# What is your favorite flavor of chocolate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791 "2010-12-20T03:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 20, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/1 "2010-12-20T03:22:02Z")
For me, it’s milk chocolate, followed closely by dark, with white chocolate in dead last far behind the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/2 "2010-12-20T04:17:15Z")
Dark chocolate for me please. If I can be extremely specific, I’ll take Valrhona Guanaja 70%. Much more than 70-75% cocoa tends to be just a bit too bitter for my tastes, though Valrhona does have an 85% cocoa bar that’s quite tasty. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/3 "2010-12-20T04:17:40Z")
I voted “dark”, but only because you forgot “bacon”. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/4 "2010-12-20T04:19:17Z")
Dark by far. Milk is ok and white doesn’t even register as chocolate to me. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/5 "2010-12-20T04:20:23Z")
You forgot to make the poll public and have an “I hate chocolate” option so we could identify the freaks and drive them from our midst! _ahem_ Dark for me please. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/6 "2010-12-20T04:22:29Z")
The freaks will still have a voice! Er, I mean, I don’t like chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/7 "2010-12-20T04:22:45Z")
Milk, and the cheap stuff at that. I’ll take a Hershey or Symphony Bar over Godiva or [something else expensive] any day. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/8 "2010-12-20T04:23:56Z")
Dark for sure, though milk has its place (I still far prefer dark, though). White chocolate is the most disgusting substance on the face of this planet and I have no idea why people love it so goddamned much. Nothing makes me rage harder than going through the drive thru at Starbucks for my mocha, only to discover-- once I’m at work-- that those fuckers gave me a white mocha. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/9 "2010-12-20T04:24:22Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > The freaks will still have a voice! > > Er, I mean, I don’t like chocolate. You didn’t have to repeat yourself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/10 "2010-12-20T04:27:30Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > You didn’t have to repeat yourself. 😉 Quiet, you! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/11 "2010-12-20T07:18:22Z")
I like dark chocolate, but I can only handle it in small amounts. Which I guess is the idea, but typically I want a chocolate I can continually snack on. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/12 "2010-12-20T09:34:28Z")
I like my chocolate like I like my women, white. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/13 "2010-12-20T13:17:21Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Dark chocolate for me please. If I can be extremely specific, I’ll take Valrhona Guanaja 70%. Much more than 70-75% cocoa tends to be just a bit too bitter for my tastes, though Valrhona does have an 85% cocoa bar that’s quite tasty. Me too. 70% is good (I like Green & Blacks, personally), but I’m pretty sure that the varieties with more than that exist largely for people to brag about liking. They’re interesting/novel in very small doses, but I have trouble believing many people really enjoy them (and I can tell from the faces of some that they definitely don’t). ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/14 "2010-12-20T14:24:52Z")
I like white chocolate best of the three, especially with fruits. White chocolate raspberry mousse = heaven. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/15 "2010-12-20T14:53:03Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Me too. 70% is good (I like Green & Blacks, personally), but I’m pretty sure that the varieties with more than that exist largely for people to brag about liking. They’re interesting/novel in very small doses, but I have trouble believing many people really enjoy them (and I can tell from the faces of some that they definitely don’t). Or, you know, people might not be exactly like you. Heck, I can (and occasionally do) buy 85% bars in Kroger. Not exactly a specialty market. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/16 "2010-12-20T20:30:58Z")
I might be unusual, in that my preference list goes dark, white, milk. I do indeed enjoy extra dark like 85%, though I like regular sweet/semi-sweet chocolate as well. But I also love white chocolate. Even the best milk chocolate is really just pretty good, though. I’ve always tended to the extreme ends of food spectra. I like beers that are really hoppy or really malty. I like Scotch that’s peaty and Bourbon that’s oaky. I also like living in small towns or big cities. No middle of the road stuff for me! Not sure what that says about me. Not so big on subtlety, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/17 "2010-12-20T20:36:47Z")
I know white chocolate isn’t really chocolate, and I know it’s total crap, but I like it anyway . . . especially with almonds or coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/18 "2010-12-20T20:47:55Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > \>snip!\< > > Er, I mean, I don’t like chocolate. :::eyes \*\*Asimovian \*\*with distrustful glare::: :dubious: you, my sister AND my niece. you’ve been assimilated by the borg or something - haven’t you?!?😃 milk chocolate for me. dark is not lovely. i have no idea what white tastes like. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/19 "2010-12-20T20:54:03Z")
I’m an idiot who doesn’t know what’s good. Like my women. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791/20 "2010-12-20T21:05:07Z")
> [@Scubaqueen](#): > > : > milk chocolate for me. dark is not lovely. i have no idea what white tastes like. White chocolate tastes like Easter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-chocolate/564791.md?page=2)