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Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 3,128

shantell Apr 8, 2006

I'm not a big chocolate fan....I here the gasps!!!

But, I'm having a sweet tooth...big chocolate craving and am wondering what brands/types you folks like?

Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,645

kbonsall Apr 8, 2006

Mine is Godiva! MMMM!!!I am not a big fan of chocolate either but the exception is Godiva or Reese's PB cups!

Here is the Godiva link - they are kinda pricey - http://www.godiva.com/welcome.aspx

Here are few of my favorites..

Open Oyster
A creamy blend of finely ground hazelnuts and milk chocolate in a milk chocolate shell.

Praliné Heart
A creamy blend of finely ground hazelnuts and milk chocolate in a heart shaped milk chocolate shell.

Nippon
Milk chocolate surrounding hazelnut praliné and crisped rice, decorated in dark chocolate.

Chestnut
Chocolate cream and hazelnut praliné in milk chocolate.

I had tons of Godiva at my wedding - both for the guests as favors and on the book signing table (I had two glass bowls full of them and by the time we were ready to go into the ballroom, they were all gone!)

Luton
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beary_clairey Apr 8, 2006

CADBURYS !! Oh yeah baby !!!

LOL

Claire

Luton
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beary_clairey Apr 8, 2006

Kim,

Those peanut butter cups do sound good though!!!

I like the peanut butter Hershey bar !!! Yum!!

Claire

Ontario
Posts: 87

Matthea Apr 8, 2006

Green and Blacks! It's organic, fairtrade and simply heavenly! My favorite is the one with the caramel filling. We got spoiled with their chocolate and now only use their cocoa for home baking too. MmmmmMMmm

http://www.greenandblacks.com/

and this Blue Toblerone (only found in Switzerland and European dutyfree airport shops) is a close second...
Anyone Swiss on these boards?? I will do nearly anything to get my hands on these!

I keep editing because I'm such a chocoholic!!
I too love Godiva! My favs are the milk chocolate raspberry-buttercream crowns, followed by the dark chocolate raspberry starfish.

Acid Attic Bears
Versailles
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Marion Apr 8, 2006

I'm a big chocolate fan ! I love Lindt 70% cacao, which I prefer in small squares of 5 gramms

Les chocolats de Beussent are my fovorites "pralinés"

http://www.choco-france.com/produits.html

but the Côte d'Or pralinés are great too
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(not sure it's the good one, but it's the same shape)

The "Suchard Dessert" is marvelous too !

(the new Van Hounten for cooking is not bad either but I prefer the Suchard. The Nestlé à Cuire is good too bear_original ).

Mmm... Now I want some chocolate !
bear_cry
(it's 1.31 a.m.... Not the time for chocolate bear_sad )

Lots of hugs,
Marion bear_original

Humble-Crumble Collectors Bears
Essex, England
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vkallum Apr 8, 2006

Any Chocolate .................... the darker the better. My absolute favourite comes from France (I've only ever found it there) and I can't remember the brand. It's dark chocolate and contains cherry pieces, almond bits and little lumps of nougat. Heavenly.

Fuzzbutt Bears
Columbus Ohio
Posts: 87

krystolla Apr 8, 2006

Lindt. Definitely. Absolutely the best truffles and they make these thin slices of chocolate that just melt on your tongue. Lindt's white chocolate isn't as good as Godiva's, but I prefer milk or dark chocolate. I find Godiva generally a little too bitter (and pricy!) and Hershey's too sweet. I admit it, I'm a chocolate snob.

If you have a "Trader Joe's" store near you, their chocolate is really good too -- they actually have their own brand of chocolate (although the "Trader Joe's" on the label is pretty small). It's also really well priced for very good chocolate -- maybe $2 for a package of three bars.

-- Erika
Fuzzbutt Bears

Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,645

kbonsall Apr 8, 2006

If you werent so far away, Shantell, I would give you a bite of mine (eating it now, now that I had a craving for it LOL)

Oh more info on price - this bar is 1.5 oz (43g) for $2.75 so it is pricey but SOOOO WORTH IT! And now that I finished the whole bar, I feel like a piggy!

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Dilu Apr 8, 2006

Lindt

Ritter Sport

Godiva

Dove

Hersey's Symphoney

and then if I am slumming- Snickers minis

I'll eat your share honey,

bear_tongue

Oh and the hot chocolate that I had at the hotel in Denmark in 1968 was pure, thick, rich decadant and had to be sinful- and I have never found it again anywhere, I really wish I knew how they did that-

sigh

bear_cry

Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
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kbonsall Apr 8, 2006

I knew you would get into this topic, Dilu! LOL :hug:

BrozZ BearZ
Toowoomba
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BrozZ BearZ Apr 8, 2006

I LOVE Lindor chocolates!

They melt in your mouth!

Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
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shantell Apr 9, 2006

kbonsall wrote:

If you werent so far away, Shantell, I would give you a bite of mine (eating it now, now that I had a craving for it LOL)
Oh more info on price - this bar is 1.5 oz (43g) for $2.75 so it is pricey but SOOOO WORTH IT! And now that I finished the whole bar, I feel like a piggy!

Oink oink...but it's the thought that counts, right!!!

Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
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Daphne Apr 9, 2006

Milk chocolate of any kind.
Peanutbutter cups are my favorite.
Hot chocolate in my coffee.

Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,645

kbonsall Apr 9, 2006

shantell wrote:

kbonsall wrote:
If you werent so far away, Shantell, I would give you a bite of mine (eating it now, now that I had a craving for it LOL)
Oh more info on price - this bar is 1.5 oz (43g) for $2.75 so it is pricey but SOOOO WORTH IT! And now that I finished the whole bar, I feel like a piggy!
Oink oink...but it's the thought that counts, right!!!

HE HE HE... I enjoyed it though LMAO

Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 3,128

shantell Apr 9, 2006

I don't have a favorite but I LOVE Chocolate Reisens...but I think it's the caramel more than the chocolate.

I can eat the WHOLE bag in one sitting and then whine that my jaws hurt... bear_wacko

Kim-Bee Bears
Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,645

kbonsall Apr 9, 2006

shantell wrote:

I don't have a favorite but I LOVE Chocolate Reisens...but I think it's the caramel more than the chocolate.
I can eat the WHOLE bag in one sitting and then whine that my jaws hurt... :wacko:

bear_laugh

Jane Perala Designs Ltd.
Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
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Jane Perala Apr 9, 2006

I LOVE all chocolate - I'll eat anything as long as it has the word chocolate in the description!

Jane P.

scotland
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nettie Apr 9, 2006

I like Bournville,greenand blacks ,galaxy ,but most of all cadbury's.I have tasted the peanut butter cups but I just don't like peanut butter mixed with anything.A long long time agoin a place faraway my ex husband made pasta with a green pepper and peanut butter sauce!!!!???since then I hate it with anything but toast.
The worst thing I ever tasted was a slice of toast(I thought it was buttered) with dairylee and syrup!!!yuk ,mind you once we were having an outdoor birthday party in the sunshine.I was whipping cream on a huge garden table,Isplashed some on my finger and sucked it off,it was in fact bird********it.That takes a lot of beating!!!!
Sorry I spoiled the lovely chocolate thread!!!
Diane xxx

Doodlebears
UK
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doodlebears Celebration AmbassadorApr 9, 2006

CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS
CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS CADBURYS

Oh yeah I like Cadburys chocolate!

And my mostist favourite...drooling now!!!!...is 'FRYs TURKISH DELIGHT'

Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jane bear_tongue

K M Bears
UK
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kerrenmorris Apr 9, 2006

Thorntons Wisky truffles mmmmmmmmmmmm

Terries Bears
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
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Terrie Apr 9, 2006

Wow all of this chocolate looks so good!!!.....even first thing in the morning bear_grin I like my chocolate mixed......with carmel or nuts or raisins or peanut butter, or..... etc. My favorite is Quality Street.

Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 3,128

shantell Apr 9, 2006

eat straight out of Nutella chocolate jars.

Guilty...I love Nutella...warmed poured over vanilla icecream!!! SIMPLY HEAVEN!!!

Wild Thyme Originals
Hudson, Ohio
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WildThyme Apr 9, 2006

Not picky here!!!! I'll take it any way I can get it! man... when I was a kid I used to eat the bittersweet BAKING chocolate that my Mom used to hide in the pantry for making homemade cakes! Awful... I know~! bear_whistle She'd buy it... then everytime she went to make a cake, it was GONE!