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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:56 PM
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Poll question: What's your favorite Chocolate?
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 05:00 PM by corarose
We use to buy Frango Mints, Fanny Mae's, Godiva's and Swiss Colony.

My Dog ate Chocolates and he never died off of them and his favorite was Fanny Mae's. I love Frango Mints myself.

What's your favorite commercial Chocolate?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:57 PM
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1. Milka
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 04:58 PM by trotsky
On edit: Adding website (http://www.milka.de/home/home.html)

Had it in Germany a LOT, brought back a ton but it only lasted a few weeks. :(
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:01 PM
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7. They sell it here!
I've seen Milka in ethnic shops here (Milwaukee is heavily German). I've also seen an occasional bar at -- Target.

For like four times what it costs in Germany, of course.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:08 PM
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13. It's so good!
Yes, I'll see it at expensive grocery stores here in Minnesota from time to time.

For like four times what it costs in Germany, of course.

Naturally. The reason I ate so much of it over there was they'd put it on sale for a mark (~ $.65 at the time). Those were the days.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:59 PM
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2. Dove Dark Chocolate
Excellent.
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pistoff democrat Donating Member (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:59 PM
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3. Oh, my, yes!
yum
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:01 PM
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6. Thanks
I don't eat very much candy aside from Gummy Candies so I forgot about Dove.
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pistoff democrat Donating Member (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:00 PM
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4. Turtles
gooey, sweet, creamy, sticky caramel with lots of nuts and chocolate wrapped around it - textures, tastes, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:01 PM
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5. None
that stuff is hideous. I cant even stand the smell of choclate

EEEWWWW, gross, :puke: blah

DDQM
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nannygoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:02 PM
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8. Mint meltaways are my absolute favorite! n/t
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:03 PM
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9. E.Wedel (nt)
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:04 PM
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10. I voted Dove (I like milk choc; my daughter, dark) and NUTELLA!!
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:05 PM
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11. Godiva Chocolate for me!
I've never had this dove stuff... hmm.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:08 PM
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12. Chocolate gives me migraines. Pity me.
I can eat it, but within 24 hours I get a headache so bad I call it a "chocolate hangover." :(
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:16 PM
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14. Ritter Sport
I love Dove, too, so that's what I voted for.
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:18 PM
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15. I said I was going to scream if anybody said "Hersheys"
But TWO votes?? I'm too winded to scream even.
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:20 PM
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16. BTW
I like Ice Cubes.
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pistoff democrat Donating Member (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:29 PM
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21. Heaven!
Ice Cubes

oh, my...smooth creamy chocolate tasting better and better as they melt away into your mouth...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:13 PM
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25. It was a joke
No one is voting for Frango Mints?
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omshanti Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:20 PM
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17. Lindt truffles
Hazelnut and dark chocolate are my two faves
mmmm......
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:28 PM
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35. Yuck, yuck, double yuck! The absolute worst tasting trash ever!
Just bought my first and last bag of that Krap. UGH!
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:22 PM
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18. Ghirardelli.
Makes me homesick, and I'm not even from No. California.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 06:06 PM
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46. Ditto. But only the dark, please n/t
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:26 PM
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19. Leysieffer
Or Rausch Tobago


www.rausch.de
www.leysieffer.de
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:26 PM
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20. lindt white chocolate
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:43 PM
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22. I have a friend who will not eat chocolate
Becuase of cocoa bean slavery on the Ivory Coast. It's children, by the way, so i guess that disturbed her. I've tried to tell her that surely not all chocolate is made on the Ivory Coast, she contends that you just can't be sure, so she'd given chocolate up altogether, though I imagine as the holidays draw nearer she'll find it harder.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:26 PM
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26. Schwartz's bookshops (an indie chain out here) carried this fair-trade
chocolate. They had a variety with little chunks of ginger in it. It was, of course, not cheap. But. Mmmm.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 05:44 PM
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23. Any One of Those Little Chocolate Stores in Belgium
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:09 PM
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24. best serious chocolate, Valrhona; otherwise, Russell Stovers
valrhona rocks! get the one with the highest cocoa content you can find, zap it in the microwave and dip yer strawberries or apples or bananas in it--fantastico! or eat it plain and savor the AMAZING flavor and texture
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:50 PM
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27. Harbor Sweets, made by a small company in Salem, MA.
You can go on tours of the place, which I haven't had a chance to do as yet, and I think employees can eat all the chocolate they want (if I remember correctly). The candy is really good, but it kept getting more and more expensive so my mother doesn't buy me any for Christmas any more. :-( A lot of the candy has nautical themes, either the shape of the piece of candy or embossed on the candy.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:52 PM
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28. Munson's Chocolate--any of it, especially milk chocolate--available in
CT only.
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MaryBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:57 PM
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29. I voted Cadburry (sp?), cause I love those
Cadburry Cream Eggs at Easter, and the Fruit and Nut Bars. But Kraft bought them out and now I'm uneasy when I enjoy them.

Also love chocolate covered cherries that are sold at Christmas.

My REAL fav, though is genuine Belgian Chocolate - hard to get here.
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:57 PM
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30. I love Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries by
That shitty brand for two bucks.
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kayleybeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 10:32 PM
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31. Godiva
or what's that other one that starts with a P? Perra-something? They're both really good.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 10:36 PM
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32. Swiss Colony?
Wow! haven't thought about them in a long time. Used to have one in our mall, and I'd go there and get those soft centered/candy shelled michigan cherries and sour apple candies. Yummy!!

They left that mall a long time ago. I figured the company had gone under.

But I didn't vote for their chocolate. I went Cadburry (however the hell it's spelled). But only the ones that actually come from England - that is, someone in England buys it, and brings it here for me. Much better than the version they make for the US.
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 10:44 PM
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33. We use to order $400.00 dollars worth because they would give your credit
You would pay them $25.00 bucks a month and huge boxes would arrive at your house.
They had some good Pumpkin Butter, Peach Butter and things like that. They also had chocolate covered raspberries which were so good.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:26 PM
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34. Chocolate from Watson's or Condrells in Buffalo, New York
And Platters from Niagara Falls.

You haven't tasted chocolate till you've tasted chocolate from Buffalo, NY. The rest just stinks. Including the one's you've mentioned.

You haven't lived till you've tasted chocolate from Buffalo.

Same for Hawaiian Chocolate - made from cocoa beans grown in Hawaii - No Ka Oi!

So far, I think that "Lindt" they advertise on TV lately is the absolute WORST - very salty and cheap tasting. Perfectly horrible krap.
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Blade Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:29 PM
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36. I don't care too much for chocolate..
I can live with or w/o it.
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:11 AM
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37. Has anyone ever heard of Cerettas
They make the candy that you buy at rest stops on the highway. Ummmm now that's some good stuff.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 06:40 PM
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48. They are right here in Glendale, Arizona.
They make INCREDIBLE sugar free chocolates. If you have friends that have diabetes or avoid simple carbs, it's the perfect gift. Just divine stuff.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 01:10 AM
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38. Godiva
and the Godiva liquor is awesome too!
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:53 PM
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39. Lindt, Lindt, Lindt. End of discussion.
Especially their 70% cocoa stuff.

Honorable mention goes to Ritter Sport for their filled chocolates (I especially like the marzipan).
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 01:34 PM
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40. Dark chocolate covered coffee beans from Trader Joe's. . .
For Xmas, they have a four-flavor container: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate and Latte Chocolate.

:9 :9 :9
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 02:14 PM
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41. See's Chocolates are my favorite.
They used to be local to Southern California, but now are available everywhere, I think.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 02:49 PM
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42. Hershey's Special Dark.
flame away
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LiviaOlivia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:41 PM
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43. Euphoria Chocolate and Moonstruck
Local Oregon chocolatiers. Pricey but once you try this stuff you
are changed forever. Euphoria's truffles are heaven.
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 05:38 PM
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44. "Favorite Chocolate"--Katie's on the Cove
You won't find better anywhere. Katie's of Robbinston, Maine uses nothing but the best ingredients to produce candy that is too damn good and it's a half hour up the road for me. Try the coffee creams. Yum!
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 05:43 PM
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45. Belgian chocolates from Chocolatier Manon...
are the best I've ever had:)
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 06:38 PM
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47. York Peppermint Patties so I picked other.
But I've tried all of the listed, and Hershey's still wins.

KISS is nearly always the best policy, it would seem.
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