Plus the vomit flavor

But the common "cheap" chocolate like Hersheys is compared to common similarly priced chocolate in Europe. You can find much cheaper chocolate in Europe that is just as bad or worse than Hersheys, but you expect it for that price.

I was all about Tony's until it came out it's high in lead and cadmium. Ghirardelli is the only easy to buy brand for me that isn't high in lead or cadmium.

I'm really not impressed by Tony's chocolate: it's too sweet and not dark enough. I'm used to 80%+ and I always look for the lowest sugar content option.

tony doesnt have super dark chocolate though.

Calling it fake is a bit cynical, although I understand where you're coming from. They just pad it with fillings or other stuff to reduce the chocolate content and presumably increase the profit margin. Also possibly to distinguish from other brands. Which isn't to say that chocolate with a higher cocoa content doesn't taste better. It does and I prefer a higher dose of cocoa myself too.

Peanut butter is the same. I started eating 100% peanut spread instead of peanut butter. It's so good. Now whenever I get regular peanut butter, it barely tastes like peanut to me.

Fun fact, a German company has been working on synthetic chocolate for a while now. Apparently it is indistinguishable from real chocolate. Haven't tasted it myself though.

The drop in black coffee consumption in the US is a relatively recent trend. Only 18% of people prefer to drink their coffee black – a 56% decrease from 2022.

If all you're getting from your coffee is bitterness then it's not very good coffee.

I like my sugar with coffee and cream.

Black Starbucks coffee is amazing, though. Somehow you people got that right.

wf has the bougie high quality chocolate which is important, but nobody buys it because its expensive.

Thag perception is because the "shitty" chocolate is mass marketed and widely available. You're not gonna find gourmet artisan chocolate at a 7-11.

This seems to happen with Beer too. Yes, America makes shitty beer but also lots of great beer.

Well, the point is, our lowest quality shit chocolate still does not taste like vomit.

...come on. That is how things are done, its the same as US beer, in general its shit but I am sure there are loads of microbreweries that everyone here will declare as prime beer. The reality is the everyday common and known brands, making up most of the market are dogshit.

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the highest quality chocolate that can be produced

Do ye hear yourselves.