# Favorite Chocolate Flavor Combination **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408 "2011-10-03T04:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/21 "2011-10-03T14:16:48Z")
I voted other. I think coffee is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/22 "2011-10-03T14:42:38Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I voted for Peanut Butter and “Other”. > > My “other”, of course, is _bacon_. I once had a gourmet chocolate with peanut butter, sea salt, and bacon. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/23 "2011-10-03T14:54:38Z")
I voted for banana but really it’s like asking which of my children I love the most. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/24 "2011-10-03T15:13:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Peanut and peanut butter should be listed separately. They’re very different experiences when combined with chocolate. Agreed. Chocolate and peanut butter is heavenly, but chocolate with whole peanuts inside is…ok. Not crazy about it but I’ll eat it if it’s there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/25 "2011-10-03T15:35:46Z")
I don’t hate a single entry on that list, though I’ve never had banana. I voted for raspberries. I’ve become a fan of Mexican chocolate, sometimes with a pinch of cayenne. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/26 "2011-10-03T15:38:57Z")
Chocolate and salt cannot be beat. I chose peanut butter and pretzels. Bacon, of course, makes a good salty treat too. I can’t decide which M&Ms I like better…peanut butter or pretzel. I also voted for coconut. I love coconut! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/27 "2011-10-03T16:00:32Z")
I’m partial to a lot of the choices in your poll, but my favorite is probably chocolate and peanut butter. I’d also argue that there is a difference between food that is chocolate-covered versus food where the other flavor is incorporated in the chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/28 "2011-10-03T16:57:40Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > Agreed. Chocolate and peanut butter is heavenly, but chocolate with whole peanuts inside is…ok. Not crazy about it but I’ll eat it if it’s there. I suspect it’s the extra salt in peanut butter which makes it better for chocolate than regular peanuts. Popcorn also goes well with chocolate, now that I think about it. Tortilla chips, as well (oddly enough). ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/29 "2011-10-03T19:41:29Z")
Other than coconut there isn’t much I don’t like with chocolate, but I like cashews the best with it. It kind of depends. Chocolate is pretty sweet and too often the other ingredients added make it too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/30 "2011-10-03T20:15:41Z")
I don’t particularly like the combination of chocolate and fruit, especially the berries. The acidity of the fruit and the creaminess of the chocolate clash too much. But chocolate goes well with just about everything else. (Especially coconut. Love me some coconut. And chocolate-covered pretzels.) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/31 "2011-10-03T21:08:21Z")
I think it’s raspberry for me, but my love for raspberries in general may be skewing my perception somewhat. But I don’t think you can go wrong with anything on the list, though you can certainly have a less than artful execution of some. (e.g., I’m not a big fan of nougat-style fruit-flavored fillings, which tend to be far too sweet and a pale shadow of the proper flavor of the fruit.) ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/32 "2011-10-03T21:28:48Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I voted for banana but really it’s like asking which of my children I love the most. That was my thought exactly. Dark chocolate and orange is heavenly, chocolate and raspberry or cherry or strawberry is amazing, chocolate and peanut butter is wonderful, chocolate and coconut is just soooo good… I could go on and on. Oh, yeah. Chocolate and mint? It’s very refreshing! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/33 "2011-10-03T21:33:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Peanut and peanut butter should be listed separately. They’re very different experiences when combined with chocolate. Agreed. Peanut Butter M&M’s blow Peanut M&M’s away. PB and coconut were my two choices. Not because I want chocolate, peanut butter, and coconut all together, but because I couldn’t decide. If you made me choose between a Reese’s Cup and a Mounds Bar, I’d have to flip a coin, but I’ll take either of those over _anything_ else. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/34 "2011-10-03T21:34:10Z")
Since the poll let me vote for two, I voted chocolate and peanut/peanut butter and chocolate and banana. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/35 "2011-10-04T00:53:00Z")
I voted for orange and cherry, but I also like chocolate with jujubes. It has to be dark chocolate, though - milk chocolate is for eating straight, and dark chocolate is for mixing with things, in an ideal world. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/36 "2011-10-04T01:03:54Z")
Dark chocolate, caramel, and sea salt. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/37 "2011-10-04T01:39:30Z")
Coconut. I always buy a bag of Mounds or Almond Joys for trick-or-treaters on Halloween. I always end up getting absolutely no trick-or-treaters, so I get the whole bag for myself! It’s good to see raisins are dead-ass last. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/38 "2011-10-04T01:51:37Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Dark chocolate, caramel, and sea salt. This. Otherwise, chili and coffee are my favorite flavors to mix with chocolate, but for any of the choices the chocolate must be dark dark DARK. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408/39 "2011-10-04T13:04:07Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Coconut. I always buy a bag of Mounds or Almond Joys for trick-or-treaters on Halloween. I always end up getting absolutely no trick-or-treaters, so I get the whole bag for myself! > > It’s good to see raisins are dead-ass last. Have you ever bitten into a delicious chocolate peanut cluster only to discover that the peanuts are actually _raisins_? Raisins have their place–just not in my chocolate! Blue Bell’s [Mint Chocolate Chip](http://bluebell.com/IceCreamFlavor?fid=23) is a favorite, although most of the options on the list can be quite good. Left off: Coffee & [Chile](http://xolotl.org/image/xolotl/dagoba-xocolatl-only-chocolate-endorsed-xolotl). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-chocolate-flavor-combination/598408.md?page=1)