# Am I the only one who hates chocolates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135 "2018-07-18T09:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EricaRoche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/21 "2018-07-19T09:19:00Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > How would you describe your experience with chocolate? How would you describe the taste? Do you find the taste displeasing? What’s the darkest percentage chocolate you’ve had? The very high percentages have more of a bitter taste. If you like sour, you might like 90% dark or something. > > For me, chocolate is almost like a drug with a very subtle effect. So although I do like the taste, it also has a pleasing feel in my body much like a drink of alcohol. It’s not exactly the same thing, but I’m using the comparison to help you understand why I like chocolate. > > If you don’t find the taste appealing, it might be the way you react to certain flavors. Are there any common foods which you don’t like the taste of? Certain things like broccoli and cilantro actually have different tastes to different people. For example, some people will say cilantro takes like soap or sweat. It has to do with their DNA and how they process certain flavors. I’ve tried everything ranging from white chocolate to 90% dark chocolate. It just doesn’t appeal to me and that increases with the strength of the cocoa content. I’ve always been a big fan of sour things. Even a kid, I remember liking the taste of grapes or orange juice after brushing my teeth. I’ve heard there may be a nutritional explanation for some taste preferences but I’m not a scientist or doctor. Perhaps it has to do with caffeine. I also never enjoyed tea or coffee as well and I know chocolate has a fair amount of caffeine so that could be it. From this post you’d think I don’t have a sweet tooth but that only comes to chocolate. When it involves anything else, I probably abuse sugar too much lol. I add 15 tablespoons of sugar to milk and put double cream in it. I can gobble up skittles and sour gummies. It’s a wonder I range from 120-130lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/22 "2018-07-19T10:59:56Z")
> [@EricaRoche](#): > > I add 15 tablespoons of sugar to milk and put double cream in it. What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/23 "2018-07-19T11:16:08Z")
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, and almost never eat anything chocolate. I don’t know if “hate” is the proper term though. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/24 "2018-07-20T05:02:17Z")
> [@EricaRoche](#): > > With the exception of a lovely chocolate fudge cake, I hate white/milk/dark chocolate. Perhaps it’s because my second last molars both on the mandibles and maxillary didn’t develop properly and I get extreme sensitivity. I just don’t enjoy chocolate. And yet, your posting name is that of a chocolate company. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![EricaRoche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/25 "2018-07-20T09:37:32Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > And yet, your posting name is that of a chocolate company. > > Dennis Total coincidence if it is… ---
**Author:** ![EricaRoche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/26 "2018-07-20T09:38:40Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > What the hell? It’s true…I love the taste of a creamy and sugary drink. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/27 "2018-07-21T15:16:35Z")
Anyone else here find that huge chocolate bar in the kitchen cupboard when they were a kid? Only to find out upon first big bite it was unsweetened bakers chocolate? :eek: There is no perfect crime! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/28 "2018-07-21T15:33:11Z")
I like chocolate per se but dislike chocolate ice cream and cake. Most other choclate-flavored things I’m okay with. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/29 "2018-07-21T15:43:59Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Anyone else here find that huge chocolate bar in the kitchen cupboard when they were a kid? > Only to find out upon first big bite it was unsweetened bakers chocolate? :eek: \ I was four so I couldn’t read yet, but I knew what silver on brown meant. I was one disappointed little kid. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/30 "2018-07-21T16:30:25Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I don’t hate chocolate, but I _rarely_ (almost never) eat it. But that goes for all sweets. I was born without a sweet tooth. Pretty much the same here only I ate sweets when I was young like most other kids. So I was born with a sweet tooth but outgrew it by the time I was 20. I can easily remember the last time I had chocolate, even though it was a while ago: I had a Reese’s peanut butter cup around Halloween from the candy I bought for the neighborhood kids. I used to love them (on preview: the cups!) and was curious whether I’d like it. Nope, I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/31 "2018-07-21T21:21:42Z")
It doesn’t surprise me that someone hates chocolate. If I like something, there’s a bunch of people who don’t like it and vice versa. I’m quite used to this. What does surprise me are the large number of people who can’t get their brains around this. Somehow we’re all supposed to like and hate the same things. Taste doesn’t work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/32 "2018-07-21T21:31:12Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > People who detest chocolate are a rarity but I’ve met one. I don’t detest it but I’m not a fan. The only chocolate I eat is that 85% cocoa stuff: [https://www.vitacost.com/lindt-excellence-chocolate-bar-85-cocoa-extra-dark-3-5-oz?csrc=GPF-PA-Food%20%26%20Beverages-037466016450&ci\_gpa=pla&ci\_kw=&ci\_origin=mobile&ci\_src=17588969&ci\_sku=037466016450&csrc=GPF-PA&mtp=srEYR84pO-dm|pcrid|97670541013|product|037466016450&pgrid=16877535733&ptaid=pla-108756438731&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4PDD1ZGx3AIVEMNkCh03tglaEAQYASABEgLsvPD\_BwE](https://www.vitacost.com/lindt-excellence-chocolate-bar-85-cocoa-extra-dark-3-5-oz?csrc=GPF-PA-Food%20%26%20Beverages-037466016450&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw=&ci_origin=mobile&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=037466016450&csrc=GPF-PA&mtp=srEYR84pO-dm%7Cpcrid%7C97670541013%7Cproduct%7C037466016450&pgrid=16877535733&ptaid=pla-108756438731&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4PDD1ZGx3AIVEMNkCh03tglaEAQYASABEgLsvPD_BwE) But even that much of it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/33 "2018-07-22T04:26:32Z")
I like white “chocolate”, but if you told me I would live a normal lifespan and never have chocolate again, I really wouldn’t care. Same goes for cookies. If I’m told I will never have another cookie again, my response would be “meh. OK.” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/34 "2018-07-24T03:02:02Z")
One of my colleagues, Mrs. H (we’re teachers), doesn’t like chocolate at all. Every year-end holiday time, my wife loves making candies, especially hard toffees with chocolate layer. I brought a bunch to share in my first year teaching there, and Mrs. H politely declined. The next year, I again was passing out toffee. As I came up to her and some others by her outer door, I offered everyone else some, but then jokingly said, “But none for you!” Our colleagues looked shocked, but Mrs. H saved me by assuring them that she hated chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/35 "2018-07-24T04:07:48Z")
> [@EricaRoche](#): > > I add 15 tablespoons of sugar to milk Do you mean 15 tablespoons in one 8-oz glass of milk? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/36 "2018-07-24T05:40:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yes. I was really hoping this would be the first response. The Dope doesn’t disappoint 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/37 "2018-07-24T07:45:02Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Anyone else here find that huge chocolate bar in the kitchen cupboard when they were a kid? > Only to find out upon first big bite it was unsweetened bakers chocolate? :eek: … Yes! My brother and I ate it anyway, and were in shit when mum found out! ---
**Author:** ![EricaRoche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/38 "2018-07-24T10:02:49Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > Do you mean 15 tablespoons in one 8-oz glass of milk? :eek: Well I live in Western Europe so we follow the metric system. This is what I mean by a [glass](https://www.google.ie/search?q=8+oz+glass&rlz=1C1GGRV_enIE772IE807&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRv-zAvbfcAhVDbKwKHSoFBH4Q_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=865#imgrc=ucubwoHJjIIuQM:) ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/39 "2018-07-24T12:29:00Z")
I love chocolate, but I have an uncle who dislikes it. At some point he just started talking people that he’s allergic so that they’d stop trying to convince him that his subjective tastes are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135/40 "2018-07-24T14:17:19Z")
My youngest child can not abide chocolate. One of my favorite memories of him was the first time he was old enough to do actual trick-or-treating in the neighborhood (4 or so, I think). After about the fourth house, I hear him sniffling, and ask him what’s wrong. “Everyone keeps giving me chocolate!”. Fortunately, his two brothers are normal, and we worked out a swap - he got most of the Starbursts and other non-chocolate candy in exchange for his chocolate. I did have to impose price controls, as they were attempting to extort him on 3-1 or 4-1 ratios. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-chocolates/818135.md?page=3)