Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate

[thalberg]

Which is better?

[m1469]

It really depends.  I mean, in some cookies and as a frosting and such, white chocolate can be really good -- but I never really think of it as chocolate, it's just it's own thing.  So, I have never been inclined to eat it plain.

As far as the the cocoa chocolates go, it's all really good to me -- I used to prefer milk chocolate, but these days I have preferred dark.  But, a really good milk chocolate is not something I would pass up altogether.   hee hee.

[rc]

Hmmmm...  I dunno!

I'm going to have to find out which makes a better s'more.  I'll be back in a few weeks when I've solved this mystery.

Seriously.  It's the only way to know for sure.

[lau]

 milk is pretty much ambrosia. dark chocolate is only good in small amounts. Does anybody know the difference between semi-sweet, and dark chocolate?

[opus10no2]

It's not chocolate but it pwns.

Dark chocolate = less % milk and more % cocoa, 'tis good but milk is preferred on most occasions.

My favourite chocolate based food is the cadburys creme egg, I feel I have learnt alot about cunnilingus this way.

[maul]

AHAHAHAHA

[rach n bach]

milk is pretty much ambrosia. dark chocolate is only good in small amounts. Does anybody know the difference between semi-sweet, and dark chocolate?

Semi-sweet is not as "chocolaty" as dark chocolate, and not as sweet as milk chocolate.  It is rather the middle ground.  Oh, and most chips you'll find are semi-sweet.

[elspeth]

Depends on circumstances... in its own right I prefer milk chocolate, but for cooking and baking I only use the darkest, strongest chocolate I can get my hands on... hmm, baking. And I was wondering what to do with my evening!

[philippa]

Dark chocolate every time- the darker the better. Gotta love 80+% cocoa chocolate.

[opus10no2]

Dark chocolate every time- the darker the better. Gotta love 80+% cocoa chocolate.

Noooo, the dark side has taken you 

[philippa]

Taken me? It was never any other way :p

[prometheus]

Only people that don't like chocolate prefer milk chocolate.

White chocolate is an oxymoron.


Milk chocolate is like wine with water. White chocolate doesn't contain any chocolate.

[thalberg]

Prometheus is absolutely correct.  There can be no other opinion on the matter.

[opus10no2]

Prometheus is distinctly wrong.

I prefer bread with butter, bread alone tastes plain, but it mixes well with other things.

It's also like saying only people who don't like alcohol prefer low alcoholic drinks.

[prometheus]

Actually, if bread if fresh and really good I prefer it without butter. But you shouldn't compare bread with chocolate. Doing so proves that you don't understand chocolate. Bread it a source of nutrition. Not a culinary source of pleasure like chocolate is.

People don't drink alcohol because they like the taste, they drink it because they want to get drunk; they like the paralysing effect it has on the brain.



And there is nothing wrong with not liking chocolate.

[pianowolfi]

Swiss chocolate. 

[prometheus]

Do they grow cacao there?

[counterpoint]

Do they grow cacao there?

No, but they press it in triangle form 

Ovomaltine, Toblerone and Heidi - best inventions of the swiss people 

[philippa]

No, but they press it in triangle form 

Ovomaltine, Toblerone and Heidi - best inventions of the swiss people 

How can you forget Lindt chococlate? :O

[rc]

Dark chocolate is for people who don't like milk

 

[prometheus]

Only cow babies like cow milk.

Adult cows don't. And adult humans don't like human milk either.


Now adult humans drinking cow milk, that is even too insane to explore, let alone consider.

[pianistimo]

pennsylvania has all sorts of chocolate factories.  not to mention 'hershey park' of which has the BIGGEST hershey's kisses.  not sure how much it is to bring home a big one - but you can rest assured it would last a week with five people knawing on it.

hershey's kisses are nothing compared to french chocolate, though.  mmm.  whatever they do to it ?  mostly chocolate - i suppose- with little hints of flavors and crunchy stuff.  cherries.  nuts.  carmel.  orange flavors.

that reminds me - does anyone like those orange/chcolate creations you can get at 'trader joes.'  those are good.  orange/chocolate logs or something like that.  overdose on those and you don't feel any worse than when you started.

[rc]

Only cow babies like cow milk.

Adult cows don't. And adult humans don't like human milk either.


Now adult humans drinking cow milk, that is even too insane to explore, let alone consider.

hahah...  I'm dunking some cookies in cow milk as I type this.  It's very tasty, but the truth is I enjoy eating the meat they're made of even more! 

[rc]

that reminds me - does anyone like those orange/chcolate creations you can get at 'trader joes.'  those are good.  orange/chocolate logs or something like that.  overdose on those and you don't feel any worse than when you started.

Do you mean the ones that're shaped like an orange?



...'Cause I got one at Christmas a while back and I can tell you it only took a few slices before my guts were rebelling

[pianistimo]

no.  they're small and are chewy orange on the inside.  i'll look and see if i can find the wrapper somewheres on the internet.

here's an explaination of some of their dark chocolate:
https://www.bladam.com/main/entry/dark-chocolate-comparison/

still looking.  ok.  they're called 'chocolate covered orange sticks' - i think.  they're orange candy covered with dark chocolate.

[ihatepop]

It really depends.  I mean, in some cookies and as a frosting and such, white chocolate can be really good -- but I never really think of it as chocolate, it's just it's own thing.

Yes. White chocolate isn't real chocolate...it has no cocoa beans in it.

I voted for milk chocolate, by the way.

ihatepop

[shortyshort]

I used to like "Pink Panther" bars. Pink (non) Chocolate. Nice.

Can you still get them

[thalberg]

I can't believe milk chocolate is winning!!  This is terrible.  We've got to recruit more voters.  And I shouldn't have divided the dark chocolate people into two groups.

[rach n bach]

On the whole, the general public thinks of milk chocolate when they first hear the word "chocolate."  All we need to do is start handing out dark chocolate as a taste test when you sign into the forums, and then people will start to see the light...  er, dark that is...

RnB

[rc]

no.  they're small and are chewy orange on the inside.  i'll look and see if i can find the wrapper somewheres on the internet.

here's an explaination of some of their dark chocolate:
https://www.bladam.com/main/entry/dark-chocolate-comparison/

still looking.  ok.  they're called 'chocolate orange sticks' - i think.  they're orange candy covered with dark chocolate.

If I ever see one, I'll make sure to eat it!

[timothy42b]

I'm going to have to find out which makes a better s'more.  I'll be back in a few weeks when I've solved this mystery.

Most people are unaware of the correct method for making s'mores, relying on some toasted marshmallow Hershey bar combination.

Wrong!

Here's how to do it right.  Small handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips, maybe a tablespoon or so.  Roughly same amount of mini-marshmallows.  Microwave 15 to 30 seconds, until the marshmallows just start to puff up.  Stir with a knife but not too much - you don't want goo, you want the chocolate and marshmallows to retain their identity but mingle.  Quick spread on a graham cracker. 

[rc]

I'll give that a shot sometime Tim...  But I was planning on giving it the campfire test.  I don't think I have the patience to toast mini-mallows

[prometheus]

What are 's'mores'?

[rc]

It's a healthy meal of melted marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched between graham crackers.



Mmmmmmmm

[ihatepop]

oh yummy.

ihatepop

[stephanie-piano]

It's a healthy meal of melted marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched between graham crackers.



Mmmmmmmm

yum......

[pianistimo]

after cycling 2 hours - this is starting to look good.  don't bother melting it. i'll just eat it the way it is.

[ihatepop]

That gives me an idea...maybe our spa can give out smores as well...

I'll bring it up with spa manager tds.

ihatepop

[jas]

Ooh, give's a bit of Green & Blacks over a Dairy Milk any day.

[m1469]

All chocolate, all the time.

[Mozartian]

As dark as it can POSSIBLY get (I'm talking 85-88% cocoa here). Ridiculously addictive.

[Bob]

Sometime milk, sometimes dark.  Extremely dark sounds even better.  You can mix chocolate with coffee and get it a little more bitter.  mmmmmm

White chocolate.... bah!  We could eat candles too I suppose.


mmmmm...... (imagines chocolate smells...... leaves drowl trail on way out of thread....)

[ahinton]

I can't believe milk chocolate is winning!!  This is terrible.  We've got to recruit more voters.  And I shouldn't have divided the dark chocolate people into two groups.

No, indeed; apartheid is, quite understandably, considered to be very politically incorrect these days...

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

Philippa, Mozartian, Jas and Prometheus are all on the right track here. The darker the better (and organic, too, if possible - which it usually is these days). That said, I eat chocolate maybe two or three times a year only; propoer chocolate is supposed to possess aphrodisiac properties, so quite what - if indeed anything at all - my low chocolate consumption may signify about that may be open to debate...

It is quite plainly incorrect, however, to claim that everyone who consumes beverages containing alcohol does so for the purpose of getting drunk; tell that to any seasoned wine drinker or malt whisky imbiber...

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

Milk chocolate gets the most sales anyway, doesn't it?

If the dark chocolate vote wasn't split, then it would be ahead.  (shakes fist at dark chocolate for splitting the party up like that)  Dark chocolate has given the win over to milk chocolate.  Would have been 50%.  Easy win.  Now look what they gone and done.

[pianistimo]

i want to watch a video of ahinton after he eats his one (three times per year) fill of dark chocolate.  *ponders if the effects are more pronounced if one eats chocolate less throughout the year.  probably depends upon the amount consumed?  ok.  i want to see him eat a whole fairly good sized chocolate bar.

[ted]

The only chocolate, indeed the only confection of any type, I have ever liked was coconut rough milk chocolate , of which I ate, I suppose, about a large bar a fortnight. But since I started training and becoming generally health conscious some years ago I stopped eating it because of its high saturated fat content. For a while I missed it very much but now I do not like it or any other sort of chocolate. Habit is a funny thing.

[pianistimo]

ooh.  coconut is a good combination for chocolate.  perhaps there are other things that ted uses for aphrodesiacs now? 

[ahinton]

i want to watch a video of ahinton after he eats his one (three times per year) fill of dark chocolate.  *ponders if the effects are more pronounced if one eats chocolate less throughout the year.  probably depends upon the amount consumed?  ok.  i want to see him eat a whole fairly good sized chocolate bar.

Without wishing to thwart your apparent desires in this matter, I should warn you that I am not in the habit of making videos, DVDs, etc. of my doing anything, still less eating chocolate so, if you still wish to witness this act and its aftermath (if any) for yourself, you'll simply have to come over to England or wait until I get to PA.

What you don't tell us (mercifully, perhaps) is WHY you want to do this...

Best,

Alistair

[ted]

I never noticed that it had that particular effect, Susan. Even if it did I probably couldn't be bothered.