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[โ€“] 42 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Most of the American crap you listed only loosely qualifies as chocolate. Iโ€™m American and I donโ€™t buy it.

Lindt is the good stuff. And the coconut version of the top middle item.

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  • [โ€“] 32 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Lindt isnโ€™t that good. They market themselves as premium but they kind of fail from a flavour perspective. Completely flat and uninteresting.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Didn't the CEO say he wouldn't even eat that shit?

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Itโ€™s the most ubiquitous chocolate we have in every store that isnโ€™t Hersheys or Nestles trash. If you have a better suggestion that isnโ€™t more pricy, then let us know.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 9 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 9 months ago

    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 thatโ€™s worth the calories, that is welcome.

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  • [โ€“] 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Hershey's chocolate is so disgusting. They literally add vomit flavor to it.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It genuinely does taste like vomit. The the yanks have the audacity to laugh at British food!

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  • [โ€“] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    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

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  • 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.

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