Let's Talk Pro-Chocolate: Real Kinds We Like, How We Eat/Use Them

SafariGalNYC

I’m in love. 😋

SafariGalNYC

Pretty good. Always on the lookout for an extra dark chocolate..

claireychn074

One of my New Year’s resolutions; to try a different type of chocolate every week. 😀

And not just different flavours of Lindt’s dark chocolate - as that would be easy.

I prefer dark choc over sweet milk chocolate but I’m willing to suffer in my quest to meet my resolution. I’ll report back!

springlering62

claireychn074 wrote: »

One of my New Year’s resolutions; to try a different type of chocolate every week. 😀

And not just different flavours of Lindt’s dark chocolate - as that would be easy.

I prefer dark choc over sweet milk chocolate but I’m willing to suffer in my quest to meet my resolution. I’ll report back!

You’ve never been to the Lindt factory outlet, have you.

OMG. 😱😱😱😱

Dragonfruit. Strawberry and black pepper.

It’s like World of Coke here, where at the end you get to try flavors from around the world. But in chocolate outlet store form.

claireychn074

springlering62 wrote: »

claireychn074 wrote: »

One of my New Year’s resolutions; to try a different type of chocolate every week. 😀

And not just different flavours of Lindt’s dark chocolate - as that would be easy.

I prefer dark choc over sweet milk chocolate but I’m willing to suffer in my quest to meet my resolution. I’ll report back!

You’ve never been to the Lindt factory outlet, have you.

OMG. 😱😱😱😱

Dragonfruit. Strawberry and black pepper.

It’s like World of Coke here, where at the end you get to try flavors from around the world. But in chocolate outlet store form.

Ohhh wow - where is that? I need to go!!

springlering62

claireychn074 wrote: »

springlering62 wrote: »

claireychn074 wrote: »

One of my New Year’s resolutions; to try a different type of chocolate every week. 😀

And not just different flavours of Lindt’s dark chocolate - as that would be easy.

I prefer dark choc over sweet milk chocolate but I’m willing to suffer in my quest to meet my resolution. I’ll report back!

You’ve never been to the Lindt factory outlet, have you.

OMG. 😱😱😱😱

Dragonfruit. Strawberry and black pepper.

It’s like World of Coke here, where at the end you get to try flavors from around the world. But in chocolate outlet store form.

Ohhh wow - where is that? I need to go!!

There’s several in continental Europe. The one we went to was about a mile or two outside Aachen Centrum. If you happen to go to Aachen, the cathedral is magnificent. Tiled head to toe in gilded mosaic. Like walking into a jewelry box. And the Treasury is simply astonishing. First time I’ve ever been in a building where the entire building was a vault. Bring an extra bag or carry-on for the Lindt outlet.
Btw we went to the Lindt outlet in Stuttgart and it was nothing like the wild selection in Aachen, which is attached to the plant.

AnnPT77

I wasn't sure whether to put this on the produce thread or the chocolate thread, because it's both. And for some who are in those threads as their mainstream direction, they might object to this. (That's not a diss. It's an admission that I know my tastes can be . . . atypical.)

I bought these at Costco yesterday, have eaten a few, and found them quite delightful. They aren't very sweet at all, which - in this context - is a feature to me, not a bug. Often chocolate-coated fruits have the fruits all sugared-up to taste harmonious with the chocolate. Sometimes - often - they don't even taste like the fruit. Here, they seem to have kept the chocolate very dark, not so sweet, to make the chocolate IMO about the same sweetness as the figs. It even seems like decent chocolate. I like it. They're not big, but jeez . . . 23 calories per piece?!? I'm in.




Apologies for the glare and bag-curvature in the photos: This was the best snap I could get with my phone.

I admit I'm LOL-ing a little about the paleo certification. I'm sure paleolithic people had chocolate covered ground figs.