American chocolate
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FridgeMagnet
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It is. It's fantastic. It sounds wrong, but it's brilliant - and it's not even particularly bad for you relatively speaking.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Most Hershey's Chocolate is made in Mexico now so I'm not certain you can blame us for that.
Hershey has an upscale brand called Dagoba which is pretty good. Its about 4 times the cost though.
Hershey has an upscale brand called Dagoba which is pretty good. Its about 4 times the cost though.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Yodas favorite brand apparently
Yuwipi Woman
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Jorum
Well-Known Member
I tried a Hershey bar last week and completely concurr that it has an aftertaste exactly like sick.
I now understand why American visitors at my last company used to go home with a suitcase full of UK chocolate bars
(which is saying something as ours are pretty much fat and sugar anyway)
I now understand why American visitors at my last company used to go home with a suitcase full of UK chocolate bars
(which is saying something as ours are pretty much fat and sugar anyway)
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Is it all really grosse?
I just ate a bar of Hershleys which someone from the office bought back from her holiday to New York. I'm a complete chocoholic and am really not fussy about chocolate whatsoever, but this was utterly utterly rank. In fact, it tasted like sick. It was so bad I didn't even finish the bar, which for me, really proves how rank it must be!
What on earth do they put in their chocolate bars? I could barely taste any real chocolate
I tasted a Hersey bar about 30 years ago and vowed never to eat what the Americans class as chocolate again
Now Peanut Butter cups...
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
but they don't, though. per capita sales of chocolate are much lower, and anecdotally, i - plus others on this thread - know americans who much prefer the british stuff when they can get it.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
So I heard. There's a small chain over here that sells American confectionary (and ROOT BEER but only A&W not something decent like Bargs) and my mate brought some back from Brighton and I think it was PBCs with marshmallow in them. Not as good as the grape jelly ones.
feyr
evil evil monkey!
you can now buy it in sainsburys and probably other supermarkets
* shoves another slice of almondy daim cake into gob*
dilute micro
esse quam videri
I think it's the peanuts. I heard once that Americans started liking some peanut in the chocolate early on and that is what distinguishes it in flavor. I don't know the facts on that.
But I've been trying a lot of chocolate on the market lately and I can tell you there is a huge difference between brands and products of the same company. For instance I really like Dove Organic Dark but Dove Rich Dark tastes like a tire. It really does. Dove Organic Milk tastes awful.
Hershey's Whole Bean is pretty good, I think.
you're talking about posh americans and not the average american.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Pretty much the same for me, only it was about 15 years ago I had my sole Hershey's experience. It tasted more like crunchy brown cheese than chocolate
Pretty much the same for me, only it was about 15 years ago I had my sole Hershey's experience. It tasted more like crunchy brown cheese than chocolate
well you're not used to it...it is not great but its not that bad either
FridgeMagnet
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No, just anyone who's ever had any other chocolate. Particularly dark chocolate.
FridgeMagnet
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americans generally dislike dark chocolate cause they're not used to it
No, the dark chocolate is what people mostly ask you to bring back for some reason. Perhaps the extra caffeine.
dilute micro
esse quam videri
This new flavanol antioxidant kick might eventually change that.americans generally dislike dark chocolate cause they're not used to it
I doubt it...we're not talking about the healthiest culture on earth here
Is it all really grosse?
I just ate a bar of Hershleys which someone from the office bought back from her holiday to New York. I'm a complete chocoholic and am really not fussy about chocolate whatsoever, but this was utterly utterly rank. In fact, it tasted like sick. It was so bad I didn't even finish the bar, which for me, really proves how rank it must be!
What on earth do they put in their chocolate bars? I could barely taste any real chocolate
I agree. Hersheys is revolting, it seems like 50% wax.
Johnny Canuck3
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Ever had a Mars Bar, or a Snickers Bar?
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
'Barq's'
A&W is better than Barq's: Barq's just has a bigger advertising budget.I'll agree about one thing: I won't eat a regular Hershey's chocolate bar. It's horrible. But a Hershey's Cookies and Cream is good.
did you know, JC2, that the snickers bar has been teh #1 selling chocolate bar in the US for like 50+ years?
DuckQuack'sEcho
More Cowbells No Vevezula
Chocolate traditionally produced in the UK for British consumers (and even moreso in the US for US consumers) is different from chocolate produced in most of Europe and is generally made with more milk and less cocoa. For decades UK and US manufacturers have also used small to moderate amounts of vegetable fats other than cocoa butter in their chocolate. In the US, even more vegetable oil and less cocoa butter is used. Essentially making a three tiered gradation of chocolate quality viz lowest - US, medium - UK and highest quality in the EU.
Since 2003 the EU allows the UK to label its milk chocolate as such in the UK, but it must be labelled as 'family milk chocolate' when marketed elsewhere in the EU.
My country, Australia, has historically followed the recipes of the UK but have tended to produce cheaper chocolate by trending to the US recipes in recent times.
Since 2003 the EU allows the UK to label its milk chocolate as such in the UK, but it must be labelled as 'family milk chocolate' when marketed elsewhere in the EU.
My country, Australia, has historically followed the recipes of the UK but have tended to produce cheaper chocolate by trending to the US recipes in recent times.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Didn't know the stats, I just eat them from time to time. They're better than a mars bar. Less caramel.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Ewwwww.......what is 'family milk'?
Pingu
Credo
Yes, iirc at one point the Belgians were trying to push an EU law through making us call our chocolate: 'chocolate-flavoured vegetable fat confection'.
I would fully support that!
