, but still)
I don't even know for sure if the chocolate is less expensive at the back, but noting the number of Swiss coming out of the outlet v. The Home of Chocolate, and difference in bag quality, it probably is.
Also you might see these cars on the way back there, which are adorable af.
I started buying Tony's because I oppose slavery, I keep buying it because it's very good tasting
Iโve never due to the price, good to know though.