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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   3200 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 9, 2022

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What chocolate do people here recommend? A piece of chocolate every few evenings is my only non-negotiable vice, and most american chocolate is fucking awful. I'd be willing to get some shipped from Belgium if it's good enough.

I don't eat chocolate, I drink cocoa. Have tried buying more expensive cocoa powder at times, but honestly have not managed to find a noteworthy taste difference.

Not sure if it's the same thing in the US, but I'm guessing the dark chocolate for confectionary purposes sold in e.g. Costco in huge bars with say, 70% cocoa solids might be pretty good.

I once surprised my young sister by buying her a 1 kg bar of such from Metro for the grand price of $10 and she seemed very happy with it. Supposedly it tasted very similar to 70% dark chocolate of the same type made by Lindt. (that's the default brand of 'quality' chocolate sold in eastern Europe, usually 3$ for 120 g or so. Cheap chocolate is 1$ per 100g )

Thanks, I'll give that a try! I've been trying to find decent cocoa powder too, because swiss miss tastes pretty meh. Tried to mix my own cocoa with sugar and powdered milk, but could never get it quite right.

Oh, you tried making your own chocolate! That's probably doable but tricky.

I've given up on eating chocolate on account of preserving my teeth, I was drinking lightly sweetened cocoa and it harmed them less, and once I switch to artificial sweeteners there's really no observable effect on teeth. That is, I believe I can feel whether something's bad for the teeth depending on how the inside of my mouth feels.

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