Strange food you should really give a try

Did somebody say… CHOCOLATE?! :heart_eyes:

I’m a big fan of Cadbury’s. If I need a pick-me-up from the vending machine at work, I’ll go for a Boost or a Wispa.

In recent years they released new large bars with interesting flavours, and I like this one the best:

choc-medley

I’m not that keen on white chocolate. Sometimes I find dark chocolate too bitter, but Bournville bars by Cadbury get it just right :relaxed:

Thornton’s is a British company that makes very nice chocolate. For the past two years I’ve picked their Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavoured Easter egg.

I also love Terry’s Chocolate Orange :hugs: Especially the boxes of Segsations, which are individually-wrapped segments of diffreent flavours. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, fudge pieces, and popping candy! :boom:

I like plain marzipan, in small amounts.

Unless I’m bribed with chocolate.

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Great, another postal adress to figure out…

Oh, yes!

How many “percent” does a bar have?

Now I really, really have to find a shop with British products. And I got hungry.

That’s the spirit!

I’ll pay send your more!

Hey, I have an idea - what about a Chocolate Exchange? Each of us sends some chocolate to another forum member, according to their general preferences mentioned in this thread :grin:

(Inspired by the Reddit Gifts exchanges, which I’ve done a few times.)

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Yeah, there shouldn´t be that many teacups in Northumbria…or Carlisle or wherever…

I’m in! :slight_smile:

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In bavaria we call that “wichteln”" and do that before christmas time.

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We have that too - “Secret Santa”.

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I actually don’t like their chocolate :neutral_face: it tastes a bit stale to me, somehow. People often buy it for me though so maybe I could pay it forward :wink:

My favourite British chocolate shop is probably Hotel Chocolat. Especially their dessert selection. And their chocolate covered orange rind as referenced earlier!

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In Germany we have the (what I call) Mon Cheri phenomenon: Here in Germany Mon Cheri is very common as a (birthday) present. But no one seems to like or eat Mon Cheri. So the one who gets the Mon Cheri is giving this packet as a gift to another person. This leads me to the conclusion that there is only one single Mon Cheri packet in Germany that travels between the households!

So if somebody likes Mon Cheri please raise your hand! Maybe we can remove the Mon Cheri curse from the Germans by exporting this packet of Mon Cheri…

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And eventually they all seem to find their way to my mother. Who does eat them!

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Yeah, there are rumors that some people really eat them (and survived). But I believe that rumor only after I saw it with my own eyes!

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Really? I can’t understand why. I like’em.
They’re the industrial version of a classic italian praline called “Boero” which basically means “boer”. Strange name indeed.

Anyway, to get (slightly) back on topic -strange food you should really give a try-, I suggest Lindt’s salted dark chocolate.
http://www.lindt.ca/en/shop/excellence-sea-salt-ca

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There’s quite a lot here in Belgium to offer for your international carrousel of chocolates. Or for bribing others.

I would just like to say that white chocolate is a walking contradiction.

Now I’m gonna get me a breakfast involving Easter chocolates and chocolate milk. :chocolate_bar: :milk_glass:

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Not me, sorry! I don’t like liqueur in chocolate :confounded:

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I know, it´s actually just a bar of fat.

Good to know! Next time I’ll send the package to you. :wink:

The industrial production is the problem: They use “cheap” chocolate and a lot of artificial flavors. The core of the chocolates are liquid sugar. That’s why most of my friends an relatives don’t like these. But they must be popular - Ferrero seems to sell tons of them each year.

You still have some? :open_mouth:

Same here (with very few exceptions).

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They´re like super cheap now.

And that’s why you can’t get them here in the stores anymore. :wink: A relative of mine had indeed bought a big box full with easter chocolates right after the holidays. I wonder how much is left… :thinking:

I see still lots of them in the offer bins.

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