# Which Nut Goes Best With Chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615 "2010-06-17T23:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/21 "2010-06-18T23:01:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > See, I knew I liked you. Anyone who didn’t pick cashews has never had chocolate covered cashews. Agreed. My favorite nut with chocolate combination. The rest are still pretty good as well. The only one I don’t like very much is chestnut. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/22 "2010-06-18T23:05:14Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > See, I knew I liked you. Anyone who didn’t pick cashews has never had chocolate covered cashews. See, to me, cashews are divine as is. They are my favorite nut. Hazelnuts are just so-so on their own, but with chocolate, they transform into something greater than the sum of its parts. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/23 "2010-06-19T07:33:24Z")
I’ve had chocolate covered Cashews. They are good, but regular cashews are better. But almond and chocolate just has something. I don’t believe I’ve had chocolate and hazlenut, but, in my mind, they’d be more like cashews than almonds. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/24 "2010-06-19T08:03:15Z")
Deez nuts. _points down_ Preferably with a partner… After that, hazelnut. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/25 "2010-06-19T09:40:18Z")
Hazelnut, no question about it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/26 "2010-06-19T09:44:10Z")
Coconut is not a nut. This is why I had to vote for it. Nuts and chocolate are an Abomination Before the Lord. Especially peanuts. (but … mmmmm… Bounty bars…) ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/27 "2010-06-19T10:57:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve had chocolate covered Cashews. They are good, but regular cashews are better. But almond and chocolate just has something. Oh, but have you had cashews covered in _dark_ chocolate?? That there’s some good eatin’! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/28 "2010-06-19T16:43:41Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Coconut is not a nut. This is why I had to vote for it. Nuts and chocolate are an Abomination Before the Lord. Especially peanuts. > > (but … mmmmm… Bounty bars…) Well technically, chestnut and hazelnut are the only true nuts on the list. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/29 "2010-06-19T16:49:17Z")
Definitely hazelnut, from Nutella and the like, through Ferrero Roche and Lindt nut balls, any decent choc-praline, and Nigella’s Frangelico chocolate cake, the evidence is everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/30 "2010-06-20T00:31:45Z")
The only “nut” I can stand with chocolate is the peanut, and even then it’s not something I’ll go out of my way to get\*. Most of the other nuts (and “nuts”) I don’t like at all, but even the ones I can stand, not with my chocolate. \*not with whole peanuts anyway. With peanut butter, that’s an entirely different matter. Chocolate + peanut butter, tis the food of the gods it is. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/31 "2010-06-20T01:14:02Z")
No love for the walnut. hmmph. I like lots of different nuts with different chocolates. Why limit yourself? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/32 "2010-06-20T01:36:12Z")
Cashews. The rich texture and buttery taste of cashew blended with chocolate is pure decadent goodness. Followed closely by peanuts, then almonds. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615/33 "2010-06-20T02:18:31Z")
Nutella exists. Therefore, Hazelnut is the only correct answer. However, Almond is a very pleasant second. And walnuts are awesome in chocolate baked goods. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-goes-best-with-chocolate/543615.md?page=1)