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Hershey's chocolate lovers
elphie754
Posts: 7,574 Member
Maybe it is just me, but if I buy a large Hershey's chocolate, I end up eating the whole thing. I always tell myself to save some but never do. Just found a solution that works for me. I found Hershey chocolate nuggets. I have found I can leave the bag in the refrigerator, take one out, unwrap it and eat it without going back for more. The act of having to unwrap them individually makes me thing twice about eating more than one. Not sure if this will help anyone else, but thought I'd share in case it does.
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I've read about studies that show that people eat less if the candies are individually wrapped! Good on ya. These have been around for a while, but they're pretty good. I also enjoy the snack sized Reese's eggs and pumpkins.0
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ValeriePlz wrote: »I've read about studies that show that people eat less if the candies are individually wrapped! Good on ya. These have been around for a while, but they're pretty good. I also enjoy the snack sized Reese's eggs and pumpkins.
They obviously haven't seen me around a box of Cadbury's Roses or Quality Street at Christmas
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Yep. I do this with the Organic Ocho from Costco. http://www.ochocandy.com/product-category/pouches/
They are cheap at Costco and come 3 flavors to a bag. So worth it for the little chocolate treat and so much easier to walk away from!1 -
I do this with Hershey's Dark Chocolate Kisses.............yum!2
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
They obviously haven't seen me around a box of Cadbury's Roses or Quality Street at Christmas
Haha! That's an average, @tinkerbellang83, and doesn't account for holiday snack hurricanes.
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I have good control with Ghiradelli dark chocolate squares.5
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I do this with Dove dark chocolate squares. I have one usually every afternoon
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ValeriePlz wrote: »I've read about studies that show that people eat less if the candies are individually wrapped! Good on ya. These have been around for a while, but they're pretty good. I also enjoy the snack sized Reese's eggs and pumpkins.
Not everyone. I can easily eat a bag of Kisses in 2-3 days. Ghirardelli, though, I can limit myself to 2-3 squares.0 -
I find Hershey's inedible as chocolate, I just don't get it, it tastes waxy to me. Those ghirardelli bars and squares though, oof, yes please. And if I'm home visiting the UK, I better be careful. Second the Roses/Quality Street vote.5
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I surprised myself with discovering that I could have 1 of those mini chocolate candies and survive. Then I further surprised myself with discovering that I didn't need any of them to thrive. Freaky.2
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »I surprised myself with discovering that I could have 1 of those mini chocolate candies and survive. Then I further surprised myself with discovering that I didn't need any of them to thrive. Freaky.
Not need chocolate? Does...not...compute9 -
I buy dove dark chocolate candies, the individually wrapped ones. I eat 2 every night. I like Hershey's but didn't see the individually wrapped ones1
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I do like the individually wrapped items. Anything to slow me down long enough to consider the consequences of eating them
Those mini Hershey's kisses from the baking aisle are quite difficult for me. No wrappers to slow me down.0 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »I find Hershey's inedible as chocolate, I just don't get it, it tastes waxy to me. Those ghirardelli bars and squares though, oof, yes please. And if I'm home visiting the UK, I better be careful. Second the Roses/Quality Street vote.
I think as Europeans we might be a little spoiled when it comes to chocolate I also don't get the Hershey's thing, I'm drawn to Lindt, Milka and the like. My husband likes it, so it may have to do with what you were exposed to growing up. 3 -
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Not need chocolate? Does...not...compute
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I'm glad that you found a solution that seems to be working for you--a bit of chocolate is a perfect treat.
Although I'm with the poster above--Hershey's chocolate has really taken a turn for the worse--it's so waxy now! I prefer the Vahlrona discs from Whole Foods for my chocolate fix!0 -
I buy Hershey Kisses around 22 calories per kiss I can easily fit 4-5 in my day if need kills me sweet tooth0
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »I find Hershey's inedible as chocolate, I just don't get it, it tastes waxy to me. Those ghirardelli bars and squares though, oof, yes please. And if I'm home visiting the UK, I better be careful. Second the Roses/Quality Street vote.
I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago. Came home with 15 Double Deckers plus an assortment of Picnics, Topics, Bountys, etc etc.....
One of my happiest moments was when I found out that BJs sell Quality Street in the run up to Christmas.1 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »I find Hershey's inedible as chocolate, I just don't get it, it tastes waxy to me. Those ghirardelli bars and squares though, oof, yes please. And if I'm home visiting the UK, I better be careful. Second the Roses/Quality Street vote.
That's cause Hershey's is basically sweetened, sort of chocolate flavored, brown wax with butyric acid containing milk in it. Butyric acid, by the way, is what makes vomit smell the way it does. It's not good quality chocolate at all.
If Hershey's was my only option for "chocolate", I'd never eat chocolate again.1 -
heiliskrimsli wrote: »
That's cause Hershey's is basically sweetened, sort of chocolate flavored, brown wax with butyric acid containing milk in it. Butyric acid, by the way, is what makes vomit smell the way it does. It's not good quality chocolate at all.
If Hershey's was my only option for "chocolate", I'd never eat chocolate again.
Are you arguing that butyric acid is somehow a sign of poor quality? It's in other dairy products, including butter and parmesan cheese.
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janejellyroll wrote: »
Are you arguing that butyric acid is somehow a sign of poor quality? It's in other dairy products, including butter and parmesan cheese.
I'm saying that a vomit flavored semi-spoiled milk is not an ingredient that I want in chocolate.2 -
heiliskrimsli wrote: »
I'm saying that a vomit flavored semi-spoiled milk is not an ingredient that I want in chocolate.
So you enjoy vomit-flavored semi-spoiled milk in butter and cheese?
Or do you avoid those as well?0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
So you enjoy vomit-flavored semi-spoiled milk in butter and cheese?
Or do you avoid those as well?
How can I put this so that you will understand it?
I love garlic. Garlic, like butyric acid, has its place. I would never eat chocolate that contained garlic because it would taste disgusting.
As far as Hershey's being low quality, it is. That it contains butyric acid is a sign of that - because Hershey used a process to allow him to prolong the shelf life and reduce costs specifically by souring the milk used in the chocolate. High quality chocolate doesn't use soured milk, or PGPR.1 -
Not everyone. I can easily eat a bag of Kisses in 2-3 days. Ghirardelli, though, I can limit myself to 2-3 squares.
Yeah, they say that nuts you have to open (like pistachios or walnuts in shell) have the same property, but I go through those quickly, too. I think the idea was that it helps slow you down and think about each piece, but I dunno, I rip through those pistachios pretty quickly. 1 -
I buy the "snack size" of my favourite chocolate too. I also buy the big bars and weigh out a serving because no Dairy Milk individual Fruit and Nut bars yet haha
Good plan to stay within calories 1 -
heiliskrimsli wrote: »
How can I put this so that you will understand it?
I love garlic. Garlic, like butyric acid, has its place. I would never eat chocolate that contained garlic because it would taste disgusting.
As far as Hershey's being low quality, it is. That it contains butyric acid is a sign of that - because Hershey used a process to allow him to prolong the shelf life and reduce costs specifically by souring the milk used in the chocolate. High quality chocolate doesn't use soured milk, or PGPR.
I think I understand what you're attempting to communicate. The reason I asked follow-up questions is because your initial post seemed as if you were trying to invoke some sensations of disgust towards something that is fairly common in products containing dairy. If you personally don't care for the taste, that's understandable. Given how much people enjoy things like butter and hard cheeses, I think it's rather irrelevant that butyric acid can also be found in vomit.
Enjoying something in one context and disliking it in another is incredibly common.
I would try chocolate and garlic. I actually made a delicious chili last night that had garlic and cocoa powder. Sometimes unusual flavor combinations turn out really well, though I understand that's a personal preference.
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I have two pieces of Hershey chocolates everyday after lunch. Right now were are finishing up a huge bag of the Hershey eggs from Easter. They are so good. Dove also makes some really good varieties of individually wrapped chocolates.1
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ValeriePlz wrote: »
Yeah, they say that nuts you have to open (like pistachios or walnuts in shell) have the same property, but I go through those quickly, too. I think the idea was that it helps slow you down and think about each piece, but I dunno, I rip through those pistachios pretty quickly.
I've seen a man go through a family size bag of in shell peanuts in a day.
Give me Lindt, Ghiradelli, or a Symphony with toffee bar any day!1
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