# How does one eat just one Ferrero Rocher chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687 "2005-10-04T03:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrahamWellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/1 "2005-10-04T03:14:52Z")
I ate half a carton, six of 'em, earlier today and all the sugar caused me to not feel so great. Can anyone actually eat just one or two of these things without polishing off half (or the whole) carton? Damn, I still don’t feel all that great. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/2 "2005-10-04T03:18:33Z")
No, you can’t eat just one. How do you eat them? I like to savor them until all the outer part is gone, then I bite into the cookie portion. I did it the first time to see how they were put together and it just sort of stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/3 "2005-10-04T03:31:43Z")
Cut out your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/4 "2005-10-04T04:03:10Z")
If there’s only one left, which of course isn’t bloody likely. Or, have a stingy little brother who doesn’t like to share. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/5 "2005-10-04T04:19:32Z")
Play safe and only ever buy the 3 piece pack. You will eat them all but it is only 3 pieces. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/6 "2005-10-04T04:25:42Z")
The way to eat only one is to buy just one at the Convenience store counter. BTW, I turned down a job with Ferrero about 10 years ago as a Programmer/Analyst. My Sister was very disappointed, she loves Tic Tacs which they also make. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/7 "2005-10-04T07:53:35Z")
I ate one. Once. Tasted like cardboard with added grit. Never been tempted to try another. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/8 "2005-10-04T12:10:02Z")
I could easily eat one per day on the occasional day when I have one. When I buy good chocolate, that’s what I do. A box of chocolate will last me months. I think when you don’t eat sweet things very often, you can more quickly satisfy your sweet tooth, but that just might be a crackpot theory. Not a big fan of the Ferrero Rocher things, though. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/9 "2005-10-04T14:21:05Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Play safe and only ever buy the 3 piece pack. You will eat them all but it is only 3 pieces. That’s the only thing that works for me! My dad buys the big packs around the holidays. They are very hard to resist! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/10 "2005-10-04T15:08:01Z")
I can stop at one easily. I don’t like peanuts or hazelnuts, and until I was 10 or so chocolate made me nauseous. My favourite part is the wafer. ---
**Author:** ![GrahamWellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/11 "2005-10-04T15:11:02Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > No, you can’t eat just one. How do you eat them? I like to savor them until all the outer part is gone, then I bite into the cookie portion. I did it the first time to see how they were put together and it just sort of stuck. I just unwrap 'em, start chewing … unwrap, chew … unwrap, chew … and keep going and going until they’re all gone and I feel sick. ;j ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/12 "2005-10-04T15:17:03Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > I ate one. Once. Tasted like cardboard with added grit. Never been tempted to try another. Don’t forget that slightly soapy aftertaste. And the waxy texture of the ‘chocolate’. Gimme Godiva any day. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/13 "2005-10-04T17:01:01Z")
Okay. There’s something wrong here … and I suspect it might be me. Just minutes ago, I was in the shop across the road, and my eye fell on this small packet of four Ferrero Rocher. “Why not?” I thought. “Just to prove to myself that they are as nasty as I remember.” So I brought my new purchase home, unwrapped it… same gold foil, same nut-encrusted chocolate golf ball outer appearance that I recall. And then I bit into it. The inside was completely at variance with my recollection. What I remembered was a nugget of fairly nasty hazelnut flavoured wafer in the centre, not a whole hazelnut surrounded by thick hazelnut/chocolate cream. Not nasty at all. Not entirely to my taste – a little rich, a little too heavy on the hazelnutty-ness of it all – but not nearly as unpleasant as what I remember eating before. So it seems that several years ago, when I believed myself to be eating a Ferrero Rocher, I was in fact deceived by some form of confectionary imposter, and have ever since spurned the ambassador’s golden balls on the basis of a case of mistaken identity. Anyway, the upshot of all this is that I’ve now eaten all four of the little bastards and I’m feeling a bit sick. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/14 "2005-10-04T18:43:17Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > the ambassador’s golden balls Band Name. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/15 "2005-10-04T18:46:21Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > When I buy good chocolate, that’s what I do. A box of chocolate will last me months. Charlie? Charlie Bucket? Is that your birthday chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/16 "2005-10-05T08:14:11Z")
::shrug:: Unwrap sweet, open mouth, insert sweet, close mouth, eat sweet. ::wanders off, slightly puzzled:: ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/17 "2005-10-05T12:49:58Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Charlie? Charlie Bucket? Is that your birthday chocolate? That was awesome. I eat half. Then I eat half of the remaining half. Then half of the half of the half, ad nauseum. Thus, by Zeno’s paradox, not only do I not eat more than one, I never even eat a whole one! Oh, and Godiva’s chocolate? No no no. You need to check out some of the chocolate threads and get yourself some real fancy chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-eat-just-one-ferrero-rocher-chocolate/324687/18 "2005-10-05T13:06:06Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Charlie? Charlie Bucket? Is that your birthday chocolate? C’moffit. Ferrero Rocher wouldn’t be allowed in the Wonka factory as floor-sweepings. 😛