# A box of chocolates... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733 "2005-12-02T15:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/1 "2005-12-02T15:38:37Z")
(nah, do your own damn Forrest Gump joke) In a Whitman’s sampler or the like, which is your favorite? I personally go immediately for the chocolate-covered caramels, esp. if they’re covered in dark chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/2 "2005-12-02T15:47:01Z")
I like the ones with chocolate in them. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/3 "2005-12-02T15:50:25Z")
Dark chocolate, eeww! 🙂 I start with anything with white chocolate, then go from there: caramel, milk, or stuff with stuff inside. The dark chocolate gets given away. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/4 "2005-12-02T16:07:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (nah, do your own damn Forrest Gump joke) > > In a Whitman’s sampler or the like, which is your favorite? I personally go immediately for the chocolate-covered caramels, esp. if they’re covered in dark chocolate. Me too! I innocently take those first without saying what I’m doing. Then I go for anything with nuts (oh, they say that about me) and then I become generous and give the rest away. I like orange creme with dark chocolate if it’s in there. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/5 "2005-12-02T16:12:05Z")
The chocolate covered nuts are my favorite , followed closely by the haystack thingies , the piles of chocolat-drenched coconut . Mmmmmmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/6 "2005-12-02T16:53:43Z")
I want the one with the chocolate sprinkles on the outside and the chocolate kinda cream stuff inside. Hell Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/7 "2005-12-02T16:54:35Z")
I’m a dark chocolate caramel girl too. Next I like the cream fillings, like strawberry of vanilla. I don’t care for truffles or solids – its just chocolate on chocolate, no contrast. Oh, and I give away the white chocolates. 🙂 Perhaps **Anaamika** and I should go in on a box. And most finally that “life is like a box of chcolates” speech drives me bonkers. You DO know what you’re going to get – there’s a flipping CHART. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/8 "2005-12-02T17:07:28Z")
After seeing this thread, I might just go treat myself to a box of chocolates … yum. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/9 "2005-12-02T17:09:29Z")
I like the dark chocolate butter cremes. When there was a candy store in our local mall, I’d buy a half-pound of butter cremes. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/10 "2005-12-02T17:17:21Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > When there was a candy store in our local mall, I’d buy a half-pound of butter cremes. The local “good” candy company (Asher’s, for any Philly types) used to be based in a funky little plant in Germantown, very close to where I live. They had a tiny little shop in front where they sold, in addition to a selection of their usual wares, what were called “hurt” candies – stuff that had come through the machine in less than perfect condition (dented, etc.). Which they sold at a discount. So, yeah, there was occasionally a trip over there at that time of the month for a bag o’ hurt caramels. I put 'em out of their misery! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/11 "2005-12-02T17:59:23Z")
> [@Hello Again](#): > > I’m a dark chocolate caramel girl too. Next I like the cream fillings, like strawberry of vanilla. I don’t care for truffles or solids – its just chocolate on chocolate, no contrast. > > Oh, and I give away the white chocolates. 🙂 Perhaps **Anaamika** and I should go in on a box. Oo, I think we would do very well together! We might just fight over the cream fillings. I love truffles, so I’ll take those, too. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/12 "2005-12-02T19:12:03Z")
> [@Hello Again](#): > > And most finally that “life is like a box of chcolates” speech drives me bonkers. You DO know what you’re going to get – there’s a flipping CHART. And when there’s not a chart, there’s [a code.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_062.html) I go for the dark chocolates first. And I love the orange creams and the shredded coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/13 "2005-12-03T00:14:47Z")
I like the chocolates with chocolate inside. Lindor truffles for me; mmmmm, a spherical chocolate orgasm in my mouth… ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/14 "2005-12-03T00:16:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Dark chocolate, eeww! 🙂 I start with anything with white chocolate, then go from there: caramel, milk, or stuff with stuff inside. The dark chocolate gets given away. Then we can share, because that’s all I will eat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-box-of-chocolates/333733/15 "2005-12-03T00:37:16Z")
See’s Candies Dark Chocolate Bordeaux. My absolute favorite. After that anything with caramel inside.