# Best Chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504 "2000-05-25T12:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/1 "2000-05-25T12:38:29Z")
Now the question has been raised: don’t buy me that grocery store chocolate… well what is the best chocolate available? To set the stage: I love dark chocolate especially with nutes. The chocolate must be smooth and silky with a slight bite, the candy must be sweet but not sickenly so. Forget white or beige creams or taffy stuff that you have to chew and chew. Give me something dark, semi-sweet, sensually stimulating to the taste buds, with nuts and I am yours. Forget those commercial kiddie chocolates like Kit Kat, Snickers etc. Blahk, phouwie, retch. Although those Finnish chocolate liquors are great. I personally like Godiva truffles - especially the liquor ones, but for overall quality and variety I’ll take See’s anyday. What’s your favorite and why? ---
**Author:** ![avalongod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@avalongod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/avalongod)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/2 "2000-05-25T14:09:15Z")
You are making me hungry. Hmmmm…a tough question. I am equal opportunity when it comes to chocolate. But Cadbury Creme Eggs are one of my personal favourites. ---
**Author:** ![Smartass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Smartass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smartass)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/3 "2000-05-25T14:50:52Z")
Milka with whole hazelnuts. Made in Austria. Widely available in Europe. I don’t have a why. Just tastes good to me. -VM ---
**Author:** ![Treycal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Treycal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treycal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/4 "2000-05-25T15:13:53Z")
Without a doubt, the best chocolates I have every tasted are from a transplanted Belgian cum local Calgary boy - Bernard Callebaut. His chocolates are traditional European truffles (i.e., not a lot of sugary sweet fillings, etc.) The best thing now is that anyone can order them over the net. Here is a link to their website [http://store.yahoo.com/bernardc/](http://store.yahoo.com/bernardc/) ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/5 "2000-05-25T15:22:00Z")
my favorite subject… I would have to vote for Godiva followed _very_ closely by Ethel M chocolates. Mmmmmmm… Dark chocolate, of course. My husband has both catalogs. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/6 "2000-05-25T17:45:10Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] Scooting this thread from Great Debates to our fine new forum, IMHO. Gotta give you something to look at, slythe. [Moderator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/7 "2000-05-25T19:48:19Z")
excuse me, but it is well known world-wide that the best chocolate is from Switzerland. Sample [Lindt chocolate](http://www.lindt.com/) to give you an idea. Their Lindt “chocolate balls” are the best. That’s it, end of discussion, move it along, nothing more to see here folks. slythe, can you please close this thread? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/8 "2000-05-25T20:19:19Z")
I do enjoy Swiss chocolates (thanks again, Arnold!), but I have to say that the Trader Joe’s chocolate truffle bar - particularly the dark chocolate one - is close to the best chocolate I’ve ever had. I’m also not ashamed to admit to being partial to Hershey’s. Watch for my coming Mailbag article dispelling a certain myth about European chocolate with added historical trivia for chocolate aficionados/as. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/9 "2000-05-25T20:51:39Z")
Ahhh, Arnold, I agree with you whole-heartedly about Lindt! Nothing really beats the way the chocolate balls melt on your tongue. I also love the individually wrapped pieces with hazelnuts or almond paste inside. When I’m in poor mode, Dove chocolate squares aren’t that bad (_miles_ ahead of Hershey’s or Nestle’s). ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/10 "2000-05-25T22:31:39Z")
_Sigh_ Another forum to fritter away the best years of my life in. But the best chocolate has got to be Merci. My dad always brings huge boxes of it home from Germany around Christmas, and MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. You get two of each kind, some dark chocolate, some light, some in between. All kinds of flavors and crunchy things mixed in. And the best part is, since they’re all in individually wrapped mini-bars, you can steal from your siblings with the greatest of ease! Sometimes I miss living at home. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/11 "2000-05-25T22:58:26Z")
My favorite- [baci balls](http://www.baciperugina.com/). Mmmmmm Semi-sweet dark chocolate with chopped hazelnuts and a hazelnut inside. I especially love them because they are wrapped with little love “fortunes”. Those chocolate hazelnut swirled sea shell type chocolates rank pretty high in my book, too. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/12 "2000-05-25T22:58:46Z")
JillGat: eagerly awaiting your column! (boning up on my swiss chocolate trivia) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/13 "2000-05-25T23:03:58Z")
egads. gotta remember to use the preview feature. [http://www.baciperugina.com](http://www.baciperugina.com) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/14 "2000-05-26T03:25:08Z")
Not really a comment on the quality of the chocolate, but my new favorite candy bar is the new Big Kat. Has anyone else seen these? They took 1/4 of a Kit Kat and blew it up to standard candy bar size. I love them. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/15 "2000-05-26T04:21:58Z")
I like Ice Cubes, those little things from Germany. I also like Hershey’s Special Dark bars. I’ve never had really good chocolate. What do you all recommend as my first try of truly good quality chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/16 "2000-05-26T09:22:50Z")
Burdicks is very, very good, and they make great gifts, as the boxes (cool wood, mortised) are great, but very pricey. But, the best chocolate for the money, without a doubt, is SEE’s. yummm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/17 "2000-05-26T09:28:29Z")
It’s all good! Well except for Hershey’s milk chocolate; I find it too sweet and not quite creamy enough. Special Darks are good, though. I love both Milka and Lindt, I just had a Lindt Orange Jogurt chocolate bar,mmmmmm. And I’ve got to admit a childish liking for both Kinder Schokolade and Kinder Egg chocolates, I collect the prizes. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/18 "2000-05-26T09:42:49Z")
Swiss chocolate? The Swiss are _amateurs_ when you compare them to the Belgians (who rock at brewing beer too, by the way). My favourite has to be [Leonidas](http://www.leonidas.be/), a chain of praline shops throughout Belgium and the Netherlands. Yummie! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/19 "2000-05-26T09:45:56Z")
Wow! This is cool. Turns out Leonidas is a worldwide chain all of a sudden 😉 For example, click [here](http://www.leonidas.be/newmap/usafile/usa.html) for all the US affiliates of Leonidas. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504/20 "2000-05-26T11:55:53Z")
Now _this_ is the kind of question I want to see in this forum! As far as which chocolate is the best, there is an easy solution to this problem: Everyone should send me a sample of what they think the best is, and in a week or two(or however long I can keep this scam going), I will publish my results, along with how much weight I’ve gained. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chocolate/20504.md?page=2)