# Micro-rant: I hate thin chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987 "2013-12-23T01:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/21 "2013-12-23T19:43:43Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Ritter Sport are the best chocolates (and dark chocolate with hazelnuts are some of my favourites). Certain Dopers make me hunger for good chocolate every time I see their name in a post. 😃 And some make me, uh, want to whisper to cats? I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/22 "2013-12-23T19:46:27Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Ritter Sport are the best chocolates (and dark chocolate with hazelnuts are some of my favourites). Certain Dopers make me hunger for good chocolate every time I see their name in a post. 😃 > [@RitterSport](#): > > And some make me, uh, want to whisper to cats? I got nothing. Ohferchrissake… Get a room, you two! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/23 "2013-12-23T19:55:18Z")
Somebody buy **Lumpy** a [Chunky](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chunky.htm) bar. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/24 "2013-12-23T20:43:16Z")
I usually go for Ghirardelli, like **Serrafina** says (only dark, and rarely that), but I can totally get behind your rant when it comes to a lot of products. This practice drives me BONKERS. Just be honest and raise the damned price okay? Don’t try to be all sneaky with misleading sizing and packaging. For instance, jars that have a ridiculously GIANT concave bottom, which typical in some face creams, what makes it more annoying is that they’re typically packaged in a shrink wrapped box, so you don’t know this until you get it home. (of course I avoid those brands like the plague once I am fooled by this). And now…back to the choco porn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/25 "2013-12-23T20:50:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > There is only Dark Chocolate. > > All else is pretend chocolate. Join the dark side! [http://www.target.com/p/m-m-s-dark-chocolate-candy-12-6-oz/-/A-13055615](http://www.target.com/p/m-m-s-dark-chocolate-candy-12-6-oz/-/A-13055615) https://www.youtube.com/embed/duX1kzsAvXc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque “We’ll start Monday…” ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/26 "2013-12-23T21:23:30Z")
But what about the fact that dark chocolate is amazingly vile? (I recognize it isn’t to everybody but there is nothing my mouth hates more than bitter flavors. Coffee is the worst flavor in existence and to me, as chocolate gets darker it tastes more like coffee.) ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/27 "2013-12-24T00:40:11Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ohferchrissake… Get a room, you two! You’re just jealous of our beautiful sweet love. 😛 > [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I usually go for Ghirardelli, like **Serrafina** says (only dark, and rarely that), but I can totally get behind your rant when it comes to a lot of products. This practice drives me BONKERS. Just be honest and raise the damned price okay? Don’t try to be all sneaky with misleading sizing and packaging. For instance, jars that have a ridiculously GIANT concave bottom, which typical in some face creams, what makes it more annoying is that they’re typically packaged in a shrink wrapped box, so you don’t know this until you get it home. (of course I avoid those brands like the plague once I am fooled by this). Or whipping the product so you can pay the same for air (whipped icing is an example of this). > [@](#): > > And now…back to the choco porn. 🙂 Bow-chica-wow-wow! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/28 "2013-12-26T21:46:03Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > But what about the fact that dark chocolate is amazingly vile? > > (I recognize it isn’t to everybody but there is nothing my mouth hates more than bitter flavors. Coffee is the worst flavor in existence and to me, as chocolate gets darker it tastes more like coffee.) Death is sweet and smooth. Life has sharp edges. Dark chocolate makes you feel alive. I mean, I can only drink hot cocoa if it has coffee in it, otherwise it is just too insipid. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/29 "2013-12-26T23:55:11Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Dark chocolate makes you feel alive. It makes you feel better if you have a cough, at least: > [@Wikipedia](#): > > A 2004 study published by Imperial College London concluded that theobromine has an antitussive (cough-reducing) effect superior to codeine by suppressing vagus nerve activity. In the study, 1000mg theobromine (equivalent to ~71g dark chocolate) significantly increased the threshold of capsaicin concentration required to induce coughs when compared with a placebo. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine) ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/30 "2013-12-27T03:03:06Z")
I hate Hershey’s chocolate. Not slamming those who do, but as a kid/teen I never understood “chocoholic” jokes because I didn’t LIKE chocolate (read: Hershey’s), much less love it. I’m glad I discovered the wide world of chocolates. I _do_ like/love chocolate and it’s cool discovering different “schools” of chocolate making and what qualities different chocolatiers value most. I _will_ defend milk chocolate. An expertly-made milk chocolate can be every bit as exquisite as an expertly-made dark chocolate – _in different ways_. Insisting that extremely dark chocolate is the only chocolate worth considering is similar to “coffee must be served black and unsweetened” and “[spicy dish] needs to be spiced to near inhuman levels to be _really_ appreciated” – an attitude that is just as limited as the opposite attitude it decries and one that always has at least a whiff of insecurity. Like what you like. No need to proclaim that your preference is the only way to truly appreciate/enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/31 "2013-12-27T03:20:50Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > But what about the fact that dark chocolate is amazingly vile? What about, “you’re entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts” 😉 Its a grown-up acquired taste, Ill admit. Milk chocolate is for children. Who dont know any better. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/32 "2013-12-27T03:29:52Z")
I like all chocolate. Fancy expensive Belgian. Swiss. Even Hershey’s, which I’ve never gotten the hate for. (We even visited Hershey, Pennsylvania last year.) While I do prefer thicker chocolate to thin, the words “hate chocolate” just do not appear together in my vocabulary. Except in that previous sentence. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/33 "2013-12-27T03:36:18Z")
Dont you find Hershey’s a bit waxy and oddly chalky at the same time tho? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/34 "2013-12-27T03:39:21Z")
No, I don’t. Maybe Thai food has burned out my taste buds, but I like Hershey’s just fine. Sure, it’s not my first choice, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/35 "2013-12-27T03:39:52Z")
[Trader Joe’s Pound Plus Belgian Dark Chocolate.](http://m.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=362) At $4.99 for 17.6 ounces, it is the best deal around for excellent imported bittersweet dark chocolate. Thick and heavy too. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/36 "2013-12-27T03:45:37Z")
Hershey’s has a coconutty taste to me and my wife. We believe that it’s due to the use of palm oil in the production of the chocolate, but we’re not experts. 😉 We generally avoid Hershey’s for this reason, Cadbury and other chocolates don’t seem to have this issue. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/37 "2013-12-27T04:12:56Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > What about, “you’re entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts” 😉 > > Its a grown-up acquired taste, Ill admit. Milk chocolate is for children. Who dont know any better. Well, at least you have being needlessly insulting going for you. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/38 "2013-12-27T15:37:04Z")
Is carob anything similar to chocolate? I had a carob bar, and it didn’t taste too bad-but is it anything like chocolate (chemically)? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/39 "2013-12-27T15:51:10Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Is carob anything similar to chocolate? I had a carob bar, and it didn’t taste too bad-but is it anything like chocolate (chemically)? It is to chocolate what chicory is to coffee. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987/40 "2013-12-27T16:03:57Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Well, at least you have being needlessly insulting going for you. Chill! You insult my dark chocolate/you insult me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987.md?page=3)