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I earnestly recommend that you folks try Ghiradelli chocolates, made in San Leandro, CA, near San Francisco. Say, "Gee-ar-DELLI".
This is a true world class chocolate, whether milk chocolate or dark. There are some new intense darker chocolates that I haven't tried. I suspect that the gentleman who said that more than 65% cocoa is too gritty knows wereof he speaks. More than 12 years doesn't do a lot for Scotch, either.
My favorites Ghiradellis are the squares, in bags. You can even find them at Target, although the candy is more of a Neiman-Marcus sort. One can also get bars. Many grocers have them.
My favorites are milk chocolate, dark chocolate with raspberry filling, and plain dark chocolate. The last goes especially well with coffee and strawberries.
New are peanut butter and caramel fillings. I usually give a couple of the squares to my two favorite waitresses when they bring the bill, and both think the caramel- filled are superb.
One of these girls has a degree in Psychology, and she teasingly called me an "enabler", tempting her to eat too much candy after letting her discover how delicious these items are. My barber also likes them. She prefers the regular milk chocolate, although I haven't given her the dark choc. with raspberry filling or the caramel filled ones yet.
I called the company this week, and they do NOT source their peanut butter from those plants that had a salmonella scare earlier this year.
I also very much like Lindt & Sprungli chocolates from Switzerland. They have some with hazelnuts and a wonderul dark chocolate with orange slices. This difers from the also good orange filling and the raspberry filling, which I also favor. But I've had a few of their filled bars that had the filling dried out, probably due to shipping times and being too long on the grocer's shelf. They now date the bars. Check for this date on the back.
I believe that if you try these products, your appreciation of candy bars will be changed. The only rub is that they do cost more. But how much candy should you really be eating?
In cheaper bars, I concede that Snicker's is very appealing. Author Stephen Coonts has even mentioned Snickers bars favorably in his spy novels.
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This is a true world class chocolate, whether milk chocolate or dark. There are some new intense darker chocolates that I haven't tried. I suspect that the gentleman who said that more than 65% cocoa is too gritty knows wereof he speaks. More than 12 years doesn't do a lot for Scotch, either.
My favorites Ghiradellis are the squares, in bags. You can even find them at Target, although the candy is more of a Neiman-Marcus sort. One can also get bars. Many grocers have them.
My favorites are milk chocolate, dark chocolate with raspberry filling, and plain dark chocolate. The last goes especially well with coffee and strawberries.
New are peanut butter and caramel fillings. I usually give a couple of the squares to my two favorite waitresses when they bring the bill, and both think the caramel- filled are superb.
One of these girls has a degree in Psychology, and she teasingly called me an "enabler", tempting her to eat too much candy after letting her discover how delicious these items are. My barber also likes them. She prefers the regular milk chocolate, although I haven't given her the dark choc. with raspberry filling or the caramel filled ones yet.
I called the company this week, and they do NOT source their peanut butter from those plants that had a salmonella scare earlier this year.
I also very much like Lindt & Sprungli chocolates from Switzerland. They have some with hazelnuts and a wonderul dark chocolate with orange slices. This difers from the also good orange filling and the raspberry filling, which I also favor. But I've had a few of their filled bars that had the filling dried out, probably due to shipping times and being too long on the grocer's shelf. They now date the bars. Check for this date on the back.
I believe that if you try these products, your appreciation of candy bars will be changed. The only rub is that they do cost more. But how much candy should you really be eating?
In cheaper bars, I concede that Snicker's is very appealing. Author Stephen Coonts has even mentioned Snickers bars favorably in his spy novels.
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Skor bar.
tom turner
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Hands down favorite . . . the Mars Toasted Almond Bar . Hope you can still get 'em in Heaven one day, for you can't down here anymore!
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This! But nowadays it's Snickers and Kit-Kats for me.
Jeepnut
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Ritter-Sport anyone?
Particularly the Yogurt...Mmmm.
Particularly the Yogurt...Mmmm.
tyusclan
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Hershey's with almonds, Mounds, Almond Joy, Snickers, Milky Way, Peanut M&M's, Plain M&M's Reese's cups, Kit Kat, Zero, 3 Musketeers, and probably another half dozen or so that I can't think of right now.
I'm what you might call an eclectic when comes to candy.
I'm what you might call an eclectic when comes to candy.
sparkgap
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Frozen...
Fried...
Bob
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Fannie May (out of Chicago) if they're still in existence? The dark chocolate covered orange peel's are a rarely encountered delight!
Seriously though, any/all of their stuff is good to great! They used to have so called "corner stores" through out the Chicago area. I'm sure many if not all of those have been eliminated in the the last 10 or so years I've been gone? I recall them marketing their very own chocolate covered candy bar. In fact, it was even available with a range of fillings IIRC?
I never tasted one, but if your ever in Chicago and your fortunate to find one of their shops extant, you'll probably get a great surprise!
(EDIT) I guess they still do exist!
http://www.fanniemay.com/locator/
Seriously though, any/all of their stuff is good to great! They used to have so called "corner stores" through out the Chicago area. I'm sure many if not all of those have been eliminated in the the last 10 or so years I've been gone? I recall them marketing their very own chocolate covered candy bar. In fact, it was even available with a range of fillings IIRC?
I never tasted one, but if your ever in Chicago and your fortunate to find one of their shops extant, you'll probably get a great surprise!
(EDIT) I guess they still do exist!
http://www.fanniemay.com/locator/
Andy Taylor
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Snickers, closely followed by Milky Way.
labworm
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I'll take one of each mentioned above.
Snickers Almond
cowboy117
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Zero,with Zagnut for chaser.
canoesota
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When I was a kid in the 1960's it was the Bomomo's Turkish Taffy bar. You would smack them on the counter, then open the package and eat the taffy bits!
glypnir
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Well, I like em all, but when it comes to the best, I like Lindt dark chocolate bars.
I probably like the Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Bar the best.
There's an empty wrapper for one on the floor of my car as I write.
But I've had enough chocolate over the years that I even like the 99% cocoa version.
I like that French Callebaut stuff too.
I probably like the Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Bar the best.
There's an empty wrapper for one on the floor of my car as I write.
But I've had enough chocolate over the years that I even like the 99% cocoa version.
I like that French Callebaut stuff too.
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