# Do walnuts tast like chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116 "2007-04-30T03:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/1 "2007-04-30T03:02:07Z")
Is it just me or do walnuts tast like chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/2 "2007-04-30T03:07:26Z")
Nope, not that I can taste anyway. They mostly taste oily to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/3 "2007-04-30T03:17:51Z")
You are _so_ eating the wrong kind of chocolate. Or maybe … wait … oh God, _those aren’t walnuts!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/4 "2007-04-30T03:20:17Z")
Nope, it’s you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/5 "2007-04-30T03:25:26Z")
Well, they have an oily mouth feel, and they can be a little bitter, and if you chew them well, the complex carbs start to break down in your mouth into sugars, so they can get a little sweet as well - but on the whole, no, I don’t think so. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/6 "2007-04-30T03:27:19Z")
Not in my experience, but I can sympathize. My husband looks at me like I’m crazy when I tell him that mangoes taste like carrots. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/7 "2007-04-30T03:46:20Z")
sorry, It is just you. I guess I can see the texture a little, but the taste, not even close. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/8 "2007-04-30T03:47:12Z")
[QUOTE=Helena] Not in my experience, but I can sympathize. My husband looks at me like I’m crazy when I tell him that mangoes taste like carrots. [/QUOTE] You, too?! The first mango I ever tasted was underripe and tasted exactly like carrots. I’ve since had one ripe mango, which tasted like cantaloupe to me. Since I don’t particularly like either carrots or cantaloupe, I haven’t bothered to try mango again… Wait, we are talking about the tropical fruit mango, right? Not the “mango” (bell pepper, as it’s known in some parts of the Midwest)? ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/9 "2007-04-30T04:02:44Z")
I have maple walnut ice cream, a bag of crushed walnuts still waiting for oatmeal cookie batter, and some walnuts my parents gave me for Christmas. Standby for testing: [ul] [li]Icecream is maply yummy, but walnut chunks are unremarkable as walnuts go.[/li] [li]Crushed walnuts are much more flavourful, with perhaps a hint of plastic bag starting to creep in. I outta get baking soon. :dubious:[/li] [li]The walnut reveals the lack of a nutcracker in my bachelor domicile, but what else are 24" bolt cutters for? These would be your tastiest walnut source around here; the slightly bitter initial tang, mildly oily/waxy texture, and slightly… earthy? aftertaste.[/li][/ul] Having performed the corresponding chocolate half of the experiment this morning already, I feel qualified to report the scientific data: it’s just you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/10 "2007-04-30T04:20:35Z")
**Do walnuts tast like chocolate?** Only when they’re surrounded by a chocolate brownie. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/11 "2007-04-30T04:24:27Z")
I could see how if you ate a bad walnut (bitter) that you might think it tasted a little like unsweetened cocoa (bitter) but otherwise, nope. Is it possible you’re keeping walnuts near chocolate? The oils in the nuts can absorb odours. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/12 "2007-04-30T04:28:21Z")
But it’s good you ask these questions. I was in my mid-30’s before I discovered that most people don’t find walnuts spicy. Apparently I’ve mild allergy to the things and they burn my tongue a little. I kind of like it, in moderation. Not chocolate, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/13 "2007-04-30T04:29:13Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/14 "2007-04-30T04:45:11Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] You, too?! The first mango I ever tasted was underripe and tasted exactly like carrots. I’ve since had one ripe mango, which tasted like cantaloupe to me. Since I don’t particularly like either carrots or cantaloupe, I haven’t bothered to try mango again… Wait, we are talking about the tropical fruit mango, right? Not the “mango” (bell pepper, as it’s known in some parts of the Midwest)? [/QUOTE] Yes. I didn’t even know there was a pepper kind. Yeah, I guess the carroty-ness comes with under-ripe-ness. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/15 "2007-04-30T05:02:35Z")
I can kind of understand the carrot . They are somewhat bitter. Or maybe I’m just a freak ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-walnuts-tast-like-chocolate/402116/16 "2007-04-30T10:39:25Z")
Put me in with the group who don’t think walnuts taste like chocolate.