# Dark chocolate or milk chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031 "2003-06-11T03:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/61 "2003-06-12T02:01:06Z")
Come over to the Dark Side . . . 86% chocolate? Special Dark syrup? Clearly I need to get out more. The strongest I’ve seen is 78% (although I love Scharffen Berger’s Cacao Nibs – straight cacao bean chips!!). Best I’ve had so far is Valrhona 70% – it has that delightful, slightly alcoholic aftertaste. White “chocolate” is a crime against nature. Good on the FDA. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/62 "2003-06-12T02:56:24Z")
Dark chocolate is the crack cocaine of junk foods - I’ve polished off too many bars of it to remember … For me, milk chocolate is OK, but only if the store’s out of dark (which happens a lot around here - says a lot for the good taste of the locals). ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/63 "2003-06-12T03:54:27Z")
Milk chocolate, absolutely. Dark will do in a pinch. Sort of. Kind of. Better than carob, anyway. But if you want chocolate, might as well have CHOCOLATE. –snac, who ain’t no candy snob ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/64 "2003-06-12T14:28:02Z")
Well, the overwhelming vote for Dark Chocolate only serves to reinforce my view of what good taste the people of the SDMB have. 😃 Needless to say, Dark absolutely. Really high quality milk chocolate is acceptable, but white chocolate is a crime against humanity and should be punished as such. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/65 "2003-06-12T14:54:19Z")
[http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/cotedor.html](http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/cotedor.html) …and now everyone can order the best chocolate around…! don’t thank me. No, Please, don’t. You’re quite welcome 🙂 Priceguy, if you’re wondering, the one I’m sending you is the “Brut 86% Cacao”, the first pic on the right hand side. I hope you’ll enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/66 "2003-06-12T15:11:05Z")
My preferred chocolate bar is Cadbury’s Burnt Almond, especially with a glass of LBV (or better) port. Hope I can get 'em in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/67 "2003-06-12T15:11:20Z")
Dark chocolate all the way. But I agree with this: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thatDDperson \* > \*\*Milk chocolate is Emergency Chocolate, for when dark cannot be found. Will prevent disaster, will not prevent continued search. \*\* Good point. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/68 "2003-06-12T15:11:20Z")
Dark chocolate all the way. But I agree with this: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thatDDperson \* > \*\*Milk chocolate is Emergency Chocolate, for when dark cannot be found. Will prevent disaster, will not prevent continued search. \*\* Good point. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/69 "2003-06-12T15:11:20Z")
Dark chocolate all the way. But I agree with this: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thatDDperson \* > \*\*Milk chocolate is Emergency Chocolate, for when dark cannot be found. Will prevent disaster, will not prevent continued search. \*\* Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/70 "2003-06-12T15:12:18Z")
And that’s a dark chocolate :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/71 "2003-06-12T15:52:35Z")
Another vote for **dark chocolate**. Although I can’t say that i _dislike_\* milk chocolate, it’s not nearly as good as the dark stuff. I like my coffee and beer dark as well. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/72 "2003-06-12T15:59:19Z")
Dark chocolate for me…especially the Dove bits - they melt in your mouth. In an emergency, I will settle for milk chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/73 "2003-06-12T16:01:08Z")
Dark, and until last night, the darker the better. what happened last night? GonzoGal returned from France, and knowing how much I enjoyed Nestle’s (?) Noir, brought back an assortment of increasingly dark bars. Noir Intense: 74% yum!! Like Crack! must have more! Brut: 88% Yowsah! that’s dark. In small doses, good. she didn’t like it much. And then… 99% … don’t recall the name, but it hardly matters. 99% dark chocolate! What could be better, right? wrong. BLEAH! it burns, it burns! I’ve never had bakers chocolate, but I guess this is pretty much the same thing. Will only subject it on friends. I’ll stick with 70-80% from now on. (I do like a good white on occaision, best with some sort of nuts) ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/74 "2003-06-12T16:22:58Z")
I don’t really care for chocolate that much…but when I do I like milk better than dark. Dark tastes bitter to me and I don’t like white at all. ---
**Author:** ![Zydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Zydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zydoll)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/75 "2003-06-12T16:27:32Z")
DARK! No contest. I especially enjoy Milk Way Midnight bars, and am really excited about this new dark chocolate candy bar trend. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/76 "2003-06-15T21:49:56Z")
Another vote for chocolate. Though I will eat milk chocolate candy bars if the other ingredients make up for the sub-standard chocolate (i.e., Snickers, Twix, Nestle Crunch, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/77 "2003-06-15T22:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\ ***elfje** , is Malmö, Sweden close enough? \*\* Hey, why are you begging for chocolate? We’ve got tree great stores in our little town: Skomakargatan, Södertull, Mariedalsvägen. For a trip to dark chocolate heaven, visit the [Valrhona](http://www.valrhona.com/) website. Oh, and I think that 70% _is_ milk chocolate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/78 "2003-06-16T00:15:40Z")
**Both!** ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/79 "2003-06-16T01:10:30Z")
[Facts about chocolate.](http://www.chocolate.org/) Add me to the ‘dark’ club. ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031/80 "2003-06-16T01:21:51Z")
Milk chocolate. But I won’t turn down a dark chocolate treat if it’s offered to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-or-milk-chocolate/181031.md?page=5)