# Does anybody dislike chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720 "2002-12-14T10:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/21 "2002-12-15T05:21:37Z")
I don’t really like chocolate. Someone once told me that “a woman who doesn’t like chocolate will never fall in love” but I proved them wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/22 "2002-12-15T06:39:33Z")
Eh, it doesn’t do anything for me. I think I used to like it, but it’s just too sweet for me now. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/23 "2002-12-15T08:17:57Z")
My SO is a chocolate fiend 😃 She just munches on the quality stuff like Swiss and Belgian brands. I agree that the crappy stuff just turns you off - that’s why I like dark chocolate most. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/24 "2002-12-15T11:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zweisamkeit \* > \*\*…snip…Now, I’ve discovered that I’m just a damn chocolate snob. > Then I had better chocolate. Lindt and Toblerone are the BEST to me. They’re very smooth, sweet but not too sweet, and don’t have any yucky aftertastes or tangs to them. Ghirardellis is pretty decent as well (but not as good as the first two), but it’s easier for me to get Lindt and Toblerone than it would be for me to get Ghirardellis, so it’s all good. > > I’m still nowhere near what anyone would call a chocoholic. It’s not my number one favourite food, or even favourite candy. But I can now say I have a fondness for it, instead of apathy. \*\* There is a Swiss chocolate called _Milka_ that is to die for! It is soooo smooth, not sickly sweet and no funky aftertaste. I love this stuff. Try it if you can find it. Definitely worth it. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/25 "2002-12-15T14:00:01Z")
Only bitter chocolate, and mint flavoured chocolate. Simply love them. Have to have a ready supply of it always. The rest of chocolate-kind do absolutely nothing for me. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/26 "2002-12-15T17:43:16Z")
I don’t like it very much in and of itself, but it’s pretty good when it surrounds peanuts. Go figure. Otoh, I just LOVE White Chocolate, which my wife can’t help but continually remind me is not _real_ chocolate - like I care. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/27 "2002-12-16T05:28:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zweisamkeit \* > \*\*\ > > Then I had better chocolate. Lindt and Toblerone are the BEST to me. They’re very smooth, sweet but not too sweet, and don’t have any yucky aftertastes or tangs to them. Ghirardellis is pretty decent as well (but not as good as the first two), but it’s easier for me to get Lindt and Toblerone than it would be for me to get Ghirardellis, so it’s all good. > > \ \*\* If you’re in Detroit, it should be relatively easy for you to get good Canadian chocolate. Laura Secord and Bernard Callebaut are easily as good as European chocolate. And very, very cheap with your mighty American dollars. (Canadians don’t touch the waxy American stuff on our 7-11 shelves. Why bother with a Butter Finger when you can have a Crispy Crunch? And Hershey’s - I wouldn’t feed that to my cat! Which is good, cause it would kill her.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/28 "2002-12-16T06:09:45Z")
I don’t like chocolate in any form and I never have. When I was a kid I used to claim that I was allergic to it so that I wouldn’t get a hard time. Even the slighest bit of chocolate flavor is disgusting to me. Luckily, my wife compensates for me. Haj ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/29 "2002-12-16T17:45:15Z")
My SO doesn’t like it at all. I love it, but I’m diabetic, which tends to limit my chocolate intake. Heh… ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/30 "2002-12-16T20:40:16Z")
I can take it or leave it, but Mr. Singular is a desperate chocoholic. He is seriously depressed if I come home from the grocers’ without some form of chocolate. On weekends I like to whip up a batch of brownies or a chocolate cake and let him happily OD. But he better not polish off my chips! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/31 "2002-12-17T02:57:14Z")
If I had a choice between chocolate another candy, I would probably choose the other candy, unless the other candy was sour, or something gross. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/32 "2002-12-17T03:08:49Z")
You gotta be crazy. Choclate rules! If I can spell it right, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/33 "2002-12-17T03:44:14Z")
[Obi Wan] You don’t need Chocolate You will send your Chocolate to Billy Rubin, as it is of no use to you. The Force causes all Chocolate to go to Billy Rubin. You will continue to buy chocolate and send it to Billy Rubin. Move along. [/Obi Wan] ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/34 "2002-12-17T04:35:38Z")
Nasty stuff, I can’t stand most of it, regardless of quality. Way too sweet. I even cringe if I smell it in the air when someone brings brownies or cake to work. Now butterscotch, Mmmmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/35 "2002-12-17T11:41:14Z")
I don’t particularly like chocolate. I hardly ever buy chocolate if I am in a shop because I think it is bad for you. When you are small, sometimes your parents say “If you eat too many sweets it’s vad for you”, and I believed them. ---
**Author:** ![racekarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@racekarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racekarl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/36 "2002-12-17T14:51:55Z")
I don’t like chocolate at all, especially not plain chocolate candy or fudge. It tastes gross, has a nasty mouthfeel, and it gives me sores in my mouth… (I guess that means I’m allergic to chocolate, so it’s a good thing I don’t like it) ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/37 "2002-12-17T15:09:00Z")
I don´t hate chocolate, but it doesn´t appeal to me as much as it seems to do to others. Quality chocolate (the expensive type with lots of cocoa in it) is totally wasted on me I just don´t like it, which is why I give it to my wife who loves the stuff (which is good for me in other ways :D). I eat Snickers, Mars and stuff like that. But I don´t like hot chocolate at all and chocolate flavoured milk shake and ice cream aren´t on my top 10 either. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/38 "2002-12-17T15:11:40Z")
I don’t like any sweets. Given the choice, I would choose a baked potato or a big bowl of brussel sprouts every time. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/39 "2002-12-17T19:08:40Z")
When I first met my wife, she actively disliked chocolate. As in, would have to force herself to eat it. Even weirder, she likes almost everything, so it’s one of the _only_ things she didn’t like. In the past year or two, she’s been developing a slight taste for it, although it usually has to be mixed with something else. She still won’t eat it all on its own. It’s pretty incomprehensible, but on the other hand, more for me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720/40 "2002-12-18T03:56:06Z")
I had a high school friend who detested chocolate. She would eat other kinds of candy, but not chocolate. She didn’t understand why I loved chocolate, and I didn’t understand why she hated it. We were close friends in spite of that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-dislike-chocolate/142720.md?page=3)