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Why is European candy so better than American candy?
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I think that they are too chewy, sweet and unhealthy, generally speaking. However, you're entitled to your opinion on the matter and I respect yoyr right to have a differing one.
Jude
I respect your opinion also. I haven't tried them in a while, so I don't have a very good opinion here. In my experience, they are very sweet, which isn't necessarily good, and they're very unhealthy.
Eating those Swiss 72% dark chocolate from Costco and it's very yummy. IMO American ones like Kit Kat, Smarties, M&M, and Hershey's have too much of a milk chocolate taste and just has that coating fat feeling on your tongue.
You mean Krispy Kreme.
For a minute I thought you didn't change anything to the quote....I like to visualise your sentence thus.
Unlike most here, Im for Cadburys over Galaxy. I think Thorntons beats either, but the best mainstream UK chocolate I remember is from way back when you could get Meadowland Chocolate Brazils at Christmas. Havent seen those for many years, though.
I think the higher cocoa content is the main UK/US difference; especially Cadburys vs. Hershey.
Ive been round two chocolate factories, a Hersheys in Canada and Lindt in Switzerland; only the Lindt make me feel like buying the entire contents of the gift shop. The 85% Cocoa Lindt is like a triple espresso. Green & Black are running a close second recently though.
I also reckon thinner clocolate tends to taste better than thicker chunks, even of the same brand and recipe. Think Cadburys Animal Bars vs. a slab of Dairy Milk. Or those delectable little wafer-thin squares of pure Lindt...
You don't seem to have discovered the failsafe way of getting several bars of chocolate home from the supermarket without them melting (i.e. eat them in the car park)
I think the higher cocoa content is the main UK/US difference; especially Cadburys vs. Hershey.
Ive been round two chocolate factories, a Hersheys in Canada and Lindt in Switzerland; only the Lindt make me feel like buying the entire contents of the gift shop. The 85% Cocoa Lindt is like a triple espresso. Green & Black are running a close second recently though.
I also reckon thinner clocolate tends to taste better than thicker chunks, even of the same brand and recipe. Think Cadburys Animal Bars vs. a slab of Dairy Milk. Or those delectable little wafer-thin squares of pure Lindt...
aussie chocolate melts. its melting right in my hands here.
You don't seem to have discovered the failsafe way of getting several bars of chocolate home from the supermarket without them melting (i.e. eat them in the car park)
its a very important topic!
by the looks (and tastes) of it - i think cadbury has changed their recipie
i dont know what it is but it now tastes like junk!
and endorphins trigger....Indeed.
Chocolate triggers endorphins, and they are awesome.
i probably OD on endorphins, but o-well
It's quite rare for someone who has never tasted salmiakki to suddenly acquire a taste for it. That said, I have a friend in Australia who just loves Finnish salmiakki-chocolate. It's not as sweet as regular chocolate.
I find a lot of American snacks are just not that nice. A few years ago I was tricked into buying US Coca Cola. Horrible stuff. I can't even remember the taste now, the only thing I remember was inspecting the bottle to make sure I wasn't fobbed off with a cheap imitation. They had some Hersheys and Reeces Pieces too. Unnice.
Oreos aren't bad. But the action there is in the cream layer.
Can't stand mainland Europe stuff either! Spanish, French and Polish produced chocolate is just bleh. It's very bitter stuff. I just end up snacking on imported Lion bars! Swiss and Belgium is very nice though.
Dairy Milk is my go-to bar. Simple chocolate for a simple person. Galaxy is smashing stuff but I prefer that as a treat, or Thorntons if I've been a very good boy.
Oreos aren't bad. But the action there is in the cream layer.
Can't stand mainland Europe stuff either! Spanish, French and Polish produced chocolate is just bleh. It's very bitter stuff. I just end up snacking on imported Lion bars! Swiss and Belgium is very nice though.
Dairy Milk is my go-to bar. Simple chocolate for a simple person. Galaxy is smashing stuff but I prefer that as a treat, or Thorntons if I've been a very good boy.