# I'm serving chocolate do you prefer Milk chocolate or Dark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [June 7, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400 "2017-06-07T23:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/1 "2017-06-07T23:16:27Z")
You’re visiting my home and I pull out the candy dish. Filled with small pieces of chocolate. You’re hungry for a snack. You have a choice of Milk Chocolate or Dark I have Dove squares. The blue foil is milk chocolate and Red Foil is dark. Feel free to have several pieces of candy. It’s a large candy dish. 😃 Poll: which will you choose? Milk, Dark or a combination? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/2 "2017-06-07T23:25:38Z")
If this was Hershey then I’d only get Dark. I’ve never particularly liked Hershey milk chocolate kisses. I’ll eat a couple just to be polite. Dove has very good milk chocolate. I want one of each. I always keep a mix in my candy dish. Dark is always my favorite chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/3 "2017-06-07T23:37:03Z")
I would start with the Dark and only if I pigged out enough to eat them all and I still wanted more would I turn to the milk. Generally, this is my approach to Halloween or Easter candy three days later there is only milk left and a month later it’s all gone. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/4 "2017-06-07T23:49:03Z")
I prefer milk chocolate, but sometimes it’s too sweet (I can’t believe I just typed that). I agree on Hershey’s kisses, anything Hershey’s, really. They bought Cadbury and managed to screw it up here in the US. My Canadian friend brings me the real stuff when she visits. 😃 My mom informed me that M&M’s aren’t that good anymore, either. More sugar than chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/5 "2017-06-07T23:49:30Z")
72% or darker for me, please. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/6 "2017-06-07T23:51:08Z")
Dark chocolate is an abomination! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/7 "2017-06-07T23:56:44Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Dark chocolate is an abomination! :mad: Blasphemy! Dark chocolate rules! Milk chocolate…is good, too. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/8 "2017-06-07T23:58:38Z")
Depends on my mood. First one, then the other. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/9 "2017-06-08T00:48:55Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Dark chocolate is an abomination! :mad: I think so too, but I know it’s because I test positive on the propylthiouracil test as a super taster. _Apparently_ dark chocolate isn’t nearly as bitter to people with normal taste buds. You may be too: how many of [these questions](http://savoringtoday.com/its-a-matter-of-taste-supertasters-and-food-preference/) do you answer yes to? The only ones I don’t are the three about cilantro, cake, and cream. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/10 "2017-06-08T01:05:26Z")
I don’t use milk that’s gone bad in anything else so I don’t want it my chocolate either. I’ll take one piece or maybe two if there’s enough but I don’t want you to see me hogging the dark chocolate. I’ll do that when you leave the room. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/11 "2017-06-08T01:06:29Z")
There’s cake? Dove is _THE_ chocolate of choice, thanks. It’s about the only milk choco I can stand anymore. After I polish off the dark chocky, that is. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/12 "2017-06-08T01:11:54Z")
Of course some us like bitter especially when mixed with just a wee bit of sweet. That “not a scientific questionnaire” would label me a “non-taster” and predicts that I rarely fuss about my food … but I fuss quite a bit. I would avoid the milk chocolate, for one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/13 "2017-06-08T02:00:42Z")
People, it’s ok to be anti-Trump, anti-gun, or politically correct up to the sixth degree of separation, but why dark chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/14 "2017-06-08T02:19:28Z")
> [@Marci\_Al](#): > > People, it’s ok to be anti-Trump, anti-gun, or politically correct up to the sixth degree of separation, but why dark chocolate? Because it doesn’t taste like spoiled milk. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/15 "2017-06-08T02:33:50Z")
…or vomit. **TriPolar** speak truth. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/16 "2017-06-08T02:48:47Z")
As a kid I HATED dark chocolate and then at some point a switch got flipped and I started to enjoy it and now I prefer it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/17 "2017-06-08T02:49:58Z")
When I was younger I thought of dark chocolate as a special treat. Now I tend to avoid it, milk tastes way better for my aged taste buds. Though dark has its place if accompanied by other flavours, such as peppermint. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/18 "2017-06-08T02:53:38Z")
Chocolate snobs have been mocking me for years due to my preference for milk chocolate. They can kiss my rosy Irish arse…in the infrequent hours when I crave it, gimme that extra cream and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/19 "2017-06-08T02:59:44Z")
Dark. In fact, I would likely pass (politely!) if only milk chocolate was on offer. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400/20 "2017-06-08T03:10:39Z")
I love dark, but not bitter. I had some recently that was 60% and I think that was just about perfect. I love it all though. Even white chocolate. Even"white chocolate". [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-serving-chocolate-do-you-prefer-milk-chocolate-or-dark/788400.md?page=2)