# Raspberry & Chocolate together: Yes or No? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957 "2001-11-29T17:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/1 "2001-11-29T17:20:20Z")
I say no, and I’m sick and tired of perfectly good chocolate, hot cocoa, cakes, and tortes being ruined by the addition of raspberries. I don’t mine raspberries by themselves. But they do not go with chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/2 "2001-11-29T17:22:27Z")
But have you ever had chocolate ice cream with swirls of raspberry sherbert running through it? Can’t remember what company makes it, but it’s dreeeeemy. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/3 "2001-11-29T17:29:56Z")
Yummy! Chocolate and cherries too! Actually, chocolate and just about anything are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/4 "2001-11-29T17:31:57Z")
In my experience, chocolate is yummy with any kind of fruit, except maybe tomatoes and avocados. I like it with rasberry. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/5 "2001-11-29T17:34:15Z")
Fresh raspberries dipped in melted dark chocolate and allowed to dry. Yum!! Works with strawberries, too. (And carrot, I guess, if you like.) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/6 "2001-11-29T17:36:53Z")
Raspberries and chocolate (either regular or white) make the baby Jesus dance for joy. Although I think processed berries (like in a coulis to complement a chocolate dessert) go better than fresh. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/7 "2001-11-29T17:45:40Z")
Abso-tootly… A little Raspberry liqueur brushed on a chocolate cake before icing is pretty damn hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/8 "2001-11-29T17:52:07Z")
Raspberry and chocolate is my favorite combination. I can’t get enough of it. Cheesecake Factory’s Dark Chocolate Raspberry cheesecake is heavenly. Pepperidge Farm just came out with Raspberry Chocolate Milanos. I don’t let the kids near them. Hershey’s makes raspberry chocolate chips and I use them when I make fudge. Those chocolate oranges you smack on the table to break open now come in dark and milk chocolate with raspberry. I make a killer chocolate rum raspberry cake. Oh, yeah. Good stuff. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/9 "2001-11-29T17:52:20Z")
I’m in the NO category. I also feel that way about strawberries and cherries. Don’t even get me started on the abomination that is chocolate and orange… Chocolate with about anything else is divine. But I can do without the fruit. (ooh, except maybe bananas) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/10 "2001-11-29T17:59:22Z")
“Pepperidge Farm just came out with Raspberry Chocolate Milanos. I don’t let the kids near them.” -DAMN Pepperidge Farm! Damn them to HELL! They obviously don’t “remembah” that I am trying to squeeze back into last year’s size 8s . . . ---
**Author:** ![GeorgeBushTheSecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@GeorgeBushTheSecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeorgeBushTheSecond)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/11 "2001-11-29T18:13:07Z")
Normally I agree with Cranky but not on this one; raspberries and chocolate do go together; just not in a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/12 "2001-11-29T18:15:39Z")
Yes yes yes yes Oh my God yes. Flourless chocolate cake with a raspberry sauce. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/13 "2001-11-29T18:22:15Z")
There is no better way to end a meal than with something chocolate accompanied by a little Chambord. For my money, chocolate and raspberry go together better than any other combination of foods I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/14 "2001-11-29T18:24:54Z")
NO WAY!!! This, to me, has always been one of the least understandable concoctions known to man. I guess the only chocolate-and-fruit combo I like is chocolate-and-cherry. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/15 "2001-11-29T18:37:25Z")
Raspberry and a sweet chocolate, not the bitter stuff. And the fewer the seeds, the better. But oh yum, fruit and chocolate. Man, I’m gonna miss chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/16 "2001-11-29T19:09:46Z")
It took me a long time to cultivate a taste for this particular combination. Mostly, I like my chocolate to taste chocolatey, not fruity or tangy or anything else. But, as **Porcupine** mentioned, flourless chocolate cake with just a wee drizzle of raspberry sauce is nice every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/17 "2001-11-29T19:13:14Z")
Hell yes! There’s a great bakery around here, and every year for the past 4 or 5 on my birthday I’ve gotten their chocolate-raspberry mouse cake. Divine! (or Eartlhy, but still damned good, depending on your particular religious beliefs regarding chocolate and raspberries). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/18 "2001-11-29T19:13:55Z")
No, thanks. I’m also not partial to chocolate and cream cheese. So, raspberry chocolate cheesecake is right out. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/19 "2001-11-29T19:16:33Z")
**Cranky** , I’ve always held you in the highest respect, but here I’m pretty sure you’re outa your flurkin’ mind. Godiva raspberry/chocolate truffle ice cream… ::drool:: Also, if either **porcupine** or **DarkWriter** hear a knock at the door, it’s me. I’ll be begging for coffee and desserts. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957/20 "2001-11-29T19:34:13Z")
I personally believe that raspberries are the tool of the devil, and should not be used in any of my food, ever. On the other hand, there’s a raspberry beer (Abita Purple Haze) that’s very good, so I’ll allow that one exception. But keep them away from my chocolate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-chocolate-together-yes-or-no/95957.md?page=2)