the best chocolate....

Lindt Lindor Truffles.


yummy yummy yum.
m m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... can't stand it, it's so good.

Guylian from Belgium. To die for.

I can't recollect by whom, but my absolute fav chocolate is from Belgium...
So rich! Mmmmmm

I like Rolos.

Good old fashoned Hersheys. It's chick food. Her-she's

I like Godiva chocolate. I think it's num-nummy!

But I also love Cadbury and Dove.

Note to self - Dean and Deluca dark chocolate is *eh*...okay.

I'm not a fan of Hershey's. To me, it's too brittle and dry. I want something that's going to start melting before I can even get it out of the wrapper.....yummmmm......

Unlike pizza or a precious few assorted other things, bad chocolate is NOT worth having.

As if getting transferred to Heaven weren't enough, there are at least three (and probably at least six) chocolatiers within 5 km of my house -- all of whom make their own. My favorite is Belle Fleur -- exquisite stuff, and their window display is always amazing. Around Father's Day, they build a life-size barbecue -- complete with LPG tank, sausages, prawns and beer bottles -- out of chocolate. (I'll put in the photo later if I can find it.)

Any AWers who come by to say hi will get an automatic trip to Belle Fleur, with coffee next door at Bar Lazio....

Terry's Chocolate Orange.

Oh, get outta my head! I LOVE those! I like the raspberry ones, too. Plus, you get to smash it on the table before you open it! There are so many pluses there for a PMSing female. You get to smash something and then you get to eat it...and it's CHOCOLATE! It's a win-win-win situation!!!

Yes, Carole...I can see the pluses too. A frustrated male gets a kick out of a good smash and eat too!

Mmmm, Cadbury. My aunt, who lives in UK right now, sends me giant bars of it a couple of times a year.

I like Hershey's too, as a backup. Low grade chocolate gives me heartburn.

Now, my favorite chocolate 'candy' is Reese's PB cups. Anytime PB and chocolate are together, it's a good thing.

For American chocolates, Ghirardelli (hopefully spelled correctly) is best. I like their mint chocolate. It's best from the factory in San Francsico, munching a bar at Fisherman's Wharf on a foggy morning, with all of the ocean and seafood smells.

Carole said:

..many pluses there for a PMSing female. Yopu get to smash something and then you get to eat it...and it's CHOCOLATE! It's a win-win-win situation!!!

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That's why I smear myself with chocolate sometimes...

Worlds Finest Chocolate, usually sold by schoolkids in front of grocery stores. Also available on their website. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Their chocolate with almond bars are soooo awesome.

Their chocolate mint meltaways are also awesome. Those chocolate mints are also sold in Krogers made by Russel Stover. Same thing, just more accessible.

allen

PS, Ray, I'll see you this Saturday at B&N!

Gerryd-...Jeryd-...Gerade-...Gherahd-...Jherid-...

Goddammit...I can't spell Ghirardelli!

Rob

I want to add: Godiva truffles. Mmmm. Cadbury is good, too, and so is Lindt. I usually don't care for American chocolates (too sweet, not rich enough) but there are a few local chocolatiers that are quite good. I like the little Ghirardelli squares (mint or regular milk chocolate).

Darnit, now I have a craving for good chocolates.

Cadbury Royal Dark. $1.17 a bar at Target. A bargain for a few minutes of pure hedonism.

Fo' the Po' folk

WalMart (yes, the evil empire...) sells a big milk chocolate bar for $1.

You know what? For some cheap stuff, it's pretty dang tasty.

I have never run into a chocolate I didn't like.

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I have never run into a chocolate I didn't like.

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I have. Those cheap boxes of 'filled' you sometimes get at Christmas. Icky lemon, strawberry, and other unidentifiable flavors inside...eewww.

But perhaps, just perhaps, if one could separate the nasty filling from the chocolate, the darn things might be edible.

Yeah. DON'T BLAME THE CHOCOLATE!

I'm coming to visit all of you (especially you, Poet) to steal your chocolate. Wait, wait... Yes! I have a few truffles left from Dan's trip to Belgium. A private little Belgian Chocolatier made these babies just for me. MMMMM....

Oh, and as for good chocolates: I don't eat milk chocolate, why dilute the chocolately goodness? Most European Chocolatiers know their stuff. And Joe is spot on about the Cadbury Royal Dark. If my stock is depleted, a trip to Target for one of those bars does the trick to hold me over until the friends send more of the goodies.