# Chocolate covered espresso beans **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121 "2003-10-13T04:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/1 "2003-10-13T04:28:55Z")
ThinkGeek piqued my interest on these, but unfortunately they’re out of stock. Can anyone reccomend a good brand and supplier so that I may try some sinful delight? ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/2 "2003-10-13T07:50:49Z")
**[size=1]Chocolate covered espresso beans[/small]** MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/3 "2003-10-13T08:10:06Z")
Oohhhhhh!! They are scrummy! I get mine from[Whittards of Chelsea](http://www.whittard.co.uk/cgi-bin/whittard.storefront), but they are UK based, and so might not deliver to the States. Drat! You’ve just made me realise that I’ve left today’s supply at home. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/4 "2003-10-13T10:42:02Z")
My husband got some in a dark alley in Kona last week…(from a _real_Hawaiian) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/5 "2003-10-13T10:43:12Z")
Actually, I think Star$$$$s has them (that would be Starbucks to the uninitiated) ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/6 "2003-10-13T11:11:41Z")
The big Target near where I live has them in the bulk candy section (with jelly bellys and the like). ---
**Author:** ![Becky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Becky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/7 "2003-10-13T11:48:16Z")
Mmmmmm … I love chocolate covered espresso beans. Especially the ones with a dusting of cocoa powder over the chocolate. Sometimes my local health food store has them. One of my profs bought a 1-lb. bag of them, thinking they were harmless. He ate the whole bag over the course of a day. Showed up in another prof’s office sweating and shaky, thinking he was having a heart attack. Hilarity ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/8 "2003-10-13T13:53:58Z")
[Homer] chocolate covered expresso beans…mmmmmmm [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/9 "2003-10-13T14:24:12Z")
They’re yummy but beware, they’ll keep you up all night. ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/10 "2003-10-13T14:38:36Z")
On the Starbucks note, sometimes they distribute through grocery stores, i.e. Albertsons ---
**Author:** ![smaft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/11 "2003-10-13T15:37:00Z")
Trader Joe’s. But not just chocolate-covered espresso beans- _dark_ chocolate-covered espresso beans. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/12 "2003-10-13T16:11:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smaft \* > \*\*Trader Joe’s. But not just chocolate-covered espresso beans- _dark_ chocolate-covered espresso beans. \*\* Oh, yeah, baby. Dark chocolate-covered espresso beans. Better than sex… _::: drool :::_ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/13 "2003-10-13T16:35:51Z")
I posted about those a few months ago. Someone gave me a good name for them that seems apropos: Methamphetabeans ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/14 "2003-10-13T16:41:58Z")
Mmmmmm, chocolate-covered espresso beans. I learned about these wonderful little nuggets of joy last finals season, when a guy in one of my classes whipped out a bag and offered them to people. They sell them at coffee shops, you can get a baggie of them for about $3.50, and don’t eat it all in one place. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/15 "2003-10-13T17:00:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Methamphetabeans \*\* Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/16 "2003-10-13T17:53:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*The big Target near where I live has them in the bulk candy section (with jelly bellys and the like). \*\* When I lived in Washington State and was trying to explain the cultural differences to the people back home in North Carolina, I would tell them about the local supermarket, which sold chocolate covered espresso beans in the gumball machines by the front of the store. They get 'em started young in Washington. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/17 "2003-10-13T18:25:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Methamphetabeans \*\* 😃 Great name. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Lu\_abu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@An\_Lu\_abu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Lu_abu)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/18 "2003-10-13T19:19:53Z")
Second the Trader Joes beans. Hmmm good. Really wake you up. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/19 "2003-10-13T19:25:22Z")
If you have a “Sweet Factory” in a nearby mall, they also carry them. The Trader Joe’s ones are the best though. Damn, might have to stop there on the way home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121/20 "2003-10-13T22:00:50Z")
chocolate covered expresso beans… proof of a benevolent god. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/207121.md?page=2)