Well, amusedcupcake was treated to chocolate by he who shall not be named on Valentine's Day, so whaddayagot?
Mild? Dark? Semi-sweet?
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Well, amusedcupcake was treated to chocolate by he who shall not be named on Valentine's Day, so whaddayagot?
Mild? Dark? Semi-sweet?
Dark, dark, dark! Get that milk crap away from me!
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Originally Posted by devildeac
https://brasstownchocolate.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by aimo
Thank me later.
As long as it's not white, I'm pretty much in (though I often don't love chocolate ice cream).
As a general matter, I will skip past any non-chocolate desserts when ordering from a menu, with a very limited handful of exceptions.
If choosing the dessert to be made, like say for my birthday, it will 100% always include chocolate.
Chocolate cream pie is the best pie (fight me).
You have obviously never had my mother-in-law's apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Or her pound cake. Or her banana pudding.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
Banana pudding is actually one of the non-chocolate things on my list...my mother makes fantastic homemade stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by amusedcupcake
Apple pie is good, and I eat it at Thanksgiving, etc., but it's not something I dream about the way I dream about chocolate.
Pound cake, you can have. I don't care who made it.
What if it is chocolate pound cake? She has been known to make that version by special request :oQuote:
Originally Posted by wilson
I'm available. Oh wait, that's the pie thread. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by amusedcupcake
Give me a piece of 60% Cacao and I'm content. Anything darker is too bitter. Don't add mint or almonds, it ruins it. Milk chocolate OK in a pinch, but just not the same satisfaction.
My two exceptions are homemade banana pudding and Kilwin's salted caramel ice cream.
I *might* go a bit darkerer/bitterer (sic) on an occasion but 60% is about the "sweet" spot (yea, I really typed that). Dark>milk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Ymm, puddings and ice creams...
I come from a long line of chocoholics. It is in my genes. Milk>dark. White is horrible. Nothing beats a good chocolate cake. Chocolate chip cookies are great. I have strong opinions on the merits of different chocolate bars. Entenmann's devil's food donuts with the crumbs on them are a personal favorite but very hard to find. I forego a lot of other foods and drinks to indulge my chocolate habit and not be morbidly obese.
As a chocoholic who is always looking for a good deal, I am kicking myself for recently forgetting one of my three favorite days of the year - day after Valentine's Day, day after Easter and day after Halloween - when all of the chocolate they are selling is suddenly half off because the holiday is over.
1. Dark
2. White
3. Skip chocolate and have something else
That might nudge me in the right direction, but still...why not just make chocolate cake?Quote:
Originally Posted by amusedcupcake
Hey, you still have the day after Easter :pQuote:
Originally Posted by CrazyNotCrazie
How long will it be until someone starts the Ymm, Cannabis thread?
I thought that's how all the other Ymmm threads got their start!Quote:
Originally Posted by jacone21
Ymm, cannabis infused chocolate.Quote:
Originally Posted by jacone21
Don't tempt *some* people. (It won't be me/I/myself; not gonna get sloppy.)Quote:
Originally Posted by jacone21
Chocoholics run in the family. My mother was one. She was quite content with Hershey Kisses. Godiva chocolates were wasted on her. I would go for the Godiva, better yet Panache*, over Hershey Kisses if they are available (and I'm not paying).
* Link: https://www.parkplaceleawood.com/sto...er/2138968909/
Kilwin's Chocolate Caramel Cashew ice cream in the waffle cone is my favorite dessert. Ymm, chocolate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
It tastes best in Blowing Rock, NC. Sitting on a bench in the park across the street.
Dark all the way. With heat whenever possible.
Current favorite chocolate bar is one called Firecracker, by Chuao chocolatier. Dark chocolate with cayenne pepper and pop rocks. Amazing. Starts with a smooth, rich dark chocolate taste, then the heat begins to come through. At the very end you get the little explosions.
This is a must-try if you like chocolate and you like spicy food. The pop rocks at the end just add an element of fun.
I hate the taste of coffee, and dark chocolate is basically just coffee in bar form. White chocolate is perfectly good almond roca but with all the almonds sucked out. Edible, but why?
Low melting-point milk chocolate, on the other hand? Awesome. Add a couple of filberts (as my father would say), and it achieves perfection.
Chocolate is always tasty with peanut butter.
Yes. No heat. #$%# Tripping William and RJ199 already have me halfway enjoying imperial stouts with some heat. Don't ruin chocolate for me, please.Quote:
Originally Posted by rsvman
;)
Yes, yes it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by devildeac
CRUNCHY!
Have you eaten banana pudding cake? My wife's cousin owns a bakery in downtown W/S and Mrs. jvoo1 is helping her out a couple of days a week. They have a banana pudding cake that everyone loves. I've not had it because I'm hooked on their chocolate eclair. I evidently got the chocolate craving from my Mom.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson
No, but that sounds delicious! Can we make a wager that you'll lose just so you can send me one of those? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jv001
Next time we're passing through...Quote:
Originally Posted by jv001
Not a betting man. I'm unlucky. In raffles or things of that nature, I never win. However, years ago the Moose Lodge would raffle off a new truck. The way it worked was the Lodge sold $100 tickets and then on set night they drew out tickets. If your ticket was pulled you were out of the running for the truck. On two such nights, our tickets were left in the bucket until there were 3 left. At that time, if you wanted to sell your ticket or buy someone else ticket you had 10 minutes to make the deal. Both times we sold our tickets for over $1000. That's the only kind of bet I win. As for the banana pudding cake, if you're in W/S I can get you a deal on one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
That sounds great.Quote:
Originally Posted by devildeac